An academic administrator by profession, a lifelong learner by passion, and a teacher by heart—committed to shaping institutions, inspiring minds, and nurturing the next generation.

Executive Summary

• Senior Higher Education Leader and Academic Administrator with over three decades of experience spanning academic leadership, institutional development, quality assurance, teaching-learning transformation, research, innovation, and industry-academia collaboration. Currently serving as Executive Dean – Computer Applications & Academic Quality Assurance at Ganpat University, with prior experience as Dean – Computer Applications & Dean – Academic Affairs at Marwadi University and in senior academic and institutional leadership roles.
• Proven experience in strategic academic planning, institutional quality enhancement, academic governance, curriculum and teaching-learning transformation, faculty development, research promotion, and multidisciplinary academic initiatives. Experienced in designing, implementing, monitoring, and reviewing academic systems and institutional processes with a focus on continuous improvement and outcome-oriented education.
• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and establish Centres of Excellence and industry-academia initiatives, including partnerships with IBM, EMC, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat and Automation Anywhere, along with initiatives for skill development and employability.
• Strong research and innovation orientation with experience in PhD research guidance, scholarly publications, intellectual property, externally funded projects, international conferences, and Springer-associated academic initiatives. Served as General Chair and Convener of the International Conference on Advancements in Smart Computing & Information Security and contributed to multiple Springer CCIS volumes.
• Equipped with a Ph.D. in Computer Science, MBA, MCA and LEAD Certification for Senior Academic Administrators from BITS Pilani, combining academic depth with management and institutional leadership capabilities.
• Committed to building high-quality, research-driven, innovation-oriented and globally connected higher education institutions, with emphasis on academic excellence, institutional effectiveness, faculty empowerment, student success, strategic partnerships, technology-enabled transformation, and continuous quality improvement.

Leadership Profile / Executive Competencies

• Academic Governance, Institutional Strategy, Quality Assurance, Research & Innovation, Faculty Development, Internationalization, Industry Partnerships, Digital Transformation, Accreditation/Ranking, and Student Success.

Awards & Recognition

• Best Faculty Award for Innovating Teaching by Learning & Development, MEFGI (Oct 2015)
• The Best Faculty Guide Award during the Summer Internship Program (Jul 2006)
• Cognizant Certified Faculty Award on Java Technologies. (Apr 2000)

Research & Consultancy

• Ph.D. Guidance: 5 awarded
• Presently guiding 1 scholar.

Grants Received

Sr.Type of GrantAgencyAmountM & Y1.Research Project titled ‘Garbage Gardian: Revolutionizing Waste Management through IoT and Mobile App’KCGRs.1,75,000Nov 20252.Conference : ASCIS 2025GUJCOST, DSTRs.50,000Sep 20253.Conference: ASCIS 2024SERBRs.2,00,000/-20244.Establishment of Finishing School for IT & IT-ESDSTRs.50,00,000/-20175.Project titled ‘Smart Digi Farm Agriculture’SSIPRs.2,00,000/-2022

Workshops / Seminars- Organization / Participation

• Successfully organized ‘International Conference on Advancements in Smart Computing & Information Security (ASCIS) between 2022-25 as the Convener & General Chair
• Successfully organized ‘National Conference on Information & Communication Technologies’, 3 times as the Convener.
• Participated in “Workshop on Research Opportunities at SAC (ISRO), Ahmedabad” organized by Gujarat Technological University (Nov 2014)
• Participated in ‘Hands-on Workshop on Python for Research’ organized by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (Dec 2011)
• Participated in “IBM Think-Explore-Evolve” workshop organized by IBM India (Mar 2011)
• Participated in ‘Cloud Computing Workshop’ organized by VMWARE (Oct-2010)
• Participated in Mission 10X workshop conducted by WIPRO (Oct 2009)
• Participated in the workshop on “Analysis and Design of Algorithms-II” organized by IIITM-K, Trivandrum (Aug 2005)

