Mr. Sai Prasad Parameswaran
Chief Technology Officer,
IoT & Digital Engineering, Tata Consultancy Services

Sai Prasad is the Unit CTO for IoT and Digital Engineering at TCS based in Bangalore. Sai is a Bachelor in Engineering from Bangalore University and a PG Diploma in Design Thinking & Innovation from Emeritus, Singapore.
Sai has over 30 years of experience in working with various technologies in Digital Engineering and IoT. He is also skilled in product development and product management and has built products in different domains such as Life Sciences, Retail and Manufacturing.
He has filed 3 patents related to Digital Twins for logistics, manufacturing, and process industries and is also a registered Patent Agent in India. His areas of interests include Design Thinking and fostering an innovation culture.

Prof. S N Singh
Fellow of IEEE, FIEEE (USA), FNAE, FIET (UK), IE(I), IETE(I), FAvH
Director, ABV IIITM Gwalior, India

Prof S. N. Singh obtained his M. Tech. and Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, in 1989 and 1995. Presently, Prof Singh is Director, Atal Bihari Bajpayee- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior (MP), India (on leave from Professor (HAG), Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India). Before joining IIT Kanpur as Associate Professor, Dr Singh worked with UP State Electricity Board as Assistant Engineer from 1988 to 1996, with Roorkee University (now IIT Roorkee) as Assistant Professor from 1996 to 2000 and with Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand as Assistant Professor from 2001 to 2002. He was ViceChancellor of Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology Gorakhpur during April 2017 to July 2020. Dr Singh received several awards including Young Engineer Award 2000 of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Khosla Research Award of IIT Roorkee, and Young Engineer Award of CBIP New Delhi (India), 1996. Prof Singh is receipt of Humboldt Fellowship of Germany (2005, 2007) and Ottomonsted Fellowship of Denmark (2009-10). Prof Singh became first Asian to receive 2013 IEEE Educational Activity Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education. He is also recipients of INAE Outstanding Teacher Award 2016 and IEEE R10 region (Asia-Pacific) Outstanding Volunteer Award 2016. Dr Singh is appointed as IEEE Distinguish Lecturer of Power & Energy Society from 2019 and Industry application Society for 2019-2021. He is also recipient of NPSC 2020 Academic Excellence Award and 2021 IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS) Outstanding Educator/ Mentor Award. His research interests include power system restructuring, FACTS, power system optimization & control, security analysis, wind power, etc. Prof Singh has published more than 500 papers (h-index=57, Citation=12k+) in International/ national journals/conferences and supervised 40 PhD (8 PhD under progress). He has also written 30 book chapters, 8 Edited books and 2 text-books one on Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution and second is Basic Electrical Engineering, published by PHI, India. Prof Singh has completed three dozen of technical projects in India and abroad. His two NPTEL (YouTube) video lectures on HVDC Transmission and Power System Operation & Control are very popular. Prof Singh was Chairman, IEEE UP Section for 2013 & 2014, IEEE R10 (Asia-Pacific) Conference & Technical Seminar Coordinator 2015-18 and R10 Vice-Chair, Technical Activities (2019-2020). Presently Prof Singh is Immediate Past Chairman of IEEE, India Council. Dr Singh is Fellows of IEEE (USA), IET (UK), INAE, IE(I), IETE, AvH.

Prof. Bharat K. Bhargava
Department of Computer Sciences
Purdue University

Bharat Bhargava is a professor of the Department of Computer Science with a courtesy appointment in the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University. His recent research is on Intelligent Autonomous Systems and data analytics and machine learning. It includes cognitive autonomy, reflexivity, deep learning and knowledge discovery. His earlier work on Waxed Prune with MIT and NGC built a prototype for privacy preserving data dissemination in cross-domains. Currently he is leading the NGC REALM consortium. He has graduated the largest number of Ph.D students in CS department at Purdue and is active in supporting/mentoring minority students. In 2003, he was inducted in the Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. In 2017, he received the Helen Schleman Gold Medallion Award for supporting women at Purdue and Focus award for advancing technology for differently abled students.

Dr. Rajkumar Banoth
Department of Computer Sciences
University of Texas at San Antonio

Since the Internet was not designed with security in mind, numerous security protocols and tools had to be afterwards incorporated. A firewall is a crucial piece of equipment that provides the bare minimum security for Internet based connected networks and devices. Standard firewalls are unable to handle new threats like targeted along with data-focused attacks. This paper will examine the development of conventional firewalls, the requirement for NGFW, their features, and trends in industrialized usage. Additionally, the benefits of modern firewalls were contrasted with those of traditional firewalls. We will also examine how NGFW may assist new machine learning techniques and enhance IoT system security.

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Bhardwaj
Group Director, Scientist F,
DEAL DRDO Dehradun

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Bhardwaj, is working as Scientist: F at Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Dehradun Uttrakhand. He has obtained his B Tech degree from College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala University in 1996 and M.Tech in Production Engineering from IIT Delhi in 2006.He also completed hid PhD in the field of Micro and nano fabrication of THz waveguide components from IIT Delhi. He joined DRDO as Scientist B in 1997, since then he is working in Design and Development of microwave and mm-Wave components ranging from X, L,S, Ku,Ka and W band. He is recipient of Padamshee M M Suri Project award at IIT Delhi in 2006, National Science Day oration and Gold medal in 2007, Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance of Defence Technology in 2011 and National Technology Day Oration and Titanium Medal in 2015. He has published 31 technical papers in Journals and conferences. He has also published two book chapters. His Area of Specialization is Production Engineering, CAD/CAM, Composite materials, Precision Engineering, Micro and nano manufacturing. His current activity includes design and development mm-Wave and terahertz waveguide components withing desired tolerances. He is a member of ASME, SSME and Fellow of Institution of Engineers India.