DR. MEENU KHURANA
Professor & Pro Vice Chancellor (SOET)

Publications in Journals

• Meenu Khurana, “Deep learning based low complexity joint antenna selection scheme for MIMO vehicular adhoc networks”, Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 219, 2023, ISSN 0957-4174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119637
• Meenu Khurana, Manoj Manuja, “Three-pronged (3P ) Approach to Strengthen Feedback Mechanism in Engineering Education”, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations , vol. 36 , no. 3 , 2023 , eISSN 2394-1707, https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2023/v36i3/23095
• Ridhima Rani, Meenu Khurana, Ajay Kumar, Neeraj Kumar, “Big data dimensionality reduction techniques in IoT: review, applications and open research challenges”, Cluster Computing vol. 25, pp. 4027–4049, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-022-03634-y
• Payal Kaushal, Meenu Khurana, K. Ramkumar, “A Research Perspective of VANET Applications – A Review”, Emerging Technologies in Data Mining and Information Security, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 491, pp. 627-637, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4193-1_61
• Gaganpreet Kaur, Pratibha, Amandeep Kaur, Meenu Khurana, “A Review of Opinion Mining Techniques”, ECS Transactions, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 10125-10132, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1149/10701.10125ecst
• Vandana Saini, Meenu Khurana, “A Multi-Zone Based Hierarchical Protocol for Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks”, ECS Transactions, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 9489-9496, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1149/10701.9489ecst
• Payal Kaushal, Meenu Khurana and K.R. Ramkumar, “A Systematic Review of Swarm Intelligence Algorithms to Perform Routing for VANETs Communication”, ECS Transactions, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 5027-5035, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1149/10701.5027ecst
• Ridhima Rani, Vijaita Kashyap, Meenu Khurana, “Role of IoT-Cloud Ecosystem in Smart Cities: Review and Challenges”, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 49, part 8, pp 2994-2998, 2022, ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.054(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785320376215)
• Ridhima Rani, Neeraj Kumar, Meenu Khurana, Ashok Kumar, Ahmed Barnawi, “Storage as a service in Fog computing : A systematic review, Journal of Systems Architecture,Volume 116, 2021, ISSN 1383-7621, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sysarc.2021.102033 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383762121000369)
• Payal Kaushal, Meenu Khurana, K. R. Ramkumar, Vidhyotma Gandhi, “A Study of Routing Protocols of Vehicular Adhoc Network”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET) vol. 11, Issue 12, pp.2672-2686, Dec. 2020
• Meenu Khurana, Archana Mantri, Viney Khurana, “ Influence of Analytical Approach in Logic Building for Freshman Computer Science Students : A Study”, Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, vol. 33, pp. 472-476, 2020.
• Meenu Khurana, C. Rama Krishna and SN Panda, “Capacity Enhancement using MU-MIMO in Vehicular Ad hoc Network,” International Journal of Applied Engineering and Research, vol. 12, no.16, pp. 5872-5883, 2017
• Shina Pahuja and Meenu Khurana, “Empowering Engineering Education: From Classroom to Corporate”. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Special Issue, pp. 153-158, 2015, eISSN 2394-1707
• Meenu Khurana and C. Rama Krishna, “Performance Analysis of Diversity Schemes in Multi hop Ad hoc Networks”, International Journal of Computer and Network Security (IJCNS), pp. 60-63, vol. 1, no. 3, Dec. 2009 ISSN Print: 2076-2739

