Our team

Dr. Sukhwant Sagar

Dr. Sukhwant Sagar is a full-time professor in the Computer Programming program of School of Business, IT and Management. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology from the University of Salford in Manchester, United Kingdom. Dr. Sagar brings more than 19 years of experience to this position, and has rich experience working with Information Security along with its subdomains of Network and Cybersecurity. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE) and Computer Society of India (CSI). She is also an AWS Academy Accredited Educator. Her specific interests are in the domains of Analysis of Algorithms, Information Security, Machine Learning and Data Science. Sukhwant has conducted workshops in Network Monitoring and Penetration testing in her career in Dubai. She has published more than 25 research papers in International Journals and Conferences.

E: Sukhwant.Sagar@durhamcollege.ca
T: 905.721.2000 ext. 2565

Rukmani Ramasubbaralyalu

Rukmani Ramasubbaralyalu is a full-time professor in the Computer Systems advanced diploma program in the School of Business, IT and Management.  As a Cisco Certified Instructor and an authorized AWS Academy Educator, she brings 17 years of experience as an educator, academic advisor, professor, technical support specialist, IT consultant, project coordinator and director.  She holds a Master of Engineering specialized in Computer Networks from Ryerson University in addition to a Master of Science in Electronics.  She teaches Data Communications and Networking and Security I courses in the Computer Systems program, and she has also taught Information Security, Access Control, Security Auditing and Governance courses in the Cybersecurity graduate certificate program.   Her research interests include Information Security, Cybersecurity, IoT Security, Security Governance/Compliance, Virtualization and Cloud Security.  

E: Rukmani.Ramasubbaralyalu@durhamcollege.ca
T: 905.721.2000 ext. 2127

Research Administrators

Vibha Tyagi

Vibha Tyagi is the Director, Applied Research for the Office of Research Services, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She provides expertise in the development of collaborative applied research projects through diagnostic assessments, market research, proposal writing and project management.  Vibha has managed several applied research projects including some of the first AI for business solutions projects at DC.

E: Vibha.tyagi@durhamcollege.ca
T: 905.721.2000 ext. 2867
Twitter: @tyagivibha