Dr. Ramesh Chandra Poonia is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. Recently completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship from CPS Lab, Department of ICT and Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Ålesund, Norway. He has received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Banasthali University, Banasthali, India in July 2013. His research interests are Cyber-Physical Systems, Network Protocol Evaluation and Artificial Intelligence. He is Chief Editor of TARU Journal of Sustainable Technologies and Computing (TJSTC) and Associate Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, Elsevier. He also serves in the editorial boards of a few international journals. He is main author and co-author of 06 books and an editor of more than 25 special issue of journals and books including Springer, CRC Press – Taylor and Francis, IGI Global and Elsevier, edited books and Springer conference proceedings and has authored/co-authored over 65 research publications in peer-reviewed reputed journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. Dr. Kamal Upreti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR, Ghaziabad, India. He holds a B.Tech (Hons) from UPTU, an M.Tech (Gold Medalist), a PGDM (Executive) from IMT Ghaziabad, a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering, and completed a postdoc at National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan, funded by MHRD.With over 15 years of teaching, research, and corporate experience, Dr. Upreti has published 50+ patents, 32 magazine issues, 110+ research papers, and authored or edited 45+ books with publishers like CRC Press and Oxford. His expertise spans modern physics, data analytics, cybersecurity, machine learning, healthcare, embedded systems, and cloud computing.He has worked with organizations including HCL, NECHCL, Hindustan Times, and various academic institutes. Notable projects include Japan’s “Hydrastore, India’s Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS), and a significant ICMR-funded cardiovascular disease prediction project (₹80 Lakhs) in collaboration with GB Pant and AIIMS Delhi. He has secured funding from DST SERB (₹5 Lakhs) for ICSCPS-2024 and AICTE-IBIP (₹10 Lakhs) for 2024-2026.Dr. Upreti frequently serves as a session chair, keynote speaker, corporate trainer, and faculty developer. He has been honored as Best Teacher, Best Researcher, and Gold Medalist in his M.Tech program.