FDP / STTPs Attended

• Attended a Short-Term Training Program (STTP) on “Advanced Java Technologies” organised by Cognizant Technology Solutions (Apr 2000)
• Faculty Development Program on “Enterprise Resource Planning for Managers” organised by ICFAI University (Apr 2008)

Articles / Chapters / Books Published

• J. Ramkumar, Sridaran Rajagopal, B. Suchitra and S. Balamurugan: “Graph Neural Networks Concepts & Applications”, Book published by Scrivener Publishing / Wiley, ISBN: 978-1-394-42273-9, Aug 30, 2026
• Jaganathan, R., Rajagopal, S. & Rajendran, K. (2025). Cultural Intelligence in the AI Era-Enhancing Reansitional Higher Educatio. In F. Naseer, C. Yu, R. Dulloo, M. Abdul Kader Jilani, & M. Shaheen (Eds.), Bridging Global Divides for Transnational Higher Education in the AI Era (pp. 273-292). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-7016-2.ch013, Springer CCIS Vol 1-4.
• Dr.Padmavathi Ganapathi, Dr.Sridaran Rajagopal, Mr.Ravichandran Swaminathan,“Cyber Law”. ASIN:B0B4WY8VJ9, Notion Press, June 2022
• SWAYAM on ‘Cyber Security’, for Week-14 Evolution of Cyber law – Legal, Ethical and Privacy issues – ‘Security Policies and Strategies- IT Act 2000, ITA 2008’ – Amendments by Special reference to Cyber Crimes – E-text
• Dr. Sailesh Iyer, Dr. R. Sridaran, “Handbook of Research on Machine and Deep Learning Applications for Cyber Security” IGI Global, 2020. Pp 64-82. Web. 3 Sep. 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9611-0.ch004
• R. Sridaran, Disha H Parekh Doshi, Sudhir Kumar Suman: “Cloud Security-Challenges at a Glance” Cover Story in CSI Communications, Vol 39, Issue 2, May 2015.
• Dr.Sridaran Rajagopal, Dr.Kalpesh Popat, “Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security”, ISBN: 978-81-959510-0-0

