Qualification: MCA, UGC-NET, K-SET
Area of Specialization:  Internetworking, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Free/Open Source Software
Work Experience: Teaching- 14 years & Industry- 2 years
Number of Publications: International- 2
Workshop /Conference / Seminar/ FDP attended  : Workshop:1, Conference:2, FDP:8
Other details: Experience as System/Network Administrator: 2 ½ years

Work Experience:

• PG Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Mysore, India. (August 2016 –till date)
  (Autonomous College, Affiliated to University of Mysore)
  • Assistant Professor
    • Handling core subjects for MCA and M.Sc. Computer Science

• JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science, Mysore, India. (April 2014 – June 2016)
  (Autonomous College, Affiliated to University of Mysore)
  • Assistant Professor; MIS and Network Administrator
    • Handled core subjects for M.Sc. Computer Science; Mentored student projects.
    • Configured& managed the Campus Network; Oversaw implementation of MIS.

• Sampoorna Institute of Technology & Research, Channapatna, India. (Oct 2012 –Mar 2014)
  (Affiliated to Visvesvaraiah Technological University)
  • Lecturer
    • Handled core subjects for BE in Computer Science & Engineering.
    • Managed the Computer labs & IT infrastructure of the College.

• ZOHO Corporation Private Limited, Chennai, India. (Feb 2010 – Dec 2011)
  • Member Technical Staff, Zoho Search Team
    • Developer at frameworks level: Distributed File System, Indexing & Searching.
    • Zoho Search provides indexing/search framework and User Interface for Cloud-based products of ZOHO including Writer, Sheet, Show, Docs, Recruit, Discussions, Blogs, etc.

• Gandaki College of Engineering and Science (GCES), Pokhara, Nepal. (Jan 2003 – Sep 2008)
  (Affiliated to Pokhara University. Extension of Gandaki Boarding School (GBS))
  • Deputed by DANMISSION (Denmark) and United Mission to Nepal (UMN, Nepal) to GCES.
  • Lecturer
    • Handled core subjects for BE in Software Engineering and B.Sc. Computer Science.
    • Mentored student projects and arranged internships and field visits.
    • Designed and maintained the GCES Laboratories and campus network.

• AU-KBC Research Centre, MIT, Anna University, Chennai, India. (Dec 1999 – Dec 2002)
  • System Administrator(Nov 2001 – Dec 2002)
    • Maintenance and Troubleshooting of the intranet consisting of GNU/Linux, MS Windows and Sun Solaris servers and workstations.
    • Setting up of Internet access for MIT campus and inter-campus link between Anna University and Madras Institute of Technology and packet-filtering firewall.
    • Assisting students and research scholars in understanding and solving networking, operating systems and programming related problems.
  • System Administrator-in-training(Aug 2000 – Oct 2001)
  • Project Trainee (Dec 1999 – Jul 2000)
  • Natural Language Processing team of AU-KBC (Dec 1999 – Dec 2002)
  • Taught 2 courses for B.Tech (Information Technology) Dual-Degree programme and B.E. Part-Pime programme at MIT campus of Anna University (Jun 2002 – Dec 2002).

Professional Services:

1. Serving as Member, Board of Studies, Department of Studies in Computer Science (M.Sc. Computer Science), Post Graduate Wing , SBRR Mahajana FG College (Autonomous), Mysuru.
2. Serving as Member, Board of Examiners, MCA and M.Sc. Computer Science, Department of Studies in Computer Science, Post Graduate Wing , SBRR Mahajana FG College (Autonomous), Mysuru.
3. Served as Member, Board of Studies, Post Graduate Department of Computer Science, JSS College of Arts, Commerce & Science, Mysuru (2015-17).
4. Served as Member, Management Committee of the UMN GBS GCES Public Education Trust, Pokhara, Nepal (Sep 2005 – Sep 2008).

Voluntary Services:

Volunteered for the Nepal Wireless Project (2005-2008); worked with Dr.Mahabir Pun.  Helped install, configure and maintain nepalwireless.com.np servers and services;  Motivated and involved students in establishing communication link to some remote villages and developing services on the network and training villagers.

Journal publications:

International

1. Prasanna David G., “Fake News Detection – A Survey of Machine Learning Techniques”, International Journal of Information and Computing Science, Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2019, pp. 569-573.
2. Prasanna David G., “Forward Caching – Need for a Secure Protocol”, International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science and Applications and Management Studies, Volume 7, Issue 3, May 2018.