Publications in Conferences

• G. Kaur, M. Khurana and A. Kaur, “Clustering Techniques in Vehicular Adhoc Networks- A Survey,” 2022 Seventh International Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Grid Computing (PDGC), Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2022, pp. 451-456, doi: 10.1109/PDGC56933.2022.10053154.
• Meenu Khurana, C. Ramkrishna, Mohit Kakkar, “Designing signal transmission matrix for MIMO systems – A recursive approach”, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2357, issue 1, pp. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080584
• Meenu Khurana, Rashmi Aggarwal, Ridhima Rani, Viney Khurana, “Understanding password vulnerabilities – A mathematical approach”, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2357, issue 1, pp. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0080658
• Kamaljeet Kaur, Meenu Khurana, Manisha, “Impact of Agile Scrum Methodology on Time to Market and Code Quality – A Case Study,” 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICAC3N), 2021, pp. 1673-1678, doi:10.1109/ICAC3N53548.2021.9725375
• Manisha, Meenu Khurana and Kamaljeet Kaur, “Impact of Agile Scrum Methodology on Team’s Productivity and Client Satisfaction – A Case Study,” 3rd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICAC3N), 2021, pp. 1686-1691,doi:10.1109/ICAC3N53548.2021.9725505
• Amandeep Kaur, Meenu Khurana, Vinay Kukreja, Poonam Jindal, Geetanjali, “Skeletal Growth Assessment Using Segmented Middle Phalanx with Active Shape Modelling,” International Conference on Advance Computing and Innovative Technologies in Engineering (ICACITE), 2021, pp.38-41, doi:10.1109/ICACITE51222.2021.9404695
• Kamali Gupta, Meenu Khurana, Devendra Prasad, Atul Garg, Deepali Gupta, “A Framework for PO Attainment in HEI’s using Machine Learning in India,” International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Applications (ICCICA), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICCICA52458.2021.9697218
• Ridhima Rani, Meenu Khurana, Deepika Sharma and Aditi Moudgil, “Comparative Study on various Storage Optimization Techniques in IoT-Cloud Ecosystem,” International Conference on Advance Computing and Innovative Technologies in Engineering (ICACITE), 2021, pp. 659-663, doi: 10.1109/ICACITE51222.2021.9404625
• Amandeep Kaur, Meenu Khurana, Preetinder Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, “Classification and Analysis of Water Quality Using Machine Learning Algorithms”, International Conference on Communication, Circuits and Systems, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 728, Springer Singapore, pp. 389-398, Apr. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-33-4866-0_48
• Meenu Khurana, C. Ramakrishna and S. N. Panda, “Antenna Diversity Scheme for Multipath Mitigation in Vehicular Adhoc Networks on Urban Roads,” Indo – Taiwan 2nd International Conference on Computing, Analytics and Networks (Indo-Taiwan ICAN), 2020, pp. 317-324, 2020, doi:10.1109/IndoTaiwanICAN48429.2020.9181316
• Meenu Khurana, “Spatial and Antenna Diversity Schemes for Enhancing Capacity of Vehicular Adhoc Networks”, PhD thesis, 2018, https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/204300
  • Ravneet Kaur, Meenu Khurana, Rishu Chhabra, “Road Map Generation for VANET Simulation”, International Conference on Communication, Computing and Networking (ICCCN-2017), pp. 350-355, Mar. 2017.
• Meenu Khurana, C. Rama Krishna and SN Panda, “VaneT-AS – MIMO Antenna Selection Scheme in Vehicular Ad hoc Network,” Proceedings of Doctoral Consortium, 2017
• Ravneet Kaur, Meenu Khurana, Rishu Chhabra, “ Performance Analysis of AODV & CLWPR Routing rotocols in VANETs”, 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences (EEECOS), pp. 736-740, Jun. 2016
• Meenu Khurana and C. Rama Krishna), “MIMO based Spatial Diversity Scheme for VANETs,” Proceedings of International Conference on New Generation Computing Technologies (NGCT), pp. 257-261, included in IEEEXplore (2016) doi: 10.1109/NGCT.2015.7375122
• Rishu Chhabra, Meenu Khurana and C. Ramakrishna, “Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols for Traffic Light Scenario in an Urban Vehicular Environment”, International Conference on Telecommunication Technology and Management (ICTTM), Apr. 2015
• Rishu Chhabra, C Ramkrishna and Meenu Khurana, “Survey of Mobility Models and Routing Protocols in Vehicular Adhoc Networks”, National Conference on Computing Technologies, Mar. 2015
• Ravneet Kaur and Meenu Khurana, “Vehicular Ad-hoc Network – A literature Review on Simulation Tools”, International Conference on Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems (WECON), Pp. 27, Mar. 2015
• Ravneet Kaur, Meenu Khurana, “Vehicular Ad-hoc Network-A Literature Review on Simulation Tools”, 4th Edition of International Conference on Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems”, pp 27, Mar. 2015
• Ishu Sharma, Rajvir Singh and Meenu Khurana, “Comparative Study of LEACH, LEACH-C and PGASIS Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Network”, International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering & Applications (ICACEA), Mar. 2015
• Ishu Sharma, Rajvir Singh and Meenu Khurana, “Performance Evaluation of Pegasis Protocol for WSN using NS2”, International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering & Applications (ICACEA),Mar. 2015
• Shina Pahuja and Meenu Khurana, “Empowering Engineering Education: From Classroom to Corporate” ICTIEE-2015, Jan. 2015. Published in Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Special Issue: Jan. 2015, eISSN 2394-1707
• Gurdip Kaur, Meenu Khurana, Monika Sethi, “Intrusion Detection System using Honeypots and Swarm Intelligence”, International Conference on Advances in Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Jul. 2011. Published in ACM Digital Library ISBN: 978-1-4503-0635-5
• Meenu Khurana, “Chitkara and IUCEE: Strengthening the Role of Educators or imparting effective, innovative and efficient engineering education”, 39th ISTE Annual Convention, NIT Surathkal, Dec.2009
• Meenu Khurana and C. Rama Krishna, “Comparative analysis of Space Time Block Codes for MIMO systems,” National conference on Advances in Video, Cyber Learning and Electronics, Mar. 2008
• Meenu Khurana and C. Rama Krishna, “Overview of MIMO OFDM Systems and Some Challenges,” National conference on Recent Advances and Trends in Electrical Engineering, Feb. 2008
• Meenu Khurana, “Applications of Neural Networks in Wireless Communications”, National Conference on Wireless Networks and Embedded Systems, Jul. 2006
• Meenu Khurana, “Efficient implementation of Massive Neural Networks,” National Conference on Technology of 21st Century, Apr. 2006

