Dr. KANWALVIR SINGH DHINDSA is currently working as Professor (Computer Science) & Controller (Examinations), Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Punjab State Open University, Patiala (Punjab), India. He earned his Ph.D in Computer Engg. from Punjabi University (Patiala) in the year 2014. Dr. Dhindsa has also been awarded with the ‘Best Ph.D. Thesis Award’ from Computer Society of India (CSI). He has guided dissertations of 40+ M.Tech (PG) students and has also guided 9 Ph.D research scholars & is currently guiding 3 Ph.D scholars. He has been granted 3 International Patents and has 1 Indian Patent published & has also filed 1 Indian Patent. He has authored 150+ publications in various esteemed International referred journals (including SCI, SCOPUS,WoS) & in proceedings of reputed International Conferences(IEEE,ACM). He is Coordinator of NBA and NAAC accreditations & has work experience of guiding his department and college level teams regarding achieving success for accreditations. His research interests are in the field of IoT, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Web Engineering, Mobile Computing, Database & Security. Dr. Dhindsa has more than 25+ years of work experience in the field of academia, administration and research. More details about him can be had at: www.psou.ac.in, www.dhindsa.in