CV

About the Faculty

Prof. Bharat Deshpande received his Ph.D. degree from IIT Bombay in the year 1998. After which for a year he received postdoctoral fellowship from Department of Atomic Energy.
 
Before joining BITS he worked as a Reader for two years at M.S. University Baroda. Dr. Deshpande joined BITS Pilani in year 2001 and moved to BITS Pilani, Goa Campus in the Year 2005.
 
He was heading the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems at Goa from 2006 to 2017. Apart from basic courses in Computer Science, he has taught specialized courses like Algorithms, Theory of Computation, Parallel Computing, Artificial Intelligence & few more. His research interests are in areas of Complexity Theory, Parallel Algorithms, and Data Mining.   Over the years he has supervised numerous masters and doctoral students. He has many national and international publications to his credit.

In 2010 he was felicitated as Distinguished faculty at the BITS alumni global meet held in New Delhi. He is also on the Board of Studies of College of Engineering, Pune. Dr. Deshpande was also Vice President of the Goa Chapter of Computer Society of India.

Along with his academic interest Dr. Deshpande is also a sports enthusiast. He was In-charge of Students sporting activities at BITS-Pilani, Goa. He was a member on the panel Committee of the Goa Football Association.

Educational Qualification

• M.Sc. in Mathematics (1992) - Mumbai University
• Ph.D. in Mathematics (1998) - IIT Bombay

Title of Thesis: Hypertoplogies on Uniform Spaces & Stability in Optimization

Professional Experience

• DAE Post Doctoral Fellow 1998 - 1999 at I.I.T. Bombay
• Lecturer from 1999 - 2001 in Department of Applied Mathematics at Technology Faculty of M.S. University Baroda
• Lecturer from Oct.2001 - Feb. 2004 in Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
• Assistant Professor from March 2004-June. 2005 in Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
• Assistant Professor from July 2005 - Feb. 2010 in Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, BITS Pilani, K K Birla, Goa Campus
• Associate Professor from March 2010 – Feb. 2018 in Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, BITS Pilani, K K Birla, Goa Campus
• Professor from Feb. 2018 till date in Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, BITS Pilani, K K Birla, Goa Campus

Administrative Experience

• Head of the Department, Department of Computer Science & Information Systems from 2006 - 2017
• Associate Dean, Academic Graduate & Studies Research Division, from April 2018 to May 2025
• Acting Dean, Administration, from January 2020 to December 2020
• Faculty In-Charge, Students Activity Center from 2006 to 2011
• Faculty In-Charge of CTE (Center of Technical Education) which meet the demands of students to be trained in specific technologies.
• Member of Curriculum Restructuring Committee
• Member of Recruitment Committee for Computer Science Department & Mathematics Department
• Chair – Organizing Committee ICDCN (2015), 16^th International Conference on Distributed Computing & Networking, held at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus from 4-7 Jan.2015.
• Local Chair – Organizing Committee ACM India Annual Meet, held at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus from 5-7 Feb. 2015.
• Faculty In-Charge of Computer Science Association, BITS Pilani