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Rinku Datta Rakshit

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About the faculty member

Biography and academic profile

Rinku Datta Rakshit, presently working as an Associate professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. She completed B.Tech (IT) in 2005 from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. She completed M.Tech (Multimedia & Software Systems) in 2011 from NITTTR, Kolkata. She did her Ph.D (CSE) in 2021 from NIT Durgapur. She received Visvesvaraya fellowship for completion of her PhD under from Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India. She has more than 18 years of teaching experience. She got “Wipro Certified Faculty” certification from Wipro in 2020. She worked as an organizing committee member, reviewer, and session chair in some international conferences. Her publications include many SCI indexed journals, conferences and book chapters.

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Research Interests

Image Processing, Biometrics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

Educational Qualifications

B.Tech (IT) in 2005 from Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. M.Tech (Multimedia & Software Systems) in 2011 from NITTTR, Kolkata. Ph.D (CSE) in 2021 from NIT Durgapur.

Administrative Responsibilities

Hostel Superintendent, Course Coordinator and Course Co-coordinators

Course Expertise

Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, Object Oriented Programming using JAVA, Programming for Problem Solving using C, Operating System, Design and Analysis of Algorith, High Performance Computing.

Awards and Achievements

Best Paper Award in 7th International Conference on Smart Computing and Informatics (SCI-2025), 2025.
Visvesvaraya fellowship for completion of PhD under “Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronic & IT”, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India in year 2021.
Wipro Certified Faculty, got this certification in year 2020.
GATE qualified in year 2011 in CS.
Got 1st position in school in Madhyamik.

Conferences and Workshops

Published paper in 9 conferences and attended 21 FDP/workshop

Community Engagement

Organized Education for All in Bankura District, 2025

Peer Review Contributions

Reviewed papers in someinternational conferences

Selected Publications

1.R. D. Rakshit, D. R. Kisku, P. Gupta and J. K. Sing, "Cross-Resolution Face Identification using Deep Convolutional Neural Network", Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 80, No. 14, pp. 20733-20758, Springer, March 2021.
2.R. D. Rakshit, S. C. Nath and D. R. Kisku, "Face Identification using Some Novel Local Descriptors under the Influence of Facial Complexities", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 92, No. 2, pp. 82-94, Elsevier, February 2018.
3.R. D. Rakshit, S. C. Nath and D. R. Kisku, "An Improved Local Pattern Descriptor for Biometrics Face Encoding: A LC-LBP Approach toward Face Identification", Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers: Computer Engineering, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 82-92, Taylor and Francis, December 2016.
4.R. D. Rakshit, A. Rattani, & D. R.Kisku, (2025). An LDOP approach for face identification under unconstrained scenarios. Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 37(2), 219-267.

Books and Book Chapters

1.R. D. Rakshit, & D. R. Kisku, “Biometric Technologies in Healthcare Biometrics”, In Design and Implementation of Healthcare Biometric Systems, pp. 1-28, IGI Global, 2019
2.Rakshit, R. D., Dev, D. S., Choudhury, N., & Kisku, D. R. (2023). Biometric-based computer vision for boundless possibilities: process, techniques, and challenges.
3.Dev, D. S., Rakshit, R. D., Choudhury, N., & Kisku, D. R. (2023). Machine learning and revolution in agriculture: past, present and future.

Research Supervision

3 students are doing PhD under my supervision

Certifications and Training

Wipro Certified Faculty, Got certification from Wipro in year 2020

Teaching Profile

Subject taught - Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, Object Oriented Programming using JAVA, Programming for Problem Solving using C, Operating System, Design and Analysis of Algorith, High Performance Computing.

Invited Talks and Expert Sessions

5.Delivered invited talk in “Recent Trends in Computing & Informatics (RTCI-2022)” webinar on 23/03/2022, organized by Department of Information Technology, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia.