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Department of Computer Science

Dr.Bindiya M Varghese

Designation : Dean-Computer Science

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
  • Enhanced Spatial Mining Algorithm Using Image Extraction on Quad trees. Computer Society of India. File No : 1-14/2009-04, March 2009
  • 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.
  • Talk on "Empowering the Academia: in the wake of avante garde" in the one- week FDP Recent Trends in Advancements and Technology conducted by Federal Institute of Science and Technology
  • Resource person, MCA Orientation Programme, SNGCE Kadayiruppu
  • Dr. Bindiya M Varghese presented a session "Crossing the world! Bridging the gap" in First Industry-Academia Conclave on Emerging Trends in Technology - Rajagiri Center for Business Studies, Kochi. 17th February.
  • Resource Person, FDP, Model Engineering College , July 2016.
  • Presented a paper titled "A Comparative study on different hierarchical agglomerative clustering methods using cophentic coefficient" in the AICTE sponsored National Seminar on "Role of Mathematics & Computer Science in New Technologies", March 2007.
  • Presented a paper titled "Recursive decision tree induction based on homogenousness for data clustering" in the National Conference on Web intelligence, December 2006.
  • Invited Talk on Data Mining, BPC College, Piravom
  • Invited Talk on Orange –A Data Mining Tool, FISAT, Angamaly.
  • Resource Person, Workshop at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology.
  • Consultant on NAAC Accreditation, Chinmaya Vidyapeeth, Kerala.  
  • NAAC Accreditation, Vimala College ( Autonomous)Thrissur
  • Best Practices in Quality Management, BMS College for Women, Bangalore
  • Sabeen Govind, P.V., Varghese, B.M. & Judy, M.V. , A high imperceptible data hiding technique using quorum function. Multimedia Tools and Applications (2021),Springer,Scopus Q1, SCI impact factor: 2.313 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-10780-9
  • Saju, M.D., Varghese, B.M., Scaria, L. et al. 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 Fam Pract 22, 15 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-020-01357-w  IF-2.022 
  • M D S, Nukala L, Shekhar R, et al, "Cohort profile: social well-being and determinants of health study (SWADES), Kerala", IndiaBMJ Open 2020;10:e032803. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032803
  • Bindiya M Varghese, Unnikrishnan A, K Poulose Jacob,"Visualization of Mixed Attributed High-Dimensional Dataset Using Singular Value Decomposition",Big Data Technologies and Applications,7th International Conference, BDTA 2016, Seoul, South Korea, November 17–18, 2016, Springer.
  • “Digital Semiotics”, South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies”, Vol.6, No. 2, January-June 2006, pp 122-125.
  • Bindiya M Varghese, Unnikrishnan A, “Recursive Decision tree induction based on homogeneousness for data clustering”, Proceedings of International Conference on Cyber worlds, IEEE Computer Society Press, China, Sep 2008. ISBN 978-0-7695-3381-0
  • Bindiya M Varghese, Unnikrishnan A, Paulose Jacob, " Information Content Extraction on Quad Trees for Active Spatial Image Clustering" , World Congress of Computer Science Information Engineering, IEEE Computer Society Press, Mar 2009.ISBN- 978-0-7695-3507-4
  • Book Chapter, “Enhanced Spatial Mining Algorithm Using Fuzzy Quadtrees”, Bindiya M. Varghese, A. Unnikrishnan and K. Poulose Jacob, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 1, Volume 250, Computational Intelligence and Information Technology, Part 1, Pages 110-116, Springer. ISBN- 978-3-642-25734-6_17
  • Bindiya M Varghese, Unnikrishnan A, Paulose Jacob, ,Justin Jacob, "Correlation Clustering Model for Crime Pattern Detection", IJACT: International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 125 ~ 128, 2010 ISSN : 2005-8039,  (SJR-0.65/ impact factor(cites/doc-2years)-4.08, H-index- 16)
  • Bindiya M Varghese, Jose Tomy J , Unnikrishnan A , Poulose Jacob K  , “Clustering Student Data to Characterize Performance Patterns”, Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, IJACSA 2011; 138-140. ISSN : 2156-5570
  • Bindiya M Varghese, Unnikrishnan A, Poulose Jacob, K, “Spatial Clustering Algorithms- An Overview”, Asian Journal of Computer Science And Information Technology 3: 1 (2013) 1 – 8
  • Bindiya M Varghese, Unnikrishnan A, Poulose Jacob K, “A Framework for Clustering High-Dimensional Mixed Attributed Data set”, ICIPT2013: 2013 8th International Conference on Information Processing, Management and Intelligent Information Technology (ICIPM, ICIIP), ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS) , South Korea, April 1-3, 2013
  • Sabeen Govind, Sajila M.K, Bindiya M Varghese," A two stage data hiding scheme with high capacity based on interpolation and difference expansion" International Conference on Emerging trends in computing, ICETIC 2015(India), Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier.
  • 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.
  • Member, Research Colloquium, University of Melbourne
  • 10 Day training on Scoping Review, University of York, London
  • Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of Computer Science, St. Alberts College (Autonomous), Ernakulam
  • Chairperson, Board of Studies, Dept. of Computer Science,  Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery
  • Member, Academic Council, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), Kalamassery
  • Head of the Department, Dept. of Computer Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery from August 2014- August 2019
  • Conference Coordinator, International Conference on Knowledge Engineering- Theory and Practices, July 2015
  • Centre Coordinator for the "National Standards Examination- July 2007" conducted by the Computer Society of India (CSI).