Dr. Neeraj Kumar Pandey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun. He has more than sixteen years of rich experience of academia and industry. His areas of research include Cloud Computing, Computer Vision and Deep Learning. He has published more than 130 research papers in well-known international SCI/SCOPUS indexed journals, transactions, conferences and book chapters. He holds ten Indian patents in area of cloud computing, IoT, blockchain and deep learning. He has edited many books with renowned publishers like Bantham Science, CRC, Springer and wiley. He serves as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer of many international journals and actively contributed as a reviewer, organizer, session chair, and keynote speaker in more than twenty international conferences. His dedication and contributions to academia have been duly recognized with the honour of the "Best Academic Coordinator" at the 4th International Annual Awards Summit, Global Education and Corporate Leadership, conferred by Life Way Tech India in December 2021. He is a member of several professional organizations, including IEEE, IAENG, CSTA (USA), ERDA, I2OR, and AMSE.