Mr. CHETAN BHATT

Work Experience

Lecturer (Instrumentation & Control)

                                L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad (1991 – 1994)

                                Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad (1994 – 1995)

L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad (1995 – 2001)

                                GovernmentEngineeringCollege, Gandhinagar (2001 – 2003)

                Assistant Professor (Instrumentation & Control)

                                Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Ahmedabad (2003 – 2006)

                Head of the Department (Instrumentation & Control)

                                Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Ahmedabad (2006 – Oct. 2013)

                Academic Coordinator

                                Commissinerate of Technical Education, Gujarat State (Oct. 2013 to Oct. 2014)

                Principal,

                                Government Engineering College, Sector – 28, Gandhinagar (Oct. 2014 to June 2017)

Portfolios

1. Member E-Cell Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Gujarat

Research Projects

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->Multi-purpose Food Analyzer

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->SponsoringAgency: Tara International

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->This project is aimed at developing on-line multipurpose food analysis. Initially it is aimed at dairy products in general and milk in particular. It is multidisciplinary project involving research work in smart sensors, spectroscopy, and information and communication technology.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->Grain Analyzer

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->Sponsoring Agency: Tara International

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->This project is aimed at developing on-line machine vision system for grain quality assessment and sorting. This project involves research work in the area of image processing and embedded control system.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->One PhD student is working under my guidance on this project.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->Network Control System

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->This research work is aimed at addressing issues related to control system as a consequence of use of digital communication in control loop. Main focus of investigation is in motion control system where high speed precision motion control in multi-dimensional system.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->One PhD student is working on this project

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->Functional Electro-Stimulation (FES)

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->This research work is aimed at developing adaptive functional electro-stimulator. Functional Electro-Stimulator is used to regain the functionality of arm in paraplegic patient. It is aimed at developing adaptive FES using adaptive control framework and artificial intelligence.

