Dr. Lekha A
Dr. Lekha A
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
About
Dr. A Lekha is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Applications, PESU. She completed her Bachelor’s degree from VVSFGCW, Bangalore University, 1998, Master’s degree form Dr. AIT, VTU in 2001. She did her M.Phil. from Bharathidasan University in 2005 and holds a Ph.D. in the domain of Data Mining for Bioinformatics from Dr. MGR Education and Research University, Chennai. She has 20+ years experience in teaching and 10+ years experience in Research
About
Dr. A Lekha is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Applications, PESU. She completed her Bachelor’s degree from VVSFGCW, Bangalore University, 1998, Master’s degree form Dr. AIT, VTU in 2001. She did her M.Phil. from Bharathidasan University in 2005 and holds a Ph.D. in the domain of Data Mining for Bioinformatics from Dr. MGR Education and Research University, Chennai. She has 20+ years experience in teaching and 10+ years experience in Research.
Education
- Doctorate, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute University, 2016
- Master of Philosophy, Bharatidasan University, 2005
- Master of Computer Applications, Visvesvaraya Technological University, 2001
- Bachelor of Science, Bangalore University, 1998
- Masters in Arts (English), Bangalore University, 2019
Experience
- Associate Professor, PESU, 2015 – till date
- Assistant Professor, PESU, 2014 – 2015
- Assistant Professor, PESIT, 2012 – 2014
- Senior Lecturer, PESIT, 2009 – 2011
- Lecturer, PESIT, 2006 – 2008
- Lecturer, BMSIT, 2004 – 2006
- Lecturer, NMKRV, 2001 – 2004
Additional Information
- Years of Experience: 22
- Domain: Data Science
- Recognition: Supervisor Recognition under PESU
- Conference Conducted: Co-organizer “Creativity World Forum – Cities in Transition” during 29th-30th November, 1st December, 2016
- Conducted “National Cyber Safety and Security Standards Summit” during 11th- 12th December 2015 at PESU
- Co-convenor 18th ISTE Karnataka State Faculty Annual Convention during 6th -7th November, 2015 on Technical Education Interventions for Make in India and Digital India Initiative
- Organized a two-day workshop “Working with GIT” on 20th -21st Feb, 2015
- Conducted Three Day Symposium “Multimedia Information Archival and Retrieval systems (MIARS)” during 11th – 13th November, 2013
- Conference Attended: “Creativity World Forum – Cities in Transition” during 29th-30th November, 1st December, 2016
- “National Cyber Safety and Security Standards Summit” during 11th – 12th December 2015 at PESU
- 18th ISTE Karnataka State Faculty Annual Convention during 6th -7th November, 2015 on “Technical Education Interventions for Make in India and Digital India Initiative”
- Two-day workshop “Working with GIT” on 20th – 21st Feb, 2015
- 14th ISTE Karnataka State Faculty Convention 18th -19th November 2011 at PESIT, Bangalore
- Faculty Development Programme Attended: NBA Accreditation dated 21st July 2012,PESIT High Performance Computing pre-conference Workshop on “Research Paper Writing” 23rd July, 2011, PESIT, Bangalore
- A Faculty Development Program on Applications of Digital Media Processing, January 2011
- A BITES workshop on “Multi-Core Programming” at PESIT on 21-Mar-09.
- Faculty Development Programme Conducted: 2-Day TEQUIP sponsored workshop on Python Programming for Scientific Computing, July 11-12, 2016
Achievements
- Aryabhatta International Award of 2017
- Session Chair “National Level Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering- 2017”, sponsored by UGC organized by Department of Computer Science, Government Science College, Bangalore during 16th – 17th February, 2017
- Resource Person – “R for Data Science” at GSSSIETW, Mysore on 10th – 12th July, 2018
- Resource Person – “Statistical Analysis using R” for MBA students, PESU in Jan 2017
Teaching
- Programming Languages – C, C++, Python
- Conceptual – Data Structures
- Analysis and Design of Algorithms
- Testing – Selenium, WebDriver, gdb
- IDE Programming – VIM, VIM RC
- Web Scripting – HTML4, CSS3
- Python, Django Framework
- Database – Oracle, MySQL
- Data Science – Data Mining
- Animation – Blender 2.69
- Animation – Pencil2D
- NoSQL – MongoDB
- Big Data – HIve, HBase, Hadoop, Pig
- Spreadsheet Enginerring – Excel
- Machine Learning
Responsibilities
- Department Curriculum Committee Coordinator
- PESU ISA and ESA Squad Member
- Handled four autonomous courses
- Coordinated Prof. C N Rao Award Ceremony
- Coordinated Prof. C N Rao Award Ceremony
- Graduation Day
- Sardar Vallabhai Patel anniversary
- Sardar Vallabhai Patel anniversary
- Law Day
- Department Infrastructure In-charge
- Organized IGNIUM (Department Fest)
- Anchor for four autonomous courses Programming with IDE Animation Scripting language – Python with Django Software testing using Selenium and Web driver
