Leadership

Dr. S. M. Seth a renowned Administrator, Academician and Researcher has been a founding member of Poornima Group. He started his journey as founder Principal of its flagship institution named Poornima College of Engineering in the year 2000. Later from the year 2007 he carried the responsibilities of Director General of the Foundation. He has been given the responsibility as Chairman, Poornima Group in the year 2009.

In the year 2012, Dr. Seth while being designated as Chairman, PF, was also assigned the prestigious position of Chairperson (Chancellor) of newly established Poornima University by Government of Rajasthan under the aegis of Shanti Education Society.

Under his direction and stewardship over last 17 years, in capacity of Principal, Director General, Chairman, PF, and Chairperson, Poornima University, the Poornima Group has made landmark achievements and earned a reputation in academics and professional development of its students.

As a teacher, researcher and administrator, Dr. Seth has excellent academic career in Civil Engineering. He holds a M.E. Degree specializing in Dam Design, Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulics from University of Roorkee in 1965. He did his Ph.D. in Hydrology, as a Commonwealth scholar, from Victoria University of Manchester, UK in 1972. A major part of his teaching experience was at University of Jodhpur and University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee). As a teacher, he made significant contributions in development of UNESCO Sponsored P.G. Course in Hydrology at University of Roorkee.

Dr. Seth possesses professional experience of more than 55 years including teaching & research at Universities of Roorkee and Manchester (UK) and as a Senior Scientist (14 years) and Director (7 years) at the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee covering different areas of hydraulics and hydrology.

Dr. Seth, as a professional in the area of hydrology and water resources, has made significant contributions in establishment of NIH under Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India as a UNDP sponsored project and also in coordination of number of consultancy/research projects.

Dr. Seth has widely travelled and represented India in 20 countries for interaction and exchange of technical knowledge. He has received a number of prestigious awards, namely, CBIP Award, National Hydrology Award, Brij Mohan Lal Memorial Medal and Institution of Engineers Medal.

Poornima Group draws inspiration and guidance from Dr. Seth in expanding the vision and building ethical values.

Mr. Shashikant Singhi is B.Arch. (Honors) from J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai. He has professional expertise and wide ranging experience in various prestigious assignments for designing and construction of institution, public buildings and industrial houses. Shri. Shashikant Singhi was actively involved in architecture and project management consultancy during 1985-1999 in Jaipur. During this period he was responsible for timely completion of many large sized projects. His experience and understanding of working of educational institutions and its phase wise development process has helped making Poornima Institutions most functionally developed campuses.

From year 2000 he has been associated with Poornima Group of Colleges and has been responsible for planning, development and monitoring of all Poornima Institutions. He has fulfilled diversified needs of the development process including that of finance, approvals, admissions, and human resources development to strike overall satisfaction of all stakeholders.

Mr. Hari Singh Shekhawat, is a Civil Engineer with wide-ranging experience in execution of large size multi dimensional institutional projects. He was associated with Aayojan Architects and was responsible for supervision of all ongoing projects, leading a team of 8 engineers. He has successfully executed projects of three Engineering Colleges at Chennai, working against all odds in record time with very precise and time bound schedule.

With his multi talented strengths of handling manpower and producing output in most efficient manner, he has been able to complete all academic & residential buildings of Poornima Group of Colleges well in time. The quality of construction has been of A Grade and has not been compromised at any level.

Mr. M.K.M. Shah, was appointed as Chief Finance Officer in September 2006. Prior to assuming his current position, he held the post of Senior Manager (Credit and Foreign Exchange) in Punjab National Bank, the leader nationalized bank in India. Shah is also certified associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. He is an expert of Corporate Finance, Credit Risk Management, Non Performing Assets Management, Foreign Exchange Management, System Management, Human Resource Management (HRM), Management Information System (MIS), Planning & Development, Audit & Review and Quality Circle.

He was member of core team to get SWIFT implemented in India. Management of Punjab National Bank has rated his performance “Extra Ordinary”. Shah received his bachelor’s degree in Commerce in 1980 and completed his Post Graduation in Social Science in 1982 and Post Graduate Diploma in Labor Laws, Labor Welfare and Personal Management in 1984 with “GOLD MEDAL”. He is Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).

Mrs. Renu Singhi, is a Post Graduate in Geography and History and has good understanding of student’s psychology and has great command in counseling and motivating the younger generation. She has been working as Advisor, Poornima Alumni Association and Student Counselor giving result oriented outputs. She has been also involved in organizing events inside & outside campus for variety of purposes, all leading to a gradual growth of Poornima Group of Colleges. She is also the chairman of Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) at PGC.