BOOK CHAPTER PUBLISHED

• Rani R., Khurana M., Blockchain and Its Integration with the Internet of Things: Applications and Challenges. In Real-Life Applications of the Internet of Things. pp. 349-378, Apple Academic Press, 2022, eISBN 9781003277460
• Gupta N., Gupta K., Khurana M., Gupta D., Jain A., Dewangan B.K., A Walkthrough in Live Migration Strategies for Energy-Aware Resource Management in Cloud. In book: Autonomic Computing in Cloud Resource Management in Industry 4.0. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71756-8_16
• Hassan Afshan, Prasad Devendra, Khurana Meenu, Lilhore Umesh Kumar, Simaiya Sarita, “Integration of Internet of Things (IoT) in Health Care Industry: An Overview of Benefits, Challenges, and Applications”, In book: Data Science and Innovations for Intelligent Systems Data Science and Innovations for Intelligent Systems : Computational Excellence and Society 5.0, CRC Press ((Taylor & Francis), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003132080
• Lilhore Umesh Kumar, Simaiya Sarita, Kaur Amandeep, Prasad Devendra, Khurana Meenu, Verma Deepak Kumar, Hassan Afsan, “Impact of Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Industry 4.0”, In book: Cyber-Physical, IoT, and Autonomous Systems in Industry 4.0, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2021, eISBN
• Khurana Meenu, “IP Security”, In book: Cryptography and System Security, DreamTech Publisher, 2015

Session Chair/ Track Chair/ Reviewer in conferences/ Journals
• Session Chair at 2nd International Conference On Smart Technologies For Smart Nation (Smart TechCon 2023)
• Secretary, International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Aug 2023
• Track Chair, 3rd International Conference on Computing Analytics and Networks (ICAN), Nov. 2022
• Session Chair WIE Track, IEEE DELCON 2022
• Reviewer for 6th International Conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT), IEEE Bombay Section, 2021
• Assistance in reviewing process for Eighth International Conference in Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE) 2021
• Session Chair, International Conference on Computing Analytics and Networks (ICAN), Chitkara University, Feb 2020
• Reviewer for Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 2020
• Technical Committee member of International Conference on IoT Inclusive Life (ICIIL) 2019, NITTTR, Chandigarh
• Technical Committee member of International Conference on Communication, Computing and Networking, 2018, NITTTR, Chandigarh
• Review Committee member of 1st International Conference on Communication, Computing and Networking, 2017
• Member of Editorial board of Mathematical Journal for Interdisciplinary Sciences, ISSN No. Print 2278-9561, 2017, ISSN No. Online 2278-957X
• Member of Editorial Board of Journal on Today’s Ideas – Tomorrow’s Technologies (JOTITT), 2017, ISSN No. Online 2321-7146
• Chapters Review of Java Programming book by Oxford University Press, 2016
• Reviewer for International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education IUCEE, Jan. 2014

