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Department of Computer Science

Dr.Bindiya M Varghese

Designation : Dean, Professor

Qualification : Ph.D

Email-ID : bindiya@rajagiri.edu

Holds a doctorate in Computer Science from the Faculty of Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology. She ranked First in the University for her Post Graduation in Masters in Computer Applications. With more than 20 years of Post Graduate teaching experience, she has published research papers in Journals and Proceedings of International repute.  She acts as a resource person in data mining and is a consultant for various live projects. Awarded the IMPRESS project by ICSSR India on an interdisciplinary technology-infused intervention in healthcare. She is awarded the Mary Glowery Scholarship by the University of Melbourne. On the administrative front, is heading the Department of Computer Science in the capacity of Dean (Computer Science). Also serves the position of Additional IQAC Coordinator of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery. She acts as an administrative and academic auditor of higher educational institutions and delivers talks on the accreditation frameworks.  She initiated RLabZ, a conceptualization of Live Lab for the Department of Computer Science.

  • Ph.D. Faculty of Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 2014
  • MCA from MG University , 2002 (University First Rank)
  • BCA from MG University , 1999 (College Topper, University 5th Rank)
  • Rajagiri School of Computer Science, from June 2003- till date.
  • Guest Lecturer, M A College Kothamangalam
  • Guest Lecturer, Vidya Bharati, Kalamassery
  • Spatial Clustering, Data Mining, Visualization
  • Awarded the AICTE SPARC project titled " Develop and test a Digital Health Intervention to integrate care for improved management of chronic physical and psychological health conditions of community population in India" in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, US ( SPARC/2019-2020/P2472/SL). Sanctioned Amount: 53,73,675 INR.Indian PI : Dr. Bindiya M  Varghese (Associate Professor and Dean, Dept. of Computer Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences)Indian Co-PI(s) : Dr. Saju M D (Principal, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences)International PI : Prof. Antonio R Moreira (Professor & Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY)International Co-PI(s) : Prof. Anupam Joshi (Chair of CSEE Department & Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY) 
  • Awarded AICTE- SPICES Project (F. No. 10-78 / AICTE/IDC/SPICES/2021-22) worth 1,00,000/-
  • Research Team consisting of Dr. Bindiya M Varghese and Dr. Saju M D is awarded a project grant under the IMPRESS Scheme on “Integrating social and health care for improved management of chronic physical and psychological health conditions in India; testing a technology infused health intervention strategy” . The Committee has approved a grant-in-aid of Rs.15,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Lakhs only) plus overhead charges @5 % or maximum Rs. 1,00,000/- for the study including publication.
  • Enhanced Spatial Mining Algorithm Using Image Extraction on Quad trees. Computer Society of India. File No : 1-14/2009-04, March 2009

AAA/Mock NAAC

  • Don Bosco College, Kottiyam
  • Jai Hind College, Mumbai
  • Don Bosco University, Assam
  • Christ University, Bangalore
  • Chinmaya Vidyapeeth, Kerala
  • SRM University, Chennai
  • SB College Chenganassery
  • St. Thomas College, Thrissur
  • St. Joseph’s College, Iringalakuda
  • Vimala College, Trissur
  • St. Paul’s College Kalamassery
  • SH College Thevara
  • IHRD, Kanthaloor
  • Sahradaya College Kodakara
  • Providence Women's College, Calicut
  • Don Bosco College, Mampetta

