Dr. R. Maheswar obtained his B.E. degree (ECE) from Madras University in the year 1999, his M.E. (Applied Electronics) from Bharathiyar University in the year 2002 and his Ph.D. in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks from Anna University in the year 2012. He has about 21 years of teaching experience at various levels and presently holds the position of Director In-Charge at the Centre for Research and Development, Head – Centre for IoT and AI (CITI), as well as serving as a Professor in the Department of ECE, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. Prior to working at the KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, he worked as Dean In-Charge of Research at VIT Bhopal University for 3 years. His research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks, IoT, Queueing Theory and Performance Evaluation. He has previously supervised 6 Ph.D. scholars and presently supervises 2 Ph.D scholars. He has published around 70 papers in international journals and presented those at international conferences. He has served as guest editor for Wireless Networks Journal - Springer, WCMC - Hindawi, IJAHUC - Inderscience, and MDPI - Energies and serves as an editorial review board member for peer-reviewed journals. He is presently an Associate Editor of the Alexandria Engineering Journal, Elsevier; Wireless Networks Journal, Springer; IET Electronics Letters; and the Ad-hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks Journal, Old City Publishing.