Publications

1. C. B. Bhatt, Rao N. J (2005); Designing ‘problems’ in a course on control systems to be offered through the instruction methodology of problem based learning, Proceeding of National Symposium on Engineering Education, Bangalore, India, Feb – 2005, pp 55 – 63.
2. C. B. Bhatt, Rao N. J (2005); Addressing Vincenti Categories of Engineering Knowledge in PBL problem for course on control system design, WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, Issue 4, Vol. 2, October 2005, pp 278 - 263.
3. C. B. Bhatt, Rao N. J. (2005); A framework to generate learning objectives based on Vincenti’s categorization of engineering knowledge, WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, Issue 3, Vol. 2, July 2005, pp 224 - 229.
4. C. B. Bhatt, Rao N. J. (2006); SCORM Metadata in the context of Bloom-Vincenti Texonomy and Intelligent Tutoring System, 6th International Conference on Web Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 11th – 14th July 2006.
5. C. B. Bhatt, Rao N. J. (2006); Student Model in a Web-based Intelligent Tutoring System for a course on Control Systems, 8th Annual Conference on WWW Applications, Bloemfontein, Free State Province, South Africa, 6th – 8th Sept. 2006.
6. C. B. Bhatt, Rao N. J. (2007), Design of a Student Module in Web – based Intelligent Tutoring System, International Conference on Open and Distance Education, Frontiers, Challenges, and Strategies, Hydrabad, India, 23 – 25 July 2007.
7. I. U. Ajameri, Bhatt C. B., “Development of HART Protocol and LabView Based Monitoring System”, International Conference on Aerospace Electronics, Communications, and Instrumentation (ASECI – 2010), Vijaywada, India, 6 – 7 January 2010.
8. J. V. Kureshi, Bhatt C. B.; “The Total Harmonics Reduction in Half-Bridge Inverter.” Paper accepted in National Conference on Advance Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (AMEE-2010) July 2-3, 2010.
9. Jainam S. Shah, Bhatt C. B., “A Comparative Study of Wireless Sensor Network Protocols”, International Conference on System Dynamics and Control – 2010 (ICSDC – 2010), Manipal, India, 19 – 22 August 2010.
10. Nandish D. Patel, Bhatt C. B., “Thermography Image Processing for Temperature Monitoring and Safety Control”, International Conference on System Dynamics and Control – 2010 (ICSDC – 2010), Manipal, India, 19 – 22 August 2010.
11. J. V. Kureshi, Bhatt C. B.; “The Second Order Output LC filters Design for Single Phase Sine Wave Inverter.” International Conference on Methods and Models in Science and Technology (ICM2ST-10) Nov. 10-12, 2010, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
12. Jainam S. Shah, Bhatt C. B. Bhatt “Wireless Sensor Network Application in Precision Agriculture”, National Automation, Communication and Computing (NCACC-2010), Visakhapatnam, India, 09-10 December 2010.
13. D. K. Chotaliya, Bhatt C. B.; “Generalized Wireless Sensor Network Architecture”, Nirma University International Conference on Engineering – 2010, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, 9 - 11 December 2010
14. D. K. Chotaliya, Bhatt C. B. ; “Simulation Of Wirelessnetwork Using Truetime Toolbox”, National Conference On Latest Advancement In Science, Engineering And Research-2011, Baba Farid College Of Engineering And Technology, Bathinda, Punjab, 26 – 27 May 2011.
15. Mahavirsinh Gohil, Bhatt C. B.;”Effect of temperature and modeling for NIR spectroscopic analysis of milk”, International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, and Informatics – 2012 (ICACCI’12), Chennai, India, 3 – 5 August 2012.
16.  Mahavirsinh Gohil, Bhatt C. B.;”Milk fat analysis with NIR spectroscopy: issues in modeling” National conference on Advances in Computer Sciences, Communication, and Information Technologies (ACSCIT – 12), New Delhi, India, 28 July 2012.
17. Ketaki Devpura, Bhatt C. B.;”EDDL implementation for Smart Milk Analyzer”, International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, and Informatics – 2012 (ICACCI’12), Chennai, India, 3 – 5 August 2012.
18. Ketaki Devpura, Bhatt C. B.;” EDDL Deployment for Smart Milk analyser in Embedded System” National conference on Advances in Computer Sciences, Communication, and Information Technologies (ACSCIT – 12), New Delhi, India, 28 July 2012.
19. Khushboo Kachchhava, Bhatt C. B.; ”Self Diagnosis in Milk Analyzer”, International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, and Informatics – 2012 (ICACCI’12), Chennai, India, 3 – 5 August 2012.
20. Khushboo Kachchhava, Bhatt C. B.;” Auto-gain ranging to improve accuracy in milk analysis” National conference on Advances in Computer Sciences, Communication, and Information Technologies (ACSCIT – 12), New Delhi, India, 28 July 2012.
21. Jignesh B. Patel, Bhatt C. B., Patel B., Parwani K.,; Field Irrigation Management System Using Wireless Sensor Network, NuICON, Ahmedabad, India, 8 – 10 Dec - 2011,
22. Jignesh B. Patel, Bhatt C. B; Simulation study of WSN for Conventional Field Irrigation Method, 2^nd International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET – 12), Nagapattinam, India, March - 2012
23. Jignesh B. Patel, Bhatt C. B.; Fuzzy Logic Based Decision Support System Framework for Irrigation Scheduling, NuICON, Ahmedabad, India, 6 – 8 Dec – 2012
24. Jignesh B. Patel, Bhatt C. B.; Generalised Calibration of Hargreaves Equation for Evapotranspiration under Different Climate Conditions, Soil and Water Research Journal, Vol – 28, 2013
25. Jignesh B. Patel, Bhatt C. B.; Modified Hargreaves equation for accurate estimation of evapotranspiration of diverse climate locations in India, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,( Accepted)
26. Jignesh B. Patel, Bhatt C. B.; ECALTOOL: Fuzzy logic based computer program to calibrate the Hargreaves equation for accurate estimation of evapotranspiration, Agriculture Engineering International (CIGR Journal),
27. Jignesh B. Patel, Bhatt C. B.; Weather based Plant Diseases Forecasting System  using Fuzzy Logic, , NuICON, Ahmedabad, India, 28 – 30 Nov – 2013.
28. Bhatt C. B., Shah Mehul, Manish Thakkar, Jaimin Dave; Conductivity Based Milk Adulteration Detection, International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Apr - 2014
29. Shah M. K., C. B. Bhatt, J. B. Dave; NIR Specctroscopy: Technology Ready for Food Industries Applications, International Journal for Applied and Natural Sciences, Vol - 5-1, page 129 – 138, Jan 2016
30. Shah M. K., C. B. Bhatt, J. B. Dave; Temperature Dependent NIR Spectroscopic Analysis for Food Grain Samples, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol – 9, Issue – 9, page 1 – 4, March - 2016

