Dr. Varsha Karandikar
@vit.edu
Scopus Publications
- LocalConnect: Designing Community-Centered Digital Solutions for Small-Scale Retail Sustainability
Varsha Karandikar, Renuka Shinganapurkar, Devyani Shingane, Malhar Shirbhate, Shlok Chandak, Shivam Dubey
2025 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computation Based Sensor Application Icaiqsa 2025 Proceedings, 2025
In an increasingly digitized economy, the smaller retailers find it difficult to compete with the bigger e-commerce platforms. LocalConnect offers local shopkeepers a web-based platform granting a digital interface for shop registration, product listings, and order making while being technically simple to use. The platform has location services for the customer in finding nearby shops and other interfaces for customer engagement in cart and order management. The application considers two roles for its users: that of the shop owners who maintain the product inventory list and manage order tracking, and the buyers who browse and place orders for products. Implemented in back-end and front-end separation of concerns, the application uses multiple programming languages, including Python, Flask, SQLite, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. On the key features, LocalConnect offers discovery of shops via geolocation, setting up an order cart system for a single shop during a session, and a chat inbox for buyers and sellers. Update of product inventory occurs after an order is complete. This project demonstrates the possibility of using open-source technologies in providing local e-commerce solutions to small businesses. LocalConnect helps in retail digitization and community. - Ergonomic Improvement at an Indian Heavy Equipment Manufacturing Industry
15th International Conference on Advances in Computing Control and Telecommunication Technologies Act 2024, 2024 - An Indirect Approach to Analyze the Impact of Working Environment Restrictions Due To COVID 19 on Muscle Fatigue and Strength
Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, 2021 - The effect of ambient temperature on human strength
Vinayak Marathe et al., Vinayak Marathe et al., and
International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, 2019
average push/ pull/ pedal/ grip force applied over 30 seconds was recorded. In dry bulb temperature studies, it was found that subjects showed a maximum strength at 20 o C or 25 o C and a 30% and 35 % drop in strength was observed at 5 o C and 40 o C respectively. In case of wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), the maximum strength was recorded between 13 o C to 21 o C and a 31% and 41% drop in strength was observed in the range 3 o C to 5 o C and 37 o C to 39 o C respectively. - An evaluative effect of temperature on the human cognitive response using stroop test
Vinayak Marathe et al., Vinayak Marathe et al., and
International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, 2018
The effect of temperature on the human cognitive response was studied using the Stroop test. In the study, 80 participants were subjected to temperatures varying from 5 o C to 40 o C and the Stroop score was measured. It was observed that 32.5% participants showed least Stroop score at 30 o C and 51.25% at 40 o C indicating better and quicker cognitive response at higher temperatures. Analysis using regression studies indicated a negative linear correlation between Stroop score and temperature with multiple R and R square value of 0.998 and 0.997 respectively. - Investigation of SPM approaches for academic IT-projects
Varsha Karandikar, Ankit Mehra, Shaligram Prajapat
Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 2014
