As an advocate for fostering creativity and high-order thinking skills, he actively mentors doctoral research scholars, and three scholars are pursuing PhD under his guidance. He has published over 60+(30 International Conference+ 31 International Journal) research papers across various international platforms, encompassing Q1:03, Q2:3, Q3:01, Q4:04, SCI:03, ESCI:01, WoS:18, Scopus: 27, and 3 UGC Approved Journals in the realm of international journals, as well as Springer-06, ELSEVIER-5, IEEE-14, AIP-01 conferences within the domain of international conferences. His contributions have garnered over 300+ citations on Google Scholar, with an impressive h-index of 7 and an i10 index of 7, in addition to 160+ citations in Scopus with a notable h-index of 4.
Notably, Dr. Sakarkar has filed/published 8 patents and seen 3 copyrights granted by the Government of India. He has authored 4 textbooks on AI and Machine Learning, one of which was published by NOVA Science Publisher in the USA, and has contributed two book chapters published in Springer Nature and Taylor and Francis publications.
His distinguished career further includes collaborating on various projects with esteemed international researchers such as Dr. Gan Hong Seng of Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia, Dr. Siti Sophiayati Yuhaniz of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Dr. Filbert Juwono of Curtin University, Dr. Luciano Oliveira of IVision Research Lab, Brazil, and Dr. Juan Correa of CESA Business School, Bogotá, Colombia, alongside Dr. Saaveethya Sivakumar of Curtin University, Malaysia.