Research Interest
- Data Science
- Algorithms
- Programming Languages
Research Projects
Conferences
- Rashmi GD, Lekha A, Neelam Bawane, 2015, “Analysis of Efficiency of Prediction Algorithms (Naive Bayes) for Breast Cancer Dataset”, Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Research in Electronics, Computer Science and Technology (ICERECT-2015), 17 – 18 December, 2015
- Rajashree CN, Lekha A, Neelam Bawane, 2017, “Analysis of Efficiency of Association Rule Mining Algorithms for Breast Cancer Dataset”, Proceedings of 6th National Conference on Emerging ad Innovative trend in Computer Science, 30-31 March 2017
Journals
- Lekha, A & Srikrishna CV 2010, ‘Extension of Horspool Algorithm for Pattern Matching’, Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics, vol.3, no 2, pp 199-209
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Neelakantan N 2012, ‘Classifiers in Biological databases’, International Journal of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, ISSN No. 2315-4209, vol. 1, Issue 2, pp 86-89
- Lekha A & Srikrishna CV 2012, ‘Efficiency of Prediction Algorithms for Mining Biological Databases’, ISOR Journal of Computer Engineering, vol. 6, Issue 1, pp 12-21
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Viji Vinod 2013, ‘Utility of Association Rule Mining’, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, pp 1-6
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Viji Vinod 2014, ‘Prediction Algorithms for Mining Biological Databases’, International Review on Computers and Software, vol. 9, no. 4, pp 650 – 658
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Viji Vinod 2015, ‘Fuzzy Association Rule Mining’, Journal of Computer Science, vol. 11, no. 1, pp 71-74
- Rashmi GD, Lekha A, Neelam Bawane, 2016, “Analysis of Efficiency of Classification and Prediction Algorithms (kNN) for Breast Cancer Dataset”, Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer India, 2016
- Awinash Kumar, Lekha Achuth, “ANALYSIS OF EFFICIENCY OF CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION ALGORITHMS (DECISION TREE) ON SUITABLE JOBS PREDICTION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING STUDENTS DATASET”, Journal of Data Acquisition and Processing, 2023, 38 (2): 2391-2401.
Books
Lekha A, Pushpalatha KN, A Birds-view of Rabindranath Tagore
Others
- Punitha P, Lekha A, 2014, “Fundamentals of Information Technology”, Karnataka State Open University, Diploma in Information Technology
Education
- Doctorate, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute University, 2016
- Master of Philosophy, Bharatidasan University, 2005
- Master of Computer Applications, Visvesvaraya Technological University, 2001
- Bachelor of Science, Bangalore University, 1998
- Masters in Arts (English), Bangalore University, 2019
Experience
- Associate Professor, PESU, 2015 – till date
- Assistant Professor, PESU, 2014 – 2015
- Assistant Professor, PESIT, 2012 – 2014
- Senior Lecturer, PESIT, 2009 – 2011
- Lecturer, PESIT, 2006 – 2008
- Lecturer, BMSIT, 2004 – 2006
- Lecturer, NMKRV, 2001 – 2004
Additional Information
- Years of Experience: 22
- Domain: Data Science
- Recognition: Supervisor Recognition under PESU
- Conference Conducted: Co-organizer “Creativity World Forum – Cities in Transition” during 29th-30th November, 1st December, 2016
- Conducted “National Cyber Safety and Security Standards Summit” during 11th- 12th December 2015 at PESU
- Co-convenor 18th ISTE Karnataka State Faculty Annual Convention during 6th -7th November, 2015 on Technical Education Interventions for Make in India and Digital India Initiative
- Organized a two-day workshop “Working with GIT” on 20th -21st Feb, 2015
- Conducted Three Day Symposium “Multimedia Information Archival and Retrieval systems (MIARS)” during 11th – 13th November, 2013
- Conference Attended: “Creativity World Forum – Cities in Transition” during 29th-30th November, 1st December, 2016
- “National Cyber Safety and Security Standards Summit” during 11th – 12th December 2015 at PESU
- 18th ISTE Karnataka State Faculty Annual Convention during 6th -7th November, 2015 on “Technical Education Interventions for Make in India and Digital India Initiative”
- Two-day workshop “Working with GIT” on 20th – 21st Feb, 2015
- 14th ISTE Karnataka State Faculty Convention 18th -19th November 2011 at PESIT, Bangalore
- Faculty Development Programme Attended: NBA Accreditation dated 21st July 2012,PESIT High Performance Computing pre-conference Workshop on “Research Paper Writing” 23rd July, 2011, PESIT, Bangalore
- A Faculty Development Program on Applications of Digital Media Processing, January 2011
- A BITES workshop on “Multi-Core Programming” at PESIT on 21-Mar-09.