Journal Publications – SCI & SCOPUS Indexed

• Godhrawala, H., Sridaran, R. “Apriori Algorithm Based Approach for Improving QoS and SLA Guarantee in IaaS Clouds Using Pattern-Based Service-Oriented Architecture”. SN Computer Science.4, 700 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979- 023-02079-3
• Jeba Prabha J., R. Sridaran, “LCDT-M: Log-Cluster DDoS Tree Mitigation Framework Using SDN in the Cloud Environment”, I. J. Computer Network and Information Security, Vol 15, pp 62-72, https://doi.org/10.5815/ijcnis.2023.02.05
• Godhrawala, R. Sridaran, “A dynamic Stackelberg game based multi-objective approach for effective resource allocation in cloud computing”, International Journal of Information Technology(IJIT), Vol1, pp408-425, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-022-00926-9, 2022 (SCOPUS)
• Rujuta Shah, Sridaran Rajagopal, “M-DPS: A blockchain-based efficient and cost-effective architecture for medical applications”, International Journal of Information Technology (IJIT), ISSN: 2511-2112, 14, 1909–1921 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-022-00912-1, 2022 (SCOPUS)
• Jeba Prabha, R. Sridaran, “An SDN-based Decision Tree Detection (DTD) Model for Detecting DDoS Attacks in Cloud Environment”. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), ISSN: 2156-5570(online) Vol 13, No. 7, pp 54-64, 2022. https://doi.org/14569/IJACSA.2022.0130708 (SCOPUS)  
• Vinothina V, Jasmine Beulah, Sridaran Rajagopal, “Review on mapping of tasks to resources in cloud computing”,
• International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC), 
• https://doi.org/10.4018/IJCAC.2022010106 (SCOPUS)              
• Tarannum Bloch, Sridaran R, Prashant, “ IAGA: Interference Aware Genetic Algorithm Based VM Allocation Policy for Cloud Computing”, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science & Applications (IJACSA),
• ISSN: 2156-5570 (Online) Vol 13, No.4, pp 754-765, May 2022 (SCOPUS)
• Shailaja Jayashankar, R. Sridaran, “Superlative Model using Word Cloud for Short Answer Evaluation in eLearning”, Springer Journal of Education and Information Technologies
• ISSN: 1360-2357, Published on-line:25 October 2016 (SSCI Indexed)
• A,P. Nirmala, R. Sridaran, “Towards Performance Improvement of Cloud Applications under Virtualized Environment using PSO based K- means ++ Algorithm”, in International Journal of Engineering & Technology (IJET)
• Vol 7, N 5, pp 1557-1563, Oct-Nov 2015 (SCOPUS)
• Vinothina V, R. Sridaran: “Resource Allocation for Scientific Workflow Based Applications Using CPM and Virtual Machine in Cloud”, in International Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER),
• ISSN: 0973-4562,Vol 9,N 24, pp 28349-28363, April 2015. (SCOPUS)
• Vinothina V, R. Sridaran, “Scheduling Scientific Workflow Applications using ACO in Public Cloud”, in International Journal of Engineering & Technology (IJET),
• ISSN: 0975-4024, Vol 7, N 6, pp 1994-2000, Dec 2015-Jan 2016 (SCOPUS)
• Disha H. Parekh, Sridaran : “An Analysis of Security Challenges in Cloud Computing” in International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA)
• vol 04, no.1, pp 38-46, January 2013. (SCOPUS)
• Vinothina, R. Sridaran, Dr.G. Padm;avathi: “A Survey on Resource Allocation Strategies in Cloud Computing”, in (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications,
• ISSN: 2156-5570, vol 3, no 6, pp.97-104,June 2012. (SCOPUS)
