Assistant Professor & Head of Department

Dr. Rajkumar
S. Jagdale

  Department of Computer Science
Vishwakarma University, Pune

NLP Researcher Educator DST INSPIRE Fellow
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Dr. Rajkumar S. Jagdale
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ABOUT
Who I Am

About Me

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IT professional with 2 years of industry experience and over 5 years in Research & Development. Currently serving as Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science at Vishwakarma University, Pune.

Specialized in advancing Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining in Online Product Reviews, with articles published in Scopus-indexed journals. Proficient in NLP, Machine Learning, data analysis, and visualization tools.

Active member of professional bodies: CSI · ISCA · IAENG

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad
2015–21 Doctoral Degree
M.Sc. Computer Science 🥇 Gold Medal · 8.21 GPA Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad
2012–14 University Topper
B.Sc. Computer Science · GPA 9.49 Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad
2009–12 First Class Distinction

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

PythonRSQL

Machine Learning & AI

scikit-learnTensorFlowKeras BERTTransformerHugging Face

Data Analysis & NLP

PandasNumPyNLTK SpaCyMatplotlibSeaborn

Databases

MySQLMS SQL ServerOracle

Tools & Platforms

RStudioSpyderAutomation Anywhere

Certifications

IBM Data Science Professional Certificate IBM  ·  Aug 2024
IBM
Automation Anywhere Certified Advanced RPA Professional Automation Anywhere  ·  Sep 2021
RPA
Complete Python Bootcamp Udemy  ·  May 2020
PY

Other Qualifications

Pre-Ph.D. Course Work — A+ Grade Dept. of CS & IT, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad  ·  2016
A+
Qualified PET — Ph.D. Entrance Test Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad  ·  Oct 2014
PET
MS-CIT — 88% Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE), Mumbai  ·  Jan 2008
88%
LEAD
Roles & Responsibilities

Leadership & Experience

Career Timeline

Feb 2024 – Present Head of the Department

Dept. of Computer Science, Vishwakarma University, Pune

Current
  • Leading department, overseeing curriculum development & academic planning
  • Managing departmental operations & faculty coordination
Aug 2023 – Present Assistant Professor

Dept. of Computer Science, Vishwakarma University, Pune

Current
  • Teaching UG & PG courses in Computer Science
  • Mentoring students & supervising research projects
Apr 2021 – Apr 2023 Data Scientist

NDS Infoserv, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sep 2015 – Feb 2021 DST INSPIRE Fellow & Teaching Assistant

Dr. BAM University, Aurangabad

  • Awarded DST INSPIRE Fellowship by Govt. of India
  • Assisted in M.Sc. Computer Science & M.Sc. IT courses

Committee Roles

01
Member, Academic Council Vishwakarma University, Pune
02
Chairman, Board of Studies (BOS) Dept. of Computer Science, Vishwakarma University
03
Chairman, Departmental Advisory Board (DAB) Dept. of Computer Science, Vishwakarma University
04
Chairman, Research Advisory Committee (RRC) Dept. of Computer Science, Vishwakarma University
05
External Examiner, Ph.D. Viva Voce MGM University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Awards & Achievements

Certificate of Publication IGI Global Scientific Publishing
2025
JASSO Scholarship Japan Student Services Organization
2019
DST INSPIRE Fellowship Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
2016
🥇 Gold Medal — M.Sc. Computer Science Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
2014
ACTIVITIES
Academic Engagement

