The Celebrated Computer Scientist

Prof. K. Sandhya Rani – Professor, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati

Awarded as a distinguished Computer Scientist, Prof. K. Sandhya Rani has been working as Computer Science faculty in ‘Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (SPMVV), Tirupati’ for the last 32 years. M.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur and Ph.D in Computer Science from SPMVV, Sandhya carries 16 years of extensive experience as an incredible Professor. The multi-award winner scholar- K. Sandhya Rani has bagged 5 awards from IT companies & colleges for her excellence in the thrust areas of Computer Science. Being an extensive researcher, she has authored more than 95 papers in reputed national & international journals and conference proceedings.

Highly educated, proficient, experienced, reputed professor and researcher are a few terms to define her, which resonates with her thorough research in Big Data Analytics, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Neural Networks and Privacy Preserving Data Mining. Tremendously qualified Sandhya bags the credit of imparting 10 Ph.D degrees and 3 M.Phil degrees to students under her credible guidance.
Infiltrating her soul with immense pleasure through teaching, Sandhya commenced her journey to explore herself with newest and top-notch technologies in the field of Computer Science. She immensely believes that a teacher is always a learner and terms learning as a continuous process which helps the teacher to strengthen the teaching as well as research skills. Teaching profession gives her a sense of satisfaction and she feels immense joy when her students achieve incredible careers and prove themselves as proficient Computer Science professionals.

K. Sandhya Rani owes gratitude to her parents and her worthy teachers who have always guided her and stood by her. After her marriage, she studied one year PGDCA course in SPMVV in 1985 and eventually got appointed as a lecturer in February 1987 in SPMVV with M.Sc (Statistics) and PGDCA.  Passionate for her studies, Sandhya further got an opportunity to obtain higher qualifications in the field of Computer Science, for which she took study leave on loss of pay to pursue M.Tech and got promoted as Associate Professor in July 1992. Her career graph continued to grow as she added another feather in her cap by heading the department from 1987 to 2005.

The perfect role model for maintaining the balance between teaching, research, administration and family activities, Sandhya dedicatedly played her every role with utmost care. Her University bestowed her with an opportunity to serve in numerous capacities incorporating Dean School of Sciences, Dean Development, Director Computer Science, IQAC coordinator and Chair Person of SPMVV Placement Bureau; and she aced every designation with devotion.

The versatile and highly qualified Educator, Sandhya has bagged numerous recognitions, awards and appreciations – ‘Women in IT Award’ presented by ‘Cintel Systems, INC, CA, USA’ in 2015, ‘Distinguished Data Scientist Award’ presented by ‘BMR HEALTH, Bangalore’, 2019, ‘Academic Excellence Award’ presented by ‘CVRM Degree College, V.Kota, Chittoor’, 2016; to name a few. Her research has also brought her recognition through ‘Best Research Paper Award’ by CCODE 2019, SPMVV, Tirupati. Her tremendous contribution to the education sector has been celebrated big time as she got applauded with ‘Carrier Excellence Award’ by ‘ZAP Com (MNC), Bangalore’ in 2017.