N. R. Shetty is Chancellor of the Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, and Chairman of the Review Commission for the State Private University Karnataka. He is currently serving as Advisor to the Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Bangalore. He is also the Founder and Vice-President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), USA. He served as Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University for two terms and President of the ISTE, New Delhi, for three terms. He was also Member of the Executive Committee of the AICTE and Chairman of its South West Region. L.M. Patnaik obtained his Ph.D in 1978 in the area of Real -Time Systems, D.Sc. in 1989 in the areas of Computer Systems and Architectures, both from the IISc, Bangalore. During 2008 to 2011, he was the Vice Chancellor, DIAT, Deemed University, Pune. Currently he is a NASI Senior Scientist and Adjunct Professor with the NIAS, Bangalore. Prior to this he was a Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Automation and Honorary Professor with the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering at the IISc, Bangalore, and INSA Honorary Scientist with the NIAS, Bangalore. He has over 1300 publications in refereed International Journals and refereed International Conference Proceedings. H.C. Nagaraj obtained his B.E. degree in ECE from the University of Mysore in 1981. He obtained his M.E. in Communication Systems from P.S.G. College of Technology, Bharathiar University, in 1984. He received his Ph.D. from IIT, Madras in 2000. He assumed charge as Principal of Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore, in September 2003, and to date, he is serving as Principal. Dr. Nagaraj has published a number of papers in national and international journals and conferences. He has guided several students in their Ph.D. programs. Dr. Venugopal K R, Former Vice-Chancellor, Bangalore University has served Bangalore University and UVCE for over the last five decades. He has 11 degrees with two Ph.Ds. one in Economics from Bangalore University and another in CSE from IIT-M Chennai. He received his ME degree in CSE from the IISc, Bangalore. He has degrees in Electronics and Communication, Law, Journalism, Public Relations, Business Finance, Industrial Relations, Mass Communication and Economics. He served as a Chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), South West Regional Office and as Principal of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) for Fifteen Years. He has published 102 books, 1207 Research Papers, with 40 granted patents. He received the IEEE Fellow and ACM Distinguished Educator award from the USA. He served as a Special Officer to the Government of Karnataka. Dr. Nalini N is Professor (CSE) at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore. She received her M.S. from BITS, Pilani, in 1999 and Ph.D. from Visvesvaraya Technological University in 2007. She has numerous international journal and conference publications to her credit and received “Bharath Jyoti Award” by IIFS, New Delhi , “Dr.Abdul Kalam Life Time Achievement National Award” for excellence in teaching, research publications and administration by IISER, Bangalore, “Distinguished Professor” award by TechNext India 2017 in association with CSI, Mumbai Chapter and “Best Professor in Computer Science & Engineering” award by 26th Business School Affaire Dewang Mehta National Education Awards (Regional Round) at Bangalore. She is one of the chief editors for ERCICA and ERCICAM Conferences.
