Dr. Krishan Kant Singh Mer joined as Director of the Institute of Technology, Gopeshwar, on 13/02/2015. Prior to his present assignment, he was Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College, Ghurdauri, Pauri Garhwal. Dr. K.K.S.Mer has graduated in Mechanical Engineering from College of Technology, Pantnagar, in 1993. He did his Postgraduation in Design of Process Machines from MNREC, Allahabad, in 1995. Dr. K.K.S.Mer obtained his Doctoral Degree from IIT Roorkee in 2008. At G.B.P.E.C. Ghurdauri, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, he held administrative responsibilities as Dean Student Welfare, Nodal Officer Institute Industry Interaction Cell, Training and Placement Officer, Chief Warden & Proctor, other than Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has worked on various expert committees of UTU, Dehradun. Dr. K.K.S.Mer has a major contribution Design & Development of Machines, Products and Technologies for researches and industries. He trained Officers at Uttarakhand Jal Vidut Nigam Kalagarh about materials & maintenance for different parts of pumps. He is also a member of Board of Studies of Uttarakhand Technical University. He has published more than 30 research papers in various International Journals and conferences and guided many Ph.D students. Vijay Bhaskar Semwal was born in July 1986, in Uttarakhand, India. He has obtained his B.Tech. from the College of Engineering Roorkee, Roorkee, in 2008. He received his M.Tech. from IIIT Allahabad in 2010 and Ph.D. from IIIT Allahabad. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of CSE MANIT Bhopal. Before becoming a research scholar at IIIT Allahabad, he worked as Senior System Engineer (R&D) with Siemens Gurgaon and Bangalore. He has worked for various major organizations, such asSiemens AG and Newgen. Currently, he is serving as Vice Chair for IEEE student branch of IIIT Allahabad. For 2013–2014, he served as a publicity committee mentor for IEEE student branch IIIT Allahabad. He is the renowned author and well known in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. His application area is robotics and component-based software engineering (CBSE). His research interests are machine learning, evolutionary algorithms, analysis of biped locomotion and humanoid push recovery, artificial intelligence, design & analysis of algorithms, biometric identification, and brain wave-based authentication. He has published 10 SCI Journal Papers in various refereed journals and more than 10 in international conference papers.Vishwanath Bijalwan obtained his B.Tech. degree in ECE, from Dehradun Institute of Technology (UPTU) in 2009. Hereceived his M.Tech. degree from Uttarakhand Technical University in Digital Communication stream in 2012. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor ECE at IT, Gopeshwar (State Government Institute). Besides this, he is serving some more academic duties of TEQIP Coordinator (A World Bank Project driven by MHRD, NPIU). Earlier he has served the Institute as Examination Controller & Dean Academics. He has total 9 years of teaching experience and 1 year of industry experience. He has worked for various organizations, such as HCL Info System, Doon Institute of Engg. & Technology Rishikesh, Uttaranchal University Dehradun and Institute of Technology, Gopeshwar. In research domain, he has published various research papers in international journals and 05 SCI journals. His research area of interest is wireless ad hoc network, IEEE 802.15.4, machine learning and robotics. He has served as Organizing Chair for IEEE Conference RICE-2017, an international advisory member and a PC member for many national international conferences in India. He is also serving as a reviewing board member for various international journals like IJIMAI (SCI), IGI Global, OMICS group and various IEEE conferences. He is an editorial board member of IJIMAI, IJMLNC and IRJI journals. He is also an active member of IEEE, IAENG, and UACEE. His teaching area of interest is digital electronics, electromagnetic field theory, antenna & wave propagation & digital signal processing. Dr. Rubén González Crespo has a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering. Currently, he is Dean of Higher School of Engineering from UNIR and Director of the AENOR (Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification) Chair in Certification, Quality and Technology Standards. He is an advisory board member for the Ministry of Education at Colombia and an evaluator from the National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA). He is a member of different committees at ISO.
