ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Ph.D.: Implementing Optimized Static and Streaming Analytics, Visualization and Secure Storage of Big Data on Cloud, BITS Pilani, 2020
• M.Tech.: Computer and Information Sciences, Dept. of Computer Science, CUSAT 2000
• B.Tech.: Electronics & Communication Engineering, RIT Kottayam (MG University), 1996
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION
• Big Data Analytics
Assistant Professor at IHRD College of Engineering Chengannur, since Feb 2000
Research Guidance
Ph.D. Scholars Supervised (Completed/Ongoing) Nil
• M.Tech. Dissertations: 6 completed
• B.Tech. Projects: 10 completed
Journal Publications
1. Lekha R. Nair, “RetoNet: a deep learning architecture for automated retinal ailment detection.” Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, pp.1-10, 2019
2. Lekha R. Nair, Sujala D. Shetty and Siddhanth D. Shetty, “Applying Spark based Machine Learning Model on Streaming Big Data for Health Status Prediction”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Elsevier , vol. 65, pp. 393-399, 2018
3. Lekha R. Nair, Sujala D. Shetty and Siddhanth D. Shetty, “Streaming Big Data Analysis for Real-Time Sentiment Based Targeted Advertising”, International Journal for Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 7.no.1, pp. 402-407, 2017
4. Lekha R. Nair, Sujala D. Shetty and Siddhanth D. Shetty, Interactive visual analytics on Big Data: Tableau vs D3. js” Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 139-150, 2016.
5. Lekha R. Nair and Sujala D. Shetty, Streaming twitter data analysis using spark for effective job search”, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 349-353, 2015
6. Lekha R. Nair and Sujala D. Shetty, “Research in Big Data and Analytics: An Overview.” International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 108, No. 14, pp. 19-23, 2014
Conferences
1. Anitha Susan Varkey, Lekha R. Nair, “Image Forgery Detection using SVM” , in International
Conference on on Cyber Security, Image Processing, Signal Processing, Communication, Optimization in VLSI & Embedded Systems and Networking, ICCISCON 2018 , India.
2. Abraham, Aansu Sara, Lekha R. Nair, and M. S. Deepa. “A novel method for evaluation of visual security of images.” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Networks & Advances in Computational Technologies (NetACT), 2017, India
3. Lekha R. Nair, Sarath Saleem and Sujala D. Shetty, “Scalable Interactive Geo Visualization Platform for GIS Data Analysis” in proceedings of 2016 IEEE 14th International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, New Zealand
4. Dev Dua, Sujala D. Shetty, Lekha R. Nair, “Development of a Distributed Cryptographic System Employing Parallelized Counter Mode Encryption”. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services (ICIW 2015), Brussels, Belgium
5. Dev Dua, Sujala D. Shetty, Lekha R. Nair, “Applying Scalable Machine Learning Techniques on Big Data using a Computational Cluster.” Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP), 2015, Las Vegas, USA
6. Lekha R. Nair and Sujala D. Shetty, “Security in Big Data: Issues and Challenges”, International Conference on Secure Knowledge Management, SKM 2014, Dubai, 2014 (poster presentation
