Department
Information Technology
Designation
Assistant Professor
Qualification
Pursuing PhD
Experience
11 years
Interest Areas
Open Source Technologies, Network Security,
Cloud Computing & Virtualization, DevOps,
Cybersecurity, Data Science & Analytics,


Academic Profile :
  •        Certified Instructor @ Cisco Networking Academy, APSIT Thane.
  •         Accredited Instructor @ AWS Academy, APSIT Thane.
  •        Certified Instructor @ Red Hat Academy, APSIT Thane
  •         Accredited Instructor @ Blue Prism Academy, APSIT Thane
  •        Certified Google Educator

Global Certifications:

  •       Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).
  •       Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Architect Associate. (OCI2023 CAA)
  •       Microsoft Azure Cloud AI Fundamentals Certification. (AI-900)
  •       Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Foundations Associate. (OCIF2023 CA)
  •       Microsoft Azure Cloud Fundamentals Certification. (AZ-900)
  •      Google Certified Educator (GCE Level-1 and Level-2).
  •      Certified ICSI|CNSS Network Security Specialist, ICSI (International Cyber Security Institute), UK.
  •       International Software Testing Quality Board Certified Software Tester. (ISTQB)

Publications:

PATENT PUBLISHED:

            [2] Title: “Risk Level Analysis for AI-Based Open-Source Architecture”
              Indian Patent Application Number: 202421069723
              Published in: The Indian Patent Journal No.: 10/2024 Dated: October 18, 2024.
          [1] Title: “A System and Method for Secure communication based on ML using IoT equipment”
              Indian Patent Application Number: 202211049343
              Published in: The Indian Patent Journal No.: 09/2022 Dated: September 02, 2022.

COPYRIGHT REGISTERED:

[5] Title: “AI-Driven Innovative Integrated Method for Enhanced Security Risk Analysis”
Indian Copyright Registration Number: SW-20211/2025
Published in: The Indian Copyright Registration No.: SW-20211/2025 Dated: March 03, 2025

[4] Title: “VULNDETECT: An Efficient Graph Network Model for Identifying System Vulnerabilities (Anomalies) And Indicators of Compromises (IOCs) Using Autoencoders, GNNs And GANs To Enhance Cybersecurity.”
Indian Copyright Registration Number: SW-19348/2024
Published in: The Indian Copyright Registration No.: SW-19348/2024 Dated: August 16, 2024

[3] Title: “CYBERALARM: Distinguishing True Positive Attacks and Eliminating False Positives in AI Based Security.”
Indian Copyright Registration Number: SW-18997/2024
Published in: The Indian Copyright Registration No.: SW-18997/2024 Dated: June 13, 2024

[2] Tittle: “Risk Level Analysis for AI-Based Open-Source Architecture”
Indian Copyright Registration Number: SW-18712/2024
Published in: The Indian Copyright Registration No.: SW-18712/2024 Dated: May 03, 2024

[1] Tittle: “On Trade Cloud Ecosystem Structure for Shared Learning”
Indian Copyright Registration Number: SW-14846/2021
Published in: The Indian Copyright Registration No.: SW-14846/2021 Dated: August 25, 2021

Books Authored:

[2] Vishal Badgujar, “Cyber Forensics”, Msc.IT Sem-IV (CBCS) May-2022, Director, Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL), University of Mumbai.

[1] Vishal Badgujar, Sudhir Dhage, "Intrusion Detection System in Wireless Sensor Network: Comparison of Different IDS Schemes", Aug 15, 2017, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN-10: 9786202015066. https://www.amazon.com/Intrusion-Detection-System-Wireless-Network/dp/6202015063 [See publication ]

 

Paper Publications:

Journal Papers:

[6] Vishal S. Badgujar, Chandrashekhar M. Raut, Amol Pande, “EGNCND: Design of an Efficient Graph Network Model for Enhancing Cybersecurity in Network Deployments”, Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA), Elsevier. ISSN: 2214-2134, 2214-2126. (Accepted and in press) (SCIE, Scopus Indexed).

