Prutha Prashant Kulkarni, with over a decade of research experience, specializes in antenna miniaturization and metamaterials for wireless applications. Her research primarily focuses on metamaterial-inspired antenna designs and miniaturized antennas for GPS, CubeSat, IoT, and SATCOM applications. Dr. Kulkarni holds four patents and has authored over ten papers in prestigious journals and conferences. She is an active member of IEEE AP-S and MTT-S societies and serves as Vice-Chair of the IEEE APS/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter, Pune Section. Additionally, she has delivered several invited talks, including "Navigating the Electromagnetic Spectrum: Understanding Hazards, Detoxing Digitally, and Balancing Connectivity," "Radiation Exposures: A New Normal," "Antennas and Metamaterials," and "Antennas for IoT." Dr. Kulkarni holds a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering, specializing in the miniaturization of LP and CP antennas for GNSS applications. She has authored several books, including *Antennas for IoT* (Artech House, 2023), and received the IEEE Pune Section "Women in Engineering of the Year" award in 2024. Parikshit N. Mahalle is a senior member IEEE and is Professor, Dean Research and Development at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India. Prior to this, he worked as a Dean - Research and Development and Head - Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India and Professor, Head, Department of Computer Engineering at Sinhgad Institutes. He completed his PhD from Aalborg University, Denmark and completed his Post Doctoral Research at CMI, Copenhagen, Denmark. He has 24 years of teaching and research experience. He is an ex-member of the Board of Studies in Computer Engineering, Ex-Chairman Information Technology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, ex-chairman Board of Studies - AI &Ds at VIIT and Member - BoS and academic council memnber at more than 30 Universities and autonomous colleges across India. He has 26 patents, 350+ research publications (Google Scholar citations-3560 plus, H index-26 and Scopus Citations are 1940 plus with H index -21, Web of Science citations are 540 with H index - 11) and authored/edited 63 books with international publishers of repute. He is editor in chief for IGI Global -International Journal of Rough Sets and Data Analysis, Inder-science International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, Associate Editor for IGI Global - Journal of Affective Computing and Human Interfaces (JACHI), member-Editorial Review Board for IGI Global - International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence and reviewer for various transactions, journals and conferences of the repute. His research interests are Machine Learning, Data Science, Algorithms, Internet of Things, Identity Management and Security. He is guiding 8 PhD students in the area of IOT and machine learning and SIX students have successfully defended their PhD under his supervision from SPPU. He is also the recipient of "Best Faculty Award" by Sinhgad Institutes and Cognizant Technologies Solutions, International Level S4DS distinguished Researcher of the Year 2023 and State Level Meritorious Teacher Award. He has delivered 200 plus lectures at national and international level. His book "Design and Analysis of Algorithms" is referred as Textbook in IIITs and NITs and his book "Data Analysis on Pandemic" has received two international awards in 2020. He is also Certified ISO 27001:2022 Lead Auditor.