Training on Accreditations/OBE/Excellence in Education practices/Orientations

  • St. Teresa’s College Ernakulam
  • Bharath Mata College, Kakkanad
  • Carmel College Mala
  • Don Bosco College, Kannur
  • Vimala College Trissur
  • St. Mary’s College, Thrissur
  • BMS College for Women, Bangalore
  • Auxilium College, Vellore
  • St. Mary’s College, Puthanangadi
  • St. Joseph’s College, Hyderabad
  • Rajagiri College of Management and Applied Sciences, Kakkanad
  • M A College of Engineering, Kothamangalam
  • NIMIT, Pongam
  • FISAT, Angamaly
  • Model Engineering College, Kochi
  • Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology, Kakkanad
  • BPC College, Piravam
  • Abhilash, B., & Varghese, B. M. (2025). Analytical Assessment of Prospective Technologies Tailored to Industrial Needs. 2025 2nd International Conference on Trends in Engineering Systems and Technologies (ICTEST), 1, 1–6.
  • Govind, P. S., Sajila, M., & Varghese, B. M. (2016). A two stage data hiding scheme with high capacity based on interpolation and difference expansion. Procedia Technology, 24, 1311–1316.
  • Kuriakose, B., Baby, A., Vijayan, J., & Varghese, B. M. (2024). Enhancing Short-Term Load Forecasting Accuracy with CatBoost Algorithm and Wavelet Transform Integration. International Conference on Advances in Data-Driven Computing and Intelligent Systems, 15–26.
  • Narayanan, N., KR, R., & Varghese, B. M. (2025). Early detection of autism spectrum disorder via deep-learning application of fMRI and machine learning for ASD children identifications. International Journal of Hybrid Intelligent Systems, 21(2), 148–162.
  • Narayanan, N., Remya, K., & Varghese, B. M. (2023). Machine Learning Approaches for the Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Framework. International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, 71–85.
  • Narayanan, N., & Varghese, B. M. (2025). Enhancing Military Surveillance: Applying State-of-the-Art Deep Learning Techniques for Improved Aviation Identification. 2025 2nd International Conference on Trends in Engineering Systems and Technologies (ICTEST), 1, 1–6.
  • Remya, N. N. K., & Varghese, B. M. (2025). Machine Learning Approaches for the Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Framework. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2023): Volume 2: Deep Learning and Large Language Models, 1245, 71.
  • Sabeen Govind, P., Varghese, B. M., & Judy, M. (2021). A high imperceptible data hiding technique using quorum function. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 80(13), 20527–20545.
  • Saju, M., Nukala, L., Shekhar, R., Gomez, K., Varghese, B. M., Benny, A. M., Scaria, L., Prabhu, S., & Jotheeswaran, A. T. (2020). Cohort profile: Social well-being and determinants of health study (SWADES), Kerala, India. BMJ Open, 10(3), e032803.
  • Saju, M., Varghese, B. M., Scaria, L., Benny, A. M., Yohannan, S. V., Cheguvera, N., Rajeev, S., & Jotheeswaran, A. T. (2021). Swāsthya, an integrated chronic condition management programme for families of patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus: A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, 22(1), 15.
  • Shiju, T. M., Krishna, A. V., & Varghese, B. M. (2022). A CNN model to predict and segment cancerousregions from brain images using UNet and morphological operations. 2022 International Conference on Trends in Quantum Computing and Emerging Business Technologies (TQCEBT), 1–5.
  • Thomas, S., Govind, S., Varghese, B., Benny, D., & Krishna, A. (2025). A High-Capacity Reversible Data Hiding on Grayscale Images Using Threshold-Based Clustering. 2025 2nd International Conference on Trends in Engineering Systems and Technologies (ICTEST), 1, 1–6.
  • Varghese, B. (n.d.). Development of Hierarchical Clustering Techniques for Gridded Data from Mixed Data Sequences.
  • Varghese, B. M., & Unnikrishnan, A. (2008). Recursive decision tree induction based on homogeneousness for data clustering. 2008 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 754–758.
  • Varghese, B. M., Unnikrishnan, A., & Jacob, K. (2013). Spatial clustering algorithms-an overview. Asian Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, 3(1), 1–8.
  • Varghese, B. M., Unnikrishnan, A., & Jacob, P. (2009). Information Content Extraction on Quad Trees for Active Spatial Image Clustering. 2009 WRI World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering, 4, 306–310.
  • Varghese, B. M., Unnikrishnan, A., Jacob, P., & Jacob, J. (2010). Correlation Clustering Model for Crime Pattern Detection. Int. J. Adv. Comp. Techn., 2(5), 125–128.
