Dr.Sumalatha Lingamgunta , currently Professor of CSE Department has over 22 years of teaching experience at University College of Engineering Kakinada (UCEK), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK). She served as Head of CSE department twice and held administrative posts like Director of Evaluation, Director-IIIPT, Chief Coordinator-Skill Development Center, etc. During her tenure as Chief Coordinator for Skill Development Center, she has been instrumental in establishing the APSSDC SIEMENS Centre of Excellence at UCEK. She is a faculty champion for University Innovation Fellows Program at Stanford University, CA, USA & Research Lead of AI Platoon research group in association with leadingindia.ai-AI & Deep Learning research initiative. She is a Member of several Professional Bodies. Her Research Interests include Network Security, Image Processing, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing.