Dr. Govind Verma

Profile Summary

Dr. Govind Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology, College of Technology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUA&T), Pantnagar. He joined the University as a regular faculty member on 21 November 2015 and has since built close to a decade of continuous teaching, research, and institutional service. His academic training is in Computer Engineering and Information Technology (B.Tech) followed by a Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering and done completed his doctorate in Computer Science, and his current areas of interest span machine learning, satellite/remote-sensing data analytics, time-series forecasting, and Internet-of-Things applications.

Across the assessment period he has consistently delivered his assigned undergraduate (B.Tech, IT) and postgraduate (MCA and M.Tech, IT) courses, guided a large number of MCA, M.Tech, and B.Tech project students, contributed to a growing portfolio of peer-reviewed journal papers, conference presentations, and book chapters, and taken on a wide range of administrative and student-welfare responsibilities.

Research Interests

• Machine Learning
• Remote Sensing / Satellite Data Analytics
• Time-Series Forecasting
• Fuzzy Time Series
• IoT

Professional Membership

• Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
• ACM Member

Teaching Experience

Duration: 21 November 2015 – present (approx. 10 years) at College of Technology, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar.

He teaches across the undergraduate B.Tech (Information Technology) programme and the postgraduate MCA and M.Tech (IT) programmes, and has recorded full (100%) delivery against assigned classes in the large majority of his courses. Representative courses taught over the years include:

Programming & Foundations

Programming for Problem Solving, Foundations of Information Technology, Data Structures, Discrete Structures, Formal Languages & Automata Theory.

Systems & Networks

Computer Networks, Network Programming & System Administration, Wireless Mobile Networks, Windows Programming.

Software & Web

Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming, Java Programming, Web Technology & Internet Programming, Web Technologies, Internet & Java Programming (MCA).

Advanced / Emerging

Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Knowledge Management, Current Trends in Programming (MCA), Modern Trends of Information Technology.

His teaching contributions include curriculum design for the B.Tech programme, preparation of lecture notes and laboratory manuals, setting up laboratory experiments (Object Oriented Design, Data Structures, Advanced Java, etc.), internal/external paper setting and evaluation, and academic advisement of students.

Research & Publications

His recent research centres on machine learning and remote-sensing/satellite data analytics, time-series and fuzzy time-series forecasting, and IoT-enabled systems, with applied studies on the Uttarakhand region. Selected outputs are listed below.

Journal Articles

1. Verma, G., Mehta, A., & Goswami, S. (2022). Trend and Time Series Analysis of Vegetation Dynamics Using Satellite Data: A Case Study of Uttarakhand, India. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 41(33), 14–26.
2. Chandra, D., Verma, G., Anand, N., Prasad, S., Pandey, B. K., & Goswami, S. (2022). Air Quality Assessment of Uttarakhand (India) Using Satellite Data and Machine Learning Techniques. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 41(48), 135–146.
3. Verma, G., Mehta, A., & Bhandari, S. S. (2022). Trend Analysis and Applicability of Fuzzy Time Series Models to Night-time Luminosity Data of Uttarakhand State, India. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 15(28), 1372–1380.
4. Chandra, D., & Verma, G. (2022). Application of Fuzzy Time Series for Forecasting Expenditure of Uttarakhand. Mazedan Computer Engineering Transactions, 3(1), 1–5.
5. Anand, N., Chandra, D., Prasad, S., Kumar, A., & Verma, G. (2023). Analysis and Prediction of Vegetation Dynamics of Delhi using MODIS Satellite Data. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences.
6. Goswami, R., Verma, G., & Goswami, S. (2023). Study of COVID-19 Applications Related to India. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences.

Book Chapters

1. Goswami, S., & Verma, G. (2021). Probability, Queuing, and Statistical Perspective in the Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks Domain. In Distributed Denial of Service Attacks: Concepts, Mathematical and Cryptographic Solutions (pp. 173–188). De Gruyter.
2. Goswami, S., Goswami, R., & Verma, G. (2024). Artificial Intelligence-Based Internet of Things for Industry 5.0. IntechOpen.

Conference Papers

1. Kukreti, P., Bhandari, S. S., & Verma, G. (2024). Internet of Things Connected Hybrid Solar Cooker. In Advances in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics (AHTFD 2022), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore.
2. Bhandari, S. S., Pal, D., & Verma, G. (2021). Experimental Studies on Hybrid Solar Cooker using Phase Change Materials and PV Technology. 26th National & 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Madras.
3. Verma, G. (2021). Time Series Forecasting with a Deep Learning Model for Electricity Generation from Hydro Generating Stations of Uttarakhand. International Conference TCSNR-2021, College of Technology, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar.
4. Verma, G. (2021). Performance Comparison of Different Phase Change Materials on a Box-Type Solar Cooker during Off-Sunshine Hours in Pantnagar. National Conference TCSNR-2021, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar.
5. Chaudhary, H., Pandey, B. K., Mandoria, H. L., Srivastav, R. K., & Verma, G. (2021). Catchment Area Treatment. International/National Conference TCSNR-2021, College of Technology, Pantnagar.

Student Guidance & Mentoring

He has an active record of postgraduate and undergraduate mentoring across the 2015–25 period, serving both as Chairperson/Advisor and as Advisory Committee Member for a large number of MCA and M.Tech students, and advising B.Tech project and programme students.

• Postgraduate (MCA / M.Tech): Chairperson/Advisor for several degree-awarded students and Advisory Committee Member for many more (multiple PG degrees awarded during 2020–25).
• Ph.D.: Member, Advisory Committee.
• Undergraduate: Guided multiple B.Tech final-year projects and served as advisor to ~25 students during 2020–25.

Administrative & Institutional Responsibilities

Alongside teaching and research, has carried a broad and continuous set of administrative, IT-development, and student-welfare duties, including:

• In-charge, College of Technology Website.
• Co-In-charge, University Website.
• Incharge Time Table, Department of Information Technology; PG Coordinator.
• Assistant Warden (Tagore Bhawan; later Gen. Bipin Singh Rawat Hostel).
• In-charge of Open Source Laboratory.