Departments

Admin

Dr. P. Sojan Lal

Principal (Professor)

Areas of Specialization

Computer Science and Engineering
Areas of Interest

Image Processing, Web usage mining, Safety Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and IoT.

Educational Summary


Course University Year
Ph. D Cochin University of Science and Technology 2002
M.Tech. NIT Warangal 1993
MBA University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK 2011
B.E. Banagalore University/ SIT Tumkur 1985

Experience


From Date To Date Institution Name Designation
2016-12-01 2024-01-31 MBITS, Mar Baselios Institute of Technology and Science Principal & Professor (CSE)
2024-02-01 2024-08-02 Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology Professor (CSE) & Dean (School of Computing & Strategic Planning)
2024-08-29 2025-04-30 Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology Professor
1999-09-27 2016-07-31 ADCO (ADNOC Group), Abu Dhabi, UAE Senior Business Planning Coordinator/ SMPC/ SL (IT-SP)

Achievements


Achievement Year
India’s 23 Most Inspiring Education Leaders (2023) – The Academic Insight Magazine 2023
Stevie® Award for Education Hero of the Year (2022), London, UK 2022
Best Principal Award (2021) – Centre for Education Growth & Research, New Delhi 2021
Outstanding Alumnus Award, SIT Tumkur, Karnataka 2020
Health, Safety & Environment Man of the Month Awards, Twice @ADCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE (ADNOC) 2007
Performance Enhancement Panel Award – General Manager, ADCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE (ADNOC) 2002

