Name : Prof. Ravindra G Dastikop
Date of Joining : 30-07-1987
Nature of Association : Regular
Whether UG/PG faculty : UG
Qualification : MVS ( Computer Operations), MS, BITS, PIlani PG Diploma in Computer Applications
Email: ravindra.dastikop.cyberspace@gmail.com/gsr.sdmcet@gmail.com/ravindra.dastikop@gmail.com
Phone No.: 0836-2328157

Ravindra Dastikop had earlier education in Belgaum, Mandya and Mysore and completed his graduation in science and postgraduate diploma in computer applications from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore in 1986. Later he pursued in engineering degree, post-graduation and further qualifications from Birla Institute of Technology and Science.

Currently his teaching interests are around cloud computing and social media. He offers a semester long course- Introduction to Cloud Computing for all branches of engineering. He is planning to offer Designing Cloud Computing System course for CSE students from upcoming semester. During 2004, he

visited Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal as a visiting faculty and taught a course in Programming Languages. In the same year, he was invited to be an adjunct faculty at International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore.

During 2004, he spent a sabbatical at Infosys, Bangalore where he studied the knowledge Management systems for 8 weeks. Being part of many conferences he has taken up different roles of paper presenter, chairing a session, reviewing the paper and more. Some of major conference that he is actively involved/involving include IEEE Technology for Education, ACM SIGIR 2008, ESSIR 2007.

Awards

2009 Best Teacher at SDM College of Engineering and Technology

2009 Marquis Who is who in Science & Technology Marquis Who’s Who

Teaching, Mentoring

Helping people harness Web resources

Specialties:

Internet of Things (IoT)

Cloud computing in academics

Cloud Computing Innovations

Cloud Computing in entrepreneurship

Education using web 2.0 Technologies

Web Tools for Education, Teaching

Available for

Conducting Workshop for faculty, students and general audiences

Keynote sessions and inaugural address

Research consultancy and directions