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Dr. Meenakshy K

Director, Academics

Dr. Meenakshy K is a distinguished academic and administrator with over 28 years of experience in engineering education and leadership. She retired as Principal from Government Engineering College, Thrissur, after holding several key positions, including Professor, Head of Department, and Principal, across reputed institutions such as GEC Kozhikode, GEC Palakkad, and GEC Wayanad. She holds a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (1990) and an M.Tech in Power Systems (1995), both from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, and earned her Ph.D. in Image Processing from Cochin University of Science & Technology in 2011.

Dr. Meenakshy began her academic career as a Lecturer at CUSAT and later joined GEC Thrissur, where she progressed through the ranks of Assistant Professor and Professor, eventually taking on the role of Principal. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and academic administration. Her areas of interest include Image Processing, Biomedical Applications, and Embedded System Design. She has guided 3 Ph.D. scholars and co-guided 2 to completion and is currently supervising 2 others. Additionally, she has mentored numerous M.Tech and B.Tech student projects across diverse interdisciplinary domains.

She has published extensively, with 17 journal papers, 14 international conference papers, and 5 national conference presentations. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Life Member of ISTE. She has held prominent positions in the IEEE Kerala Section, including Vice Chair (2019–2020), Chair of the Women in Engineering (WIE) affinity group (2021–2022), and is an Execom Member (2024). She has actively contributed as a coordinator and advisor for NPTEL, IQAC, Women’s Cell, KTU projects, and student activities like the IEEE Student Branch and various accreditation and academic development programs

Qualification details

DEGREE	UNIVERSITY	YEAR
B.Tech	University of Kerala	1990
M.Tech	University of Kerala	1995
PhD	Cochin University of Science & Technology	2011

National Conference
1. K. Meenakshy and R. Gopikakumari, “Feasibility study for categorizing renal stones,” In. Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Innovations in Technology (NCRIT), RIT ,Kottayam, pp.1-4, March 2009.

2. K. Meenakshy and R. Gopikakumari, “Study on renal stones using grey level statistical texture features,” In. Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Intelligent and Efficient Electrical Systems, PSG College of Engineering, Coimbatore
pp. 83-86, Aug. 2009.

3. K. Meenakshy, R.C. Roy, V. Bhadran and R. Gopikakumari, “Feasibility of texture analysis using 2-D MRT,” In. Proceedings of National Conference on Power Instrumentation Computing and Control (PICC 2010), Government Engineering College, Thrissur, March 2010.

4. Preetha Philip, Dr Meenakshy K, “Modelling of Brushless DC Motor Drive Using Rotor Position Detection Algorithm,” In proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Manufacturing, Systems and Processes, NAIMSAP 2012, Government
Engineering College, Thrissur, pp. 374-377, 5-7 September 2012.

5. Manju B, Dr Meenakshy K, Dr. R. Gopikakumari “Optimum Selection of 8x8 UMRT based Texture Descriptors using Genetic Algorithm,” In proceedings of National Conference on Recent Trends in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NCRTEEE 2013, Jerusalem College of Engineering, Chennai, May 2013, pp 111-114.

International Conference

1. K. Meenakshy, R.C. Roy, V. Bhadran and R. Gopikakumari, “2-D MRT features for texture classification,” In. Proceedings of Second International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking (ICCCN 2010) , Chettinad College of
Engineering, Karur. 29-31 July 2010

2. S.P. Priya and Dr.K. Meenakshy “Power Quality Improvement of a Seven Level Inverter with Less Number of Switches using Intelligent System “ In proceedings of ICMF 2013, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, 6-8 November 2013,pp 405

3. D.K. Harisha and Dr.K. Meenakshy“Maximum Power Point Tracking for Solar PV using Intelligent Systems”,In Proceedings of ICMF 2013, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, 6-8 November 2013,pp 470.

