Dr.Jitendra Bhatia received the B.Tech degree from Hemchandra Acharya North Gujarat University in 2004, the M.Tech degree (Computer Science & Engineering) in 2012, and the PhD (specialization in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks) in 2019 from the Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is currently associated with the Computer Science & Engineering Department at the Institute of Technology, Nirma University, as an Associate Professor. He has over 17 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is the recipient of the "Best Idea2Innovate Award" in 2019 from the Brihasti (Claris) Foundation. His main research areas of interest are protocol design for intelligent transportation systems, software defined networking, vehicular networks, and cloud computing. He has been session chair and keynote speaker at various international conferences. He has published or presented a number of papers in reputed international and national level journals and conferences. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 technical research papers published in leading journals and conferences from the IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Some of his research findings are published in top-cited journals, such as IEEE IoT, Elsevier Computer Communication, Springer: Peer to Peer Network Applications, and IJCS Wiley.