Nikisha Jariwala Explained

Nikisha Jariwala
Birth Date:	1985 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Surat, Gujarat, India
Nationality:	Indian
Occupation:	Academic
Education:	Smt. Tanuben & Dr. Manubhai Trivedi College of Information Science, affiliated to VNSGU, (BCA) 2006 Shrimad Rajchandra Institute of Management and Computer Application, affiliated to VNSGU, (MCA) 2009Uka Tarsadia University (Ph.D.) 2017
Known For:	Model that transliterates Digitalized Multilingual Text into Braille and speech

Nikisha B. Jariwala (born 14 November 1985; Hindi: निकीशा जरीवाला, Gujarati: નિકિશા જરીવાલા) is an Indian professor and computer science researcher known for her work in devising a computer model for converting Indian text into Braille.^{[1] [2]} She is a Professor of Computer Science at Smt. Tanuben & Dr. Manubhai Trivedi College of Information Science.

Education and research

Jariwala is a post graduate from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University. She completed her masters in computer application at Shrimad Rajchandra Institute of Management and Computer Application in Bardoli, Gujarat, and her Ph.D. in computer science and information technology at Uka Tarsadia University in Bardoli.^[3] Her work on translating Indian regional languages in Braille^{[4] [5]} was supported through a grant from The Gujarat Council on Science and Technology.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Selected publications

• Jariwala . Nikisha . Patel . Bankim . 2015 . Conversion of Gujarati Text into Braille: A Review . International Journal of Innovations & Advancement in Computer Science . 4 . 59–64.
• Book: Jariwala. Nikisha B.. Patel. Bankim. 2015 Fifth International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies . Transliteration of Digital Gujarati Text into Printable Braille . April 2015. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7279984. 572–577. 10.1109/CSNT.2015.82. 978-1-4799-1797-6 . 6710261 .
• Jariwala. Nikisha. Patel. Bankim. 2018. Agrawal. S. S.. Devi. Amita. Wason. Ritika. Bansal. Poonam. A System for the Conversion of Digital Gujarati Text-to-Speech for Visually Impaired People. Speech and Language Processing for Human-Machine Communications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 664 . en. Singapore. Springer. 67–75. 10.1007/978-981-10-6626-9_8. 978-981-10-6626-9.

Awards

• 2016: Trend Setter Award by GIS (Gujarat Innovation Society)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 18 September 2019 . Created Model that can convert text of three languages into Braille . 8 January 2020 . Divya Bhaskar (City Bhaskar).
2. Web site: 16 September 2019 . Surat Professor develops model to help visually impaired . 8 January 2020 . Times of India.
3. Web site: Gujarat: Professor makes innovative model to convert Hindi, English, Gujarati text to Braille. Newsroompost.com. 8 January 2020. 16 September 2019.
4. Web site: Professor makes model to convert Hindi, English, Gujarati text to Braille. Hindustan Times. 8 January 2020. 17 September 2019.
5. Web site: Gujarat professor creates innovative model to convert Hindi, English, Gujarati text to Braille. My Nation. 8 January 2020. 16 September 2019.
6. Web site: Gujarat professor develops model to convert languages to Braille. News Hook. 8 January 2020. 17 September 2019.
7. Web site: પિંકપ્રેન્યુર દ્વારા 'શી ઇન્સ્પયાર અસ' અને '5 ટ્રિલિયન ઇકોનોમિક'માં મહિલાઓના યોગદાન વિશે પેનલ દિશ્કશનનું આયોજન. Real News Gujarat. 8 January 2021. 9 March 2020.
8. Web site: सूरत की इंटरप्रेन्योर महिलाएं–पिंकप्रेनेउर ने किया विमेंस डे को स्पेशल. Atulya Hindustan. 8 January 2021. 9 March 2020.
9. Web site: Surat Professor Develops Model To Help Visually Impaired. Maharashtra Times. 8 January 2021. 17 September 2019.
10. Web site: Gujarat professor develops model to translate Hindi, English, Gujarati text into Braille. India Today. 8 January 2021. 16 September 2019.
11. Web site: GIS Trend Setter Award. GIS India. 8 January 2021. 15 April 2016 .