Research Projects and Collaborations

• Accessibility Education, Game-based Learning, and Accessibility Practice in collaboration with Prof Rachel (University of Illinois, USA) and Prof Devorah (Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York)
• Software Engineering, Accessibility, AI4A11Y and Ethics in collaboration with Dr. Wajdi (University of North Texas)
• A couple of studies on Project-based learning, Jigsaw, and experiential learning in computing education in collaboration with researchers at IIT-Bombay
• Gender and CS Education and Other Computing Education, Cognition-related studies in collaboration with Prof Indra, Dr Rumana
• Studies on Academic Integrity and Psychology in collaboration with Prof Sujith and Prof Neena, BITS Goa

Long Term Projects (Currently not spending more than 2 hours a month on these)

I am currently looking to collaborate on the projects below. If any of the below interests you and you wish to contribute, please reach out to me or schedule a meeting via Meet Partha!.

Inclusive Education!

• I started working on a very interesting and challenging problem in 2022. There are more than 2 million children with disabilities (CwD's) in India. A quick research suggested that less than 0.01% of schools in India offer science education to children with disabilities! A few major reasons for this are:
• Inaccessible textbooks to visually impaired
• Inaccessible laboratories
• Lack of community, support and policies
I firmly believe in inclusive education, and I am deeply saddened by the current situation of STEM education not being inclusive enough for CwDs. I know a few researchers at IIT-Delhi working on making books accessible to the visually impaired by creating digitally accessible and tactile books. Few Researchers at IIIT-Bangalore are working on policy and community building.
Our team contributes to making science laboratories accessible, harnessing the power of technology. I am in touch with a few non-profit organizations (Vision Empower Trust) working to achieve this and fund our work. Currently, we are developing affordable assistive technologies using the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to make science labs accessible. We are testing our products at various schools in Goa and Karnataka and plan to expand across India by late 2024.
Update: We are actively looking for folks interested and committed to working on this problem. If you are interested in this project, please email me.

Authorship

• Working on the 2^nd Edition of my book titled "NTA UGC NET/JRF/SET Computer Science"
• I am planning to write reader-friendly animated books on Accessibility, Usability, Software Engineering, AI, and CS Fundamentals
• Looking for co-authors, graphic designers (specializing in comic design), and content editors to contribute for the above two:
• Requirement for co-authors - Masters in Computer Science + Qualified NET/JRF or Equivalent Industry experience
• Requirement for Designers and editors - Skills in Latex and textbook editing and comics design
• I am planning to create 'shorts' / 'reels' to create awareness on Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Accessibility. Looking for illustrators and content creators. AI is here! I will spend my winter 2026 vacation doing this with AI

Some of my recent news/accomplishments are:

• Part of the AI Advisory Committee, ACM Assets 2026
• I am one of the Co-Chairs of the upcoming ACM Compute 2026
• Completed the Agentic-AI Certificate Course from IIIT-Hyderabad. I was part of the 1st Cohort!
• Our chapter on teaching accessibility in the Operating Systems course is published in the 2nd edition of the "Teaching Accessible Computing" textbook!
• Only speaker from India at the m-Enabling Summit 2025, Washington, DC
• Honored to be selected as one of 50 Young Researchers for the prestigious ACM Pingala Interactions 2025
• The New York Times recognizes me for reporting accessibility bugs in their Wordle and Strands Games!
• Selected to conduct a "Train-the-trainer" Workshop as part of ACM Compute to train CS Faculty across the country on digital accessibility
• Our team won the Salesforce Global AI~A11Y Hackathon 2024
• Awarded the ACM India Anveshan Setu Fellowship 2024-2025, chosen as one of 46 Fellows nationwide. [Fellowship Location: IIT-Bombay]
• Selected for the Computing Research in Curricula: Knowledge, Education & Training (CRiCKET 2024) Workshop at IIT-Gandhinagar (50 selected from 700+ applicants).
• Internationally Certified Accessibility Professional
• Speaker @ Software Engineering Research in India (SERI), India
• Dept of Homeland Security, US Certified Accessibility SME
• Won the Prof. Suresh Ramaswamy Memorial Award: 2022-2023
• "Inclusive Education by Making Science Labs" project selected for mentorship by Clinton Global Initiative
• Presented progress of Accessible Science Labs (EMPOWER 2023 @ IIT Madras, Winners 2022)
• Sold 400+ copies of my first book titled "NTA UGC NET/JRF/SET Computer Science"

