Manisha Kowdiki

Technical Equipment Received: Received 10 Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense TinyML Kits from Edge Impulse, Italy (2022), valued at ₹50,000. Received 10 STM32 Nucleo Development Boards from Viraj Electronics (2024), valued at ₹40,000. Patents: 1 Indian Design Patent – Klann Mechanism-based Disaster Management Robot (2025). 1 German Patent – Automatic Hand Gesture Recognition System (2022). 1 South African Patent – Multipurpose Drone integrated with Self-Driven Action-Taking Robot (2022). Copyrights: 3 Copyrights related to Indian/American Sign Language datasets and recognition research (2022–2024). Publications: 9 International Journal Publications, including Q1 and Q2 journals in AI/ML, Computer Vision, Image Processing, and Metaheuristic Algorithms. 5 International Conference Papers, including IEEE/Springer/Scopus-indexed conferences. 1 Book Chapter published by Springer. 2 National Conference Papers. 1 Technical Blog on Sign Language Detection using Computer Vision. Academic Reviewing: Reviewer for Hindawi international journals. Reviewer/Technical Committee Member for international conferences, including HSWTech 2025 and ICISPC 2021. First Runner-up – HACKMITWPU-2022 for innovation project “Multipurpose Drone integrated with a Self-Driven Action-Taking Robot.” Best Mentor Award – SWAYAM-NPTEL Big Data Computing MOOC, 2022–23. 1st Winner – MIT-WPU Half Marathon, 2021 & 2022. Elite Certificate – SWAYAM-NPTEL FDP on Digital Image Processing, 2019. Appreciation Certificate for contribution to the B.Tech Admission Committee as Calling & Counselling Member. Rural Immersion Coordinator for FY B.Tech. Actively participated in faculty cultural, sports, technical, and non-technical events.