Infocus Interview with Dr. Deepti Reddy”: Unveiling the Journey of an Indian Computer Science Educator as an EdTech Research Specialist

Dr. Deepti Reddy holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). Currently, she serves as an Associate Professor at MPSTME, NMIMS University in Mumbai. Dr. Reddy has a prolific research career with over 15 publications in international conferences and 2 journal articles. Her areas of expertise encompass Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics, Web Programming, and Machine Learning. Beyond research, Dr. Deepti actively engages with the academic community. She is a member of the IEEE Computer Society and the faculty chair of the IEEE CS MPSTME student chapter. Demonstrating her commitment to pedagogy, Dr. Deepti has conducted numerous workshops for educators, covering topics such as engineering design problem-solving, computing research, online teaching practices, technical writing, assessment techniques, and educational games. Notably, she has also empowered over 300 undergraduate engineering students through workshops focused on software design problem-solving.