Dr. Haribhau. R. Bhapkar is working as the Head and Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal, J &K. He is also the chairman, Board of Studies in Mathematics at the Central University of Kashmir. Dr. Bhapkar was graduated from the University of Pune, India, with first class with distinction. He received masters in Mathematics in 2000 and Ph.D. (Graph Theory) in 2016. He has 25 years of teaching and research experience at various levels. He has published 62+ research papers in National and International journals and conferences, mostly in the areas of graph coloring, graph isomorphism, mathematical modelling, COVID-19 and applications. He has authored/co-authored more than 130 Books/Book Chapters of Engineering Mathematics, COVID-19, Computer and general books published by Springer, Elsevier, CRC, Technical, and De Gruyter Publications. Additionally, he has filed/registered 53 copyrights and published/Granted 45 patents. Dr. Bhapkar has Multidisciplinary and Holistic Persona which is envisioned in various Educational Policies across the globe.
Dr. Parikshit N. Mahalle is a senior member IEEE and is a Professor and Dean- Academic Affairs at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India. Prior to this, he worked as a dean of Research and Development and head of the department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India and as a professor and head of the department of Computer Engineering at Sinhgad Institutes. He completed his Ph.D. from Aalborg University, Denmark, and completed his postdoctoral research at CMI, Copenhagen, Denmark. He has 24 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests are Machine Learning, Data Science, Algorithms, Internet of Things, Identity Management, and Security. He is guiding 8 Ph.D. students in the area of IoT and machine learning and six students have successfully defended their Ph.D. under his supervision from SPPU.