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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Nandini Mukherjee<br />
| birth_name = Nandini Mukhopadhyay<br />
| image = Nandini Mukherjee.jpg<br />
| education = [[Kamala Girls' High School]]<br />[[Patha Bhavan, Kolkata]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[IIEST, Shibpur]] (B.Eng.) <br/>[[Jadavpur University]] (M.Eng.)<br/>[[University of Manchester]] (Ph.D.)<br />
| fields = [[Internet of Things]]<br />[[Wireless Sensor Network]]s<br />[[Cloud Computing]]<br />[[Parallel computing|High performance parallel computing]]<ref name=gs/><br />
| workplaces = [[Jadavpur University]]<br />
| doctoral_advisor = John Gurd<br />
| thesis_title = On the effectiveness of feedback-guided parallelisation<br />
| thesis_url = https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/36629400?style=html<br />
| thesis_year = 1999<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Nandini Mukherjee''' (née Mukhopadhyay) is an Indian [[computer scientist]] and politician. She is a professor of department of [[computer science and engineering]] of [[Jadavpur University]], [[Kolkata]], India.<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref><ref name=dblp>{{DBLP}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Mukherjee took her Madhyamik examination from [[Kamala Girls' High School]].{{when|date=March 2019}} She studied for her higher secondary examinations from [[Patha Bhavan, Kolkata]].{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} She earned her Bachelor of Engineering degree from the department of computer science and technology of [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur|Bengal Engineering College]] under [[Calcutta University]], Shibpur in 1987. She get a job at ORG Systems Private Ltd Kolkata as a system engineer. She earned her [[Master of Engineering]] degree from the department of computer science and engineering, [[Jadavpur University]], in 1991. In 1996 she was awarded the prestigious [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] scholarship for her [[PhD]] from the [[Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester|school of computer science]] at the [[University of Manchester]], in the UK, finishing in 1999.<ref name=nphd>{{cite thesis|first=Nandini|last=Mukhopadhyay|year=1999|website=jisc.ac.uk|url=https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/36629400?style=html|publisher=University of Manchester|degree=PhD|title=On the effectiveness of feedback-guided parallelisation|oclc=642449615}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cscuk.org.uk/onlinedirectory/Register.aspx |title=Directory of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows, Nandini Mukhopadhyay Country of Origin - India, Country of Study - United Kingdom Award Year - 1996 |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063925/http://www.cscuk.org.uk/onlinedirectory/Register.aspx |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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She has a [[PhD]] from the [[University of Manchester]].<ref name=JP>[http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/profile.php?uid=875 Jadavpur University website, ''Dr. Nandini Mukhopadhyay'']</ref> Her areas of research were in the fields of [[parallel computing]], [[grid computing]] and [[wireless sensor networks]] (WSN).<br />
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== Teaching career ==<br />
After graduating in 1987 with a BE in computer science and engineering from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur she joined ORG systems private ltd as a graduate engineer trainee. Mukherjee began teaching in the computer science and engineering department at Jadavpur University in 1992. As of 2016 she was the director of the university's school of mobile computing.<ref>[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37529811400 IEEE Xplore website, ''Nandini Mukherjee'', article dated January 26, 2021]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://smcc.jusl.ac.in/people.php |title=Website of School of Mobile Computing, Jadavpur University |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503025342/http://smcc.jusl.ac.in/people.php |archive-date=3 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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In 2001 she went to [[Newcastle University]] to research [[high-performance computing]].{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}<br />
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By May 2024, she had published over 250 research papers.<ref name=gs/><ref name=scopus>{{Scopus id}}</ref><ref>[https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=cGTTsagAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar, ''Nandini Mukherjee'', retrieved 2024-06-06]</ref><br />
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She supervised research projects funded by different agencies of the Government of India. Mukherjee leads a collaborative research project to investigate the application of mobile computing and wireless sensor networks to Indian rural health systems.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Mukherjee was involved with the Students' Federation of India in her college days. Later on she associated with the movement for self-reliance in science and technology through the Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (FOSET) and the Vigyan Mancha.<br />
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She is secretary of the West Bengal Free Software Mancha (FSMWB).<ref>[https://www.fsmwb.in FSMWB website, retrieved 2024-06-06]</ref> She is active in the All India Democratic Women's Association, and is a state secretariat member of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO). In 2011 she contested the by-elections from Bhawanipore Assembly constituency.<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/ju-minnow-to-fight-mamata/cid/353581 Telegraph India website, ''JU minnow to fight Mamata'', article dated November 2, 2011]</ref> <br />
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Mukherjee is joint secretary of the Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) and an active member of the West Bengal College and University Teachers' Association (WBCUTA). She was an elected teacher's representative in the executive council of Jadavpur University. Mukherjee is involved in the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA). She is a state secretariat member of the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO).<br />
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She was the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] CPI(M) candidate in the Bhawanipore by-elections in 2011.<ref>[https://myneta.info/westbengal2011/index.php?action=show_candidates&constituency_id=296 Myneta website, ''West Bengal 2011 - Kolkata South, Bhabanipur: Bye-Election on 25-09-2011'']</ref> She contested in the Lok Sabha election of 2014 from the [[South Kolkata]] Constituency as the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] Nominated CPI(M) candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cpim.org/elections-2014/constituencies-candidates-2014/west-bengal?page=1 |title=Nandini Mukherjee's profile on CPI(M) |access-date=29 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330232158/http://www.cpim.org/elections-2014/constituencies-candidates-2014/west-bengal?page=1 |archive-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=CM /> She again ran unsuccessfully in the [[2019 Indian general election|Lok Sabha election of 2019]]<ref name=CM>{{Cite web |last=Das |first=Sibendu |date=2019-05-15 |title=Didi vs Modi spat has destroyed the political culture of Bengal: Nandini Mukherjee, CPM candidate, Kolkata South |url=https://citizenmatters.in/cpi-m-candidate-from-south-kolkata-dr-nandini-mukherjee-on-her-campaign-and-the-chances-for-a-left-resurgence-in-west-bengal-12674 |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Citizen Matters |language=en-GB}}</ref> from the [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Kolkata Dakshin]] constituency and received 1,40,275 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Blame for CPI(M)'s Glide Into Irrelevance Rests Solely on the Politburo |url=https://thewire.in/politics/elections-2019-communist-party-of-india-marxist |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=The Wire}}</ref><br />
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