Faculty

Dr. Anagha Sharad Dhavalikar

Associate Professor and Head of Department

Electronics & Computer Science

Vasantdada Patil Pratisthan’s College of Engineering & Visual Arts

Sion - Mumbai

anaghad@pvppcoe.ac.in

Dr. Anagha Sharad Dhavalikar is working as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Electronics & Computer Science at Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan’s College of Engineering & Visual Arts (VPPCOE & VA). She is having 19 years of academic experience. Her area of interest includes Microcontrollers, Embedded Systems, VLSI Design, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

  • PhD in Electronics & Telecommunication from FCRIT, Vashi, Mumbai University
  • E. in Electronics & Telecommunication from V.E.S.I.T., Mumbai University
  • E. in Electronics from AISSMS, WCOE, Pune University
  • Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan’s College of Engineering & Visual Arts, Sion. Associate Professor(23rd July 2014 till date)

  • PVPP’s Manohar Phalke Polytechnic, Sion.Lecturer (8th January 2007 to 22nd July 2014)
  • Teleman, Institute of Mobile Repair, Maintenance & Technology, Thane Training Instructor.(13th March 2006 to 5th January 2007)

  • Accord Enterprises, ThaneProject Engineer(9th Aug 2004 to 11th March 2006

  • Microprocessors & Microcontrollers
  • Embedded Systems
  • Discrete Time Signal Processing
  • Digital VLSI
  • Artificial Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
  • Remote Sensing
  • ATAL online FDP on “Industry 4.0 for Industry and Academia” by Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan’s College of Engineering & Visual Arts.(3rd – 8th Feb 2025)
  • ATAL online FDP on “Generative AI and its Applications to Computer Vision” by L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmadabad(16th – 21st Dec 2024)
  • ATAL FDP on “Geo-AI: Innovations in AI for Improved Spatial Data Processing” by RAIT(2nd – 7th Dec 2024)
  • One-week online Hands-on National Level STTP on “Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics Tools” by DMCE, Airoli(8th – 12th July 2024)
  • One-week ISTE approved STTP on “Research Funding, Publications, and IPR: A Journey from Fundamentals to Advanced Methodologies” by DJSCE, Mumbai.(10th – 14th June 2024)
  • ISTE approved Two weeks Online Short-Term Training Programme on “AI/ML and Data Science for Healthcare” by Atharva College of Engineering, Mumbai(11th – 22nd Dec 2023)
  • NPTEL-AICTE Faculty Development Programme on “Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence(

    Jul-Oct 2023 (12weeks)

  1. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, Pranali C. Choudhari, “Prediction of Oil Spill Trajectory on The Ocean Surface Using Mathematical Modeling”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 15, pp. 5894-5905, 2022, DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3192352.
  2. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, Pranali C. Choudhari, “Detection and Quantification of Daily Marine Oil Pollution Using Remote Sensing”, Water Air & Soil Pollution (Springer), vol. 233, issue 8, Article 336 (2022).DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05752-0.
  3. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, Pranali C. Choudhari, “Modelling and Remote Sensing of Oil Spill in the Mediterranean Sea: A Case Study on Baniyas Power Plant Oil Spill”, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (Springer), pp. 1-14, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01630-8.
  4. Anagha S. Dhavalikar and Pranali C. Choudhari, “An Analysis of Feature Importance for Classifying Oil Spills and Look-alikes from Ocean SAR Images”, High Technology Letters, An International Journal, vol. 27, Issue-9, September 2021.

