Members

Jitendra Bhatia received the B.Tech. degree from Hemchandra Acharya North Gujarat University, in 2004, and the M.Tech. degree in computer science and engineering and the Ph.D. degree in vehicular ad hoc networks from the Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, in 2012 and 2019, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University. He has over 17 years of experience in teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published/presented a number of papers at reputed international and national level journals and conferences. He has authored or coauthored more than 40 technical research papers, published in leading journals and conferences from the IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Some of his research findings are published in top cited journals, such as IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Computer Communications (Elsevier), Peer-to-Peer Network Applications (Springer), and IJCS (Wiley). His main research interests include protocol design for intelligent transportation systems, software-defined networking, vehicular networks, and cloud computing. He was a recipient of the “Best Idea2Innovate Award” in 2019 by Brihasti (Claris) Foundation. He was the session chair and a keynote speaker at various international conferences.

Dr. Sudeep Tanwar (M'15, SM'21) is currently working as a Professor of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the Institute of Technology, Nirma University, India. Dr. Tanwar is a visiting Professor in Jan Wyzykowski University in Polkowice, Poland and University of Pitestiin Pitesti, Romania. Dr. Tanwar's research interests include Blockchain Technology, Wireless Sensor Networks, Fog Computing, Smart Grid, and IoT. He has authored 02 books and edited 13 books, more than 200 technical papers, including top journals and top conferences, such as IEEE TNSE, TVT, TII, WCM, Networks, ICC, GLOBECOM, and INFOCOM. Dr. Tanwar initiated the research field of blockchain technology adoption in various verticals in 2017. His h-index is 38. Dr. Tanwar actively serves his research communities in various roles. He is currently serving the editorial boards of Physical Communication, Computer Communications, International Journal of Communication System, and Security and Privacy. He has been awarded the best research paper awards from IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, IEEE ICC 2019, and Springer ICRIC-2019. He has served many international conferences as a member of the organizing committee, such as publication chair for FTNCT-2020, ICCIC 2020, WiMob2019, member of the advisory board for ICACCT-2021, ICACI 2020, workshop co-chair for CIS 2021, and general chair for IC4S 2019, 2020, ICCSDF 2020. Dr. Tanwar is a final voting member for IEEE ComSoc Tactile Internet Committee in 2020. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, CSI, IAENG, ISTE, CSTA, and the member of the Technical Committee on Tactile Internet of IEEE Communication Society.

Neeraj Kumar received the Ph.D. degree in CSE from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, India. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Coventry University, Coventry, U.K. He is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, India. He is a Visiting Professor at Coventry University. He has published over 400 technical research papers in leading journals and conferences from IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, and John Wiley. Some of his research findings are published in top-cited journals, such as IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DEPENDABLE AND SECURE COMPUTING, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CLOUD COMPUTING, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CLOUD COMPUTING, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE AND DATA ENGINEERING, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, IEEE NETWORKING, IEEE COMMUNICATION, IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL, Future Generation Computer Systems, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, and Computer Communications. He has guided many Ph.D. and M.E./M.Tech. His research is supported by fundings from the Tata Consultancy Service, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, and the Department of Science and Technology. Dr. Kumar has been awarded the best research paper awards from IEEE ICC 2018 and IEEE Systems Journal 2018. He leads the research group Sustainable Practices for the Internet of Energy and Security, where group members are working on the latest cutting-edge technologies. He is a TPC member and reviewer of many international conferences across the globe.

Dr. Sudhanshu Tyagi is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab (India). He was a Visiting Professor at Jan Wyzykowski University, Polkowice, Poland. He received his Bachelor in Engineering in Electronics & Tele-Communication in 2000 from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra (India). He achieved the second rank in the university at under graduation level. He received his Masters in Technology with honours in Electronics & Communication Engineering in 2005 from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana (India). Currently, he is pursuing PhD in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan (India). He has more than 80 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences from leading publishers like Elsevier, IEEE, Wiley, etc. He is a reviewer for the board of international journals from leading publishers like International Journal of Ad-Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, Inderscience and Journal of the Franklin Institute, Elsevier. His research area includes the lifetime enhancement of homogeneous and /or heterogeneous WSNs. He is a member of IEEE and IAENG.

Pronaya Bhattacharya is employed as an Assistant Professor with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India. He has over eight years of teaching experience. He has authored or co-authored 35 research papers in leading SCI journals and top core IEEE ComSoc conferences. Some of his top findings are published in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley), Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier), Journal of Engineering Research (Kuwait University), ACM-MobiCom, IEEE-InfoCom, IEEE-ICC, and IEEE-CITS. His research interests include optical switching, high-performance networking, blockchain, IoT, and deep learning. Mr. Bhattacharya is awarded the best paper award in Springer ICRIC-2019 and COMS2-2021. He is working as a Reviewer of reputed SCI journals IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, IEEE NETWORK, IEEE-ACCESS, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (Wiley), International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley), Optical Switching and Networking (Elsevier), Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer), Wireless Personal Communications (Springer), and Journal of Engineering Research (Kuwait University). He has also been appointed as the Session Chair in IC4S-2019, IC4S-2020, and IICT-2020, organized by Springer. He is a Lifetime Member of professional societies like ISTE and IAENG.