Unfortunate demise of Dr Beena M V (former Asst Prof, CSE Dept) by staying a lasting void with fond memories amid Vidya fraternity

November 7, 2024 Surabhi MS CSE

Handling with emotions is quite intensive for Vidya now. Grieving is an extreme feeling that all of us in Vidya feel with deep sorrow as in the event of losing Vidya’s former faculty member. No words can take away the pain.

Vidya is really sad about the departure of Dr Beena M V (former Asst Prof, CSE Dept) who left us on 06 November 2024.

An ardent teacher, with more than 20 years of experience, Dr Beena has spent sharing the right acquaintance to the students properly. She has made immense contribution in various capacities towards the growth of Vidya with various positions including that of Convener of VIBE (Vidya Initiative for Better Engineering, Vidya Students Support Cell (VSSC) and Co-ordinator of several workshops, seminars and has served as resource person .

Prior to joining Vidya in 2005 as lecturer in CSE Dept, Dr Beena, has exhibited her teaching capacity in different educational institutions. Dr Beena has got many publications to her credit and presented papers in various national / International Conferences.

Dr Beena M V successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “A Deep Neural Network Architecture for the Recognition of American Sign Language from Depth Maps” on 4 October 2021 from Kumaraguru College of Engineering affiliated to Anna University Chennai.

Under her guidance, CSE Students developed an android application ‘Sign Companion’ to revolutionize communication for the hearing-impaired. Many print and electronic media gave wide coverage to this Sign Companion’ application and its functioning as it offers high social impact and relevance.

Dr Beena’s family (Mr Shaju (SI of Police and daughters Ms Varsha Shaju who’s an alumna of Vidya (2018- 22 Batch, CSE Dept) and Ms Anoopa Shaju (Plus one student, Nirmala Matha Central School, East Fort, Thrissur) served as an unwavering pillar of power and strength. Their steadfast support, readiness and warmth were immensely strengthened Dr Beena to perform all activities with potential power in various capacities .

Dr Beena’s immense contributions are deeply noticeable and will remain deep-rooted in Vidya’s memory.

The Editorial Team of News & Events joins the entire Vidya fraternity in extending fond memories to Dr Beena’s family members Mr Shaju, Ms Varsha and Ms Anoopa with a note that the outstanding example placed by Dr Beena would persist to live in the hearts of all Vidyaites !!!