# Augustine George

Augustine George (born 17 February 1971) is an Indian educationist and administrator and the principal of Kristu Jayanti College in Bengaluru, India.
George has held various leadership roles at Kristu Jayanti College. He is a peer team member of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and member of many boards of higher education institutions. He was an exchange visiting faculty at Appalachian State University, USA.
As principal, he has played a role in the college's progress, particularly during its third NAAC accreditation cycle. Under his leadership, Kristu Jayanti College received the "Clean and Smart Campus" Award from AICTE and the Government of India and secured 60th position in National Institutional Ranking Framework ranking 2024.

## Early life, education and priesthood

Augustine George was born on 17 February 1971 in Pathenpara, Kannur, Kerala, as the sixth son of Varkey George and Elikutty Varkey.
He completed his early schooling in Nirmala L P School Pathenpara and then from Mary Queens High School, Kudiyanmala, Kerala. From 1988 to 1990, he pursued his higher secondary education at St Joseph's College, Moolamattom.
His academic background includes a bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, and statistics (CSMS) from Christ University, Bengaluru (1993-1996). Augustine George then pursued priestly studies, focusing on philosophy and theology, at Dharmaram Vidhya Kshetram, Bangalore where he earned a bachelor of philosophy degree in 1992, followed by a bachelor of theology degree in 2001. He was ordained as a priest in CMI Congregation, Kottayam Province in 2001.
He later completed a master of computer applications (MCA) degree in computer science from St. Aloysius College, Mangalore (2003-2006). Furthering his research, he pursued an M.Phil. in computer science from Madurai Kamaraj University (2008-2009). He earned a Ph.D. in computer science, specializing in multi-document summarization and text analysis, from Bharathiar University (2013-2019).

## Academic career

Augustine George began his career as a lecturer in the department of computer science at Kristu Jayanti College, where he took part in curriculum development and student mentorship. He later held various leadership roles, including head of the department of computer science (2006-2013), dean of the Deanery of Sciences, director of the Kristu Jayanti College of Law, vice principal, Kristu Jayanti College (2013-2020), and principal, Kristu Jayanti College (since June 2020).
As principal, George has set up MoUs with various universities and other institutions. Kristu Jayanti College students have opportunities to go abroad for internships and exchanges.
Under his leadership, the college achieved the "Clean and Smart Campus" award by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Government of India. The college has implemented various waste management practices, such as solid waste segregation, composting units, and wastewater treatment plants. Trees have been planted on the campus. Efficient practices involving LED lighting, solar panels, and rainwater harvesting systems have decreased the campus's carbon footprint.
Smart libraries, smart canteens and an adapted version of campus ERP systems have been set up across the campus to do away with paperwork and improve administrative efficiency through teacher-student communication.

## Selected publications

* Optimal Multi-Document Integration using Iterative Elimination and Cosine Similarity Springer Book Series2018-February, 978-981-13-2284-62.
* Document Summarization Using Sentence Based Topic Modelling And Clustering International Journal of Advanced Research (JAR) PP 285–2912018-June ISSN 2320-5407.
* A Comparative Study on Text Summarization Methods International Journal of Engineering and Techniques Volume 3 Issue 6, Nov-Dec 2017, 593-59.
* Neural Network-Based Crowd Counting Systems: State of the Art, Challenges, and Perspectives.
* Recognizing Abnormal Behavior in Heterogeneous Crowd using Two Stream CNN Publisher.
* Heart Failure Prediction for a Patient Using Hybrid African Buffalo Optimization with Naive Bayes Machine Learning Techniques.
* Optimal Multi-document Integration Using Iterative Elimination and Cosine Similarity.
* A Study on Surveillance System Using Deep Learning Methods.
* Intelligent Analysis of Student Feedback in Post-course Assessment Using a Multiclass Classification Model.