[5] Vishal S. Badgujar, Chandrashekhar M. Raut, Amol Pande, “Design of an Iterative Method for Enhanced Network Security Risk Assessment Incorporating Hierarchical Attention, Multi-Dimensional Centrality, and Adaptive Resilience Simulation”, Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA), Elsevier. ISSN: 2214-2134, 2214-2126. (Accepted and in press) (SCIE, Scopus Indexed).

[4] Vishal S. Badgujar, Chandrashekhar M. Raut, Amol Pande, “MAOMLB: Advancing Malware Analysis with AI-Based Open-Source Architecture Integrating Machine Learning and Behavioral Techniques”, Journal of Applied Research and Technology (JART) ISSN 1665-6423, (Scopus Indexed).  [Cite Publication]

[3] Vishal Badgujar, Chandrashekhar Raut, “RNN Based Rapid Threat Detection And Response System”, Industrial Engineering Journal, ISSN: 0970-2555, UGC CARE Group-1, Sr. No.-155 (Sciences) Volume: 52, Issue 1, No. 1, January 2023. [UGC CARE-1]

[2] Vishal Badgujar, Chandrashekhar Raut, “Secrets Of Mindmap In A Education”, Industrial Engineering Journal, ISSN: 0970-2555, UGC CARE Group-1, Sr. No.-155 (Sciences) Volume: 52, Issue 1, No. 1, January 2023.  [UGC CARE-1]

[1] Vishal Badgujar, Sudhir Dhage, “Effect of Blackhole Intrusion in Wireless Networks”, is Published in International Journal of Computer Engineering, and Application (IJCEA), Volume VII, Issue III, pp 9-18.

Conferences Papers:

      [21] Zagade, S., Shardul, M., Patole, S., Badgujar, V., Dalvi, S., Deshpande, K. (2026). VSecureSphere: Developing Virtual             Lab for Simulating Safe Environment for Multiple Cyber-Attack Patterns. In: Shrivastava, V., Bansal, J.C., Panigrahi, B.K.         (eds) Power Engineering and Intelligent Systems. PEIS 2025. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1461. Springer,                Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-9724-3_16 [Cite Publication]

       [20] Bhavsar, P.H., Badgujar, V.S,  et al. (2026). ProjectSpace: A Comprehensive Framework for Automated Project Guide              Allocation in Academic Institutions. In: Swaroop, A., Kansal, V., Hassanien, A.E. (eds) Proceedings of Sixth Doctoral                       Symposium on Computational Intelligence. DoSCI 2025. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1496. Springer,                      Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8107-5_24[Cite Publication]

[19] Badgujar, V.S., Raut, C.M. (2025). Deep Learning-Based Hierarchical Attention Mechanism for Risk Prediction. In: Joshi, A., Ragel, R., Mahmud, M., Kartik, S. (eds) ICT: Applications and Social Interfaces. ICTCS 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1324. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4142-0_37 (Scopus Indexed).  [Cite Publication]

[18] Badgujar, V.S., Raut, C.M. (2025). BAOSAML: Behavioral AI-Based Open-Source Architecture for Malware Analysis Using Machine Learning. In: Kumar, S., Mary Anita, E.A., Kim, J.H., Nagar, A. (eds) Fifth Congress on Intelligent Systems. CIS 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1278. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2703-5_37 (Scopus Indexed). [Cite Publication]

[17] Madhur Dukhande, Mayur Jain, Aryan Amin, Kaushal Nikam, Vishal Badgujar & Kiran Deshpande, (2024). “ChatApsit: A Generative AI-Based Comprehensive Web Framework for an Educational Institute”, Book: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1038., Publisher: Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4149-6_16 (Scopus Indexed).[Cite Publication]

[16] Meet Bohra, Yashab Mahimi, Rupesh Mishra, Vishal Badgujar, Kiran Deshpande & Shradha Birje, (2024). "Varishta Rakshak: An AI-Based Comprehensive Web Framework for Ensuring Senior Citizen Care in Real Time", Book: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1038, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4149-6_14 (Scopus Indexed). [Cite Publication]

[15] Sapre, S., Shinde, K., Shetta, K., Badgujar, V. (2022), “AI-ML Based Smart Online Examination Framework”, Book: Progresses in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics: Algorithms & Applications part of the Part of the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems book series, pp.17-25, Publisher: Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98531-8_2. (Scopus Indexed). [Cite Publication]

