Nandini Mukherjee

Nandini Mukherjee (née Mukhopadhyay) is an Indian computer scientist and politician. She is a Professor of Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.[1][2]

Dr. Nandini Mukherjee
Born
Nandini Mukhopadhyay
NationalityIndian
EducationKamala Girls' High School
Patha Bhavan, Kolkata
Alma materBengal Engineering College, University of Calcutta (BEng)
Jadavpur University (MEng)
University of Manchester (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsInternet of Things
Wireless Sensor Networks
Cloud Computing
High performance parallel computing[1]
InstitutionsJadavpur University
ThesisOn the effectiveness of feedback-guided parallelisation (1999)
Doctoral advisorJohn Gurd

Education

Mukherjee took her Madhyamik examination from Kamala Girls' High School. She studied for her Higher Secondary examinations from Patha Bhavan, Kolkata. She earned her Bachelor of Engineering Degree from the Department of Computer Science and Technology of Bengal Engineering College under Calcutta University, Shibpur in 1987. She earned her Master of Engineering degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University, in 1991. In 1996 she was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth scholarship for her PhD from the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester, in the UK, finishing in 1999.[3][4]

She has a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK, with research in the fields of Parallel Computing, Grid Computing and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN).

Career and research

Mukherjee contested from the South Kolkata Lok Sabha Constituency as the Left Front Nominated CPI(M) candidate in Parliamentary Elections. She was involved with the Students' Federation of India in her college days. Later on she associated with the movement for self-reliance in Science and Technology through the Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (FOSET) and the Vigyan Mancha.

She is Secretary of the West Bengal Free Software Mancha (FSMWB). She is active in the All India Democratic Women's Association(AIDWA), and is a state Secretariat Member of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO). In 2011 she contested the by-elections from Bhawanipore Assembly constituency.

Teaching

Mukherjee began teaching in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Jadavpur University in 1992. As of 2016 she was the Director of the University's School of Mobile Computing[5] while advising multiple PhD students.

In 2001 she went to Newcastle University to research high performance computing. She published over 80 research papers.[1][6]

She supervised research projects funded by different agencies of the Government of India. Mukherjee leads a collaborative research project to investigate the application of mobile computing and wireless sensor networks to Indian rural health systems.

Social activities

Mukherjee became the State Secretary of the Free Software Mancha of West Bengal. She is Joint Secretary of the Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) and an active member of the West Bengal College and University Teachers' Association (WBCUTA). She was an elected teacher's representative in the Executive Council of Jadavpur University. Mukherjee is involved in the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA). She is a State Secretariat member of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO). She was the Left Front CPI(M) candidate in the Bhawanipore by-elections in 2011. She contested in the Lok Sabha election of 2014 from the South Kolkata Constituency as the Left Front Nominated CPI(M) candidate.[7]

References
  1. Nandini Mukherjee publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. Nandini Mukherjee at DBLP Bibliography Server
  3. Mukhopadhyay, Nandini (1999). On the effectiveness of feedback-guided parallelisation. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. OCLC 642449615.
  4. "Directory of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows, Nandini Mukhopadhyay Country of Origin - India, Country of Study - United Kingdom Award Year- 1996". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. "Website of School of Mobile Computing, Jadavpur University". Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  6. Nandini Mukherjee publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  7. "Nandini Mukherjee's profile on CPI(M)". Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
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