Dr. Marriwala (B-Tech., M-Tech. and PhD in Engineering & Technology) is working as Assistant Professor and Head of the Department Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He did his PhD. from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra in the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. He did his post-graduation (M-Tech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from IASE University and did his B-Tech in Electronics and Instrumentation from MMEC, Mullana, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has more than 18 years of experience teaching graduate and postgraduate students. More than 31 students have completed their M-Tech dissertation under his guidance. His areas of interests are Software-Defined Radios, Cognitive Radios, Soft Computing, Wireless Communications, Wireless Sensor Networks, Fuzzy system design, and Advanced Microprocessors. He has published more than 5 book chapters in different International books, has authored more than 10-books with Pearson, Wiley, etc. and has more than 30 publications to his credit in reputed International Journals and 20 papers in International/National conferences. He also has 04 patents published to his credit with 02 International Patents. He has been Chairman of Special Sessions in more than 6 International/National Conferences and has delivered a keynote address at more than 3 International conferences. He has also acted as organizing secretary for more than 3 International conferences. He is having an additional charge of Training and Placement Officer, UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and heading the T&P cell for more than 10 years now. He is the single point of contact (SPOC) and head of the local chapter of SWAYAM NPTEL Local Chapter of UIET, KUK. He is the SPOC for Infosys campus connect program for UIET, KUK. He is also the He is a reviewer for many reputed journalssuch as the International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, International Journal of Measurement Technologies and Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), Egyptian Informatics Journal – Elsevier, Instrumentation Engineering (IJMTIE), International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies (IJICST), Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, UK. He was awarded as the “Career Guru of the Month” award by Aspiring Minds. Prof. Tripathi did his PhD (Electronics) from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Since 2016, he is working as Director, University Institute of Engineering Technology (an autonomous institute), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra & Dean Faculty of Engg. and Technology. As Director, he is also heading institute academic bodies like the board of studies, academic council with four UG 8 PG programs and spearheadingresearch in various engineering and applied sciences departments in the institute. Microelectronics, RF MEMS for Communication and Industrial Consultancy are his specialization areas. He has developed Micro-fabrication R&D Lab and RF MEMS R&D Lab. He is a member of more than 14 Professional Bodies. He has published more than 81 papers in reputed journals and more than 44 papers in National/ International conferences. He has also filed four patents. He has implemented TEQIP-II & TEQIP-III grants of ` 10.00 Crores & ` 7.00 Crores respectively by preparing Institution Development Plan (IDP). He has also guided 7 PhDs and more than 20 M-Tech (PG) students in Engineering and Technology. He is a senior member of IEEE society & reviewer of a number of prestigious journals. He has successfully conducted more than 40 FDPs and 02 International conferences and a number of National Conferences.Shruti Jain is Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, H.P., India, and has received her Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering. She has a teaching experience of around 15 years. She has filed 06 patents out of which 01 patent is granted and one is published. She has published more than 15 book chapters, and 100 research papers in reputed indexed journals and in international conferences. She has also published six books. She has completed two government-sponsored projects. She has guided 06 Ph.D. students and now has 01 registered student. She has also guided 11 M.Tech. scholars and more than 90 B.Tech. undergraduates. Her research interests are image and signal processing, soft computing, bio-inspired computing and computer-aided design of FPGA and VLSI circuits. She is a senior member of IEEE, a life member and Editor-in-Chief of Biomedical Engineering Society of India and a member of IAENG. She is a member of the Editorial Board ofmany reputed journals. She is also a reviewer of many journals and a member of TPC of different conferences. She was awarded by Nation Builder Award in 2018–2019. Prof. Shivakumar Mathapathi is an adjunct faculty member at multiple universities including the University of California San Diego, Sonoma State University, and Santa Clara University, and he is also teaching at regional community academia including ethnically diverse institutions such as Ohlone and De-Anza College in California. Shivakumar has been a passionate educator for nearly 25 years of industry experience with a strong desire to help students recognize the connection between learning and industry needs. He is an accomplished researcher and a co-founder of Dew Mobility Incorporated and Xtrans Solutions (P) Limited. His teaching and research areas include the Internet of things, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and blockchain. He has also authored numerous articles published in prestigious journals, including IEEE, and various conferences, such as NIST Smart City projects. He is the co-founder of Xtrans, which is a leading company in establishing the centre of excellence (CoE) to assist higher education to educate their students about the next generation Internet research and development (R&D) programs. Shivakumar is also a team lead of the education cluster at the Global City Team Challenge project in collaboration with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is the key contributor in creating tutorials, workshop and practice use cases for smart cities. The workshop also discusses IoT standards and protocol which would help community partners and city/municipality staff to get familiar with national as well as international IoT standards.
