Abhishek Mahesh Appaji

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ABOUT ABHISHEK MAHESH APPAJI

Dr. Abhishek Appaji, a passionate educator and researcher, currently serving as Associate Professor at B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru. He is also serving as Guest faculty at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp specializing in new ventures leadership. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Medical Electronics with University Rank from BMSCE, Masters of Technology in Information Technology, and a Masters of Engineering (M.E) in Bioinformatics from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru. His Ph.D. was in Mental Health and Neurosciences from Maastricht University, the Netherlands which received the best thesis award and his postdoctoral fellowship from Ohio State University, USA. Abhishek is a Senior Member of He has served in various volunteering positions at Currently, he is the Treasurer of the Education Society, and Chair, Computer Society Bangalore Chapter. He is also in MGA, EAB and Global Conference committees of Abhishek has received various grants from Indian agencies like DST, DBT, BIRAC, and from abroad. Abhishek has also worked as a research associate at the Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. He has a patent granted in Medtech Space. He has more than 100 International/National journal publications and conferences to his credit. He has been a part of more than 200+ Invited expert talks at various conferences, forums, and events. He has renowned laurels including International Best Paper Award in Malaysia, MGH CamTech Jugadathon Awards, Best Nodal Coordinator award, Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2016 at Rastrapathy Bhavan (President of India House) New Delhi, Elderly care Hackathon (the Netherlands), Winner of Class 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, MGA Young Professional Achievement Award, R10 YP achievement award, DST Inspire Award, CS Chief of Disruption Award, SPS Bangalore Outstanding Award, IUCEE TLC Award, MGA Achievement Award, etc. Recently he was awarded with Theodore W Hissey Young Professionals Award from Board of Directors. His research interest includes Neuroscience, AI, Deep Learning and Entrepreneurship.