Mr. Mahesh Goyani

Faculty Details


  • Designation : Assistant Professor
  • Qualification : Ph,D., B.A. (Literature), M.E. (Computer Engineering), B.E. (Computer Engineering)
  • Experience : 13 Years
  • Area Of Interest : Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing

Education Qualification

  • Received Ph.D. on Facial Expression Recognition from CHARUSAT, Changa under the supervision of Dr. Narendra M. Patel, BVM Engineering College, V.V.Nagar in November, 2017

  • Received B.A. in Literature (Gujarati) with 61.00% from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad in 2014.

  • Received M.E (Computer Engineering) with 9.38 CPI (81.03%) from BVM Engineering College, Sardar Patel University, V.V.Nagar in 2009.

  • Received B.E (Computer Engineering) with 67% from Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat in 2005.

Work Experience

  • Working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Engineering, Government Engineering College, Modasa, from 18th Jan ’16 to till date.

  • Deputed as an Assistant Professor in Government MCA College, Maninagar, Ahmedabad, from 4th March ’14 to to 16th Jan ’16 (1 Year, 10 Month).

  • Worked as an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Engineering, L D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, from 17th May ’11 to 16th Jan ’16 (4 Year, 8 Month).

  • Worked as a Lecturer in Department of Computer Engineering, G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology, V V Nagar, from 04th April ’08 to 16th May ’11 (3 Year, 1 Month).

  • Worked as a Lecturer in Computer Department, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technical Education and Research Center, Navsari, from 25th Nov ’06 to 3rd Apr ’08 (1 Year, 4 Months).

  • Worked as a Lecturer in Computer Department, STBS College of Diploma Engineering, Surat, from 24th Dec-2005 to 24th Nov-06 (11 Months).

  • Worked as a Lecture in Computer Engineering Department, All India Institute of Engineering, Surat from 5th May ’05 to 23rd Dec ’05 (7 Months).

Portfolios

University Level:
  • Practical Examination coordinator for sem 5 to 8 (Regular and Remedial) for zone-2 institutes
Institute Level:
  • Institute Web Site
  • Virtual Lab
Department Level:
  • Training and Placement
  • Information Regarding RTI
  • Pedagogy Activity
  • MAY, RUSA Cell Activity
  • PG Coordination
  • Workshop, Seminar, Industrial Visit

Courses Taught

PG Level:

  • Computer Graphics
  • Image Processing 
  • Quantum Computing
  • Web Technology (Interdisciplinary)
UG Level:
  • Design and Analysis of Algorithms
  • Computer Graphics
  • Theory of Computation
  • Computer Organization and Architecture
  • Data Mining and Business Intelligence
  • Programming In C

Publications

  • Jaimini Suthar, Goyani Mahesh, "Performance Enhancement of Facial Expression Recognition using Appearance based features", International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology, Volume 3 Issue VI, pp. 4-40, (ISSN: 2321-9653), June 2015

  • Mahesh Goyani, Mohammad Chharchhodawala, Bhargav Mendapara, "Min-Max Selection Sort Algorithm - Improved Version of Selection Sort", International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Volume 4, Issue 10, pp. 664-669, October 2014

  • Mahesh Goyani, Harsh Dani, Chahna Dixit, "Handwritten Character Recognition - A Comprehensive Review", International Journal of Research in Computer and Communication Technology, Vol 2, Issue 9, pp. 702-707, (ISSN(Online) 2278-5841, ISSN (Print) 2320-5156), September - 2013

  • Nandish Chauhan, Mahesh Goyani, "Enhanced Multistage Content-Based Image Retrieval," International Journal of Computer Science and Mobile Computing, Vol. 2, Issue. 5, pg.175 – 179, (ISSN 2320–088X), May 2013

  • Vaibhavkumar J. Mistry, Mahesh M. Goyani, "Facial Expression Recognition using Gabor Filter by minimizing Feature Vector," International Journal of Computer Science and Management Research, Vol 2, Issue 5, pp. 2571-2575, (ISSN 2278-733X), May 2013

  • Chauhan Nandish, Mahesh Goyani, "Comparison of different image retrieval techniques in CBIR",  National Conference on Computer Science and Security, Vasad, Gujarat, April 5-6, 2013