[14] Saiya, H., Doshi, S., Seth, J., Badgujar, V., Kalme, G.(2022) “Automation of Supply Chain Management for Healthcare.”, Book: Progresses in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics: Algorithms & Applications part of the Part of the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems book series, pp.35-41, Publisher: Springer, Cham. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98531-8_4 (Scopus Indexed). [Cite Publication]

[13] Kharwal, A., Umrotkar, N., Godambe, V., Kolekar, U., Badgujar, V. (2022), “Spaced Repetition Based Adaptive E-Learning Framework”, Book: Progresses in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics: Algorithms & Applications part of the Part of the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems book series, pp.26-34, Publisher: Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98531-8_3 (Scopus Indexed). [Cite Publication]

[12] Patil, V., Potphode, V., Potdukhe, U., Badgujar, V., Upadhyaya, K, “Smart UAV Framework for Multi-Assistance”, Book: ICT with Intelligent Applications part of the series Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, pp: 241-249, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4177-0_26 (Scopus Indexed). [Cite Publication]

[11] Narawade, V.E., Badgujar, V.S. (2022) “On Trade Cloud Ecosystem Structure for Shared Learning” Book: ICT Systems and Sustainability Part of the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 321. Pp 529-537, Publisher: Springer, Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5987-4_54 (Scopus Indexed). [Cite Publication]

[10] R. Vast, S. Sawant, A. Thorbole and V. Badgujar, "Artificial Intelligence based Security Orchestration, Automation and Response System," 2021 6th International Conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT), Maharashtra, India, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/I2CT51068.2021.9418109. [Cite Publication]

[9] V. Karthikeyan, U. Maity, A. Shetty, S. Nanivadekar and V. Badgujar, "Autonetics and Administration for IT Laboratories," 2020 International Conference on Convergence to Digital World - Quo Vadis (ICCDW), Mumbai, India, 2020, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICCDW45521.2020.9318644. [Cite Publication]

[8] H. Thadeshwar, V. Shah, M. Jain, R. Chaudhari and V. Badgujar, "Artificial Intelligence based Self-Driving Car," 2020 4th International Conference on Computer, Communication and Signal Processing (ICCCSP), Chennai, India, 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICCCSP49186.2020.9315223.[Cite Publication]

[7] U. Naik, D. Choudhury, A. Devade, A. Aher and V. Badgujar, "Study on feasibility of Uniform Appraisal System," 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology and Engineering (ic-ETITE), Vellore, India, 2020, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ic-ETITE47903.2020.451. [Cite Publication]

[6] U. Naik, D. Choudhury, A. Devade, A. Aher and V. Badgujar, "Study on Semi Automation in Uniform Faculty Appraisal System," 2020 6th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS), Coimbatore, India, 2020, pp. 920-924, doi: 10.1109/ICACCS48705.2020.9074383. [Cite Publication]

[5] P. Chauhan, S. Gupta, R. Arava, S. Nanivadekar and V. Badgujar, "ML Enabled Surveillance System for Societies," 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology and Engineering (ic-ETITE), Vellore, India, 2020, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ic-ETITE47903.2020.458. [Cite Publication]

[4] T. Tandel, S. Wagal, N. Singh, R. Chaudhari and V. Badgujar, "Case Study on an Android App for Inventory Management System with Sales Prediction for Local Shopkeepers in India," 2020 6th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (ICACCS), Coimbatore, India, 2020, pp. 931-934, doi: 10.1109/ICACCS48705.2020.9074234. [Cite Publication]

[3] A. A. Karia, L. V. Budhwani and V. S. Badgujar, "IoT-Key Towards Automation," 2018 International Conference on Smart City and Emerging Technology (ICSCET), Mumbai, India, 2018, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICSCET.2018.8537261. [Cite Publication]

[2] A. G. Prajapati, S. J. Sharma and V. S. Badgujar, "All About Cloud: A Systematic Survey," 2018 International Conference on Smart City and Emerging Technology (ICSCET), Mumbai, India, 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICSCET.2018.8537277. [Cite Publication]

[1] A. A. Patil and V. S. Badgujar, "A Comprehensive Survey on Theoretic Perspective Providing Future Directions on IoT," 2018 International Conference on Smart City and Emerging Technology (ICSCET), Mumbai, India, 2018, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICSCET.2018.8537285. [Cite Publication]

