Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development

Dr. Durgesh Kumar Mishra has received his M.Tech degree in Computer Science from DAVV, Indore in 1994 and PhD degree in Computer Engineering in 2008. Presently, he has been working as a Professor (CSE) and Director, Microsoft Innovation Centre at Shri Aurobindo Institute of Technology, Indore, MP, India. He is also a visiting faculty at IIT-Indore, India. He has 24 years of teaching and 10 years of research experience. He has completed his PhD under the guidance of late Dr. M. Chandwani on "Secure Multi-Party Computation for Preserving Privacy". Dr. Mishra has published more than 90 papers in refereed international/national journals and conferences including IEEE, ACM conferences. He has organized many conferences like WOCN, CONSEG and CSIBIG in the capacity of conference General Chair and Editor of conference proceedings. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and held many positions like Chairman, IEEE MP Subsection (2011-2012), and Chairman IEEE Computer Society Bombay Chapter (2009-2010). Dr. Mishra has also served the largest technical and profession association of India, the Computer Society of India (CSI) by holding positions as Chairman, CSI Indore Chapter, State Student Coordinator - Region III MP, Member-Student Research Board, Core Member-CSI IT Excellence Award Committee. He has been recently elected as Chairman CSI Division IV Communication at National Level (2014-2016). Recently, he has been awarded with "Paper Presenter at International Level" by Computer Society of India. He is also the Chairman of Division IV Computer Society of India and Chairman of ACM Chapter covering Rajasthan and MP State.

Dr. Malaya Kumar Nayak is a technology and business solution expert and an academia visionary with over 17 years of experience in leading design, development and implementation of high-performance technology solutions. He has proven abilities to bring the benefits of IT to solve business issues while delivering applications, infrastructure, costs and risks. Dr. Nayak has provided strategic direction to senior leadership on technology. He is skilled at building teams of top 1% performers as well as displaying versatility for the strategic, tactical and management aspects of technology. He has managed a team of professionals noted for integrity and competency. He is a member of Program committee of Ninth International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2012); Program Committee of 3 ^rd International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO 2014); Editorial Advisory Board of International Book entitled "Issues of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Education"; Editorial Advisory Board of International Book entitled "Global Outlook on Education"; Editorial Board of International Journal entitled "Advances in Management"; Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal entitled "Delving: Journal of Technology and Engineering Sciences (JTES)"; Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology (IJAET) and Journal of Engineering Research and Studies (JERS); and Editorial Advisory Board of ISTAR: International Journal of Information and Computing Technology. Dr. Nayak has also served as reviewer in international reputed conferences like CSI Sixth International Conference on Software Engineering (CONSEG 2012); Tenth International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2013); Eleventh International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN 2014); and CSI BIG 2014 International Conference on IT in Business, Industry and Government.

Mr. Amit Joshi is a young entrepreneur and researcher who has completed his graduation (B.Tech) in Information Technology and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and pursuing his research in the areas of Cloud Computing and Cryptography. He has an experience of around 6 years in academic and industry in prestigious organizations of Udaipur and Ahmedabad. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Information Technology at Sabar Institute in Gujarat. He is an active member of ACM, CSI, AMIE, IACSIT-Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA and many other professional societies. He also holds the post of Honorary Secretary of CSI Udaipur Chapter and Secretary for ACM Udaipur Chapter. He has presented and published more than 30 papers in National and International Journals/Conferences of IEEE and ACM. He has edited three books on diversified subjects including Advances in Open Source Mobile Technologies, ICT for Integrated Rural Development and ICT for Competitive Strategies. He has also organized more than 15 National and International Conference and Workshops including International Conference ICTCS 2014 at Udaipur through ACM-ICPS. For his contribution towards the society he has been given Appreciation award by The Institution of Engineers (India), ULC, on the celebration of engineers, 15 September 2014 and by SIG-WNs Computer Society of India on the Occasion of ACCE 2012 on 11 February 2012.