• Ph.D. (Computer Science & Engineering) Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India, in the year Feb 2019.

            Thesis Title: Exploring the prediction mechanism of software reliability: An approach towards machine learning methodology, 8.2(SGPA) in course work.

• B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering) Shivaji University (Maharashtra) in the year 2006.
• 10+2 (I. Sc.) B.I.E.C., Patna, 88.33%, in the year 2000.
• 10th Central Academy, Ranchi (C.B.S.E board), 75.2% in the year 1998.

Employment details:
• Worked as Associate Engineer at Aztecsoft, Bangalore for six months (from Sep2007 to March 2008) 
• Working as an Associate Lecturer at B.I.T. Mesra Satellite Campus Deoghar, Jharkhand from Jan 2009 till present (13 Years and presently working) 

Software Engineering , Machine Learning ,Software Reliability and Database Management System

National and International Journal:
• Nishi Kant Kumar and Soumya Banerjee, “Analysing effect of multi-versioning for software updates on reliability: an utility following pheromone trail of social insects,” International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, Inderscience, Vol. 9, No.5/6, pp.505–518, 2017. (Indexed in Scopus)

• Nishi Kant Kumar and Soumya Banerjee, “Exploring Visual Analytics to measure reliability for IoT oriented pollution detection software perspectives,” International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, Vol. 10, Issue 2, Article 1, 2019. DOI: 10.4018/IJDST.2019040101 (Indexed in ESCI )

Book Chapter:
• Nishi Kant Kumar and Soumya Banerjee, “Measuring Software Reliability: A Trend Using Machine Learning Techniques,” Springer, New York, NY, USA, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12883-2_28, 2015. (Indexed in Scopus)

• Nishi Kant Kumar and Shashi Kant Kumar , “Predicting Diabetes using Machine Learning Approach: Review Report” for the upcoming Book Chapter titled as Applications of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Digital Rights & Multimedia Security” Springer Nature series. (Accepted)

Conference:
Nishi Kant Kumar, “Exploring a Bio-inspired Approach to trace out adjoining paths for Proper Nouns: Can Reliability of system be measured?” International Conclave on Innovation in Engineering and Management (ICIEM) at BIT Patna, India, 2013.

Workshop and FDP:

• Participated in Staff Development Programme at IIT Kharagpur - 18 March 2010 To 24 March 2010.
• Centre for Soft Computing Operations in Research & Engineering at BIT Deoghar- 03rd Sep 2010 To 04th Sep 2010.
• Testing of Object Oriented Software at BIT Mesra Ranchi - 11 March 2011 To 13 March 2011.
• Member of the Organizing Committee for the three day workshop on “Recent Advancement in Engineering-Industry 4.0 Ready” held at BIT Mesra Off Campus Deoghar from 14-Feb-2019 to 16-Feb-2019.
• Participated in one-week Faculty Development Programme on “Network Security” jointly organized by Electronics and ICT Academies held from 20-May-2019 to 24-May-2019 through National Knowledge Network under the “Scheme of Financial assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies” by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. This programme is endorsed by AICTE/UGC/NBA.
• Participated in the online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare” jointly organized by the Department of Bioengineering and Electronics & Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, 27th-31st July, 2020
• Participated and successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on the topic "Blended Learning and Flipped Classroom" from 10-08-2020 to 14-08-2020 at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat.
• Participated in the AICTE, New Delhi sponsored One week online Short Term Training Programme (E_STTP) under AQIS 2018-19 during the financial year 2019-20 on “Business Data Analysis and Research Publication” held on November 2nd – November 7th, 2020 organized by Faculty of Management Studies, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Shri Shankaracharya Group of Institutions, Bhilai,C.G., India.
• Participated and successfully completed AICTE-ISTE approved Orientation/Refresher Programme on “Deep Learning” held during 14.12.2020 to 19.12.2020 organized by Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
• Participated and successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy online Elementary FDP on “Device Security in Internet of Things” from 07.07.2021 to 11.07.2021 at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati.
• Participated and successfully completed AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy online FDP on “Bio-Medical Signal Processing for Smarter Mobile Health care” from 19.07.2021 to 23.07.2021 at GIET University.
• Participated and successfully completed the 5 day online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by AICTE from 13.12.2021 to 17.12.2021.
• Participated and successfully completed 5 days virtual Faculty Development Program on "Machine Learning & Deep Learning approach towards Computer Vision" during March, 28th and April, 02nd, 2022 [with a 1 day break on March 31st, 2022] organised by the Department of Computer Applications (MCA) of Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College Durgapur.

Patent Details :

• Indian Design Patent: Anand Nayyar, Manash Sarkar, Arup Roy and Nishi Kant Kumar , “An Electronic device for physically challenged people” ;(Year 2022) (Indian Patent Design Number: 357841-001 ) https://ipindia.gov.in/journal.htm

• German Patent: Manash Sarkar, Anand Nayyar, Nishi Kant Kumar and Arup Roy, “Blockchain-enabled portable devise for Public Distribution Centres” ; (Year 2022) (GermanPatent- DE file number- 20 2022 101 609.7).
  https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/pat/PatSchrifteneinsicht?docId=DE202022101609U1&page=1&dpi=150&lang=en