4. Manju B, Meenakshy K, Gopikakumari, Prostate Disease Diagnosis from CT images using GA optimized SMRT based Texture Features, (International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (ICICT 2014),CUSAT, 3- 5, Dec 2014,
pp 1692- 1699) Elsevier Procedia Computer Science 46 ( 2015 ) pp 1692 – 1699

5. SreejilRaju, Meenakshy K, Power System Stability Improvement of Wind Farm Fed to a Multi Machine System by using STATCOM, International conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), 9-11 Dec 2015, Thrissur, India, pp 1-7.
Print ISBN 978-1-4673-8071-3.

6. Maya UC, Meenakshy K, Unified Model based Classification with FCM for Brain Tumor Segmentation, International conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), 9-11 Dec 2015, Thrissur, India, pp 1-7. Print ISBN 978-1-4673
8071-3

7. Shweta C, Meenakshy K, Combined NLM Weiner Filter based Denoising, International conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing (PICC), 9-11 Dec 2015, Thrissur, India, pp 1-7. Print ISBN 978-1-4673-8071-3

8. R. George and K. Meenakshy, "Stress-recovery correlates of cardiac vagal modulation in women recruit undergoing basic combat police training," 2016 IEEE Annual India Conference (INDICON), doi: 10.1109/INDICON.2016.7838986 Bangalore, 2016, pp. 1-5.

9. Anil Kumar K.R and Meenakshy K. Extraction of Blood Vessels in Retinal Images for Automatic Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy"", IC-AMMN-2K16, DTE sponsored International Conference on Advances in Applied Mathematics, Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering and Industrial Applications organized by Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Hormis Nagar, Angamaly, Kerala during 07-01-2016 to 09 01-2016.

10. Sunny T.D., Roshita Raj P, Meenakshy K, Classification of Motor Imagery Signals using ANFIS to control a robotic system, IEEE International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing, 19-21 Dec 2020, GEC, Thrissur

11. Navya V.N., Meenakshy K, Application of Signal Processing to detect Urinary Dysfunction: A Review on different techniques, IEEE International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing, 19-21 Dec2020, GEC, Thrissur.

12. DadiRamu, Meenakshy K, Suresh K Damodar, A modified droop control method for DC Microgrid with improved voltage regulation and current sharing, , IEEE International Coference on Power, Instrumentation, Control and Computing, 19-21 Dec 2020, GEC, Thrissur.

13. Haripriya C, Meenakshy K, International Conference on Circuit control and Energy, ICCCE, 7-9 July 2021, Christ College of Engineering, Irinjalakuda

14. DadiRamu, Meenakshy K, Suresh K Damodar , An adaptive PI based distributed control method to maintain accurate power sharing and voltage regulation in DC Microgrids, INDICON 2022, 24-26 November, CUSAT, Kochi

15. Navya VN, Meenakshy K, Manju B, Swarun Raj RS, Wavelet Thresholding for GWO Optimisation for EEG Denoising - ICTEST 2024 technically sponsored by IEEE April 11-13 2024, Govt Model Engg College, Kochi

Journal

1. K. Meenakshy, R. Gopikakumari, “Texture descriptors based on 1-D MRT,” International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering, vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 1-3, Nov. 2009.

2. Preetha Philip, Dr.Meenakshy K,” Modelling Of Brushless DC Motor Drive Using Sensored And Sensorless Control (Back Emf Zero Crossing Detection),” In International Journal on Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (ISSN 2250-2459), Vol. 2, Issue 8, pp. August 2012.

3. Manju B, Jaya VL, Meenakshy K, Gopikakumari, 8 x 8 SMRT based Texture Descriptors, Lecture notes on Software Engineering, Vol 3(4), Nov. 2015 pp 295 298.

4. Nayana KS, Meenakshy K, Stability Enhancement of Wind Power Integrated System Using PID Controlled SVC and Power System Stabiliser, International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology, Vol. 3(10), October 2014, pp 1250-54.

5. Maya UC, Meenakshy K, Brain TumorSegmentationUsing Asymmetry Based Histogram Thresholding and K- Means Clustering, International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology, eISSN: 2319-1163, Dec 2014, pp 62-65.