Papers Published


1. International Journals (33) [J1] R. T. Jose and P. S. Lal, "Ontology-based privacy preservation over encrypted data using attribute-based encryption technique," Adv. Sci. Technol. Eng. Syst. J., vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 378–386, 2021, doi: 10.25046/aj060244. [SCIE, Scopus] [J2] R. T. Jose and P. S. Lal, "Ontology and crow optimization-based deep belief network for privacy preservation of medical data," J. Eng. Res., vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 117–133, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.36909/jer.v9i1.9037. [SCIE, Scopus] [J3] R. T. Jose and P. S. Lal, "Semantic web query join optimization using modified grey wolf optimization algorithm," Int. J. Intell. Eng. Syst., vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 161–169, 2019, doi: 10.22266/ijies2019.1031.16. [Scopus] [J4] R. T. Jose and P. S. Lal, "Statistics based optimization technique for query processing," Int. J. Innov. Technol. Explor. Eng., vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 714–718, 2019, doi: 10.35940/ijitee.B1044.078219. [Scopus] [J5] R. Reji and P. S. Lal, "Region based 3D face reco
2. National Journals (2) [N1] S. Abraham and P. S. Lal, "Spatio-temporal trajectory clustering for constrained moving objects," Acumen, Marian College, Kuttikkanam, India, Mar. 2011, ISSN 0975-6981. [N2] S. Abraham and P. S. Lal, "Online security alarming scheme for moving objects on road networks," Acumen, Marian College, Kuttikkanam, India, Jan. 2010.
3. Conferences (40) 3.1 International Conferences and Symposia (26) [C1] R. Sasikumar, D. R. Vaman, and P. S. Lal, "Integrated random seed and data-dependent dynamic key generation for security in mobile ad hoc networks," in Proc. 9th Int. Conf. Smart Comput. Commun. (ICSCC), Kochi, India, Aug. 2023, pp. 449–453, doi: 10.1109/ICSCC59169.2023.10335016. [IEEE; CERD-funded] [C2] R. Sasikumar, D. R. Vaman, and P. S. Lal, "Contention-based access protocol for intra-cluster communications in mobile ad hoc networks," in Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Adv. Elect., Comput., Commun. Sustain. Technol. (ICAECT), Bhilai, India, 2022, pp. 1–6, doi: 10.1109/ICAECT54875.2022.9807987. [IEEE; CERD-funded] [C3] R. Sasikumar, D. R. Vaman, and P. S. Lal, "Packet transmission using radio access protocol for intra-cluster communications in mobile ad hoc networks," in Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Elect., Electron., Inf. Commun. Technol. (ICEEICT), Trichy, India, 2022, pp. 1–7, doi: 10.1109/ICEEICT53079.2022.9768451. [
3.2 National Conferences, Colloquia and Symposia (14) [NC1] R. Sasikumar and P. S. Lal, "A review of MANET based flood and landsliding management and response systems: Global perspectives and future directions," in Proc. 38th IEI Nat. Conv. Environmental Engineers, Kochi, India, 2024. [NC2] R. Sasikumar, D. R. Vaman, and P. S. Lal, "Implementation of an integrated contention based protocol for inter-cluster communication in mobile ad hoc networks," in Proc. Nat. Conf. Innov. Comput. Sci. Technol. (NCICST), MBITS, Kothamangalam, India, 2023, pp. 100–105. [NC3] A. S. Lal, P. S. Lal, and V. Barla, "Career advancement of women in technical education, with special reference to engineering," in Proc. Nat. Conf. Role of Women in Technical Education: Entrepreneurship, Research and Consultancy, NIT Warangal, India, Mar. 2019, p. 46. [NC4] J. Jose and P. S. Lal, "Clustering of users based on entry pages to analyze the deep linked traffic at a business organization’s web site," in Proc. Nat.
4. Funded Research (5 awards — ₹14,04,808) [F1] APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, CERD Fellowship — ₹3,00,000; Order No. 619/2023/KTU dated 13.03.2023. Output: ICSCC 2023 [C1], (with Reshma S). [F2] APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, CERD Fellowship — ₹3,20,000; Order No. 471/2022/KTU dated 08.03.2022. Output: ICAECT 2022 [C2] , (with Reshma S). [F3] APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, CERD Fellowship — ₹1,95,968; Order No. 545/2021/KTU dated 26.03.2021. Output: ICEEICT 2022 [C3] , (with Reshma S). [F4] Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Science Research Scheme — ₹4,88,840; Order No. 009/SRSPS/2011/CSTE. Project: "Web usage mining: Discovery and analysis of user behavior from web logs" (with J. Jose). [F5] University Grants Commission, Micro Research Project, XI Plan — ₹1,00,000; Apr. 2010. Project: "Moving object database model for security informatics" (with S. Abraham).
5. Patents Published (3) [P1] P. S. Lal et al., "Internet of Things based pollution measurement and control system," Indian Patent Application 202141049459A, published in The Indian Patent Office Journal No. 45/2021, Nov. 5, 2021. [P2] P. S. Lal et al., "Renewable energy-harvesting enabled rain water conservation device," Indian Patent Application 202441093373, published Nov. 28, 2024. [P3] M. Joseph, P. S. Lal, R. Jacob, M. Joy, and A. Mohan, "Wearable therapeutic device," Indian Patent Application 202541077721 A, published in the Official Journal of the Patent Office No. 35/2025, Aug. 29, 2025.
6.1 Books for Higher Education — 9 titles (18 volumes) [B1] M. P. Poonia, S. C. Sharma, and P. S. Lal, Industrial Safety and Maintenance Management (With Artificial Intelligence & Internet of Things), 2nd ed. New Delhi, India: Khanna Publishing House, 2026. ISBN 978-93-55389-48-0. [B2] R. T. Jose and P. S. Lal, Privacy Preservation in Onto-Web: Steps to Protect Data Confidentiality Using Ontology Rules. Germany: Our Knowledge Publishing, [year]. ISBN 978-620-474-6937. Also issued by the publisher in five European-language editions (2022): – Preservação da Privacidade na Internet (Portuguese). Edições Nosso Conhecimento, 2022. – Conservazione della Privacy in Onto-Web (Italian). Edizioni Sapienza, 2022. – Préservation de la Vie Privée dans le Onto-Web (French). Editions Notre Savoir, 2022. – Preservación de la Privacidad en Onto-Web (Spanish). Ediciones Nuestro Conocimiento, 2022. – Schutz der Privatsphäre im Onto-Web (German). Verlag Unser Wissen, 2022. [B3] R. T. Jose a

Conferences / Workshop / FDPs Attended


National / International Conference / PDPS/ FDPS/ Workshops / Seminars attended -> 60+ (IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Mumbai, IISc, Bangalore, NIT Warangal, TKM College of Engineering, Quilon, and 40+ in the Middle East

Projects Guided


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