Course Completions through Industrial Collaborations @ APSIT Thane:

  •       Cloud and Virtualization Concept(VMware IT Academy)
  •       Network Virtualization Concept (VMware IT Academy)
  •       Software-Defined Storage Concept (VMware IT Academy)
  •       Routing and Switching Essentials(Cisco Networking Academy)
  •       IT Essentials(Cisco Networking Academy)
  •       Essentials(Cisco Networking Academy)
  •      Palo Alto Cybersecurity Foundations(Palo Alto Academy)
  •      Fundamentals of Deep Learning for Computer Vision(NVIDIA)
  •      Data Science and Big data Analytics (Dell EMC Academic Associate)
  •      Corel Certified Designer
  •      Blue Prism Foundation Training 

Course Completions through Academic Initiatives @ APSIT Thane:

  • NPTEL: Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing, Ethical Hacking, Data Mining, Google Cloud Computing Foundation Course, Foundation of Cloud IoT Edge ML.

  •  Coursera Specializations: Architecting with Google Compute Engine, Big Data, Blockchain
    •   IBM Cognitive class: Hadoop Foundation Level-1, Docker Essentials: A Developer Introduction, Big Data Foundation Level-1 & Level-2, Spark Level-1

Projects Guided:

  •     Title: ProjectSpace: A Comprehensive Web framework to Manage Academic Projects by using Genetic Algorithms and Machine Learning 
  •      Title: VSecureSphere: Developing Virtual Lab for Simulating Safe Enviornment for Multiple Cyber Attacks Patterns
  •      Title: ChatApsit: Generative AI based comprehensive web Framework for an Educational Institute.
  •      Title: Varistha Rakshak: An AI-based comprehensive web framework for ensuring senior citizen care in real-time.
  •      Title: Automation of Supply Chain Management for Healthcare
  •      Title: AI Based Smart Online Examination Framework
  •      Title: Artificial Intelligence based Security Orchestration, Automation and Response System
  •      Title: Autonetics and Administration for IT Laboratories
  •      Title: Automation in Uniform Faculty Appraisal System
  •      Title: ML Enabled Surveillance System for Societies
  •      Title: AI Based Smart UAV
  •      Title: IoT Enabled Smart Lab

 Awards & Achievements:

  •       Best Faculty Overall Performance in Department of Information Technology Recognition at APSIT, Thane.

  •      Involved in NPTEL Translation Project, IIT Madras Funded and Approved by MHRD, for Quality check (QC) Review for Translated Multidisciplinary courses in Marathi and Hindi Language. (Received Rs.10.07 lakh).

  •      Involved in NPTEL Translation Project, IIT Madras Funded and Approved by MHRD, for translation of Courses like “Cloud Computing”, “Introduction to Operating System”, “Fundamentals of Database System” course in English to Marathi translation. (Received Rs.45k).
  •       Red Hat Learning Community (RHLC) Mastery Series Contest Winner for Oct.2024
  •       Mendeley Advisor by Elsevier.
  •       Red Hat Academy Program Educator-2024 and 2025
  •       GATE 2012 QUALIFIED (calculated as 87 Percentile)
  •       STAR QC for Quality Check of Translation Awarded by Swayam-NPTEL in 2022. 
  •       Best Performing Blueprism Educator RPA-Rider-2021
  •       NPTEL- ACTIVE SPOC for July-Dec.2019, Jan-Apr.2019, July-Oct.2018.
  •       Appointed as a Course Writer for MSC IT Cyber Forensic subject of IDOL Mumbai University.
  •       Evaluator for Toycathon-2021 by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell and AICTE.
  •       Best Paper Award from Springer International Conference ICICC-2024 for paper “ChatApsit: Generative AI based comprehensive web framework for an Educational Institute”.
  •       Reviewer for Many Scopus-indexed Journals and International Conferences like Springers, IEEE, etc.
  •       Excellent Reviewer Rating on Web of Science (WOS) International Platform.
  •      Contribution to Syllabus Framing and Paper setting in Mumbai University 
  •       Mentor for University Level and National Level Project Competition for the students. 