- Faculty Development Programme Conducted: 2-Day TEQUIP sponsored workshop on Python Programming for Scientific Computing, July 11-12, 2016
Achievements
- Aryabhatta International Award of 2017
- Session Chair “National Level Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering- 2017”, sponsored by UGC organized by Department of Computer Science, Government Science College, Bangalore during 16th – 17th February, 2017
- Resource Person – “R for Data Science” at GSSSIETW, Mysore on 10th – 12th July, 2018
- Resource Person – “Statistical Analysis using R” for MBA students, PESU in Jan 2017
Teaching
- Programming Languages – C, C++, Python
- Conceptual – Data Structures
- Analysis and Design of Algorithms
- Testing – Selenium, WebDriver, gdb
- IDE Programming – VIM, VIM RC
- Web Scripting – HTML4, CSS3
- Python, Django Framework
- Database – Oracle, MySQL
- Data Science – Data Mining
- Animation – Blender 2.69
- Animation – Pencil2D
- NoSQL – MongoDB
- Big Data – HIve, HBase, Hadoop, Pig
- Spreadsheet Enginerring – Excel
- Machine Learning
Responsibilities
- Department Curriculum Committee Coordinator
- PESU ISA and ESA Squad Member
- Handled four autonomous courses
- Coordinated Prof. C N Rao Award Ceremony
- Coordinated Prof. C N Rao Award Ceremony
- Graduation Day
- Sardar Vallabhai Patel anniversary
- Sardar Vallabhai Patel anniversary
- Law Day
- Department Infrastructure In-charge
- Organized IGNIUM (Department Fest)
- Anchor for four autonomous courses Programming with IDE Animation Scripting language – Python with Django Software testing using Selenium and Web driver
Research Interest
- Data Science
- Algorithms
- Programming Languages
Research Projects
- PESU VR Library
Conferences
- Rashmi GD, Lekha A, Neelam Bawane, 2015, “Analysis of Efficiency of Prediction Algorithms (Naive Bayes) for Breast Cancer Dataset”, Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Research in Electronics, Computer Science and Technology (ICERECT-2015), 17 – 18 December, 2015
- Rajashree CN, Lekha A, Neelam Bawane, 2017, “Analysis of Efficiency of Association Rule Mining Algorithms for Breast Cancer Dataset”, Proceedings of 6th National Conference on Emerging ad Innovative trend in Computer Science, 30-31 March 2017
Journals
- Lekha, A & Srikrishna CV 2010, ‘Extension of Horspool Algorithm for Pattern Matching’, Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics, vol.3, no 2, pp 199-209
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Neelakantan N 2012, ‘Classifiers in Biological databases’, International Journal of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, ISSN No. 2315-4209, vol. 1, Issue 2, pp 86-89
- Lekha A & Srikrishna CV 2012, ‘Efficiency of Prediction Algorithms for Mining Biological Databases’, ISOR Journal of Computer Engineering, vol. 6, Issue 1, pp 12-21
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Viji Vinod 2013, ‘Utility of Association Rule Mining’, IEEE Xplore Digital Library, pp 1-6
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Viji Vinod 2014, ‘Prediction Algorithms for Mining Biological Databases’, International Review on Computers and Software, vol. 9, no. 4, pp 650 – 658
- Lekha A, Srikrishna CV & Viji Vinod 2015, ‘Fuzzy Association Rule Mining’, Journal of Computer Science, vol. 11, no. 1, pp 71-74
- Rashmi GD, Lekha A, Neelam Bawane, 2016, “Analysis of Efficiency of Classification and Prediction Algorithms (kNN) for Breast Cancer Dataset”, Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer India, 2016
- Awinash Kumar, Lekha Achuth, “ANALYSIS OF EFFICIENCY OF CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION ALGORITHMS (DECISION TREE) ON SUITABLE JOBS PREDICTION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING STUDENTS DATASET”, Journal of Data Acquisition and Processing, 2023, 38 (2): 2391-2401.
Books
Lekha A, Pushpalatha KN, A Birds-view of Rabindranath Tagore
Others
Punitha P, Lekha A, 2014, “Fundamentals of Information Technology”, Karnataka State Open University, Diploma in Information Technology
Staff Contacts
Staff Contacts
- 8026721983 Extn 399
- lekha@pes.edu
- Computer Application
- 8026721983
- lekha@pes.edu
- Computer Application
- RR Campus
- RR Campus
PESU VR Library