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Dr Geetha Achuthan

Assistant Professor

Computer networks Database Management System Software Engineering Computer programming Operating System Wireless Networks Network Security Simulating Multimedia Networks Applied Cryptography IT Project Management Human Computer Interaction

Research Interests

Network Security

Key Achievements in Teaching and Research

  • Organization: Kamban Engineering College
    Description: Convener, Internal ISO 9001-2000 audit training for faculty members, Kamban Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai,India, 2007-09.
    Outcome: Played key role in Obtaining ISO 9001-2000 certification for the institute.
    Date: 05/06/2007 - 24/10/2009
  • Organization: CCE
    Description: So far taught 25 modules in CCE from the date of joining (01-11-2009)
    Outcome: Involved in Teaching and learning process actively.
    Date: 31/10/2009 - 25/03/2020
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: E&CoE UCW(Undergo Course Work) Coordinator from 11-1-2010 to 21-10-2011
    Outcome: -
    Date: 10/01/2010 - 20/10/2011
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Attended a two day International Conference on Harnessing Technology organised by Caledonian College of Engineering on 13-14 February 2011,Muscat.
    Outcome: Gained knowledge
    Date: 12/02/2011 - 13/02/2011
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Active member in developing and reviewing the module descriptors for BEng CoE programme. Developed PC Hardware Lab,Computer Organisation and Architecture,Network security module descriptors for BEng Computer Engineering Programme
    Outcome: Programme is running successfully
    Date: 21/03/2011 - 26/01/2013
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: E&CoE Base room coordinator for External Assessor scrutiny from June 2012 to June 2016 in all the semesters.
    Outcome: Scrutiny of CW and FE scripts by external assessors
    Date: 09/06/2012 - 03/07/2016
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Facilitator, Graduate Students Orientation Programme (GSOP), Preparedness to face interviews at the Careers Fair-2013, 16th to 19th March 13.
    Outcome: -
    Date: 15/03/2013 - 18/03/2013
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: E&CoE Learning and Teaching Committee (LTC) Member
    Outcome: Actively particpate in LTC meetings.Ensure and enhance quality in all processes related to learning and teaching; strict compliance and adherence to the college quality policies.
    Date: 30/03/2013 - 03/03/2018
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Team Leader for the development of style files for CCE Harvard referencing style and integration of it with MS Office,2014.
    Outcome: CCE Harvard referencing can be carried out in MS Word by installing the developed files (CCE Harvard.xsl,BIBFORM.xml,Author2String .xsl)in any computer.
    Date: 17/09/2013 - 18/06/2014
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Motivated three student teams to submit FURAP proposal and two of them are approved by Institutional Proposal Evaluation Committee and one project has been approved by TRC and successfully completed.
    Outcome: One FURAP Prject was successfully completed.
    Date: 08/04/2014 - 27/04/2016
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Facilitator for Orientation programme for F2 students on 06/5/2014
    Outcome: -
    Date: 05/05/2014 - 05/05/2014
  • Organization: CCE
    Description: Internal Scrutiny Committee (ISC) Member from 12-1-2015 till date.
    Outcome: Scrutiny of CWs,MT question papers&answer keys,Final Exam question papers and answer keys.
    Date: 11/01/2015 - 25/03/2020
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Received Appreciation Certificate from our Dean for making an outstanding contribution to learning and teaching on 26th March 2015
    Outcome: Followed different teaching methodologies in teaching the modules and hence the result% has improved comparitively.
    Date: 25/03/2015 - 25/03/2015
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Member of Virtual Learning Environment(VLE)group
    Outcome: Involved in developing a VLE Strategic plan 2016
    Date: 31/03/2015 - 06/04/2016
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Participated in organising Applications of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Symposium on 29th April 2015.
    Outcome: Incharge for Momento distribution commitee
    Date: 28/04/2015 - 28/04/2015
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Received a Certificate of Appreciation for contributing in organizing CCE Tech Fest-2015 held on 4th and 5th May 2015.
    Outcome: Judge for Multimedia contest.Selected deserved students
    Date: 03/05/2015 - 04/05/2015
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Developed three module descriptors for ABET:Operating System, Wireless Networking and Data warehousing and Data Mining
    Outcome: All three descriptors are accepted
    Date: 23/01/2016 - 20/06/2016
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: 2016-17 Caledonian Entrance Assessment(CEA) Coordinator,E&CoE Department.
    Outcome: Generated 3 New sets of exam papers for AY 2016-17
    Date: 16/04/2016 - 19/06/2017
  • Organization: Springer Publications
    Description: Reviewer for Wireless Personal Communications (Springer Publications) journal from 30th Sep 2016 till date
