Biographical note

Nikhil Marriwala is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra. He did his PhD. from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra. He completed his post-graduation in electronics and communication engineering from IASE University, Rajasthan, and B. Tech. in electronics and instrumentation from MMEC, Kurukshetra. He has over 16 years of teaching and research experience. He has supervised over 31 students for their M. Tech. dissertation. He has over 30 publications and one patent published to his credit. His areas of interest are software-defined radios, wireless communication, fuzzy system design, and microprocessors.

C. C. Tripathi completed his Ph.D. in electronics from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Since 2016, he is working as a Director of the University Institute of Engineering Technology (an autonomous institute), KurukshetraUniversity, Kurukshetra. His research areas are microelectronics, RF MEMS for communication, and industrial consultancy. He has filled 1 patent and published over 80 papers journals and conference proceedings. Prof. Tripathi is an experienced professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. He has been working extensively on graphene-based flexible electronics devices, sensors, etc.

Shruti Jain is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India. Dr. Jain received her Doctor of Science (D. Sc.) in electronics and communication engineering. She has 16 years of teaching experience with three filed patents, over 120 journal publications, and 15 book chapters. She has also published nine books. Her research interests are image and signal processing, soft computing, bio-inspired computing, and computer-aided design of FPGA and VLSI circuits.

S. Mathapathi is an adjunct faculty member at multiple universities including the University of California San Diego, Sonoma State University, 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. Prof. Mathapathi 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. 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. Prof. Mathapathi is also a team leader of the education cluster at the Global City Team Challenge project in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the U.S Department of Commerce. He is the key contributor in creating tutorials, workshops, 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.