Faculty Profile

About

Prof. Sujatha is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Applications at BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore. Additionally, she is also serving as the Executive Director at the Board of IT Education Standards. In 2009, she was awarded a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science from Bangalore University. During her long stint at BMSCE spanning around 30 years, she is also instrumental in setting up the Innovation Cluster Lab where she mentored young students and academicians till March 2022. She is a Senior Member of IEEE, ACM and IACSIT. Her topics of interest include Multimedia Applications, Mobile Adhoc Networks and the Internet of Things.


Prof. Sujatha has served as the Branch Counselor of BMSCE-IEEE SB from 2012 to 2014. During her tenure as the Branch Counselor, she was chosen as the IEEE Outstanding Branch Counselor within IEEE Region 10. She was the Founder-Chairperson of the Women in Engineering (WiE) affinity group at BMSCE. Between 2016 and 2017, she also served as the WiE (Women in Engineering) Chair at IEEE Bangalore Section. During 2024, she successfully worked as Chair, IEEE Computer Society, Bangalore Section

In 2019, she was the recipient of IEEE Bangalore Section's Outstanding Volunteer Award as a recognition of her outstanding contribution to WiE. She has been recognized as one of the Top Performers within the Executive Committee of IEEE Bangalore Section-2020. She received IEEE India Council Outstanding Volunteer award for the exemplary services as volunteer to the IEEE Bangalore Section activities during 2020. IEEE Bangalore Section awarded her as Outstanding Volunteer for her immense contribution to IEEE Bangalore Section as the Chair of Students Activity Committee during 2021.

Prof. Sujatha has contributed to many International Conferences and Summits and also been invited to give talks and adjudicate academic contests at various events including the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge. She has 30+ publications in journals, conference proceedings and as book chapters. She has filed 2 patents and has authored a book. Her research interests include Mobile adhoc networks, Internet of Things, Vehicular Network and Machine Learning.

Education

• Ph. D - Computer Networks
  Bangalore University
  Passed Year: 2009 | Program Type: PartTime
• Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications
  Mysore University
  Passed Year: 1991 | Program Type: FullTime
• B Sc - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
  Mysore University
  Passed Year: 1988 | Program Type: FullTime

