Arvind W Kiwelekar is a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University-Lonere, India. He is the founding head of the department. He has thirty years of teaching and research experience. His areas of interest include diverse topics, including Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD), Learning Analytics, Ontology, and Software Architecture. He published several papers at leading venues such as ECSA, IJCAI, ICSE, CompSAC and SAC. He graduated with a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2012), M E from Veermata Jijabai Technical Institute (VJTI) Mumbai(1997) and B E from Marathwada University (1991). He received a research fellowship from the Indian Academy of Sciences Bangalore, Ministry of Education Govt. of India and IBM. Alumni of the Department of Computer Engineering at DBATU has constituted an award to honour his dedication towards teaching.

News, Recent Publications, and Talks

1. Gaikwad, Harsha R., and Arvind W. Kiwelekar. A Generative AI-Based Assistant to Evaluate Short and Long Answer Questions. SN Computer Science 5, no. 5 (2024): 633
2. Pantoja Y´epez, Wilson Libardo, Julio Ariel Hurtado Alegr´ıa, Ajay Bandi, and Arvind W. Kiwelekar. Training software architects suiting software industry needs: A literature review. Education and Information Technologies 29, no. 9 (2024): 10931-10994.
3. Dr. Arvind W Kiwelekar has been appointed as Registrar (In-charge) of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University by the Hon. Vice-chancellor on 15 December 2023.