Professor, Computer Science & Information Technology
PG Department of Computer Science & IT, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
sonaljain@spuvvn.edu
PG Department of Computer Science & IT, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
sonaljain@spuvvn.edu
Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Educational Technology, Healthcare AI.
Dr. Sonal Jain is a Professor with over 25 years of academic experience. Before joining the PG Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, she was associated with GLS Institute of Computer Technology, Ahmedabad for 12 years and then served as Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur for 10 years. She has been trained for PBL Pedagogy at JK Lakshmipat University, for Project Based Learning Pedagogy by Master Class conducted by Professor from Olin College of Engineering, USA. She has co-developed Courses like Computational Data Analysis, Intelligent Automation, and Business and Intelligent Machines. Dr. Jain has co-authored books including Personal Computer Software (Wiley India), Simplifying C (Dreamtech Publications), and six textbooks for the Gujarat State Education Board. Dr. Jain has several publications to her credit and she has presented research papers at National and International conferences. She is currently guiding 2 PhD Scholars and four students have been awarded doctoral degree under her guidance. She is the recipient of a Grant for a project titled Early and Automated Diagnosis of Dysgraphia using Deep Neural Network by Science for Equity Empowerment and Development Division of the Department of Science and Technology, GoI, India as Co-Principal Investigator. She is a recipient of the Australian Innovation Patent grant, 2 patents by Federal Republic of Germany, 2 Indian patents, Sardar Patel Research award, the Young Scientist Award for Initiatives Discoveries and Developments in the discipline of Information Retrieval by Venus International Foundation, Chennai, and the Vaigyanik Drashtikon Award at the 4th Rajasthan Science Congress. She has also developed a MOOC on Android Application Development. She is a Committee Member of IACSIT Singapore and a reviewer of various conferences and journals of international repute. She has been visiting faculty at the University of J.Seyle, Slovenia, Hungary, and also visited Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences under the faculty exchange program at JKLU. Her area of interest for Research, Training, and Consultancy includes Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Technology for Education and Healthcare.