    Outcome: Reviewed more than ten papers
    Date: 29/09/2016 - 25/03/2020
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Caledonian Women Engineers Forum core team member
    Outcome: Involved in Women in Engineering Forum activities that took place on March 29, 2017 at 10:00am in the Assembly Hall.
    Date: 19/12/2016 - 28/02/2018
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Conducted Training course in Information Technology Management &Information Systems (Oracle&SQL)for The Royal Army of Oman employees from 09/5/17 to 22/5/17(10 days)
    Outcome: -
    Date: 08/05/2017 - 21/05/2017
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Summer School facilitator.Facilitated the theme Solar powered Automatic Garden Lamp for three different group of school students.
    Outcome: Based on the knowlede provided ,students actively performed the following: Participated in Quiz Prepared posters Constructed a circuit
    Date: 12/08/2017 - 16/08/2017
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Finishing School 2017 Dept. Staff facilitator
    Outcome: Assisted students to prepare interpersonal skills and get ready to face the interviews
    Date: 16/08/2017 - 19/08/2017
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Developed two module descriptors for Masters in IT Pathways(MSc)- Information, Security and Privacy ,Network Security modules
    Outcome: Submitted for approval
    Date: 25/09/2017 - 01/11/2017
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Involved in IET Accreditation Document Preparatory Process and prepared two documents 1. Academic and Pastoral Support for Students and 2. Programme Review and Modification
    Outcome: Submitted to IET coordinators
    Date: 25/09/2017 - 26/11/2017
  • Organization: CCE
    Description: SSCG(Student Staff Consultative Group) Coordinator of E&CoE Department.
    Outcome: Coordinated 26th SSCG meeting with 19 members incuding HoD,Deputy HoD's ,PLs and students from various classes.
    Date: 01/10/2017 - 25/03/2020
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Reviewed three modules prepared by my colleagues for Masters in IT Pathways
    Outcome: Submitted
    Date: 29/10/2017 - 01/11/2017
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: coordinated with different Indian schools and Pakistani school in Muscat, prepared quizzes, Jury member, and schedule preparation for conducting a Department level event for school students
    Outcome: Around 50 students participated
    Date: 31/10/2017 - 31/10/2017
  • Organization: Majan College
    Description: Programme committee member for Majan International conference MIC2018 and reviewed the submitted papers
    Outcome: Reviewed four papers submitted to the conference
    Date: 31/12/2017 - 20/01/2018
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Served as a College Ambassador in City Center exhibition on 5th Jan 2018
    Outcome: Collected information about potential students who were willing to join in our College and submitted to HoD
    Date: 04/01/2018 - 04/01/2018
  • Organization: Mobile Networks and Applications-Springer Publications
    Description: reviewer for Mobile Networks and Applications jornal by Springer Publications from 13th March 2018 till date
    Outcome: Reviewed one paper
    Date: 12/03/2018 - 27/01/2019
  • Organization: College of Applied Sciences,Sohar
    Description: Requested to advice on the suitability and quality of the article for publication in the BEiNG18.
    Outcome: Reviewed paper for National Symposium on Bridging Education & Industry for Next Generation (BEiNG 18), College of Applied Sciences,Sohar
    Date: 21/04/2018 - 23/04/2018
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Organizer,Symposium on Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data organized by our Electrical and Computer Engineering Department on 14th May 2018. Got one sponsorship and arranged for one speaker.
    Outcome: Symposium on Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data
    Date: 13/05/2018 - 13/05/2018
  • Organization: Bharathiyar University,Coimbatore,India
    Description: Reshaping Librarianship:Innovation and Transformation
    Outcome: Delivered talk on IPR and Referencing
    Date: 15/08/2019 - 15/08/2019
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: Conducted Short Term Training course for Public Authority for Civil Aviation on "Object Oriented Programming with C++".
    Outcome: 18 Participants from PACA have been certified after successful completion of the course.
    Date: 01/09/2019 - 07/09/2019
  • Organization: Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman
    Description: PACA Training course
    Outcome: Good
    Date: 01/09/2019 - 06/09/2019
  • Organization: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering( Springer Publications)
    Description: Reviewer
    Outcome: Review report
    Date: 12/03/2020 - 25/03/2020

Skills

Programming C,C++,JAVA,Oracle UML Tools Opnet,ns2 Key Competencies: Teamwork Commitment to career Effective Communication Ethics Self Confident Motivating students

Responsibilities

. Program Development Team Member(CAT) Course developer(ABET) ECE Student Staff Consultative Group (SSCG) Coordinator Industrial Visit coordinator . Learning and Teaching Committee (LTC) Member . Department Student Staff Consultative Group (SSCG) Coordinator . UCW(Undergo Course Work) Coordinator . Admission Tutor . CEA Coordinator . ISC Member