  • Vaibhavkumar J. Mistry, Mahesh M. Goyani, "A literature survey on Facial Expression Recognition using Global Features," International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Volume-2, Issue 4, pp. 653-657, (ISSN: 2249 – 8958), April 2013


  • Preeti B. Sharma, Mahesh M. Goyani, "Face recognition using PCA and Modified PCA", International Journal of Research and Innovation in Computer Engineering, Vol 2, Issue 3, pp. 268-273, (ISSN 2249-6580), June 2012

  • Swati Patel, Anilkumar Katharotiya, Mahesh Goyani, "Comparision between DCT and DWT algorithms of Digital Watermarking", National Conference on “Advanced Trends in Applied Sciences & Technology”, (ISBN:978-81-923514-0-7 (Print)), Surat, Gujarat, 2012

  • Mahesh M Goyani, Rekha R Teraiya, Trusha Y Gajjar, Gunvantsinh D Gohil, "Euler Number, Symmetry and Histogram Based Hierarchical Approach for English OCR", International Conference on Computer Applications, pp. 153-158, Pondicherry, India, 2012

  • Gunvantsinh Gohil, Rekha Teraiya and Mahesh Goyani, "Chain code and holistic features based OCR system for printed Devanagari script using ANN and SVM", International Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Applications, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 95-104, January 2012

  • Preeti B. Sharma, Mahesh M. Goyani, "3D Face Recognition Techniques - A Review", International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp.787-793, (ISSN: 2248-9622), Jan-Feb 2012

  • Ravi Sheth, Narendra Chauhan, Mahesh Goyani, "Chain Code Based Hand-Written Character Recognition System Using Neural Network and Support Vector Machine", International Conference on Recent Trends in Information Technology & Computer Science, Pp. 62-67, ISBN : 978-81-922978-0-4, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 09-10 Dec, 2011

  • Swati Patel, Anil Kathrotiya, Mahesh Goyani, "A Survey on Digital Video Watermarking", International Journal of Computer Technology and Applications, Vol. 2(6), pp. 3015-3018, ISSN: 2229-6093, Nov – Dec, 2011

  • Swati Patel, Anil Kathrotiya, Mahesh Goyani, "A Detail Study of Digital Image Watermarking Techniques", International Conference on Information Technology, Electronics & Communications, Hyderabad, 29-30 Nov, 2011

  • Trusha Gajjar, Rekha Teraiya, Gunvantsinh Gohil, Mahesh Goyani, "Top Down Hierarchical Histogram Based Approach for Printed Devanagari Script Character Isolation", International Conference on Digital Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, SPRINGER, Vol. 205, Pp. 55-64, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, 23-25 Sep, 2011

  • Mahesh Goyani, Gunvantsinh Gohil, Amit Chaudhari, "Robust Face Recognition in Low Dimensional Subspace Using Reconstructive and Discriminative Features", International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies, IEEE Xplore, Pp. 355-359, Katra, Jammu, 03-05 May, 2011

  • Ravi Sheth, Narendra Chauhan, Mahesh Goyani, "Handwritten Character Recognition System Using Correlation Coefficient", International Conference on Innovative Science and Engineering Technology, Pp. 395-398, ISBN : 987-81-906377-56, Rajkot, Gujarat, 08-09 Apr, 2011

  • Mahesh Goyani, Shreyash Dutta, Gunvantsinh Gohil, Sapan Naik, "Wicket fall Concept Mining From Cricket Video Using A-Priori Algorithm", International Journal of Multimedia and Its Applications, Vol. 3, No. 1, Pp. 111-120, Feb - 2011

  • Ravi Sheth, Narendra Chauhan, Mahesh Goyani, "A Review on Handwritten Character Recognition Systems", National Conference on Technology Driven Society (NCTDS), Bardoli, Gujarat, 11-12 Feb, 2011

  • Mahesh Goyani, Gitam Sikkenawis, Brijesh Joshi, "Geometry and Skin Color Based Hybrid Approach for Face Tracking in Color Environment", International Conference on Computer Science & Information Technology, SPRINGER, Vol. 131, Pp. 339-347, Bangalore, Karnataka, 02-04 Jan, 2011

  • Mahesh Goyani, Gunvantsinh Gohil, "Performance Analysis of Block and Non-Block Based Approach of Invisible Image Watermarking Using SVD in DCT Domain", International Conference on Computer Science & Information Technology, SPRINGER, Vol. 131, Pp. 348-357, Bangalore, Karnataka, 02-04 Jan, 2011