Academic Projects

1. Laboratory developed for process control “PC based Distillation Column Control” Instrumentation & Control Department, L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

Amount:  5 lacsruppes,

Funding Agency: MODROB, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Year 1997 – 1998

2. Development of Test and Calibration Center (Temperature, Flow, Pressure and Electrical parameters)

Instrumentation & Control Department, Vishwakarma Government Engineering College,

Amount: 15 lacsruppes,

Funding Agency: TEPTECH, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

Year: 2002 – 2003

3. Technical Education Quality Improvement Program (TEQIP),

TEQIP Project Coordinator at institute level

Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda, Gandhinagar

Amount: 15 Crore Rupees

Funding Agency: World Bank

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.       <!--[endif]-->Academic Coordinator,

Technical Quality Improvement Program (Phase – II)

Commissinerate of Technical Education,

Experience at National Level Projects:                              

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->NPTEL team members at IISc:

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->National Project on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was funded and executed by Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India. Faculties from IISc and IITs have developed video lectures on various courses and are made available on – line. I have participated as team member in NPTEL project at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangaluru during my PhD tenure. I have actively contributed in web technology identification and pedagogy related issues.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->National Mission Project on Education through ICT (Sakshat), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India:

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->This project is funded by Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India and executed by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. This project is aimed at identifying effective instructional system and developing content on various courses. I am contributing one full course on “Data Communication and SCADA”.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->National Fusion Programme

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->Research reviewer for “Embedded Linux Platform for Real – time Data Acquisition system”

<!--[if !supportLists]-->·        <!--[endif]-->Distributed Information Sub-Center (DBT Sponsored), Indian Institute of Advance Research, Koba

<!--[if !supportLists]-->o   <!--[endif]-->Service as expert in various forms (Expert speaker, interview committee, and advisor)

Patent Filed

1. Milk adulteration analyzer (Drafting Stage)

Professional Membership

1. Life member Indian Society for Technical Education

Expert Lectures

Invited Expert Speaker at National and International Conferences:

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.       <!--[endif]-->C. B. Bhatt (2008), System Markup Language (SysML), National Conference in Advancement in Engineering & Technology, NUCON -06, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, November 2006.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.       <!--[endif]-->C. B. Bhatt (2008), Knowledge representation framework for a Web – based Intelligent Tutoring System for Engineering Courses, e- learn Asia 2008, Organized by Korea E – learning Industry Association, and Ministry of Knowledge and Economy, Korea, Seoul, September 10 -11, 2008.

Session Chair:

Session Chair fortwo session namely “Artificial Intelligence, Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic” and “Computer Networks” at International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Control, Organized by Fr. ConceicaoRodriguea College of Engineering and ACM Sigart, Mumbai Jan 2009.

Awards

"Distinguished Instrumentation Professional" by International Society for Automation (ISA), Asia - Pacific Dist. - 14, 2016