DR. SAROJ KUMAR PANIGRAHY received his M. Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He is currently serving as a Professor and an Associate Dean at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT-AP University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India. His research interests include cryptography, network security, wireless body area networks, the IoT and security, the Internet of Vehicles, bioinformatics, and natural language processing. He has more than 40 research publications in national/international journals and conferences.