  • Mahesh Goyani, Shreyash Dutta, Payal Raj, "Key Frame Detection Based Semantic Event Detection and Classification Using Hierarchical Approach for Cricket Sports Video Indexing", International Conference on Computer Science & Information Technology, SPRINGER, Vol. 131, Pp. 388-397, Bangalore, Karnataka, 02-04 Jan, 2011

  • Anil Kathrotiya, Swati Patel, Mahesh Goyani, Comparative Analysis Between DCT & DWT Techniques of Image Compression", International Journal of Information Engineering and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 2, Pp. 09-17, (ISSN: 2224-896X), 2011

  • Mahesh Goyani, Akash Dhorajiya, Ronak Paun, "Performance Analysis of FDA Based Face Recognition Using Correlation, ANN and SVM", International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, ISSN:- 2250-3749 (online), pp. 108-111, 2011

  • Ravi Sheth, N C Chauhan, Mahesh M Goyani, Kinjal A Mehta, "PCA Based Handwritten Character Recognition System Using Support Vector Machine & Neural Network", Asian International Journal of Science and Technology in Production and Manufacturing Engineering, Vol 4, No. 4, pp. 69-75, 2011

  • Mahesh Goyani, Namrata Dave, Narendra Patel, "Performance improvement in Lip Synchronization using LPC, MFCC and PLP Speech Parameters", International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, IEEE Xplore, IEEE, pp. 582-587, Bhopal, M.P, 26-28 Nov, 2010

  • Mahesh Goyani, Namrata Dave, "Performance Analysis of LPC, PLP and MFCC Parameters in Speech Recognition", ADIT Journal of Engineering", Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 7-11, Anand, Gujarat, India, (ISSN: 0973 3663), August 2010

  • Mahesh Goyani, Brijesh Joshi, Gitam Sikkenawis, "Acceptance / Rejection Rule Based Algorithm for Multiple Face Detection in Color Images", International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 2(6), Pp. 2148-2154, (ISSN: 0975-5462), 2010

  • Mahesh Goyani, Narendra Patel, Mukesh Zaveri, "Performance Enhancement in Lip Synchronization Using MFCC Parameters", International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 2(6), Pp. 2364-2369, (ISSN: 0975-5462), 2010

  • Mahesh Goyani, Namrata Dave, "Performance Analysis of LPC, PLP and MFCC Parameters in Speech Recognition", National Conference on Advanced Computing, ISBN: 978-81-909376-0-3, V.V.Nagar, Gujarat, 12-13 Dec, 2009

  • Mahesh Goyani, Japen Pathak, "Ear Recognition Using Force Field Feature Extraction", National Conference on Advanced Computing, ISBN: 978-81-909376-0-3, V.V.Nagar, Gujarat, 12-13 Dec, 2009

  • Mahesh Goyani, Parul Tandel, Hetal Chudasama, "Improvement in Lip Detection and Feature Extraction in Dynamic Lighting Conditions and Complex Background", National Conference on Advanced Computing, ISBN: 978-81-909376-0-3, V.V.Nagar, Gujarat, 12-13 Dec, 2009

  • Mahesh Goyani, "Real Time Lip Synchronization", National Level Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Communication Technology, Vol. 2, Pp. 158-160, Wadhwan, Gujarat, 19 Apr, 2009

  • Mahesh Goyani, Mukesh Patel, "Artificial Neural Network in Data Mining", National Level Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Communication Technology, Vol. 1, Pp. 155-159, Wadhwan, Gujarat, 25 May, 2008

Training

  • Attended One Week Summer School on "Cyber-Physical Systems - Theory and Applications" at DAIICT, Gandhinagar from 08-04-2017 to 12-04-2017.