Mr. Rahul Singhi is ​a ​graduate in architecture & holds a post graduate certificate in Family Managed Business from SPJIMR, Mumbai. He is an ​executive committee member of the Young Indians​ ​which is an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He’s also an Advisory Board Member of AIESEC in Jaipur​, which is the world’s largest non-profit youth-run organisation. ​Mr Rahul is an optimistic person looking for innovations to excel at work. He is an enthusiast of social media and believes in maintaining public relation, innovating at work and managing resources in a creative manner.​​

Dr. Mahesh M. Bundele has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Power in 1986 from Nagpur University and immediately joined as Lecturer in Electronics at Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering Pusad, Yavatmal District. He did his Master’s in Electrical Power System from Amravati University in 1990 and was appointed at the post of Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering in the same Institute in the year 1993. He was promoted to the post of Professor and Head of Computer Science Engineering & Information Technology in August 2006. He did his doctoral degree from Amaravati University in Computer Science & Engineering with a topic “Design and Implementation of Wearable Computing System for the Prevention of Road Accidents”. While working he has handled various portfolios related to design and development of curriculum, Design and execution of laboratories, electrical installations including substation design & erection, street lights etc. He has worked on various Wi-Fi/ Wi-Max based system designs and implementations for college and Pusad city villages. He has guided many research projects at UG and PG level on various applications in Electrical, Electronics & Computer Sciences. He has designed and executed various LT & HT electrical installations. He was also appointed as Principal of Babsaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad from March 2011. He has worked in various capacities such as, member Board of Studies, Chief-Valuation officer etc at University level. He has also worked for getting ISI to Krishak Motor pumps at Amravati. He has visited US, UK, China and Malaysia for research presentations. He has worked as Dean R&D at Poornima University, Jaipur during 2011- 2018. From 1st September 2018, he is working as Principal and Director of Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur. While working at Poornima University, he has established unique R&D processes for Masters and Doctoral programmes. He also established and executed rules, policies and regulations in this regard. At Poornima College of Engineering he has established unique teaching-learning processes and implemented Outcome Based Education system in the Institute. He has delivered many invited talks and has been on advisory committees of IEEE International Conferences. He has published more than 50 research papers in National and International conferences and journals. He is senior member of IEEE, Life member of ISTE and IEI and the member of ACM. He has worked as Secretary in IEEE Rajasthan Subsection and also as Membership Development Chair in IEEE Rajasthan Subsection. He is member standing committee member for Technical and Professional activities at IEEE Delhi Section and also a member of execom IEEE Delhi Section. Currently he is Vice Chair in Jaipur ACM Professional Chapter and playing active role in ACM activities. He is having total 33 years of teaching including 7 years of research. While working at Poornima since 2011, he has developed unique R&D processes and curriculum and executed at Master and Doctoral level. He has worked majorly on human health issues. He is working research projects on Indian Rail Crack Detection and Monitoring and Micro-grid design and implementation in un-electrified villages of Rajasthan. His areas of research interest are Wearable & Pervasive Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Software Defined Networking, Wireless Sensor Networks, Smart Grids, Micro Grids etc. He has organized and chaired many IEEE, ACM, Elsevier and Springer international conferences and workshops and delivered keynote addresses.

Dr. Dinesh Goyal is working as Principal at revered Institute, namely Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology. Acquiring an experience of 20 years in teaching, and perceive keen interest in research area relating Cloud Security, Image Processing and Information Security. With a mission to append more and better skill set, has organized short term training programs as Convener and Co-Convener within during this short career span. He has been instrument in obtaining accreditations for his institutions, from various agencies like NAAC & NBA, He has received Grants for Research, Development, Conference & workshops worth Rs. 24 Lakh, from agencies like AICTE, TEQIP etc. He has been awarded by “Elets Excellence Award 2017” at Higher Education & Human Resource Conclave by Higher Education Department of Government of Rajasthan. Under his leadership, Institutions has also excelled in Industry Academia Interface, has established centers with major tech giants like Microsoft, Google & Amazon etc. He has 6 Full patents published & 1 Copyright under his name. He has successfully published 6 edited books with big publishing giants like Springer, Wiley, IGI Global, Apple Academic Press, Taylor & Francis and Eureka. He has published 1 SCI & 16 Scopus indexed papers & is editors of 2 SCI & 5 Scopus Indexed Journals, special issues. He has successfully guided 8 PhD Scholars & 31 PG Scholars. He has also attended more than 25 International Conferences & has been invited speaker for more than 15 Conferences & Seminars. He is life member of ISC & ISTE and fellow member of CSI & ISTE.

