SICSR Director

Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini

Recipient of DAAD Fellowship (Germany), PhD (Computer Sci.), MCA [State Univ. 1st rank & Gold Medals in all 3 years], BSc (Computer Sci.) [Silver Medal], FIETE, MISTE, MISG, MISCA, MISRS, Joint Secretary and Executive Committee Member, ISRS, Pune Chapter (2021-23) (2023-25), Executive Committee Member, IETE, Pune Centre (2024-26), Joint Treasurer & Executive Committee Member, IETE, Vadodara Centre (2016-18), Joint Secretary & Webmaster & Executive Committee Member, ISG, Vadodara Chapter (2014-19), Managing Committee Member, CSI, Vadodara Chapter (2016-17), IBM Certified Database Associate – DB2, IBM Certified Associate Developer – RAD, BULATS Certified [CEFR/ALTE C1/4], CPT Certified [CEFR/ALTE C1/4], NABET (QCI) Yellow Belt Certified.

A distinguished and established academician, researcher and administrator, Prof. Dr. Jatinderkumar R. Saini was awarded PhD in Computer Science in 2009. He has 300+ research publications including in journals published by Hindawi, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, ACM, Springer, IEEE and InderScience. He has papers with high Web of Science (WoS) Impact Factor journals, 170+ Scopus/WOS indexed papers, and several best paper awards within India and abroad. With 2380+ citations, h-index of 27 and i10 index of 70, his papers have been cited in 90+ countries by publications included in Elsevier, ACM, Springer, IEEE, Oxford Univ. Press, Cambridge Univ. Press, Sage, Wiley, ACL, IET, IOS Press, World Scientific, Palgrave Macmillan, IOP Publications, PubMed, etc. including by world’s top-notch as well as 1st ranked International Journals with very high WoS Impact Factors. His papers have been cited by more than a dozen IITs/IIMs/NITs/IIITs, several thesis, and patents worldwide. His papers have also been cited by Wikipedia, WHO, Dept. of Atomic Energy (Govt. of India), DRDO (Govt. of India), Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, LinkedIn, Siemens, Samsung, HCL, Nisshin, Handa, and Roche, just to name a few.

Dr. Saini has reviewed more than 1500 papers (200+ papers alone for ACM and IEEE Transactions journals). In the capacity of Editor of different prestigious journals, he has also handled 100+ papers. He has also reviewed for esteemed and high WoS Impact Factor journals published by Elsevier, ACM, IEEE, Springer, Frontiers, Sage, Taylor and Francis, MDPI, Emerald, World Scientific, Oxford Univ. Press, Wiley, Hindawi, De Gruyter, IGI, ActaPress and InderScience, to name a few. He is also acting as an editorial board member for journals with high WoS Impact Factors published by ACM, SAGE, IGI Global, etc. Additionally, he has also reviewed papers and chaired sessions for various conferences, both in and outside India. He has been awarded four times with outstanding reviewer certificate by WoS Impact Factor bearing International Journal. Dr. Saini has been named among top 1% (and also in absolute top 50) Computer Science reviewers in the world by WoS continuously for two years, i.e, 2018 and 2019. 12 candidates have been awarded PhD and 8 more are currently pursuing their doctoral research work under his guidance. He has visited various universities in Asia and Europe.

Prior to joining SICSR, Dr. Saini was working as a State Government University approved Full Professor (since 2013) and Head of Institution/Director (since 2010). His vast experience comprises of working also as Head of Department, University Coordinator, Director of AB Innovation Sankul and Zonal Exam Coordinator for entire South Gujarat under the State government’s Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad. In the year 2005, he secured first position in the written test and later in the interview too at State level and had a distinct opportunity of working with Gujarat Secretariat, Gandhinagar for the ambitious e-governance project of Govt. of Gujarat as well as the privilege of working at one of the only four licensed certifying authorities under Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India. Dr. Saini is included in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World, USA since 2012. His lectures have been live broadcasted at national level and available online as part of NCTEL too. He has completed 50+ international MOOC certifications, almost all with distinction, through various universities like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, Rice University, Johns Hopkins University, The Pennsylvania State University, Case Western Reserve University, The Ohio State University, University of Rochester, to name a few.