  •     Paper Setter in Autonomous University and Institutes like KJ Somaiya Sion, D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai.

  •       175+ Citations on Google Scholar with h-index-6 and i-index-4.

  •       Evaluator and SPOC for Smart India Hackathon 2022, SIH-2023 and SIH-2024

  •       Appreciation By NPTEL, IITB-Spoken Tutorial, APSIT.

  •      Guided 110 students from IT, COMP, EXTC, CIVIL, MECH Department for Blueprism internship program in association with BluePrism Academy.
  •      Conducted live lectures on AWS: AWS Cloud Foundation Course and guided 100+ students under APSIT SKILLS internship.
  •      Successfully conducted Hands-on training of BE students on Github, LaTeX, and Mendeley tool.
  •      Expert Talk given on “Cloud Security and Career Opportunities in Cloud Computing” at VIT, Pune and CSI Pune Chapter in Oct. 2024.
  •      Delivered Session as Resource Person on 'DevOps’ at STTP hosted by A. P. Shah Institute of Technology in AY 2020-2021.
  •      Delivered Session as Resource Person on 'Big Data Tools for Batch and Stream Analytics’ at STTP hosted by A. P. Shah Institute of Technology.
  •      Delivered Session as Resource Person at STTP 'Essentials of Linux Administration' hosted by A. P. Shah Institute of Technology in AY 2020-2021.
  •      Delivered Session as Resource Person on 'Using Simulators & Emulators for Network Design & Analysis’ at STTP hosted by A. P. Shah Institute of Technology.

  

STTPs & FDPs attended:

  •      Two-week Hands-on Workshop on “Foundations of Prompt Engineering”.
  •       8 Week NPTEL-FDP on “Foundation of Cloud IoT Edge ML”.
  •      One-week AICTE FDP on “DevOps for Cloud Native Development: Containers, Kubernetes and CI/CD Pipelines”.
  •      One-week IBM Skillbuild Virtual Faculty Buildthon on “Cyber Security and SIEM”.
  •      One-week IBM Skillbuild Virtual Faculty Buildthon on “AI/ML with Cloud”.
  •       FDP: "Developing Online Courses for Swayam"
    Duration: 14 Days (21/06/2021 to 05/07/2021)
  •      FDP: AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Device Security in Internet of Things"
    Duration: 5 Days (07/07/2021 to 11/07/2021)
  •      FDP: AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Artificial Intelligence"
    Duration: 5 Days (03/06/2020 to 07/06/2020)
  •      STTP: Programming in JAVA
    Duration: 5 Days (13/07/2020 to 18/072020)
    Host Institute: Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai
  •      FDP: AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Blockchain"
    Duration: 5 Days (25/05/2020 to 29/05/2020)
  •      FDP: "NAAC Assessment and Accreditation"
    Duration: 6 Days (21/05/2020 to 26/05/2020)
    Host Institute: Shri Shivaji College, Parbhani.
  •      FDP: "Data Science"
    Duration: 5 Days (26/05/2020 to 30/05/2020)
    Host Institute: Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues COE, Mumbai.
  •      FDP: "Effective Proposal Writing for Research and Funding"
    Duration: 6 Days (13/05/2020 to 18/05/2020)
    Host Institute: Sandip Institute of Technology and Research Center, Nashik.
  •      FDP: ICT Academy Online FDP on "Networking Essentials"
    Duration: 7 Days (14/05/2020 to 20/05/2020)
  •      FDP: AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Blockchain"
    Duration: 5 Days (05/10/2020 to 09/05/2020)
  •      FDP: AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on "Internet of Things (IoT)"
    Duration: 5 Days (24/11/2020 to 28/11/2020)
  •      FDP: ISTE sponsored FDP on "RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING - A Way Forward"
    Duration: 5 Days (6/07/2020 to 10/07/2020)
    Host Institute: A.P. Shah Institute of Technology, Thane
  •      "SAS Analytics"
    Duration: 5 Days (27/11/2018 to 29/11/2020)
    Host Institute: Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
  •      STTP: "Cloud Computing"
    Duration: 5 Days (31/12/2018 to 05/01/2019)
    Host Institute: A.P. Shah Institute of Technology, Thane