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Rohan R. Kerkar holds a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) degree from Goa University and brings several years of academic experience to his work. He has actively contributed to the academic community by presenting research papers at various state and national level conferences. His primary research interests span Green Computing, Multimedia Technologies, Graphic Designing, and Object-Oriented Programming. In addition to his academic endeavors, Rohan has been serving as a counselor for the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) since 2016, where he has been delivering lectures on a range of subjects offered by the university. Furthermore, Rohan has actively engaged with the educational community by conducting sessions on various IT topics in higher secondary schools across Goa, sharing his knowledge and expertise with young learners.
- Conference Publication
“Developing IT Competencies for a Digital Economy and India’s Commitment to Building a Digitally Empowered Nation” at the National Seminar on “Towards Viksit Bharat, the Skilling Mission for 2047” organised by the Department of Commerce, Fr. Agnel College of Arts & Commerce, Pilar, Goa in collaboration with Xavier Board of Higher Education, Bangalore, held on 21 &22 March 2025.
• “Evaluation of Time Series Models for Forecasting Daily Rise in Confirmed COVID-19 Cases During the Second Wave in India”, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Information Communication Technology & Computing (AICTC - 2021), 20th and 21st December 2021. Published in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer, Scopus Indexed.
• “Explorations in graph-based ranking algorithms for Marathi text summarization”
Proceedings of the 12th INDIACom; INDIACom-2018; IEEE Conference ID: 428352018 5th International Conference on “Computing for Sustainable Global Development”, 14- 16 March,2018 Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi (INDIA).
• Presented Paper on “GREEN COMPUTING – STEPS TOWARDS ENERGY EFFICIENT AND GREENER INDIA” at First National Conference cum Workshop on EITE organized by National Institute of Technology Farmagudi, Ponda, Goa from 4 to 9 January, 2016
- Faculty Development Programme
• Successfully completed the One- Month Certificate Course on ‘ChatGPT and Al Tools for Teaching and Stress-Free Classrooms (Online) with grade A+ organised by Bharat Digital Academy. a unit of Bharat Learning Solutions (P) Ltd, Aligarh, from December 14, 2024, to January 12, 2025.
• Actively Participated in “ONE Day ONLINE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON Al TOOLS For TEACHING” Organized by Star International Foundation for Research and Education on 22 June 2024 Secured the Second place in online Quiz, National Librarians Day organized by Library department, Don Bosco College, Panjim held on 9 & 10 August 2024 at Don Bosco College, Panjim.
• Participated in a one-week National Level Faculty Development Programme on "Effective Pedagogical Strategies for Computer Science Education" from 24 - 28 April 2023 organized by the Directorate of Higher Education Council in association with Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - India Chapter of Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (ISIGCSE).
• Understanding Research and Statistical Analysis Using SPSS - NIT, WARANGAL (T.S) India. Participated ina 40-hour Online Faculty Development Programme on “Understanding Research and Statistical Analysis Using SPSS" Sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Gol organised by E&ICT Academy, NIT Warangal and Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli, during 7th - 16th March, 2022.
- Seminar/Webinars Attended
• • Attended 2 days National Seminar on “Towards Viksit Bharat, the Skilling Mission for 2047” organised by the Department of Commerce, Fr. Agnel College of Arts & Commerce, Pilar, Goa in collaboration with Xavier Board of Higher Education, Bangalore, held on 21 &22 March 2025.
• Attended a session on “Virtual Lab Awareness” organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Don Bosco College, Panjim-Goa on October 24, 2024 by Mr Deron Ray Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Electronics and Computer Science Department, Don Bosco College ‘of Engineering, Fatorda-Goa.
• Attended online FDP on “Empowering Educator for AI Age” from 12 to 15 July 2023
organized by Department of Business Administration, Don Bosco College (Co-Ed) Yelagiri Hills.
• Attended 2 days webinar on “Digital Learning, Useful AI Tools and Data Analysis for Future Managers” on 6 & 7 February 2023 organized by Department of Business Administration, Don Bosco College (Co-Ed) Yelagiri Hills.
• Attended a State level webinar held on the occasion of National Science Day on the topic “Security Intelligence on Cyber Crime: Device Targeted” on 28 February 2022 organized by Goa Multi-Faculty College, Dharbandora-Goa
• 3 Day National Webinar Series Organized by Fr. Agnel College of Arts & Commerce, Pilar, Goa on the theme 'Trends, Advancements & Applications in Computing - 6th December 2021.
• Attended a Webinar on Open Science: A multifaceted framework to improve science and health outcomes at Indian Council of Medical Research on 29 October 2021 organized by Amity University in collaboration with ELSEVIER
• Attended a 2 day webinar on “Navigating the Pathways of Research Publishing in Scopus-indexed journals” on 24 & 25 September 2021 organized by Amity University in collaboration with ELSEVIER.
• Attended a webinar on '3 Pillars of Cyber Security' organized by Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda on September 24, 2021.
• Attended a Two-day webinar on 'Navigating Pathways of Research Publishing in Scopus Indexed Journals' organized by Vidya Prabodini College, Porvorim on September 25, 2021.
• Attended webinar on Ethical Hacking organized by Computer Applications, Marwadi University, Rajkot on 17 September 2021.
• Attended a National Webinar on 'Information Security: The need of the hour' in the three day webinar organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the Don Bosco Art's and Science College, Angadikadyu, Kannur, Kerala in association with the Department of Computer Applications on July 15, 2021.