• Sridaran R, Padmavathi G, Iyakutti K: “A Survey of Design Pattern Based Web Applications”, in Journal of Object Technology (JOT), vol. 8, no. 2, March-April 2009, pp. 61-70 http://www.jot.fm/issues/issue 2009 03/column5. (SCOPUS)

Journal Publications – Others

• Godhrawala, H., Sridaran, R. “Apriori Algorithm Based Approach for Improving QoS and SLA Guarantee in IaaS Clouds Using Pattern-Based Service-Oriented Architecture”. SN Computer Science.4, 700 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979- 023-02079-3
• Nagaraju Kilari, R. Sridaran: “Sustainability and Mitigation of DDoS Attack in Cloud Environment”, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS) ISSN: 1947-5500, Vol. 14, N. 8, pp. 277-281, Aug 2016.
• P. Nirmala, R. Sridaran: “A noval architecture for improving performance under virtualized environments”, in International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS) Vol 13, N 1, pp 54-60, January 2015.
• Shailaja, R. Sridaran: “Computational Thinking, The Intellectual Thinking for the 21st Century” in International Journal of Computer Networking & Applications (IJANA) Special Edition of NCETICT-2014 pp 39-46, November 2014.
• Disha H Parekh, Dhaivat Dave, R. Sridaran: “Live Experiments depicting SQL Injection Attacks” in International Journal of Computer Networking & Applications (IJANA) Special Edition of NCETICT-2014 pp 91-93, November 2014.
• Nagaraju Kilari, R. Sridaran: “An Overview of DDoS Attacks in Cloud Environment” in International Journal of Computer Networking & Applications (IJANA) Special Edition of NCETICT-2014 ISSN: 0975-0290, pp 124-127, November 2014.
• Vinothina V, R. Sridaran: “Survey-ACO in Task Scheduling problem” in International Journal of Computer Networking & Applications (IJANA) Special Edition of NCETICT-2014, ISSN: 0975-0282, pp 132-136, November 2014.
• Rakhi Budhrani, R. Sridaran: “Wireless Local Area Networks: Threats and Their Discovery Using WLANs Scanning Tools” in International Journal of Computer Networking & Applications (IJANA) Special Edition of NCETICT-2014 pp 137-150, November 2014.
• Tarannum Bloch, Prashanth CSR, R. Sridaran: “Analysis and Survey of Issues in Live Virtual Machine Migration Interferences” in International Journal of Computer Networking & Applications (IJANA) Special Edition of NCETICT-2014 pp 151-157, November 2014.
• Sathya Franklin, R. Sridaran : “Making Human-Computer Interaction Usable: Thinking from Healthcare Perspective”, (IJCA) International Journal of Computer Applications, vol,58 no, 1 pp, 34-40 November 2012
• P. Sreeja, R. Sridaran:”A Survey on Different Approaches of Determining Cohesion Based Object Oriented Metrics”, in (IJERD) International Journal of Engineering Research & Development, vol 4, no 5, pp 30-38, October 2012
• Nagaraju Kilari, R. Sridaran: “A Survey on Security Threats for Cloud Computing”, in (IJERT) International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology ISSN: 2278-0181, vol 1, no 7, September 2012
• P. Nirmala, R.Sridaran .: “Cloud Computing Issues at Design and Implementation Levels – A Survey”, in International Journal of Advanced Networking and Applications (IJANA), vol 3, no 6, pp:1444-1119 (2012)
• Sridaran R, Padmavathi G, Iyakutti K, Mani MNS: “SPIM Architecture for MVC Based Web Applications”, in International Journal of Advanced Networking and Applications (IJANA), vol 01,no 01, pp:63-68.