6. Santhosh Raj, Meenakshy K, A unique grid power controller for DFIG based wind turbine generator system with or without battery storage device, IJIRSET, Volume 5, Special Issue 5, April 2016

7. Krishna Moorthy, Meenakshy K, Prediction of Fragmentation of Kidney stones: A Statistical Approach from NCCT images, CUAJ,Vol10 , Issue 7-8, July-August 2016,pp E237-240.

8. Maya UC, Meenakshy K, “Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering Based Combined Feature Selection and Multi-Class Support Vector Machine for Brain Tumour Classification”,Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, Volume 7, No 8, December 2017,pp.1714-1722(9).DOI:https://doi.org/10.1166/jmihi.2017.2271

9. Remya George, ²Biju Bahuleyan, ³K. Meenakshy" Cardiovascular response to simulated real and non-real life stressors - A comparative case study using heart rate variability and personality traits in a physically trained group " In International Journal
of Pure and Applied Mathematics Volume 119 No. 16, 2018, 2647-2664 ISSN: 1314 3395., Academic Publishers.

10. ¹Remya George, ²Biju Bahuleyan, ³K. Meenakshy, "Assessing the Effect of Long Term Physical Training and Classification of Training Status using HRV and HRR of Female Police Recruits" In International Conference on Digital Imaging and Biomedical
Informatics- Sapience 2018, at SNGCE, Kochi, and Published in International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science and Technology, ISSN: 1473-804x online, UK Simulation Society.

11. ¹Remya George, ²Biju Bahuleyan, ³K. Meenakshy, “Heart Rate Variability Dynamics in Stroop’s Color Word Test- A Case Study Addressing the Psycho Physiological Fatigue Status in anAerobically Conditioned Group”, In Jour of Adv Research in Dynamical &
Control Systems, Vol. 10, 15-Special Issue, 2018

12. NoushiraK.I,Anil Kumar K.R, Meenakshy K." A Survey on FeatureExtraction Methods in Retinal Fundus Images for Diabetic Retinopathy", International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Vol.7, Issue 4, April 2019 pp 77-87.

13. Anil Kumar K.R, Meenakshy K "Retinal Vasculature Extraction using Non subsampled Contourlet Transform and Multi-structure Element Morphology by Reconstruction" International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, ISSN
2277-3878, Volume -8, Issue 2, July 2019.

14. Anil Kumar K.R.,Noushira K.I., Meenakshy K.," Classification of Diabetic Retinopathy Features using Bag of Feature Model", International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, ISSN: 2278-3075, Vol-9, Issue-1, Nov 2019, pp:
381-385.

15. Anil Kumar K.R., Megha P.M., and Meenakshy K.,"Diabetic Retinopathy Detection & Classification Techniques: A Review", International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, ISSN: 2277-8616, Vol-9, Issue-3, March 2020,pp:1621-1628.

16. R Dadi, K Meenakshy, S K Damodaran, “A Review of Secondary Control Methods in Microgrid”, Journal of Operation and Automation in Power Engineering, Vol 11, No 2, pp 105-112, 10.22098/JOAPE.2022.9157.1636 , Feb 2022

17. George Remya, Jose Reshma, Meenakshy K, Jarin T, Senthil Kumar S, “ Effect of long term exercise training on physiological signals and personality traits in women in law enforcement”, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems ,pp 1-13, October 2022 DOI:
10.3233/JIFS-221588, vol , pp 1-13, 2022

1. Outstanding Branch Counselor award IEEE Kerala Section for the year 2013.
2. Active SPOC for NPTEL-SWAYAM for July- October 2018 Semester
3. Active SPOC for NPTEL-SWAYAM for Jan-April 2019 Semester
4. Organizing Secretary – Best Professional event of the year of IEEE Kerala Section for 2022 - IEEE WIEILS 2022
5. Award for outstanding volunteering and taking IEEE Kerala Section to greater heights in 2022
6. Outstanding WIE Volunteer of Kerala Section award for the year 2023
7. Best Women Manager Award 2025 by TMA Thrissur