Biographical note

Dr. Gitanjali R. Shinde has overall 13 years of experience, presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India. She has completed Ph.D. in Wireless Communication from CMI, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark on Research Problem Statement "Cluster Framework for Internet of People, Things and Services" in 2018. She has obtained M.E. (Computer Engineering) degree from the University of Pune, Pune in 2012 and a B.E. (Computer Engineering) degree from the University of Pune, Pune in 2006. She has received research funding for the project "Lightweight Group Authentication for IoT" by SPPU, Pune. She has presented a research article at World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF) meeting, Beijing China. She has published 50+ papers in National, International conferences and journals. She is the author of 5+ books with a publisher like Springer and CRC Taylor & Francis Group. She is also editor of books with De Gruyter and Springer. She is a reviewer of prominent journal IGI publications and IEEE Transactions.

Soumi Majumder completed her PGDM, specialization in Human Resource Management from   All India Management Association ( Institute of Business Management, Jadavpur University) in 2012. She did Diploma in Labour laws with Administrative laws (DLLAL) and Masters in Human Resource Management (MHRM) from Annamalai University, under Tamilnadu Govt in 2013 and 2019 respectively. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student of the Department of Business administration Dept. at Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India. She is associated with the School of Business- Sister Nivedita University, WB, India, Dept. of Business Administration, Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata. Previously, she was associated with Techno India College of Technology, NSHM College of Management and Technology, Dinabandhu Andrews Institute of Technology and Management, J D Birla Institute of Science and Commerce, Future Institute of Engineering and Management, West Bengal State Labor Institute, Siliguri, Department of Management Science, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata, India, etc. She is having 6 years of experience in academia and 2 years of industrial experience. She has 20 research papers in national, international conferences and journals in the area of quality work-life, decent work-life, work-life balance, stress management, employee engagement, job satisfaction, leadership, training, and learning, etc. She has presented a research paper at  DSMLAI 2021 organized by India –Namibia Centre of Excellence in Information Technology, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia. Furthermore, she is a member of the All India Management Association, ACM, IS, NIPM etc.

Dr. Parikshit N. Mahalle obtained his B.E degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, India and M.E. degree in Computer Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He completed his Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering specialization in Wireless Communication from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He was Post Doc Researcher at CMI, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark. He worked as Professor and Head in the Department of Computer Engineering at STES‘s Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune, India. Currently He is working as professor and head in Department of Artificial intelligence and Data Science, Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune India. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He is a senior member IEEE, ACM member, Life member CSI and Life member ISTE. Also, he is a member of IEEE transaction on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Internet of Things Journal. He is a reviewer for IGI Global – International Journal of Rough Sets and Data Analysis (IJRSDA), Associate Editor for IGI Global - International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (IJSE), Inderscience International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing (IJGUC). He is a Member-Editorial Review Board for IGI Global – International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI). He is also working as an Associate Editor for IGI Global - International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (IJSE). He has published more than 150 research publications having 1711 citations and H index 18. He has 5 edited books to his credit by Springer and CRC Press. He has 7 patents to his credit. He had worked as Chairman of various Board of Studies.