Kiran Sood, PhD, is an associate professor in the Business School, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. She earned her doctorate in Commerce with a concentration on Product Portfolio Performance of general insurance companies in India in 2017 from Panjabi University, Patiala. Before joining Chitkara University in 2019, she worked in four organizations with a total experience of 16 years. She serves as an Editor of the International Journal of BioSciences and Technology and the International Journal of Research Culture Society. Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Computing Science and Engineering at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, U. P, India. He has published 35+ articles in various journals and conference proceedings and contributed chapters to various books. His research and publication interests include cyber-physical systems, wireless sensor networks, and cloud computing. He is an Expert Advisory Panel Member of Texas Instruments Inc USA. Balamurugan Balusamy, PhD, is an associate professor at VIT University, Vellore, India. He has authored/edited about 30 books on various technologies. He has published more than 150 publications in quality journals, conferences, and book chapters. He serves on the advisory committees for several startups and forums and does consultancy work for the industry on Industrial IoT. Seifedine Kadry, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Applied Data Science, Noroff University College, Kristinasnad, Norway, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon. He is also an ABET Program Evaluator of computing and an ABET Program Evaluator of engineering technology. His current research interests include data science, education using technology, system prognostics, stochastic systems, and probability and reliability analysis.

• Foreword xviiPreface xixAcknowledgment xxi1 Role of Blockchain Technology in the Modern Era 1Kuldeep Singh Kaswan, Jagjit Singh Dhatterwal, Kiran Sood and Balamurugan BalusamyPart 1: Blockchain: Opportunities for Healthcare 4.0 292 BTCG4: Blockchain Technology in Electronic Healthcare Systems 31Amrinder Singh and Geetika Madaan3 Blockchain Technology and Healthcare: Towards Combating COVID-19 57Reena Malik and Sonal Trivedi4 Blockchain-Based Energy-Efficient Heterogeneous Sensor Networks in Healthcare System 75R. Janarthanan and J. Venkatesh5 Development of a Safe Health Framework Using a Temporary Blockchain Technique 99J. Venkatesh and R. Janarthanan6 Data Consistency, Transparency, and Privacy in Healthcare Systems Using Blockchain Technology 125Kalaiselvi Rajendiran, Akshaya Sridhar and Ananda Vayaravel CassinadanePart 2: Blockchain in the Energy@Sector 1437 Application of Blockchain Technology in Sustainable Energy@Systems 145Navdeep Kaur, Suman Bhullar and Navneet Seth8 Revamping Energy Sector with a Trusted Network: Blockchain@Technology 163Alain Aoun, Mazen Ghandour, Adrian Ilinca and Hussein IbrahimPart 3: The Impact of Blockchain on the Financial Industry 1979 Process Innovation and Unification of KYC Document Management System with Blockchain in Banking 199Priya Jindal, Jasmine Kaur and Kiran Sood10 Applying Blockchain Technology to Address NPA Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic 217Jasmine Kaur, Priya Jindal and Kiran Sood11 Blockchain and Smart Contracts for Insurance Industry 239Rupa Khanna Malhotra, Chandan Gupta and Priya Jindal12 How Blockchain Can Transform the Financial Services Industry 253Aashima and Birajit Mohanty13 The Impact of Blockchain Technology and COVID-19 on the Global Banking Industry 283Jyoti Verma and Gagandeep14 Blockchain-Based Framework -- A Scientific Tool for Developing a Robust Banking System 303Minakshi ThamanPart 4: Blockchain Applications and Sustainability Issues 32515 Advanced Cryptographic Technologies in Blockchain 327Osheen Oberoi and Sahil Raj16 Network Security Issues in Blockchain Architectures 353Keshav Kaushik17 A Comprehensive Report on Blockchain Technology, Its Applications, and Open Research Challenges 369Shilpi Garg, Rajesh Kumar Kaushal and Naveen Kumar18 New Blockchain Taxonomies and Trust Models Impacting Business@Performance 387Hani El Chaarani, Zouhour EL Abiad and Hebatallah Abd El Salam BadawyReferences 408Index 413