PROJECTS

• Agentless Asset Discovery, 2022, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Punjab, India
• IEEE R10 MDC Project, Increasing Membership and Retention, 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE R10, Asia Pacific & Japan) : A creative way to increase networking and interaction among students, giving them a platform to put forward their views about engineering.
• Enhancement of Interactive Distributed e-learning Environment using Tablet PC Technology (2009-2011): Project funded by Hewlett Packard (HP) (USD 1,70,000) for innovation in education by introducing mobile technology in teaching and learning process. The Project aimed at replacing the conventional class room system to incorporate virtual learning, with or without direct interaction between faculty and students, using Tablet PC Technology.
• Setting of assessment papers for recruitment, 2008, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), India.

PATENTS GRANTED:

• Device for locating vehicle and method thereof | Patent 360493, granted on Dec 3, 2019
• Splash protection system for camera | Application 350640-001, Oct 4, 2021
• Curd settler design | Application 353684-001, Nov 25, 2021
• Mobile Cover with Women Safety Feature | Application 354549-001, Dec 8, 2021
• Twain chair | Application 354760-001, Dec 11, 2021
• Foldable Toothbrush | Application 354764-001, Dec 11,2021
• Tea strainer design | Application 356816-001, filed on Jan 17, 2022
• Aerial System for extinguishing fire | Application 353317-001
• Splash protection system for camera | Application 350640-001 on Jan 10, 2023
• Office Chair with jagged footrest | Application 358337-001
• Rolling board and pin stand (set) for making chapati | Application 361188-001

PATENTS PUBLISHED

1. Content delivery system and method | Application 202111022105, published on May 28, 2021
2. Secure code exchange method for group key management protocol in wireless body area network (WBAN)| Application No. 202041026023, published on Jul 3, 2020
3. System and Method to Disseminate Data from a Vehicle | Application 202211059087, filed on Oct 17, 2022

PATENTS FILED

• Curd settler design | Application 361843-001, filed on Apr 4, 2022
• Accident detection and reporting system | Application 202211003728, filed on Jan 25, 2022
• Painting machine | Application 202211003687, filed on Jan 22, 2022
• Parking space detection system | Application 202211002673, filed on Jan 17, 2022
• Wearable medication organiser | Application 202211000818, filed on Jan 6, 2022
• Removable multipurpose knife cum scissor with tool kit | Application 353684-001, filed on Nov 25, 2021| Application No. 356247-001, filed on Jan 6, 2022
• Wheel chair mobility system for handicapped humans | Application 202111053353, filed on Nov 19, 2021
• Power saving system for operating machine and method thereof | Application 202111049806, filed on Oct 30, 2021
• Antitheft voice based driver assistance system and method thereof | Application 202111046991, filed on Oct 14, 2021
• Automatic window shade | Application 202111044987, filed on Oct 4, 2021
• Apparatus for curd settling and cooling | Application 202111040073, filed on Sep 3, 2021
• Health diagnosis and assisting system | Application 202111030944, filed on Jul 9, 2021
• Reconfigurable display controller | Application 202111029221, filed on Jun 29, 2021
• Smart health tracking device | Application 202111028801, filed on Jun 26, 2021
• Smart texture sensing garment steamer | Application 202111027127, filed on Jun 16, 2021
• Automated cleaning assembly and method | Application 202111020943, filed on May 8, 2021
• Disinfecting and drying apparatus for clothes | Application 202111014168, filed on Mar 30, 2021

• PhD (CSE), 2018, Chitkara University, Punjab
• M.E. (CSE) (Distinction), 2008 Panjab University, Chandigarh
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computers (PGDCA), 2000 DOEACC Chandigarh (Setup of National Informatics Centre, India)
• B.E., 1994, Punjab Engineering College (PEC University), Chandigarh

9 Years Teaching

3 Years Industry

15 years:  Academic Leadership, Administration & Research