Activities & Recognition

2024
Workshop on "Research Design, IPR & Publication Tools" Research Cell, Vishwakarma University, Pune  ·  19 Nov 2024
Workshop
2024
2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Advances & Applications (PerCAA-2024) ACM Meerut & Jaipur Professional Chapters, Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur  ·  18–19 Oct 2024
Conference
2019
University Level Avishkar-2018 (Volunteer) Avishkar Cell, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad  ·  3–5 Jan 2019
Event
2018
Awareness Program on e-Resources (e-Shodh Sindhu Consortium) Balani Group of Companies & Knowledge Resource Centre, Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad  ·  26 Nov 2018
Program
2018
Presented: "Review on Sentiment Lexicons" — ICCES 2018 PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore (IEEE)  ·  15–16 Oct 2018
Presented
2017
Presented: "Sentiment Analysis on Product Reviews Using ML" — CISC-2017 Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad  ·  21–22 Dec 2017
Presented
2017
Workshop on "Scientific Writing & Publishing Scholarly Articles" Knowledge Resource Centre, Dr. BAMU Aurangabad & Springer Nature  ·  7 Nov 2017
Workshop
2016
Workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)" RUSA Maharashtra & Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of IPM, Nagpur / Dr. BAMU  ·  22 Aug 2016
Workshop
2015
Five-Day Workshop on "Big Data Analytics: Text Mining using Hadoop" Dept. of CS & IT, Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad  ·  7–11 Mar 2015
Workshop
2014
Pre Science Congress-2014 — Science & Technology for Human Development ISCA-Aurangabad Chapter, Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad  ·  30–31 Dec 2014
Conference
2014
International Workshop on "Data and Text Analytics" Dept. of CS, South Asian University, New Delhi & Dr. BAMU  ·  8–13 Dec 2014
Workshop
2014
University Level Avishkar-2014 — Certificate of Appreciation Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad  ·  Nov 2014
Event
2014
State-Level Workshop on "NET/SET/GATE Guidance" (Computer Science) MGM Dr. G.Y. Pathrikar College of CS & IT, Aurangabad  ·  16–18 Jun 2014
Workshop
2014
Two-Day Workshop on "Hadoop Technology" Dept. of CS & IT, Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad  ·  22–23 Mar 2014
Workshop
2013
e-Governance Workshop 2013 Dr. BAMU Aurangabad & Directorate of IT, Govt. of Maharashtra  ·  30 Jul 2013
Workshop
2013
100th Indian Science Congress Calcutta University, Kolkata  ·  3–7 Jan 2013
Conference
2013
Workshop on "Image Processing Techniques Using MATLAB-2012" Maulana Azad College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Aurangabad  ·  24 Feb 2013
Workshop
2012
C/C++/JAVA CODFEST-2012 Dept. of CS & IT, Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad  ·  25 Feb 2012
Event
2011
International Conference on "Knowledge Engineering (ICKE-2011)" Dept. of CS & IT, Dr. BAMU, Aurangabad  ·  29–31 Jan 2011
Conference
2025
Online FDP on "Recent Trends in Computation" (One Week) Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT) Pune & IEEE Computer Society Pune Chapter  ·  15–19 Sep 2025
FDP
2025
Online FDP on "Recent Trends in Generative AI: Transformative Learnings for Educators & Researchers" (5 Days) Dept. of Computer Engineering, Vishwakarma University, Pune  ·  6–10 Jan 2025
FDP
2024
Online STTP on "The Art of Prompts: Unlocking Generative AI" (One Week) SCTR's Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT), Pune  ·  9–14 Dec 2024
STTP
2023
Online FDP on "PharmaPinnacle: Elevating Faculty Expertise in Pharmaceutical Sciences" (7 Days) Dept. of Pharmacy, Vishwakarma University, Pune  ·  11–17 Dec 2023
FDP
2020
International FDP on "AI Based Proctoring in Next Generation Education" IQAC & School of Computational Science, Chennai  ·  23 May 2020
FDP
2017
FDP on "Machine Learning Basics and Emerging Trends" School of CS & IT, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore · Electronics & ICT Academy · PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur  ·  16 Sep 2017
FDP
Conference
I4Tech 2025 — 3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 Technology Dept. of Instrumentation Engg., VIT Pune & IEEE Pune Section  ·  18–20 Sep 2025
Conference
ICCUBEA 2025 — 9th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication, Control & Automation Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune & IEEE Pune Section  ·  22–23 Aug 2025
Conference
ICAMIDA 2025 — International Conference on Machine Intelligence & Data Analytics MGM University, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra  ·  21–22 Aug 2025
Conference
ICCAML-2025 — 2nd International Conference on Current Advancements in Machine Learning Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR), Pune  ·  25–26 Feb 2025
Journal
Trusted Reviewer — Springer Nature Contributing to the Computational Sciences community  ·  Since Mar 2025
Journal
Journal of Computer Science (ISSN: 1549-3636) Science Publications  ·  Since Mar 2025
Journal
International Journal of Data Analytics (IJDA) IGI Global Scientific Publishing  ·  Since Mar 2025
Journal
Expert Reviewer — ARCC Journals Agricultural Research Communication Centre  ·  Since Mar 2025
Journal
Review Member — JETIR (ISSN: 2349-5162)  Member ID: 223940 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research  ·  Since Apr 2024
Conference
ICCUBEA-2024 — 8th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication, Control & Automation Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, Pune (IEEE Co-sponsored)  ·  23–24 Aug 2024
Journal
IJIMAI — International Journal of Interactive Multimedia & Artificial Intelligence Expert reviewer in multimedia systems and AI  ·  Ongoing
Book
Book Reviewer — IGI Global Expert evaluations for scholarly publications  ·  Ongoing
RESEARCH
Academic Focus

