Disruptive Technologies for Sustainable Development (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032550008)

Dr G. Nagappan

He is currently working as Professor & Head of CSE department of Saveetha Engineering College,
Chennai. He has 22 years of Academic experience. His Experience focuses on Teaching and Research
with a global activity-based blended learning model with multicultural learners spanning across the
globe. He has received his Doctorate from Faculty of I&C, Anna University Chennai, alumnus of
Department of CSE, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University Chennai where he did his
Engineering Post graduation in Systems Engineering and Operations Research. He is also alumnus of
Mahendra Engineering College where he did his Bachelor of Engineering in C computer Science &
Engineering under Periyar University, Salem.
He is outshining as PALS Innowah - Innovation Challenge Coordinator, Remote Center Coordinator, Aakash Project Coordinator
and Spoken - Tutorials Project Manager cum FOSS Promoter working under NMEICT project of IIT Bombay and Kharagpur
run by Ministry of Youth Affairs, Government of India. He has opulent experience in organizing 25 workshops for faculty &
Students and submitting 16 android projects for Aakash Tablets. He has been project investigator for IITB - E-Yantra Robot
competition & Aishu semi humanoid Robot for AVON Corporation, Mumbai and MSME Projects. He has also been Proud
Mentor of the Finalist Team in Smart India Hackathon 2017 and Gujarat Rajkot Hackathon 2018.
His extensive experience across Engineering and Management discipline s include Course curriculum Development for
Autonomous, Text book content development, Teaching course, Project Coordination, Project Supervision, Question paper
setting, Answer script Evaluation, Keynote addressing, Website development, Conference and Workshop Organization,
Management of projects such as Aakash, Spoken -tutorials and Remote Center, Doctoral Committee Member, Promotion
of New technologies and Social Media which makes him a versatile highbrow. He has been creating innovative pedagogical
techniques and analyzing its significance in Engineering Education with his experience in Wipro Mission 10X & IITM STLC.
He has also been resource person for versatile topics in various Workshops, Guest Lectures and Conferences. He has received
'Bronze Partner' award from INFOSYS for his involved contributions in CAMPUS CONNECT Program which involves
both Foundation and Soft Skills programs. Received "Aram Achiever Award 2023" from Aram Seiyya Virumbu Foundation
and OXFAA University on 28 May 2023. He has been one of the Top Finalist for 'Best Techno Faculty' award in ICTACT -
BRIDGE 2014 in appreciation of his exceptional utilization of Technology towards Education and Academic Superiority. He has
received 'Jewel of Saveetha' award for his stupendous contributions towards the development of new interdisciplinary projects
involving all the constituent colleges of Saveetha University. He has received 'Best teacher' award for last 8 consecutive years
in appreciation of his outstanding excellence, commitment, technical expertise, motivation and hard work. He has received 'Best
NSS Unit and Programme Officer' award from Honorable Governor of Tamil Nadu, His Excellency Surjit Singh Barnala,
for year 2006 indicating his high dedication, efficiency and outperformance amongst peers. He has published 16 Patents, 17
international journal papers and has presented his research papers in 6 international conferences. He has authored a Book
Titled 'Database Management system' published by Anna University, Centre for Distance Education, Chennai-25 and another
Book titled Programming and Data Structures published by Sams Publishers. He is Reviewer of five International Journals
and has refereed few International Conferences, many symposiums and competitions . He is life member of ISTE, IACSIT
& Transportation Research Group of India. He has also participated in innumerous seminars, workshops and conferences to
nurture his knowledge.

Dr V. Uma Rani

She is currently working as Associate Professor in department of computer science and engineering,
Chennai. She has received her Ph.D from the department of computer science, Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She has received her Master of Engineering and Bachelor of
Engineering from Kalasalingam College of Engineering affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, India. She has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. She has published
more than 40 papers in reputed international journals, conferences and 3 patterns in artificial
intelligence domain. Her area of interest includes wireless sensor network, Artificial intelligence,
Deep Learning and Metaheuristic optimization. Now she is working on metaheuristic optimization
of projects on medical and agricultural domain. She has been reviewer of wireless personal
communication journal, international journal of Engineering Science and Technology (IJESCT) and
international Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR). She has been reviewer of various
conferences like AICTE Sponsored IEEE international conference on Networks, Multimedia and Information Technology
(NMITCON) organized by NMIT, Bengaluru, International Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Knowledge Informatics and
Industrial Electronics (AIKIIE-2023), Karnataka, IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Network Security
(ICDSNS), Tiptur and IEEE International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Technologies in Computing, Electrical and
Electronics, Bengaluru. She is a life member of international Association of Engineers ( IAENG) and All India Council for
Technical Education (AICTE). She has received best teacher award in the department of computer science and engineering,
Jaya Engineering College during the year 2015.