  • Attended Two Week STTP on “Application of Optimization Techniques in Engineering for Research” at Government Engineering College, Modasa, from 02.01.2017 to 13.01.2017

  • Attended One Week STTP on “Use of Blog in Teaching Learning” at NITTTR, Bhopal from 06.06.2016 to 10.06.2016

  • Attended Two Week STTP on “Design and Development of Dynamic Website” at NITTTR Center, Ahmedabad from 07.12.2015 to 18.12.2015

  • Attended Three Days Residential Training (Karmyogi Talim) at Swaminarayandham, Gandhinagar from 12.12.2013 - 14.12.2013

  • Attended Two Week Induction Training – Phase I at NITTTR Extension Center, RCTI, Ahmedabad from 29.04.2013 to 10.05.2013

  • Attended One Week STTP on “Advance Java” under Faculty Development Program at TCS, Gandhinagar from 18.06.2012 to 22.06.2012

  • Attended One Week STTP on “ANN and Optimization Technique and Applications” at NITTTR Center, Chandigarh from 21.11.2011 to 25.11.2011

Workshops Delivered

  • Delivered One day workshop on "LATEX - A Document Preparation System" at VPMP Polytechnic, Gandhinagar on 25-03-2017.

  • Delivered One Day Workshop on "Applications of Image Processing" at SSASIT, Surat on 04-02-2017

  • Delivered Three Day Workshop on "MATLAB" under IEEE SB at LDRP-ITR, Gandhinagar from 15.02.2015 - 17.02.2015

  • Delivered One Day Workshop on "Digital Image Processing - Concepts & Implementation" at Chandubhai S Patel Institute of Technology, Changa on 10-01-15.

  • Delivered One Day Workshop on "Programming To MATLAB" under IEEE SB at A D Patel Institute of Technology, New V.V.Nagar on 09-04-11.

  • Delivered State Level Two Day Workshop on "MATLAB and Its Application in Image Processing" under IEEE SB at LDRP-ITR, Gandhinagar on 31-03-11 to 01-04-11

  • Organized and Delivered ISTE approved University level, Two day workshop on "Role of MATLAB in Image Processing" under Image Processing Research Group at G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, V.V.Nagar, 14th-15th August 2010.

  • Organized and Delivered One Day Workshop on "MATLAB" under ISTE Student Chapter on at G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, V.V.Nagar on 23-01-10.

Professional Membership

  • Member of “Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE)”, LM 61171.

Expert Talk

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Feature Selection using Dimension Reduction” in One Week STTP on “Recent Trends and Advancements in ICT” at SSEC, Bhavnagar on 16-02-2017.

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Optimal Feature Selection using Dimension Reduction” in 2 Week STTP on “Applications of Optimization Techniques in Engineering for Research” at Government Engineering College, Modasa on 07-01-2017.

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Video Indexing and Automatic Highlight Generation from Sports Video” at Government Engineering College, Modasa, on 15-09-16

  • Delivered Expert talk on “A Closer Look @ Image” at GMCA, Ahmedabad, on 11-03-15

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Various Techniques to Solve Traveling Salesman problem” under Summer School at L D College of Engineering on 28-06-2016.

  • Delivered Expert talk on “A Closer Look @ Image” at Government MCA College, Maninagar, Ahmedabad on 11-03-2015.

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Structures and Union in C” under ISTE Approved 2 Week STTP on “Emerging Trends in C Programming” at SVMIT, Bharuch, on 18-04-12

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Pointers & File Handling in C” under ISTE Approved 2 Week STTP on “Emerging Trends in C Programming” at SVMIT, Bharuch, on 19-04-12

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Graphics Output Primitives” at Government Engineering College, Bhavnagar, on 26-03-12

  • Delivered Expert talk on “Video Indexing” at G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, V.V.Nagar, under ISTE Staff Chapter on 14-03-11

  • Delivered One Day Seminar on “Basics of Advanced Computer Algorithms” at LDRP – ITR, Gandhinagar, under IEEE Student Branch on 12th March ’10.

  • Delivered Expert Lecture on “Real Time Operating System – Concept and Scheduling Algorithms” at B & B Institute of Technology, V.V.Nagar on 24th March ’09.

  • Delivered Expert Lecture on “Real Time Operating System”, under ISTE Student Branch at G H Patel College of Engineering and Technology, V.V.Nagar on 19th Feb ’09.

Research Interest

  • Pattern Recognition
  • Machine Learning
  • Image Processing
  • Algorithms

Awards

  • Received Best Researcher National Award by IRDP Group of Journal, Chennai for the contribution in Teaching, Research and Publications, on 30/05/2018.
  • Invited as a SESSION CHAIR in International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology on 23rd September, 2011, at Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India