Faculty
Dr. Madhuri Amol Bhalekar
Assistant Professor
Bio
Specialisation: Cloud Computing
Area of Expertise: Deep Learning, NLP, Computer Vision
Teaching Experience: 22 Years (12 Years at MIT)
Education
Ph.D: Ph.D. In Computer Engineering - MIT World Peace University
M.Tech: M.Tech. In Computer Engineering - MGM COE, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded SR
B.Tech: B.Tech. In Computer Engineering - Mumbai University
Publications and Research Work:
1) Published Springer book chapter on “An Approach to Detect an Image as a Selfie Using Object Recognition Methods” in Springer chapter-12 ‘Cognitive Informatics and Soft Computing’. Aug 2018. ISBN:978-981-13-0616-7 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0617-4_12 (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-0617-4_1
2) SCOPUS 2) Bhalekar M., Sureka S., Joshi S., Bedekar M. (2020), Generation of Image Captions Using VGG and ResNet CNN Models Cascaded with RNN Approach. In: Agarwal S., Verma S., Agrawal D. (eds) Machine Intelligence and Signal Processing. MISP 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1085. Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1366-4_3 SCOPUS Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, September 7-10, 2019. [Paper Id – 21].
3) Aditi Ambadkar, Chetana Choudhary, Megha Ghadage ,Madhuri Bhalekar (2020), A Model for Automated Food Logging Through Food Recognition and Attribute Estimation Using Deep Learning. at the 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development(ICT4SD 2020, Proceedings by Springer),Goa, India, held on July 24, 2020. . Part of the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems book series (LNNS, volume 154). ISBN978-981-15-8353-7 DOI https: //doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8354-4_58 SCOPUS
4) Aishwarya Bhure, Dhanashree Patil, Angel Negi, Akshita Maskara, Madhuri Bhalekar. “A Review of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in Healthcare” published in International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology, ISSN No: 2321-9653,Volume 9, Issue V, May 2021 UGC
5) Madhuri Bhalekar, Mangesh Bedekar. “D-CNN: a new model for generating image captions with text extraction using deep learning for visually challenged individuals”, Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, Volume- 12, Issue-2, Pages - 8366-8373. April 2022. Q2/SCOPUS/ESCI/WoS
6) Arya Patil, Madhuri Bhalekar, Pankaj Dhatrak.“Enhancement in Dentistry using Machine Learning: A Systematic Review”, 10th International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology-Signal and Information Processing (ICETET-SIP-22), Pages-01-06, IEEE, April 20222. SCOPUS
7) Maithily Marathe, Madhuri Bhalekar. “Detection of Lung Cancer using CT Scans with Deep Learning Approach”, 7th International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems (ICCES), IEEE. Pages 1026-1031. June 2022 SCOPUS
8) Madhuri Bhalekar, Mangesh Bedekar. “The New Dataset MITWPU-1K for Object Recognition and Image Captioning Tasks”, Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, Volume- 12, Issue-4, Pages - 8803-8808. Aug 2022. Q2/SCOPUS/ESCI/WoS
9) Abhinav Y Watve, Madhuri A Bhalekar. “English to hindi translation using transformer”, International Conference on Innovative Data Communication Technologies and Application (ICIDCA), Pages 993-1000, March 2023.IEEE SCOPUS
10) Varad Kadam, Yash Chhajed, Divyesh Mutha, Tarun Goyal, Aditya Jewalikar, Madhuri Bhalekar. “Optimizing Bike-Sharing Systems: A Comparative Study of Machine Learning Algorithms for Rental Prediction”, 3rd International Conference on Advanced Communication and Intelligent Systems (ICACIS) May 16-17, 2024, Springer
Consultancy Work Completed:
Company Name: Shalaka Connected Devices LLP, Pune : Consultancy Duration: Project begin date: 11th April 2022 Substantial completion date: 11th October 2022
Physical completion date: 6th February 2023.
Subjects Taught
Data Structure, Deep Learning, Design and Analysis of Algorithm
Member:
1) Programme Committee member for IEEE international conference on Advanced System and Emergent Technologies (IC_ASET) 2024 [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10596219]
2) Peer Reviewer for International Journal (Q2 Indexed) Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research. 2023, 2024.
3) Peer Reviewer for International Conference on AIML Applications for Engineering and Technology, 16th, 17th Jan 2025
4) Peer Reviewer for Cogent Engineering (International) Journal, Taylor & Francis (June 2024)
5) Peer Reviewer for ICAET-2024 IEEE conference (1st IEEE International Conference on AIML-Applications for Engineering & Technology)
Details of Orientation and Refresher Courses: -
1) Completed Certification on “Fundamentals on deep learning for computer vision” by NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute in July 2019.
2) Completed one week of Industrial Training Program held at Infostretch Corporation, Pune during 3rd -7th June 2019.
3) Received Certificate of Achievement for successful completion of Design Thinking course on March 12 2022 at Etisalat, Dubai.
4) Completed Wipro Certified Faculty training program (3 weeks) on DotNet full stack from 16th June 2025 to 4th July 2025
Patent/Copyright Work:
1) Indian Design Patent Granted/Registered on “Safety Helmet For Under Construction Site” dated 16th April 2025.
2) Indian Patent Published on “A System For Dispensing Items”. The Application number: 202521037762, 22nd April 25.
3) Indian Patent Published on 11th July 2025. The Application number for this Patent is 202521059479 titled as "A System For Worker Safety Monitoring".
4) Copyright Registered on “Nagrik Aur Samvidhan - A Gamified Platform for Constitutional Literacy”, 27th March 2025.
Research Proposal Grant:
1) Approved the grant for the research proposal under the BCUD scheme on title “Cognitive Radio networks: Group based Control Channel Allocation “Proposal number: 14ENG000428 for the amount 2,30,000/- on March-2015. (Due to change in service had to transfer the research proposal to Co-investigator of MET BKC College of Engineering Nashik)
Professional Affiliations: ACM Professional member
Scopus Id:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57198809769
Google Scholar Id:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kLD9cxYAAAAJ&hl=en
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