Prof. N.R. Shetty is a Chancellor of Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, and Chairman of the Review Commission for the State Private University Karnataka. He is currently serving as an advisor to the Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), Bangalore. He is also founder Vice-President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), Washington DC, USA. He served as Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University for two terms and President of the ISTE, New Delhi three terms. He was also a Member of the Executive Committee of the AICTE and Chairman of its South West Region Committee. Prof. L.M. Patnaik obtained his PhD in Real-Time Systems in 1978, and his D.Sc. in Computer Systems and Architectures in 1989, both from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. From 2008 to 2011, he was Vice Chancellor of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Deemed University, Pune. Currently he is an Honorary Professor with the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and INSA Senior Scientist and Adjunct Professor with the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. Dr. Prasad N. Hamsavath is currently working as Professor and Head of the Department of Master of Computer Applications at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore. He completed his PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Dr. Prasad N H has more than 12 years of experience in different roles in both public and private sector enterprises, including the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, New Delhi, Govt. of India. He has received the prestigious "Dr. Abdul Kalam Life Time Achievement Award" and also received a "Young Faculty" award at the 2nd Academic Brilliance Awards. Dr. Nalini. N. is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore. She received her MS from BITS, Pilani in 1999 and her PhD from Visvesvaraya Technological University in 2007. She has more than 17 years of teaching and 10 years of research experience. She has several international publications to her credit, and has received the "Bharath Jyothi Award" by Dr. Bhishma Narain Singh, Former Governor of Tamilnadu and Assam, given out by the India International Friendship Society. She is a lifetime member of the ISTE, CSI, ACEEE and IIFS.
