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Governance/Leadership & Mentors

Executive Team & Mentors

Faculty guidance and student leadership coordinating contests, hackathons, and developer education under the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at BIT Mesra.

Faculty Advisory & Patronage

Dr. Sumit Srivastava
Advisor

Dr. Sumit Srivastava

Faculty Sponsor & Chapter Advisor

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Academic & Mentorship Profile

Faculty Sponsor & Chapter Advisor for the ACM Student Chapter at BIT Mesra. Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering with 14+ years of academic and research experience. Leading research in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, signal processing, voice biometrics, and digital forensics.

Research Specializations

Cybersecurity & Network SecurityArtificial Intelligence & Machine LearningSignal ProcessingVoice Biometrics & Speaker IdentificationDigital Forensics

Key Contributions & Chapter Role

  • •Faculty Sponsor & Chapter Advisor, ACM BIT Mesra
  • •Academic & Research Mentorship in Computer Science
  • •Institutional Coordination with ACM Global

Executive Committee

Shaswat Raj
Executive

Shaswat Raj

Joint Secretary

Batch of 2022–2026

B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering, BIT Mesra

Executive Profile & Focus

Joint Secretary of ACM BIT Mesra, software engineer, and active open-source contributor. Specializes in high-performance web systems, distributed tooling, Model Context Protocol (MCP) infrastructure, and scalable AI agent architectures. 5x hackathon winner, creator of developer tools including SopKit and FormGuard, and contributor to upstream open-source ecosystems including Google's gemini-cli.

Areas of Expertise

Distributed Systems & Web PerformanceModel Context Protocol (MCP) & AI ToolingOpen Source Software ArchitectureDeveloper Infrastructure & WebAssemblyStudent Developer Communities

Key Contributions & Chapter Role

  • •Joint Secretary & Executive Committee Member, ACM BIT Mesra
  • •Open source contributions across 79+ repositories including Google gemini-cli
  • •Student hackathon mentorship and technical ecosystem builder
Academic Session Executive Induction & Verification

In accordance with chapter verification standards, active student executive appointments (President, Vice President, General Secretary, and SIG Leads) are confirmed following each academic session's induction cycle under the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. Verified profiles appear automatically once official credentials are authenticated.

Get Involved

Want to lead chapter initiatives?

Annual inductions are conducted for competitive programming mentors, technical developers, event coordinators, and designers. Open to all branches and years at BIT Mesra.