Mukta Paliwal

Education
· PhD (Management) : July 2010, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, Mumbai, CPI 9.23 on 10 point scale.
Title: A comparative study of the performance of regression and feed forward neural networks.
· M.Sc.(Statistics): May 2002, School of Statistics, D.A.V.V., Indore, Secured First Position in the University, GGPA 10 on 10 point scale which is equivalent to 92.1%.
· B.Sc. (Comp. Sc.): April 2000, M.B. Khalsa College, D.A.V.V., Indore, Secured Fourth Position in the College, 71.41%.
· S.S.C. (Physics- Chemistry- Mathematics): March 1997, M.P. Board, Indore, Secured Third Position in the School, 68.66%.
· H.S.C. (Science- Mathematics-S.Science): March 1995, M.P. Board, Indore, 77.66%.
Publications
In International Journals
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, 2011.“Comparison of feed forward neural networks and multiple regression for the case of heteroscedastic data”. (Accepted-Journal of Applied Soft Computing).
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, 2011. “Assessing the contribution of variables in feed forward neural network”. (Accepted- Journal of Applied Soft Computing).
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, 2009. “Neural networks and statistical techniques: A review of applications”. Expert Systems with Applications. 36(1), 2-17.
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, 2009. “A study of academic performance of business school graduates using neural network and statistical techniques”. Expert Systems with Applications. 36 (4), 7865–7872.
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, “Comparison of the performance of feed forward neural network and linear regression using simulation”. (Communicated).
· Mukta Paliwal, Anand Patwardhan and N.L. Sarda, “Analyzing cyclone tracks of North Indian Ocean using cluster analysis”. (Communicated)
In Conference Proceedings (Peer Reviewed)
· Mukta Paliwal, Anand Patwardhan and N. L. Sarda, “Analyzing tropical cyclone tracks of North Indian Ocean” Communicated to 2nd International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research and Application to be held in 23-25 May 2011, Washington, DC USA.
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, “A study on the contribution of explanatory variables in artificial neural Networks”. In the proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Decision Sciences in Global Enterprise Management, 03-05 January 2009.
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, “The predictive accuracy of feed forward neural networks and multiple regression in the case of heteroscedastic data.” In the proceeding of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 08-11 December 2008.
· Mukta Paliwal and Usha A. Kumar, “A comparative study of neural networks and regression technique using simulation” paper presented at AIB-India and CIMER International Conference on Globalization and Emerging Economies held at Indian Institute of Management Indore, India, 11-13 August 2008.
Conference Presentations
· Predicting Academic Success of Business School Graduates- An Empirical Study paper presented at IX Annual Conference of the Society of Operations Management held at School of Management, Pondicherry University, India during 16-18th Dec 2005.
· Reliability Issues in Business Intelligence (BI) Solution- An Empirical Approach paper presented at Sixth International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, held during August 7-10, 2005 at IIM, Indore.
· Penetrations of Intelligent Decisions in Telecom Sector- A Critical Analysis paper presented in the second AIMS international conference held during Dec 28-31, 2004 at IIM, Kolkata.
Research/ Academic Experience
· Post Doctoral Fellow in Advanced Research Lab for Geospatial Information Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay from July, 2010 to till date.
Working on the project “ Analyzing tropical cyclone tracks of North Indian Ocean using cluster analysis” sponsored by DST, Delhi.
· Research Associate at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay from July, 2005 to June, 2008.
Currently working in the project “Comparative study of Statistical Models and Neural Network Models: A Systematic Approach” sponsored by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Delhi.
· Research Associate at Indian Institute of Management, Indore from Feb, 2005 to June, 2005
Worked in the project “Analyzing Business Models through Data Mining” funded by Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
· Academic Associate at Indian Institute of Management, Indore from Nov, 2002 to Feb, 2005
Primary responsibility was to assist the faculty members in evaluation of assignments, preparation of quizzes, developing teaching material pertaining to courses in the area of Quantitative Techniques and Operations Research. Also in conducting tutorials to the participants.
· Lecturer at Boston College for professional Studies, Gwalior from July, 2002 to Oct, 2002
Independently conducted courses in Quantitative Techniques Area like Business Statistics, Operations Research, Quantitative Methods, Computer Oriented Numerical Methods for the participants of MCA, BCA, BBA, B.Sc. (Biotechnology, IT).
Awards Received
· Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management Endowment Scholarship for PhD from SJMSOM, IIT Bombay( July, 2008-till date) .
· Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR, Delhi in direct category, selected through IIT Bombay Research Fellowship Scheme for working in CSIR funded project “Comparative study of Statistical Models and Neural Network Models: A Systematic Approach” (July, 2005 – June 2008).
· Gold Medal for being topper in M.Sc. (Statistics), School of Statistics, Devi Ahilya University, Indore.
Extra-curricular Activities
· PhD Students’ Representative for my department (Jul, 2007-Jun, 2008).
· Student Member of Statistical Society for Education in the academic year 2001-02.
· Class Representative for three consecutive years at School level.
· I do paint with poster and water colors and interested in craft activities.
Personal Particulars
· Date of Birth: July 1980
· Gender: Female
· Nationality: Indian
· Languages: Hindi, English
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