Publications – SCOPUS INDEXED Conference Proceedings

• Mokgetse, T.L., Sridaran, R., Hlomani, H. (2025). Mitigating the Technological Challenges of Regenerative Farming with an Integrated Framework Merging IoT, Ontologies, and GIS. In: Rajagopal, S., Popat, K., Meva, D., Bajeja, S., Mudholkar, P. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Based Smart and Secured Applications. ASCIS 2024. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2428. Springer, Cham.
• doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86302-8_6
• Bhatt, M., Rajagopal, S., Raval, K. (2025). A Survey on Various Sentiment Analysis Applications Employing Opinion Mining. In: Rajagopal, S., Popat, K., Meva, D., Bajeja, S., Mudholkar, P. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Based Smart and Secured Applications. ASCIS 2024. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2428. Springer, Cham.
• doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86302-8_5
• Mahajan, L., Rajagopal, S., Shah, R. (2025). Survey on Security Models Employed in Blockchain Based Applications. In: Rajagopal, S., Popat, K., Meva, D., Bajeja, S., Mudholkar, P. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Based Smart and Secured Applications. ASCIS 2024. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2428. Springer, Cham.
• doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86302-8_1
• Sini, V., Rajgopal, S. (2025). Analysis of Security with Countermeasures in IoT Based Applications – A Survey. In: Rajagopal, S., Popat, K., Meva, D., Bajeja, S., Mudholkar, P. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Based Smart and Secured Applications. ASCIS 2024. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2428. Springer, Cham.
• doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-86302-8_8
• Raval, K.D., Rajagopal, S., Bhatt, M. (2025). Anthology of ML Based Data Science Applications. In: Rajagopal, S., Popat, K., Meva, D., Bajeja, S., Mudholkar, P. (eds) Artificial Intelligence Based Smart and Secured Applications. ASCIS 2024. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2425. Springer, Cham.
• doi.org/10.1007/978- 3-031-86293-9_11
• E. X. Amenu and S. Rajagopal, “Dark Web Complications: Policing and Surveillance – Challenges and Implications,” 2025 International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Management (ICETM), Oakdale, NY, USA, 2025, pp. 1-9,
• doi: 10.1109/ICETM63734.2025.11051458.
• E. X. Amenu and S. Rajagopal, “A Contemporary Updated Review of Trending Domains in Cybersecurity,” 2024 International Conference on Intelligent & Innovative Practices in Engineering & Management (IIPEM), Singapore, Singapore, 2024, pp. 1-7,
• doi: 10.1109/IIPEM62726.2024.10925640.
• E. X. Amenu and S. Rajagopal, “Mitigating Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Attack on Computer System,” 2024 International Conference on Intelligent & Innovative Practices in Engineering & Management (IIPEM), Singapore, Singapore, 2024, pp. 1-6,
• doi: 10.1109/IIPEM62726.2024.10925724.
• Edwin Xorsenyo Amenu, Sridaran Rajagopal, “Optimizing the Security and Privacy of Cloud Data Communication; Hybridizing Cryptography and Steganography Using Triple Key of AES, RSA and LSB with Deceptive QR Code Technique: A Novel Approach,” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security (ASCIS 2023), ISBN: 978-3-031-59099-3, ISSN: 1865-0929, pp. 291–306, 2024.
• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59100-6_21
• Vilas T. Mahajan, R. Sridaran, “Taxonomy of Image Encryption Techniques – A Survey,” Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security (ASCIS 2023), ISBN: 978-3-031-59099-3, ISSN: 1865-0929, pp. 274–290, 2024.
• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59100-6_20
• Husain Godhrawala, R. Sridaran, “Improving Architectural Reusability for Resource Allocation Framework in Futuristic Cloud Computing using Decision Tree based Multi-Objective Automated Approach,” Proceedings of International Conference on Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security (ASCIS-2022), Springer-CCIS (SCOPUS).
• Harsha Nair, R. Sridaran (2019) “An Innovative Model (HS) to Enhance the Security in Windows Operating System – A Case Study,” Proceedings of Indiacom 2019, IEEE.
