Available for collaborations & research

Hello, I'm Dr. Atish M. Shah Researcher • Educator • Ph.D Guide

Head of Department (BCA) at S.S. Agrawal College, Navsari. Ph.D in Computer Science with research in machine learning, text mining, and ontology. 16+ years shaping the next generation of technologists and guiding doctoral research.

16+ Years teaching
750+ Students mentored
6 Research papers
2 Books published
Dr. Atish M. Shah
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Ph.D Computer Science
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HOD BCA Department
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Ph.D Guide VNSGU, Surat
01 — About

Building the bridge between research and the classroom.

I'm an academic, researcher, and administrator based in Navsari, Gujarat. My work focuses on machine learning, text mining, and ontology — areas where structured thinking meets messy human language.

Beyond research, I lead the BCA department at S.S. Agrawal College, serve on the Board of Studies at VNSGU Surat, and guide doctoral students through their Ph.D journeys. I've published six research papers and two books, and have helped over 750 students ship real software projects.

I believe in learning by building — code, test, ship, repeat.

Machine Learning Text Mining Ontology Engineering Research Methodology Curriculum Design Mentorship
02 — Education

A foundation built layer by layer.

  1. 2022

    Ph.D — Computer Science

    Sabarmati University, Ahmedabad

    Doctoral research
  2. 2007

    M.C.A — Master of Computer Applications

    Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat

    Second class
  3. 2004

    B.C.A — Bachelor of Computer Applications

    Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat

    First class
  4. 2000

    H.S.C — Science

    GHSB, Gandhinagar

    First class
  5. 1997

    S.S.C

    GSEB, Gandhinagar

    First class
03 — Experience

What I do, today.

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Head of Department — BCA

S.S. Agrawal College of Computer & Management, Navsari

Leading the BCA department, shaping curriculum, mentoring faculty, and driving academic excellence.

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Assistant Professor

16+ years of teaching

Teaching core CS subjects — programming, data structures, computer graphics, and beyond.

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Ph.D Guide

Department of Computer Science, VNSGU Surat

Supervising doctoral research in computer science at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.

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External Exam Superintendent

VNSGU, Surat — since 2013

Conducting and supervising university examinations with integrity and rigor.

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Board of Studies Member

Computer Science Department, VNSGU Surat

Contributing to curriculum design and academic policy at the university level.

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Researcher & Author

Machine Learning, Text Mining, Ontology

Six research papers, two books (with ISBN), and 15+ faculty development programs.

04 — Research

Where I push the frontier.

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Machine Learning

Applying ML techniques to real-world text and data problems — from classification to extraction.

ClassificationFeature engineering
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Text Mining

Extracting structure, meaning, and signals from unstructured text using linguistic and statistical methods.

NLPInformation retrieval
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Ontology Engineering

Designing knowledge structures that make data machine-understandable, and bridging semantic gaps in text & web extraction.

Knowledge graphsSemantic web
750+Student projects guided
15+FDPs attended
6Papers published
2Books with ISBN
05 — Publications

Selected papers & books.

2020 Paper

Approaches for Text Mining using Ontology

Vedant Research Journal

ISSN: 2454-8596

International E-Journal

2021 Paper

Machine Learning Techniques for Text Mining using Ontology

IJERT E-Journal

ISSN: 2320-2882

International E-Journal

2021 Paper

Ontology Tools for Text and Web Extraction

Journal of Information, Knowledge and Research in CS & Applications

ISSN: 0975-6728

E-Journal

2021 Book

Introduction to Internet & HTML

Jumo2learn Publication

ISBN: 978-81-952276-8-6

Book

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3 more papers & 1 more book

Full publication list available on request.

06 — Earlier Projects

Where the craft started.

Employee Management System + Self Help Group Module

BCA — 6th sem

Client: Dhruva Vrundavan (BAIF), Lachhakadi-Vansda

Stack: VB 6.0 · MS Access 2003

Role: Programmer, Analyst, Designer, Tester

Employee Management System

MCA — 4th sem

Client: Minaxi Stores, Vansda

Stack: VB .NET · MS Access 2003

Role: Programmer, Analyst, Designer, Tester

07 — Contact

Let's build something.

Open to research collaborations, Ph.D supervision inquiries, speaking, and academic partnerships.