  • Varghese, B. M., Unnikrishnan, A., & Poulose Jacob, K. (2011). Enhanced Spatial Mining Algorithm Using Fuzzy Quadtrees. International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Information Technology, 110–116.
  • Varghese, B. M., Unnikrishnan, A., & Poulose Jacob, K. (2016). Visualization of Mixed Attributed High-Dimensional Dataset Using Singular Value Decomposition. International Conference on Big Data Technologies and Applications, 3–11.
  • Varghese, B. M., Unnikrishnan, A., Sciencist, G., Kochi, N., & Kochi, C. (2010). Clustering student data to characterize performance patterns. Int. J. Adv. Comput. Sci. Appl, 2, 138–140.
  • “Digital Semiotics”, South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies”, Vol.6, No. 2, January-June 2006, pp 122-125
  • Chaired a  session at   International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals - Opportunities, Challenges, and Future on March 31, April 1 & 2, 2023, organized by  St. Joseph's Degree and PG College, Hyderabad
  • Attended Six Days Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP - An IQAC Imitative) on “Data Science Using Python, R and Orange” organized by the Department of Computer Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kochi  held from 10th to 15th August 2020.
  • Attended Five Day Faculty Development Programme (FDP - Funded by RUSA2.0-MHRD) on "Machine Learning & Data Visualization Using Python & MS Power BI" organized by the Department of Computer Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery, Kochi India held from 4th to 8th February 2020.
  • Attended a 5 Day Training program at University of York, 2018
  • Attended a 5 Day International Faculty Development Program on High Performance Computing & Data Science from 17th- 22nd August, 2017 .
  • Short term course on R programming organized by Dept. of Computer Science, M A College of Engineering, Kothamangalam from 21st to 23rd July 2016.
  • Attended a 2 week AICTE-ISTE short term training programme on Emerging Technologies and Applications in Networking from 10-22 December 2007.
  • Attended a two week AICTE Sponsored Staff development Programme on Advanced Mathematics and Computer Science from 12th to 26th March 2007.
  • Two day National Conference on Innovations in Information and Communication Technology - NCIICT 2006, organized by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on July 7-8, 2006.
  • Attended a two day   workshop in “Information Delivery Systems for Academic and Research Institutions (IDSARI 1.0) “at Rajagiri College Of Social Sciences from 24th-25th September 2012.
  • 5-Day Mission 10x workshop, April 20-24, 2009, organized by Wipro Technologies.
  • Two day National Conference on Computational Science and Engineering - NCCSE 2009, organized by Rajagiri School of Computer Science, on February 6-7, 2009.
  • Two day National Conference on Innovations in Information and Communication Technology - NCIICT 2006, organized by PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on July 7-8, 2006.
  • Course on The Data Scientist's Toolbox authorized by Johns Hopkins University and offered through Coursera.
  • Course on R Programming authorized by Johns Hopkins University and offered through Coursera.
  • Understanding Research Methods (Authorized by University of London and SOAS University of London and offered through Coursera)
  • Mary Glowerey Scholarship, University of Melbourne, Australia.
  • 2023 EFMD Global Asia Conference, Thailand
  • Member, Research Colloquium, University of Melbourne
  • 10 Day training on Scoping Review, University of York, London
  • Member, Board of Studies, Vocational Studies-Software Development, St. Mary's College (Autonomous), Thrissur.
  • Member, Governing Body, St. Joseph's College ( Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, Thrissur,
  • Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of Computer Science, St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur
  • Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of Computer Science, St. Alberts College (Autonomous), Ernakulam

Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery

  • Member, Governing Body
  • Member, Academic Council
  • Chairperson, Board of Studies, Dept. of Computer Science
  • Additional IQAC Coordinator
  • Dean and Head of the Department, Dept. of Computer Science 
  • Convenor, Internal Complaints Committee
  • Conference Coordinator, International Conference on Knowledge Engineering: Theory and Practices, July 2015