Selected Publications

• Journal | Published On : 16-12-2025
  Aman Raj, D N Sujatha, S Uma, V Padmapriya
  "Driver Drowsiness Detection System", Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, pp. b758-b764, Vol. 12 , Issue 12, December-2025
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• Patents | Published On : 01-12-2025
  V Padmapriya, D N Sujatha
  Patented Granted: VEHICLE AD HOC NETWORK BASED ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAYING SYSTEM : Patent Application number - 202241041104
• Journal | Published On : 19-12-2024
  Shreyas C.S, D N Sujatha
  “Predicting Heart Disease Using Machine Learning: A Comparative Analysis of Classification Models”, Medicon Engineering Themes, Vol. 7 Issue 6, pp. 39-49, Dec 2024, ISSN: 2834-7218
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• Conference | Published On : 03-12-2023
  K N Pranav Srinivasan, D N Sujatha
  “Anodyne for Piracy by Hue Anatomization” 2023 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Data, Decision and Systems (ICDDS 2023), pp. 152-157, 2023
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• Patents | Published On : 02-06-2023
  D N Sujatha, V. Padmapriya, Rohan R
  Patent Filed: COTTON HARVESTING AND PACKAGING SYSTEM - Application Number: 202341007950
• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 05-05-2023
  V Padmapriya, D N Sujatha
  “Impact of Blockchain on Urban Environment and Climate change”, Publisher: Elsevier, Pages 97-117, 2023
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• Journal | Published On : 17-11-2022
  V Padmapriya, D N Sujatha
  Exploring Reinforcement Learning Environment for User-centric Applications in VANET”, Medicon Engineering Themes, Vol. 3, Issue 6, pp.13-24, DOI: 10.55162/MCET.03.092
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• Journal | Published On : 07-03-2022
  D N Sujatha, Mahesh M, V Padmapriya
  “Detection of Cotton and Hibiscus Flowers Using Yolov5”, GIS Science Journal, vol. 9, pp. 387-396
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• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 29-09-2021
  V Padmapriya, D N Sujatha
  "Future of Sustainable Smart Cities - An Insight" ; Book Title: "Block chain and the Smart City", Paperback ISBN: 9780128244463; Publisher: Elsevier, pp. 17-34, 2021
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• Conference | Published On : 24-12-2020
  Mahesh M and Rohan R, V Padmapriya, D. N. Sujatha
  "A Framework to Detect Hibiscus Flower using YOLOV3 and SSD Mobilenet", 2nd Int'l Conference on Data Science, Machine Learning & Applications, 2020 ()
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• Conference | Published On : 01-01-2019
  V Padmapriya, Akshay R Ashok, D. N. Sujatha, K. R. Venugopal
  “Road Side Unit Assisted Emergency Vehicle Transit Approach for Urban Roads using VANET”, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer & Communication Technologies (IEEE ICECCT-2019), pp. 1096-1101
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• Conference | Published On : 20-06-2017
  V Padmapriya, Smitha S, D. N. Sujatha, K. R. Venugopal
  ”Impact of Malicious Node on Secure Incentive Based Advertisement Distribution (SIBAD) in VANET”, 7th IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC-2017) pp. 226-232.
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• Conference | Published On : 01-01-2017
  V Padmapriya, D. N. Sujatha, K. R. Venugopal
  ”Threat on Incentive Based Earning in VANET”, International Conference on Wireless, Signal Processing & Networking (WiSPNET-2017), pp. 123-128.
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• Conference | Published On : 19-11-2015
  V Padmapriya, D N Sujatha
  A Futuristic Approach for Secure Advertisement Distribution in VANET”, 30th July 2015, in Indian Technology Congress (ITC), pp. 31-32, 2015.
• Book Chapter or Books | Published On : 23-06-2014
  D N Sujatha, Venugopal K R
  "Performance Evaluation of Video-on-Demand System”, by Lab Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN-10: 3659123064, ISBN-13: 978-365912306
• Conference | Published On : 13-05-2014
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, Vipin Rajan, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  Video-on-Demand Applications on Portable Devices: A New Paradigm”, in International Conference on Computer Science and Information Engineering (ICCSIE), pp. 1-6, 2014, ISBN No: 978-93-5137-783-2
• Journal | Published On : 12-02-2014
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, Vipin Rajan, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  Design of Techniques to Enhance the Services for Mobile Video-on-Demand Applications”, International Journal of Advances in Computer Science and Technology, vol. 3 no. 2, pp.1-6, ISSN 2320 –2602
• Journal | Published On : 21-02-2013
  Lata B T, Jansi P K R, Shaila K, D N Sujatha, Venugopal K R, L M Patnaik
  “Multiple Domain Secure Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks” in International Journal on Information Processing, Vol. 7, pp. 59-68, 2013.
• Conference | Published On : 06-02-2013
  Lata B T, Jansi P K R, Shaila K, Sivasankari H, D N Sujatha, Venugopal K R, L M Patnaik
  Lata B T, Jansi P K R, Shaila K, Sivasankari H, D N Sujatha, Venugopal K R, L M Patnaik, “Secure Multiple Domain Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks”, in Elsevier Science and Technology Publications of Seventh International Conference on Communication Networks (ICCN), pp. 40-49, 2013
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• Conference | Published On : 20-02-2010
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, Sunil Kumar N, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "CCAM: A Comprehensive Cost Analysis Model for Video-on-Demand System”, in IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC), India, pp. 157-161, 2010
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• Conference | Published On : 14-08-2008
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Admission Control Strategy for Efficient Resource Management in a VoD System", in IEEE Proceedings of International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication and Networking (ICSCN), India, pp. 288-293, 2008
• Conference | Published On : 05-01-2008
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "An Efficient Storage Mechanism to Distribute Disk Load in a VoD Server", in LNCS Proceedings of International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN), India, pp. 478-483, 2008
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• Conference | Published On : 19-12-2007
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, Rajesh Srivastava, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Hypercube Architecture for Resource Management in a Video-on-Demand System", in IEEE Proceedings of International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), Australia, 2007
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• Conference | Published On : 17-11-2007
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, Rashmi B, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Load Balancing in Fault Tolerant Video Server", in LNCS Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL), UK, pp. 306-315, 2007
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• Journal | Published On : 17-07-2007
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "An Integrated Quality-of-Service Model for Video-on-Demand Application", IAeng International Journal of Computer Science, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2007.
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• Journal | Published On : 11-07-2007
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  Determination of Optimal Buffer Allotment in Video-on-Demand System", International Journal of Information Processing, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 90-103, 2007.
• Conference | Published On : 12-06-2007
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, Ganesh Jaiswal, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Cluster- Based Congestion Control Mechanism for Enhancing the Performance of VoD System", in Proceedings of International Conference on Information Processing (ICIP), Bangalore, pp. 560-569, 2007
• Conference | Published On : 23-12-2006
  D. N. Sujatha, Rajesh K. V, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Preemption- Based Buffer Allocation in Video-on-Demand Systems", in IEEE Proceedings of Fourteenth International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM), India, pp. 523-528, 2006.
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• Conference | Published On : 18-10-2006
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Data Sharing Strategy for Guaranteeing Quality-of-Service in VoD Application", in IEEE Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing (ICISIP), Bangalore, pp. 59-64, 2006
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• Conference | Published On : 12-04-2006
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, Sunil Kumar N, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "A Hybrid Approach for Providing Quality-of-Service in Video-on-Demand System", in Proceedings of Fourth IASTED International Conference on Communications Internet and Information Technology (CIIT), Virgin Islands USA, pp. 19-24, 2006
• Conference | Published On : 08-02-2006
  D. N. Sujatha, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "A Framework for Buffer Apportioning in Video Delivery System", in Proceedings of International Conference on Software Knowledge Information Management and Applications (SKIMA), Thailand, pp. 188-193, 2006.
• Conference | Published On : 15-12-2005
  D. N. Sujatha, Rajesh K. V, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Efficient Channel Allocation based on Priority of Video in VoD Systems", in Proceedings of Third International Conference on Asian Applied Computing Conference (AACC), Nepal, Imperial College Press UK, pp. 233-237, 2005
• Journal | Published On : 08-06-2005
  D. N. Sujatha, Rajesh K. V, Girish K, K. R. Venugopal, L. M. Patnaik
  "Priority Based Channel Allocation in Video-on-Demand Systems", International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 21-28, 2005.

Other Information

1. Remote Center Coordinator, T10KT Program, National Mission for Education through Information & Communication Technology, Government of India in association with IIT-B & IIT-KGP [From 2012]

2. Single Point of Contact – e-Shikshana – an Interactive e-Learning Platform, VTU [From 2018]

3. Executive Committee Member - IEEE Bangalore Section [2020, 2021]

4. Executive Committee Member - Communication Society - IEEE Bangalore Section [2022]

5. Chair, Student's Activity Committee, IEEE Bangalore Section [2021]

5. Co-Chair, Student's Activity Committee, IEEE Bangalore Section [2020]

6. Co-Chair, WiE Track, IEEE Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS [2020-23]

7. Vice Chair, Communication Society, IEEE Bangalore Chapter- 2023

8. Chief Coordinator, Institute Social Responsibility Cell since 2021

9. Chair, IEEE Computer Society, Bangalore Section - 2024

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