Mahesh Chowdary Kongara

Dr. Mahesh Chowdary Kongara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mahindra University’s École Centrale School of Engineering. He received his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Goa. His research interests include Edge–Fog–Cloud Computing, Soft Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

His research focuses on developing intelligent and efficient computational frameworks for task offloading, resource allocation, workflow scheduling, and performance optimization in distributed computing environments. He is particularly interested in leveraging soft computing and evolutionary optimization techniques to address complex decision-making challenges in edge–fog–cloud infrastructures and IoT-enabled systems. His work aims to enhance system performance, energy efficiency, scalability, and quality of service for emerging smart applications, including smart cities and intelligent sensing environments.

• Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa, India.
• M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Goa, India.
• B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, JNTU Anantapur, Tirupati, India.

Journals :

• Shivamurthy, A., Boranna, R., Mahesh Chowdary Kongara. et al. Feasibility Studies on the use of Carbon Epoxy Composites for Humidity Sensing Applications. Wireless Personal Communications, Vol.138, pp: 2657–2675, 2024.
• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, Damodar Reddy Edla. “Energy-Efficient Load Balancing Strategy for Wireless Sensor Networks using Quasi-Oppositional based Jaya Optimization.”, Wireless Personal Communications, vol.118, no.4, pp:2319-2343, 2021.
• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili. “Enhanced Clustering and Intelligent Mobile Sink Path Construction for an Efficient Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks.”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol.46, no.9, pp:8329-8344, 2021.
• Kannadasan K, Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili. “M-curves path planning model for mobile anchor node and localization of sensor nodes using dolphin swarm algorithm.”, Wireless Networks, vol.26, no.4, pp:2769-2783, 2020.
• Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Ramalingaswamy Cheruku. “SCE-PSO based clustering approach for load balancing of gateways in wireless sensor networks.” Wireless Networks, vol.25, no.3, pp:1067-1081, 2019.
• Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Ramalingaswamy Cheruku. “A PSO based routing with novel fitness function for improving lifetime of WSNs.”, Wireless Personal Communications, vol.104, no.1, pp:73-89, 2019.

Conferences:

• Amruta Lipare, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Amit Shewale. “Modified Shuffled Complex Evolution Algorithm for Energy Efficiency in WSNs.”, 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), IEEE, pp: 1-6, 2024.
• Seethamraju Sudhamsu Mouli, Veeraiah Talagondapathi, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara. “Optimizing Wireless Charging Schedules in Sensor Networks: A Hybrid GSA-SA Approach for On-Demand Mobile Charging.”, 14th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), IEEE, pp: 1-6, 2023.
• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili. “A Hybrid Meta-Heuristic Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Data Gathering in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks.”, The 11th International Conference on Computer Science and Computational Mathematics (ICCSCM), malaysia, 2022.
• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, Damodar Reddy Edla. “Dynamic Cluster Formation Mechanism in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Fuzzy Logic.”, In 2019 International Conference on Applied Machine Learning (ICAML), Bhubaneswar, IEEE, pp: 291-295, 2019.

Book:

• Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Amruta Lipare, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, Kannadasan K. “Wireless Sensor Networks: Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimizing Performance.”, Chapman and Hall/CRC (2020).

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R8ePWuAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

• Dr. Mahesh Chowdary Kongara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mahindra University. (August 2022- Present)
• Research cum Teaching Assistant, National Institute of Technology Goa (January 2018 to July 2022)
• Research cum Teaching Assistant, National Institute of Technology Goa (July 2015 to July 2017)

Research interests are Internet of Things (IoT), Edge–Fog–Cloud Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Soft Computing