Dr. Garg is Associate Professor of Mathematics at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India. He is the recipient of the Obada-Prize 2022 – Young Distinguished Researchers. He is also the recipient of the Top-Cited paper by an India-based author (2015 – 2019) from Elsevier Publisher. He also serves as an advisory board member of the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN).Dr. Garg's research interests include computational intelligence, multi-criteria decision making, evolutionary algorithms, reliability analysis, expert systems, and decision support systems, computing with words, and soft computing. He has authored more than 400 papers published in refereed international journals. He has also authored seven book chapters. He has also edited 8 books from Elsevier, Springer, and other publishers. Dr. Garg also serves on editorial boards of several leading international journals, this includes the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering. He is also the Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction of Fuzzy Systems, Soft Computing, Alexandria Engineering Journal, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, Complex and Intelligent Systems, Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, and CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology. Dr. Pushan Kumar Dutta is an Associate Professor at Amity University Kolkata who has carved a distinctive niche in academia with over 12 years of academic experience. He earned his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University in 2015, followed by postdoctoral work as an Erasmus Mundus Scholar at the University of Oradea in Romania in 2016, which laid the foundation for a career drive for a position in institution of academic excellence. At the forefront of his contributions is an impressive editorial portfolio. Dr. Dutta has meticulously curated and edited over 60 books in the past couple of years for globally recognized publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, IET, Taylor & Francis, Cambridge Scholar Publishers, Degruyter, and IGI Global. His role as the manager of the "Sustainable Industrial Engineering Systems" book series for CRC Press further underscores his influence in shaping scholarly discourse on sustainability and engineering innovation. His editorial expertise spans rapidly evolving domains including artificial intelligence in healthcare, Industry 5.0 technologies, quantum computing applications,aviation and digital transformation strategies. A dedicated mentor and educator, Dr. Dutta has consistently empowered his students to excel and innovate, guiding them to garner international recognition through competitions like the Johnson Control International Whitepaper contest and Ideathon 5.0. His contributions to nurturing young talent have been acknowledged through accolades such as the "Mentor of Change" award by NITI Aayog, along with the prestigious Young Faculty Awards in 2018 and 2024. Complementing his teaching and editorial endeavors is an extensive research portfolio that includes over 200 Scopus-indexed publications, two pioneering Indian patents, and an Indian copyright. His professional recognitions extend to prestigious memberships and fellowships, including Senior Membership at the Indian Institute of Engineering, a Threws Fellowship, and a Fellowship at the EnTech Foundation. Dr. Dutta’s academic journey also includes significant teaching stints as an Assistant Professor at RGMCET in Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, and as a lecturer for the Marine Electro Technology course at DG Shipping Taratala.Natarajan Gnanasankaran MCA, PhD, RUSA, PDF is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, India. He has 15 years of teaching and 14 years of research experience. His areas of research specialization include software engineering, SQA, data science, machine learning, big data and IoT. He has authored more than 35 research articles, one textbook, as well as two edited book volumes. He holds eight patents in the fields of cybersecurity, IoT, drone technology and healthcare. He is a life member of the Indian Society of Technical Education and the Institution Innovation Council and Yukti, India.Subrata Chowdhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science of Engineering at the Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and Management Studies, Chittoor, India. He has been working in the IT Industry for more than 5 years, focusing on R&D developments, including projects related to AI, blockchain, and cloud computing for both national and internationals clients. He has authored or edited six books and he is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Engineering. He has published more than 30 papers, copyrights, and patents and he has been awarded by the International and National Science Societies for his eminence contributions in the R&D field.
