Dr Rahul Sharad Gaikwad receives Young Researcher Award 2022

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Dr. Rahul Sharad Gaikwad has been honoured with the prestigious “Young Researcher Award 2022” by “Institute of Scholars” International Publishers, Bangalore. This award is given to researchers who have made outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of research. 

The award was given based on his research on “A Framework Design for Algorithmic IT Operations (AIOPS)” and his research paper published in the reputed journal “Design Engineering (Scopus)”. 

He was awarded by Dr. Santosh Deshpande, Director of Maharashtra Education Society’s Institute of Management and Career Courses (MES’s IMCC) and in the presence of Dr. Mansi Bhate, Dr. Shilpa Parlikar and Dr. Mukul Kulkarni. In November 2022, he was awarded a PhD Doctorate degree by Savitribai Phule Pune University.

Dr. Rahul is a brilliant researcher and an inspiring IT engineer. He has 13+ years of experience in the IT industry with specialisation in Cloud Computing and DevOps. He is currently working as a Lead DevOps Consultant at AWS. While working full-time in the IT industry, he started his Ph.D. research on AIOps in 2018 and completed doctorate in 2022 from Institute of Management and Career Courses (IMCC) of MES under Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), India, Pune. 

Prior to obtaining his Ph.D degree, he obtained multiple Masters degrees in Master of Computer Application (MCA) from Government College of Engineering, Karad (Shivaji University, Kolhapur), Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Entrepreneurship and Project Management from NIBM, Chennai and Master of Arts (MA) Part-I in History from Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), India. 

He was a member of the Board of Studies (BoS) and designed the curriculum for Post-Graduate degree programs for Savitribai Phule Pune University and Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

Dr. Rahul Gaikwad’s research and training interests include DevOps, Machine Learning, IT Operations and AIOps. His recent emphasis has been on building AIOps solutions on the cloud. He has 3 patents published in Intellectual Property India. He has published more than 8 research papers in peer-reviewed international SCI/Scopus journals. It has also received global recognition from various international organizations such as Elsevier and Open Education. He has earned more than 35 global industry certifications and 27 digital badges from various organizations.