Deepika Koundal is currently associated with the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. She received recognition and an honorary membership from the Neutrosophic Science Association of the University of New Mexico, USA. She was also selected as a Young Scientist for the sixth BRICS Conclave in 2021. She received her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 2015. She received her B. Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Kurukshetra University, India. She is the awardee of a research excellence award given by Chitkara University in 2019. She has published more than 40 research articles in reputed SCI and Scopus-indexed journals and conferences, as well as two books.