Research Interests

01

Natural Language Processing

Advancing NLP techniques for text understanding, semantic analysis and language modelling.

02

Sentiment Analysis & Opinion Mining

Specialized in sentiment classification of product reviews, tweets and news using ML & lexicon-based methods.

03

Machine Learning & Deep Learning

Applying BERT, Transformers, CNN & ensemble models for real-world classification problems.

04

Data Science & Analytics

Data-driven decision making using Python, R, statistical modelling and visualization tools.

05

Robotic Process Automation

Automating business processes using Automation Anywhere and AI-driven robotic systems.

06

AI in Healthcare & Education

AI applications in medical imaging, oncology palliative care and NEP 2020-aligned digital education.

Patents & Innovations

Patent Filed 2025 Filed

Autonomous AI-Driven Robotic System

For crowd monitoring, control, and emergency management. Filed under The Patents Act, 1970. Vishwakarma University, Pune.

Design No. 411262-001 Registered

Biometric Authentication Device

Registered design for cybersecurity applications. Dated 21/03/2024.

App No. 202521092798 A Published

Sentiment Analysis & Consumer Behavior Prediction System

For enhancing enterprise marketing strategies. Filed Sep 2025, published Oct 2025.

Dataset Contribution

Twitter Dataset: Hashtag #demonetization

A curated dataset of 15,844 tweets collected for sentiment analysis on the Indian government's demonetization policy. Contributed to Mendeley Data for open research use.

DOI: 10.17632/dmk5h5sz6j.2 August 2024 Mendeley Data
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PAPERS
Scholarly Work

Publications

01

A graph-based optimization of Marathi sentiment dictionary for enhanced lexical modeling

Sonkamble, K. V., Jagdale, R., & Deshmukh, S. N.

Scientific Culture, 12(4) 2026 DOI
02

WACSO: Wolf Crow Search Optimizer for Convolutional Neural Network Hyperparameter Optimization

Papalkar, R. R., Jadhav, J., Pattewar, T., Thorat, V., Morey, P., Deshmukh, M., & Jagdale, R.

Neural Processing Letters, 57(2) 2025 SCI/WoS DOI
03

Machine learning-based plagiarism detection for Marathi language

Naik, R. R., Gataum, S., Landge, M., Jagdale, R., & Mahender, C. N.

Journal of Information Systems Engineering and Management, 10(18s) 2025 Scopus DOI
04

A study on drones in agriculture

Kamble, A., Jagdale, R., & Jadhav, V.

IET Conference Proceedings, 2024(38) 2025 Scopus DOI
05

Optimized machine learning model for breast tumor classification on histopathological images

Hamad, Y. A., Shakir, S., Rashid, A. A., Safonova, A., & Jagdale, R.

