Mrs. Preeti Amit Kale

Bio

Associate Professor with more than 20 years teaching in higher education settings. Passionate about motivating and encouraging students to think critically about course material. Applies curriculum development knowledge to assist in cultivating challenging educational courses. Skilled at applying various learning methods and tools to optimize student experience and academic journey.

A recognized reviewer for SCIE indexed journals. Researched and published articles on Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Analysis of Algorithms, Wireless Sensor Networks and Computational biology in peer reviewed journals and conferences.

Professional Affiliations: ACM, ISTE

Specialisation: Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Area of Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Applied Algorithms, Data science and Machine Learning, Sensor networks, Quantum Computing

Teaching Experience: Total 25+ years of experience across industry, academia, and research; including 3 years in the industry as a software engineer, 2 years as Adjunct faculty at College of Engineering Pune, 20+ years at MIT, and 3 years as Research Scholar at DIAT Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, under DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India.

Industry/Research Experience:

Research Scholar at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology,Pune, DRDO, MoD, Govt of India

Adjunct Professor at College of Engineering Pune: Taught and mentored students at UG and PG level. Conducted lectures for courses- Financial Computing and Theory of Computation.

Education:

Ph.D: Ph.D in Computer Engineering, DIAT Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India

M.Tech: M.Tech in Computer Engineering from PICT, SPPU, Pune

B.Tech: B.Tech in Computer Engineering, Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli

Publications and Research Work:

1. Resource person for One week ISTE approved FDP on "Leveraging AI Tools for Impactful Research and Innovation" conducted in Dec 2025 at DKTE Ichalkaranji.

2. Resource person for a guest lecture on “Quantum Computing” for Defense officers, that was conducted in Oct 2023.

3. Mentor for Smart India Hackathon(SIH): The team won the SIH final at Bangalore on 26th Sep 2022 and received a cash prize of Rs.100000/.

4. NPTEL Certificate of Appreciation for the role of mentor for the course on Artificial Intelligence Search Methods and Problem Solving in June 2020

5. Recognized as Reviewer for SCIE indexed journals.

Subjects Taught: Natural Language Processing, Deep Generative Models, Cognitive Science and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Google Scholar link"
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=qjAK7_IAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&authuser=3&sortby=pubdate

Scopus  link"
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35487807200

Orcid Link:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1571-9208

Vidwan  link"
https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/148543