 

  1. UGC CARE / APPROVED Journals
  2. Shreya Wavhal, Tanishka Parab, Anagha Dhavalikar, “Transforming Online Fashion Retail with AI-Driven Styling Recommendations”, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, Vol.12, Issue 4, April 2025, www.jetir.org (ISSN-2349-5162)
  3. Janavi Kachi, Prerana Patil, Nikhil Sable, Aaditya Sharma, Anagha Dhavalikar, “The Smart Workplace: Enhancing Productivity through Gesture and Voice Recognition”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology, Vol. 11, Issue 11, pp. 7203-708, April 2025, ISSN: 2349-6002, 
  4. Sonia Mohanty, Harshika Mhaske, Rishikesh Nikale, Anshul Patel, Anagha Dhavalikar, “Skin Disease Detection using Convolutional Neural Network”, Indian Journal of Technical Education (ISTE), Vol. 47, Special Issue No. 1, pp. 151-156, February 2024. 
  5. Anagha S. Dhavalikar and Ramesh Kulkarni, “Facial Expression Recognition using Euclidean Distance Method”, IAES International Journal of Telematics and Informatics, vol. 2, Issue No. 1, p. 175, December 2013.
  6. Anagha S. Dhavalikar and Ramesh Kulkarni, “Face Detection using Skin Color Detection and Segmentation”, Engineering Sciences International Research Journal, ISSN 2320 4338, ISBN 978-93-81583-90-6, vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 100 – 104, March 2013.

  7. CONFERENCES
  8. Urankar, Dnyan and Giri, Animesh and Rajput, Viren and Dhavalikar, Anagha, “Smart Shopping Trolley System”, 7thInternational Conference on Innovations and Research in Technology & Engineering, April 8-9, 2022, VPPCOE & VA, Mumbai. SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4109035or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4109035.
  9. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, Pranali C. Choudhari, “Classification of Oil Spills and Look-Alikes from SAR Images using Bag of Visual Words Method of Feature Extraction”, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, (IGARSS-2021), IEEE, July 12 – 16, 2021, BRUSSELS.
  10. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, Pranali C. Choudhari, “Classification of Oil Spills and Look-alikes from SAR Images Using Artificial Neural Network”, 4th IEEE International Conference on Communication, Information and Computing Technology (ICCICT-2021), June25 – 27, 2021, Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai, INDIA. 
  11. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, and Vidhya Seeman, “Different Data Encryption Algorithms – A Survey”, 6thInternational Conference on Innovations and Research in Technology & Engineering, December 19-20, 2019, PVPPCOE, Mumbai.
  12. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, “Automatic Facial Expression Recognition System, A Survey”, 5thInternational Conference on Innovations & Research in Technology & Engineering, ISSN-2349-5162, December 21-22, 2018, PVPPCOE, Mumbai.
  13. Anagha S. Dhavalikar, and Dharti Patel, “A Review on Emerging Electronic Device – Organic Thin Film Transistor (OTFT)”, 4thInternational Conference on Innovations and Research in Technology & Engineering, e-ISSN: 2394-2320, October 26-27, 2017, PVPPCOE, Mumbai.
  14. Anagha S. Dhavalikar and Ramesh K. Kulkarni, “Face Detection and Facial Expression Recognition System”, IEEE International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS -2014), Feb. 13 – 14, 2014, Coimbatore, INDIA.
  15. Anagha S. Dhavalikar and Ramesh K. Kulkarni, “Feature Extraction in Facial Expression Recognition System”, International Technological Conference, I-TechCON-2014, Jan. 3 – 4, 2014, Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Technology, Mumbai
  16. Anagha S. Dhavalikar and Ramesh K. Kulkarni, “Face Recognition Techniques: A Survey”, National level Conference “MPInnovision 2013”, PVPP’s Manohar Phalke Polytechnic, Sion, Mumbai, 12th January 2013, ISBN 978-93-5104-412-3. 
  17. Anagha S. Dhavalikar and Ramesh K. Kulkarni, “Feature Extraction Techniques for Facial Expression Recognition System: A Survey”, National level Conference on Technologies for Physically Challenged on 13th October 2012, ISBN 978-81-924815-4-8.

1.NPTEL online certification course on “Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence”, Jul-Oct 2023 (12 weeks)

2.NPTEL online certification course on “VLSI Design Flow: RTL to GDS”, Jul-Oct 2025 (12 weeks)