• "AccessQuest: A Game-Based Approach to Digital Accessibility Education", ACM Transactions on Computing Education (Q1 Journal), Feb 2026
• "Accessibility Education for Software Engineers: Evaluating the Impact of Game-Based Learning", ACM Transactions on Computing Education (Q1 Journal), December 2025
• "Scaling Accessibility Education: Reflections from a Workshop Targeting CS Educators and Software Professionals", ACM COMPUTE 2025, India
• "AI Ethics Education in India: A Syllabus-Level Review of Computing Courses", ACM COMPUTE 2025, India
• "Skill, Will, or Both? Understanding Digital Inaccessibility from Accessibility Professionals’ Viewpoint", ACM CHI 2025 (Core A*), Late Breaking Work, April 2025, Japan
• "Enhancing Accessibility in Software Engineering Projects with Large Language Models (LLMs)", ACM SIGCSE TS 2025 (Core A), Full Paper Track - March 2025, USA
• "Accessibility Insights from Students' Software Engineering Projects", ACM SIGCSE TS 2025 (Core A), Full Paper Track - March 2025, USA
• "Sprint to Inclusion: Embedding Accessibility Sprint in a Software Engineering Course", ACM SIGCSE TS 2025 (Core A), Full Paper Track - March 2025, USA
• "Reflections on Incorporating Digital Accessibility in an Operating Systems Course", ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science (SIGCSE)- Virtual, 2024 Full Paper Track - Dec 2024
• "FlashHack: Reflections on the Usage of a Micro Hackathon as an Assessment Tool in a Machine Learning Course", ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science (SIGCSE)- Virtual, 2024 Full Paper Track - Dec 2024
• "Harnessing Jigsaw Learning for Effective Visualization Tool Exploration", Technology4Education by EdTech Society and IIT-B, (Accepted), Dec 2024
• "Teaching Digital Accessibility in Computing Education: Views of Educators in India", 20th ACM International Conference on Computing Education Research (ICER Aug 2024 - A Ranked Conference) - Full Paper Track, Australia
• "Influence of Personality Traits on Plagiarism Through Collusion in Programming Assignments", 20th ACM International Conference on Computing Education Research (ICER Aug 2024 - A Ranked Conference) - Full Paper Track, Australia
• "Digital Conscience: Investigating the State of Ethics in CS Curricula in India", 20th ACM International Conference on Computing Education Research (ICER Aug 2024 - A Ranked Conference) - Poster Track, Australia
• "Exploring the Need of Accessibility Education in the Software Industry: Insights from a Survey of Software Professionals in India", 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE'24 A* Conference) - SEET Track, Portugal
• "Teaching Digital Accessibility to Industry Professionals using the Community of Practice Framework: An Experience Report", 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE'24 A* Conference) - SEET Track, Portugal

As of March 2026, I have delivered more than 300 credit hours of instruction to Master’s students, reaching a total of 10300+ students.

Current Courses:

Details of the courses taught in the past 12 months is as below:

Non-Credit Courses:

I am also responsible for the smooth functioning of the PGP AIML Programme and act as a Lead TA from the beginning of this offering (Currently we are in Cohort 9). I am also pivotal in bringing innovation in pedagogy, suggestions to improve online examinations, establishing accommodations for students with disabilities, etc. I am also trying out new pedagogies to teach computing to K-12 students.

Some of the voluntary Feedback received about my sessions can be found here