International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, 17(1) 2025 Scopus DOI
06

Technology-enhanced research and project-based learning: Bridging NEP 2020's goals and digital transformation

Deshmukh, M., & Jagdale, R.

INCON-2025 Proceedings 2025 UGC
07

Sentence level sentiment analysis from news articles and blogs using machine learning techniques

Shirsat, V., Jagdale, R., Shende, K., Deshmukh, S. N., & Kawale, S.

International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, 7(5) 2019 UGC DOI
08

Comparative analysis using lexicon based approach

Waghmare, M. V., Jagdale, R. S., & Shirsat, V. S.

International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, 5(2) 2018 UGC
09

Novelty Detection in BBC Sports News Streams

Wankhede R, Jagdale, R.S., & Deshmukh, S.N.

IJSRCSAMS, Vol. 7, Issue 2 2018
10

Sentiment Analysis of Events from Twitter Using Open Source Tool

Jagdale, R.S., Shirsat, V.S., & Deshmukh, S.N.

IJCSMC, Vol. 5 2016 UGC
11

Semantic Analysis of Tweets using LSA and SVD

Chodhary, S.G., Jagdale, R.S., & Deshmukh, S.N.

International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS), Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 39–42 2016
01

AI-Driven Dermatology: A Study on Skin Disease Identification Through Advanced Medical Imaging

Deshmukh, M.P., Jagdale, R., Papalkar, R.

Springer ASSET 2025, LNNS Vol. 1580 2026 Scopus/WoS DOI
02

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Oncology Palliative Care: Current Status, Challenges, and Recommendations

Pant, M.P., Jagtap, S.R., Jagdale, R.

Springer — AI in Oncology 2025 Scopus DOI
03

Sentiment Classification on Twitter and Zomato Dataset Using Supervised Learning Algorithms

Jagdale, R.S., & Deshmukh, S.S.

IEEE ICSIDEMPC 2020 2020 Scopus DOI
04

Sentiment Analysis on Product Reviews Using Machine Learning Techniques

Jagdale, R.S., Shirsat, V.S., Deshmukh, S.N.

Springer CISC-2017, AISC Vol. 768 2019 Scopus DOI
05

Review on Sentiment Lexicons

Jagdale, R.S., Shirsat, V.S., Deshmukh, S.N.

IEEE ICCES 2018, Coimbatore 2018 Scopus/WoS DOI
06

Sentence Level Sentiment Identification and Calculation from News Articles Using Machine Learning

Shirsat, V.S., Jagdale, R.S., & Deshmukh, S.N.

Springer AISC Vol. 810 2018 Scopus/WoS DOI
07

Document Level Sentiment Analysis from News Articles

Shirsat, V.S., Jagdale, R.S., & Deshmukh, S.N.

IEEE ICCUBEA 2017 2017 Scopus DOI
08

A Survey on Sentiment Lexicon Creation and Analysis

Lahase, A. R., Shelke, M., Jagdale, R., & Deshmukh, S.

IoT with Smart Systems: Proceedings of ICTIS 2021, Vol. 2, pp. 579–587, Springer Singapore 2022 Scopus DOI
01

Trust without exposure: Zero-knowledge proofs and the mitigation of the transparency paradox in high-risk supply chains

Bedmutha, K. S., & Jagdale, R. S.

IGI Global — Navigating Accountability & Human Rights in AI-Powered Supply Chains 2026 DOI
02

Harnessing Big Data and AI: Unlocking Predictive Insights for Smarter Marketing Decisions

Jagdale, R., & Dalal, A. H. R.

IGI Global — AI Utilization for Marketing Content Creation 2026 Scopus DOI
03

Natural Language Processing in Finance: Techniques, Applications, and Future Directions

Jagdale, R., & Deshmukh, M.

IGI Global — ML and Modeling Techniques in Financial Data Science 2025 Scopus DOI
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Phone +91 9011526033 / 8668430140
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