• Niraj Kumar Singh, R. Sridaran (2019) “A Novel Architecture to Mitigate Wireless LAN based Phishing Attack,” Proceedings of Indiacom 2019, IEEE.
• Anu Mittal, R. Sridaran (2019) “Evaluation of Websites’ Performance and Search Engine Optimization: A Case study of 10 Indian University Websites,” Proceedings of Indiacom 2019, IEEE.
• Rujuta Shah, R. Sridaran (2019) “A Study on Security and Privacy related issues in Blockchain Based Applications,” Proceedings of Indiacom 2019, IEEE.
• Maulik Tanna, R. Sridaran, Ashwin Dobaria (2019) “Study on Mitigation Models in Cloud Computing,” Proceedings of Indiacom 2019, IEEE.
• Tshepiso Larona Mokgetse, R. Sridaran (2019) “A Comparative Study on underlying Threats of Cloud Deployment Service Models,” Proceedings of Indiacom 2019, IEEE.
• Jaypalsinh A. Gohil, R. Sridaran, Prashant M. Dolia (2019) “Performance Evaluation of Concurrency Control Algorithms for Temporal Database using Oracle 12C Enterprise Manager Performance Hub,” Proceedings of Indiacom 2019, IEEE.
• D. H. Parekh, R. Sridaran (2018) “Mitigating Cloud Security Threats Using Public-Key Infrastructure – Cyber Security,” Proceedings of CSI 2015, pp. 165-177, Springer, Singapore.
• Ghoda, G., Meruliya, N., Parekh, D., Gajjar, T., Dave, D. and Sridaran, R. (2016). “A survey on data center network virtualization.” In: 2016 3rd International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), New Delhi.
• Dave D., Meruliya N., Gajjar T.D., Ghoda G.T., Parekh D.H., Sridaran R. (2018) “Cloud Security Issues and Challenges.” In: Aggarwal V., Bhatnagar V., Mishra D. (eds) Big Data Analytics. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Proceedings of CSI 2015, vol 654, pp. 499-514, Springer, Singapore.
• Bloch T., Sridaran R., Prashanth C. (2018) “Understanding Live Migration Techniques Intended for Resource Interference Minimization in Virtualized Cloud Environment.” In: Aggarwal V., Bhatnagar V., Mishra D. (eds) Big Data Analytics. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Proceedings of CSI 2015, vol 654, pp. 487-497, Springer, Singapore. ISBN(P): 978-981-10-6619-1; ISBN(O): 978-981-10-6620-7.
• Vinothina V., Sridaran R. (2018) “An Approach for Workflow Scheduling in Cloud Using ACO.” In: Aggarwal V., Bhatnagar V., Mishra D. (eds) Big Data Analytics. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Proceedings of CSI 2015, vol 654, pp. 525-531, Springer, Singapore. ISBN(P): 978-981-10-6619-1; ISBN(O): 978-981-10-6620-7.
• Kilari N., Sridaran R. (2018) “A Novel Approach to Protect Cloud Environments Against DDOS Attacks.” In: Aggarwal V., Bhatnagar V., Mishra D. (eds) Big Data Analytics. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Proceedings of CSI 2015, vol 654, pp. 515-523, Springer, Singapore. ISBN(P): 978-981-10-6619-1; ISBN(O): 978-981-10-6620-7.
• Nagaraju Killari and R. Sridaran, “The Performance Analysis of NS Architecture to mitigate DDoS Attack in Cloud Environment,” Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), ISBN: 978-9-3805-4421-2, pp. 3460-3463, 2016 IEEE.
• Grishma and R. Sridaran, “A survey on data center network virtualization,” Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), ISBN: 978-9-3805-4421-2, pp. 3464-3470, 2016 IEEE.
• Shailaja Jaishankar and R. Sridaran, “Moving Word cloud from visual analysis to text analysis / The power of word cloud in eLearning,” Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), ISBN: 978-9-3805-4421-2, pp. 3493-3498, 2016 IEEE.
• Dikshan N Shah and R. Sridaran, “Hit on Private Data Access and Distinctive Cryptographic Mechanism – A Survey,” Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), ISBN: 978-9-3805-4421-2, pp. 3523-3528, 2016 IEEE.
• Seema Trivedi and R. Sridaran, “Analysis and Impact of Cyber Threats on Online Social Networks,” Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), ISBN: 978-9-3805-4421-2, pp. 3548-3553, 2016 IEEE.
• Hussain Godrawala and R. Sridaran, “A Survey of Game Based Strategies of Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing,” Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), ISBN: 978-9-3805-4421-2, pp. 3561-3566, 2016 IEEE.
• Sridaran R., Shailaja J., “A Taxonomy of E-Learning Challenges and an Insight to Blended Learning,” (ICIC 2014), Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, © 2014, IEEE.

