Dr. Sarika Jain graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University (India) in 2001. Her doctorate is in the field of Knowledge Representation in Artificial Intelligence which was awarded in 2011. She has served in the field of education for over 19 years and is currently working at the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra (Institute of National Importance), India. Dr. Jain has authored / co-authored over 100 publications including books. Her current research interests include Knowledge Management and Analytics; Semantic Web; Ontological Engineering; and Intelligent Systems. She is currently working toward solving the interoperability problem generated by IoT, Big Data and Cloud Computing initiatives.

Dr. Jain has supervised two doctoral scholars (5 ongoing) who are now pursuing their post doctorates, one in Spain and the other in Germany.  Currently, she is guiding 15 students for their Master’s and Doctoral research work in the area of Knowledge Representation. She is serving as a reviewer for Journals of IEEE, Elsevier, and Springer. She has been involved as a program and steering committee member in many prestigious conferences in India and abroad.

She has two research-funded projects: one ongoing project is funded by CRIS TEQUIP-III worth Rs 2.58 lakhs, and the other completed project is funded by DRDO, India worth Rs 40 lakhs. She has also applied for a patent in Nov 2019. Dr. Jain has held various administrative positions at department as well as at institute level in her career like HOD, Hostel Warden, Faculty Incharge of technical and cultural fests, member of Research Degree Committee, and Center Incharge Examinations.

Dr. Jain has visited the United Kingdom and Singapore for presenting her research work. She has constantly been supervising DAAD interns from different German universities and many interns from India every summer. She works in collaboration with various researchers across the globe including Germany, Austria, Australia, Malaysia, the United States, Romania and many others. She has organized various challenges, conferences and workshops including NITC, GIAN by MHRD, ICSCC, ICACCT, ICECCS, and EWAD. She is a member of IEEE and ACM and a Life Member of Computer Society of India (CSI), International Association of Engineers (IAENG), and the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT).

Dr. Jain is highly interested in world-wide collaborations and seeking scholars and interns in her research group.

1.      Sonia Mehla, Sarika Jain, "An Ontology Supported Hybrid Approach for Recommendation in Emergency Situations”, Annals of Telecommunications, ISSN: 0003-4347 (Print) 1958-9395 (Online). In Print (SCI Indexed)

2.      Archana Patel, Sarika Jain, A Novel Approach to Discover Ontology Alignment, Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications, Bentham Science, Vol. 13. Jan 2020. In Print.

3.      Archana Patel, Sarika Jain, Shishir K Shandilya (2019), “Data of Semantic Web as Unit of Knowledge”, Journal of Web Engineering, River Publishers, vol. 17:8, pp. 647-674. Dec 2018. ISSN: 1540-9589, E-ISSN: 1544-5976. doi:10.13052/jwe1540-9589.1783 (SCI Indexed)

4.      Sanju Mishra, Sarika Jain, Ajith Abraham, SmitaShandilya, “Secure Semantic Smart HealthCare (S3HC)”, Journal of Web Engineering, River Publishers, vol. 17:8, pp.  617-646. Dec 2018. ISSN: 1540-9589, E-ISSN: 1544-5976. doi:10.13052/jwe1540-9589.1782(SCI Indexed)

5.      Archana Patel, Sarika Jain, "A Partition Based Framework for Large Scale Ontology Matching”, Recent Patents on Engineering, vol. 13:0, pp. 1-14, Bentham Science, Feb 2019, ISSN: 2212-4047 (Online), ISSN: 1872-2121 (Print).doi: 10.2174/1872212113666190211141415(Scopus Indexed)

6.      Archana Patel, Sarika Jain, “Present and Future of Semantic Web Technologies: A Research Statement”, International Journal of Computers and Applications, Taylor and Francis, pp. 1-10, Jan 2019, ISSN: 1206-212X (Print), 1925-7074 (Online).doi: 10.1080/1206212X.2019.1570666. (Scopus Indexed)

·         2021: General Chair, International Semantic Intelligence Conference (ISIC2021), Delhi India.

·         2020, 2019: Session Chair for the "Intelligent Systems and Learning Technologies" Session @ MCSoC 2020, Singapore, Marco.

·         2019: Publication Chair for the International Conference on Advanced Communication and Computational Technology (ICACCT-2019) held at NIT Kurukshetra from 6-7 Dec 2019. Proceedings published in IEEE Xplore.

·         May 2019: Member of Inspection Committee for granting extension in provisional affiliation of an institute for the session 2019-20 by Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra.

·         2019, 2018, 2017, 2016: Chairman Technical Committee for the National IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities (NITC) jointly organized with the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. The winners of the competition have represented India in GITC every year at Busan, Korea; Delhi, India; Hanoi, Vietnam; and China respectively.

·         2019, 2018: Conference Chair for BhartiyaBhashaon Mein AntarrashtriyaVigyaanSangoshthi BBAVS, NIT Kurukshetra.

·         Feb 2018: Convener for One week workshop on “Applications of Software for Financial Modeling & Valuation” NIT Kurukshetra, 10-14 Feb 2018.

·         Dec 2017: Course Coordinator for GIAN-MHRD sponsored course on “Secure Information Technology” NIT Kurukshetra, 18-23 Dec 2017.

·         Dec 2017: Secretary for 6^th International Conference on Smart Computing and Communication, ICSCC-2017, NIT Kurukshetra from 7-8 Dec 2017. Proceedings published in Elsevier Procedia Computer Science.

·         August 2017: Conference Chair for 1^st International Conference Science Conference in India Languages, NIT Kurukshetra, 22 August 2017.