Sivakumar received the BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bharathiar University, and the ME and Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. His research interests include Bio Signal Processing, Medical Image Processing, wireless body sensor networks, and VLSI. He has published over 50 journal and 50 conference papers over the last several years. He has taught a wide variety of Electronics courses including Digital Image Processing, Multimedia Compression Techniques, VLSI Design, Medical Electronics, and Electronic Circuits. Dr. Siva is a life member of the Indian Society of Technical Education, a senior member of IEEE. Dr. Siva has been invited to deliver Keynote Speech and Chair at various International conferences.