Dr. Neeraj Jain is a Professor in the Department of Physics. He has teaching experience of 19 years and Research experience of 14 years. He is currently designated as Professor, Department of Physics & Director Admission at Poornima Group. He has published 20+ Research papers in International/National journals/Conference and co-authored 03 books (Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Physics Practical and Thermodynamics for B.Sc. IInd Year). He has conducted many Training, Workshop and Conference at National level. He has also attended 25+ National conference, short term courses, International, National level workshops/ seminars. His research interests are Conducting polymers, Chalcogenide materials and Smart Cities. On the administration front his expertise is in the higher education enrolment ecosystem, student/parents counselling, media buying, management and digital marketing.

Ms Dipti Lodha is associated with Poornima Group since year 2012. She has a Masters Degree in Organic Chemistry. She is a result oriented Professional carrying 20 years of qualitative experiences across wide gamut of Industries & functions. She has been instrumental in increasing Corporate relations with company HR and ensuring maximum visibility of the institutions in the corporate world through frequent visits, interaction with the top management and facilitation of programs like Student Visits, Project guidance etc. Planning and organizing On-Campus as well as Off-Campus recruitment activities.

Mr. Pushpendra Mudgal has done B. Tech. & M. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering domain from Rajasthan Technical University. He is an alumnus of Poornima College of Engineering and is associated with Poornima Group since 2010. In his long association with Poornima, he has played various roles ranging from the first Officer on Special Duty in the pre-establishment phase at Poornima University to the current role of Director, Administration for Poornima Group. He is an assertive leader and has an eye for details. He is an astute believer of outcome based working and motivates others to follow the same.

Mr. Ashwini Lata is a post graduate in MBA and holds graduate as well as master’s degree in M.A., M.Phil, SLET scholar and he is currently pursuing his PH.D. He is a conscientious and self-motivated individual with great enthusiasm and determination for the success of his students and people associated with. He is hard working, reliable and resourceful with excellent organizational and staff management skills. He successfully receives, assimilates and evaluates information quickly in order to handle the situations which arises in the day to day working of an organization.

He is a great motivator and motivates students for their well being and checks regularly their progress reports and thus analyzing their performance and monitoring them for their overall development. Possessing a personality of an honest, reliable and polite personality he convinces people on disputes and take care of people including staffs and students and respect people who perform and show their caliber in a positive direction. He is able to work on own initiative or as a supportive team when needed. He is hardworking combined with a sense of humor and friendly approach. He is a positive, enthusiastic and competent person, capable of working as a motivator and is able to priorities a substantial workload thus holding a rich experience of more than 15 years as a professional personality. He is a confident counselor who council students as well as their parents and guardians for guiding in a proper direction so that they can groom themselves in a right direction. Hence is a complete package of trust, energy, analyzer, and a guide who holds an important position in life of every individual connected with him.

Dr. Rekha Nair is having a teaching experience of more than 15 years. She did her Ph. D. thesis on “Corrosion Inhibition for Aluminium and its Alloys by Some Natural Products” and post graduation from University of Rajasthan, in the branch of Physical chemistry. She was graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad in the year 1995. She has shown her efficacy in many national and international workshops and co-ordinated in various seminars and conferences. She has written around 10 books and more than 24 publications in various national and international conferences and journals and also shows her ambitiousness in at least seven workshops in different areas of the country. Recently her paper “Eco friendly Products as corrosion Inhibitors for Aluminium: A Review” is being published in the book “Research Methodology in Chemical Sciences – Experimental and Theoretical Approach” by Taylor & Francis group (Apple Academic Press-2015). She is life member of Electrochemical society of India and presently working as Professor and Dean, First year, in Poornima Group of Colleges, Jaipur, from July, 2001 till date.

Dr. Gautam Singh is having a teaching experience of more than 14 years. He did his Ph. D. thesis on “Use of Dyes as Photosensitizer for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage” from Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur in year 2005. He has Master Degree from University of Rajasthan, in the branch of Organic Chemistry. He has shown his efficacy in more than 25 National and International Conferences/Seminars/Workshops and has co-ordinated various seminars and conferences. He has more than 08 publications in various National and International Journals. He is life time member of Indian Society for Technical Education and presently working as Chief Proctor and Registrar, in Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur, from July, 2009 till date. As a leader, he motivates and grows with his team to accomplish the desired consequences.

Mr. Amit Gupta acquired his B.Tech degree from University of Rajasthan in 2004, from Information & Technology stream and with the motto of enhancing his qualifications, he further completed his M.Tech degree in 2010 from IT. He is a person of profound knowledge and vast administration skills and over the years, he has proved this time and again. Starting his career from Poornima Group, shortly after completing his undergraduate degree, he, by his able teaching and administrative skills, quickly rose to the ranks, thus benefiting in the increase of reputation of the Poornima. He has over 13 years of vast experience in proctorship especially in dealing and handling the affairs of higher classes students, student feuds and that too with perfection. Taking account of his management skills, since this academic year, i.e from 2019, he has been appointed as the Chief Proctor of Poornima College of Engineering.