Publications – Other Conference Proceedings

• Sridaran R, Indra Gandhi: “Analysis of the impact of using design patterns in e-learning”, (ICATL) Proceedings of the International Conference on Active Teaching and Learning in Higher Eduction.ICFAI National College, Trichy (Dec 2007)
• Indra Gandhi, Sridaran.R: “Application of content management in developing web library”, (ICATL) Proceedings of the International Conference on Active Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, ICFAI National College, Trichy (Dec 2007)
• Sridaran R, Annapoorani S. Alagarsamy K: “Analysis of Software and Hardware components involved in embedded applications”, (WICS 2002) Proceedings of the International Conference by King Faud University of Minerals and Petroleums, Saudi Arabia, pp.125-134.
• Husain Godhrawala, Sridaran R., “ A Brief Survey of Game Based Model for Resource allocation in Cloud Computing”, ISBN: 978 – 93 – 87102- 67-5, Proceedings of National Conference in Innovations in computer Technology and ITS Applications, 2018, Guru Nanak College, Chennai, Tamilnadu
• Tshepiso Larona Mokgetse, Sridaran R., “Benefits and Limitations of Artificial Neural Networks in Medical Diagnosis”, ISBN: 978 – 93 – 87102- 67-5, Proceedings of National Conference in Innovations in computer Technology and ITS Applications, 2018, Guru Nanak College, Chennai, Tamilnadu
• Vinothina, R. Sridaran ., “An Overview of Clustering Heuristics in Scheduling Scientific Workflows”, ISBN: 978-93-5212-074-1, Proceedings of UGC Sponsored Seminar organized by Sri Ram College, Sattur, Tamilnadu
• Rakhi Budhrani, Sridaran R., “An Analysis of Current Network Monitoring Techniques for Detection of Unaddressed Network Abnormalities”, Proceedings of National Conference in Emerging Trends in Information & Communication Technology, 2013, MEFGI (NCETICT 2013)
• Shailaja, Sridaran R., “Analysis of challenges in e-learning”, Proceedings of National Conference in Emerging Trends in Information & Communication Technology, 2013, MEFGI (NCETICT 2013)
• P. Nirmala, Sridaran R., “A Survey on Performance Prediction Model in Virtualized Environment”, Proceedings of National Conference in Emerging Trends in Information & Communication Technology, 2013, MEFGI (NCETICT 2013)
• Nagaraju Kilari, Sridaran R., Thanglalson Gangte, “An Overview of Security Issues in Cloud Computing”, Proceedings of National Conference in Emerging Trends in Information & Communication Technology, 2013, MEFGI (NCETICT 2013)
• Vinothina, Sridaran R. “Workflow-based Applications in Cloud”, Proceedings of National Conference in Emerging Trends in Information & Communication Technology, 2013, MEFGI (NCETICT 2013)
• Sridaran R, S. Sathya Franklin “Analysis of Usability Factors of HCI Operators for Healthcare Applications”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging & Innovative Trends in Computer Science (NCEITCS 2012), pp 1-3
• Sridaran R, Nirmala A., “An Analysis of Challenges in Cloud Computing”, Proceedings of National Conference on Information & Communication Technologies NCICT-11”, May 2011
• Sridaran R, Nirmala A.P., “A Survey on Cloud Computing – Research Issues and Challenges”, Proceedings of National Conference on Information & Communication Technology, 2010 pp:229-235
• Sridaran R, Padmavathi G, Iyakutti K: “Legacy Migration to MVC Architecture – A Test Drive”, (NCETCS 2009) Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Computer Science, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, pp.10.

Professional Membership

• Life Membership in Computer Society of India (CSI) ::: I1500210
• Founder Chairman of CSI-Rajkot Chapter
• Presently the Chairman of CSI-Rajkot Chapter (2019-20)
• State Students’ Coordinator for the state of Gujarat (2019-20)
• Senior Member (98865488), IEEE, R 10, Asia and Pacific, Gujarat Section
• Professional Membershp (0081986), ACM

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPRs)

1. Indian Patent – “A Block chain Based Efficient and Cost-Effective Storage Architecture for Large Data- Set Based Applications”,
2. Application No. 202321051173, Granted on 04/05/2026 – Status: Granted
3. Indian Patent – “Computer Implemented System for Cloud Resource Management Within Service-Oriented Architecture”,
4. Application No. 202321081139, Granted on 22/09/2026 – Status: Granted
5. Indian Patent – “File Defender – A File Protection Tool“,
6. Application No. 202321051160, Filed on 29/07/2023 – Status: Published
7. Indian Patent – “System for protecting data using Steganography”,
8. Application No. 202321051155, Filed on 29/07/2023 – Status: Published
9. Indian Patent – “Trimev – Triple Mathematical Expression Variable-key“,
10. Application No. 202321051154, Filed on 29/07/2023 – Status: Published
11. Indian Patent – “Method for Effective Resource Allocation in Cloud Computing using Dynamic Stackelberg Game Based Multi-Objective Approach”, Application No. 202321081140, Filed on 30/11/2023 – Status: Published
12. Indian Patent – “Garbage Gardian: Revolutionizing Waste Management Thro’ IOT and Mobile App”,
13. Application No.202421033120 A, Filed on 26/4/2024 – Status: Published
14. Indian Patent – “Smart Tap Water Leakage Controller System”,
15. Application No. 202421033115 A, Filed on 26/4/2024 – Status: Published
16. Indian Patent – “Smart Shirt to Encourage Social Engagement Among Students”,
17. Application No. 20521062404 A, Filed on 30/06/2025- Status: Published