Richa Kushwaha

Biography

Richa Kushwaha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida. She holds an M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (specialization in Data Analytics) and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Federated Learning and Artificial Intelligence. She is actively involved in OBE documentation at JIIT. Additionally, she holds NVIDIA certifications in Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA C/C++.

Educational Qualifications

• Pursuing Ph.D.in Computer Science & Engineering, JIIT Noida
• M.Tech.(Computer Science & Engineering, Specialization in Data Analytics), JIIT Noida (2019–2021)
• B.Tech.(Computer Science & Engineering), AKTU, Lucknow (2013–2017)

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor (Grade-I),JIIT Noida (March 2025 – Present)
• OBE team member (NBA & NAAC documentation),JIIT Noida (Present)
• Assistant Professor (Contractual),JIIT Noida (July 2023 – Feb 2025)
• Teaching Assistant (TA),JIIT Noida (2021–2023)
• Data Analyst Intern,Peacock Solar Organization (June 2020 – August 2020)

Interest Area(s)

• Federated Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Big Data
• Database Management Systems
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Publications

• Richa Kushwaha, Akshit Raj Patel, and P. Raghu Vamsi, "Transparent Recruitment Model with Blockchain Technology," International Journal of Information Security and Software Engineering, Vol. 7, pp. 11-23, 2021.
• Richa Kushwaha, Parmeet Kaur, "Depression Detection on Social Media," IEEE International Conference on Informatics, pp. 153-158, April 2022.
• R. Kushwaha and P. Kaur, “A Federated LDA-Based Approach for Topic Modelling,” Intelligent Decision Technologies, Vol. 1, pp. 1–22, 2025, doi: 10.1177/18724981251319629.

Certification courses

Conferences & Certifications

• Session Manager, 16th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2024), JIIT Noida
• Paper Presenter, 1st International Conference on Informatics (ICI-2022), JIIT Noida

FDPs & Training

• Emerging Trends in Software Development: Tools and Techniques (2024)
• NetSim Standard Version Training (2024)
• National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) Training (2022)
• Machine Learning with Big Data – University of California San Diego (Coursera)
• National Quiz on IoT – Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology (2019)
• ASP.NET Certification – IQRA Software and Technology, Kanpur (2014)