The two volumes of this book collect high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented in the International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2015) held at Ahmedabad, India during 3 – 4 July 2015. The book discusses all areas of Information and Communication Technologies and its applications in field for engineering and management. The main focus of the volumes are on applications of ICT for Infrastructure, e-Governance, and contemporary technologies advancements on Data Mining, Security, Computer Graphics, etc. The objective of this International Conference is to provide an opportunity for the researchers, academicians, industry persons and students to interact and exchange ideas, experience and expertise in the current trend and strategies for Information and Communication Technologies.
Dr. Suresh Chandra Satapathy is currently working as Professor and Head, Dept. of CSE at Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (ANITS), Andhra Pradesh, India. He obtained his Ph. D. in Computer Science and Engineering from JNTU Hyderabad and M. Tech in CSE from NIT, Rourkela, Odisha, India. He has 26 years of teaching experience. His research interests are data mining, machine intelligence and swarm intelligence. He has acted as program chair of many international conferences and edited 6 volumes of proceedings from Springer LNCS and AISC series. He is currently guiding 8 scholars for Ph. Ds. Dr. Satapathy is also a Sr. Member IEEE.
Mr. Amit Joshi has an experience of around 6 years in academic and industry in prestigious organizations of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Information Technology at Sabar Institute in Gujarat. He is an active member of ACM, CSI, AMIE, IEEE, IACSIT-Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA and many other professional societies. Currently, he is Honorary Secretary of CSI Udaipur Chapter and Honorary Secretary for ACM Udaipur Chapter. He has presented and published more than 40 papers in National and International Journals/Conferences of IEEE, Springer, and ACM. He has also edited three books on diversified subjects including Advances in Open Source Mobile Technologies, ICT for Integrated Rural Development and ICT for Competitive Strategies. He has also organized more than 25 National and International Conferences and Workshops including International Conference ETNCC 2011 at Udaipur through IEEE, International Conference ICTCS – 2014 at Udaipur through ACM, International Conference ICT4SD 2015 – by Springer recently. He has also served on Organising and Program Committee of more than 50 Conferences/Seminars/Workshops throughout the World and presented 6 invited talks in various conferences. For his contribution towards the society, The Institutionof Engineers (India), ULC, has given him Appreciation award on the celebration of Engineers, 2014 and by SIG-WNs Computer Society of India on ACCE , 2012.
Dr. Nilesh Modi is having rich experience of around 13 years in academics and IT industry. He is holding Doctorate in e-Security (Computer Science and Application). Continuing his research on cyber security, presently he is pursuing post-doctoral research on Wireless Communication and Security and certification as an Ethical Hacking. He has very good number of research under his name and presented more than 75 research papers in International and National Journals and Conferences. He has delivered number of expert talk on e-Security and hacking in National and International Conferences. Dr. Modi, a person with vibrancy having his active involvement as a life member of CSI, ACM IEEE, IACSIT, IACSI, IAEng apart from his academic and industrial career. As a consultant, he is contributing for different system development projects with IT industry and carried out different Government Projects.
Dr. Nisrag Pathak has been an astute and result oriented professional with 10 years of experience in teaching and carving state, national and international events like workshops, seminars and conferences. Being a mathematics scholar and computer science professional, he is actively involved in research of data mining and big data analytic. He has strong list of national and international publication in his name. Dr. Pathak is currently Associate Professor of Computer Science and Application at Narsinhbhai Institute of Computer Studies and Management affiliated to Kadi Sarva Vishvavidyalaya. He received his Ph.D. from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University in Computer Science and his Master's in Mathematics from the same university. His other tenures include research fellow at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
