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 workingas Professor and Head, Dept. of CSE at Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technologyand Sciences (ANITS), Andhra Pradesh, India. He obtained his Ph. D. in ComputerScience and Engineering from JNTU Hyderabad and M. Tech in CSE from NIT,Rourkela, Odisha, India. He has 26 years of teaching experience. His researchinterests are data mining, machine intelligence and swarm intelligence. He hasacted as program chair of many international conferences and edited 6 volumesof proceedings from Springer LNCS and AISC series. He is currently guiding 8scholars for Ph. Ds. Dr. Satapathy is also a Sr. Member IEEE.
Mr. Amit Joshi has an experience of around 6years in academic and industry in prestigious organizations of Rajasthan andGujarat. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Department ofInformation Technology at Sabar Institute in Gujarat. He is an active member ofACM, CSI, AMIE, IEEE, IACSIT-Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA and many otherprofessional societies. Currently, he is Honorary Secretary of CSI UdaipurChapter and Honorary Secretary for ACM Udaipur Chapter. He has presentedand published more than 40 papers in National and InternationalJournals/Conferences of IEEE, Springer, and ACM. He has also edited three bookson diversified subjects including Advances in Open Source Mobile Technologies,ICT for Integrated Rural Development and ICT for Competitive Strategies. He hasalso organized more than 25 National and International Conferences andWorkshops including International Conference ETNCC 2011 at Udaipur throughIEEE, International Conference ICTCS – 2014 at Udaipur through ACM,International Conference ICT4SD 2015 – by Springer recently. He has also servedon Organising and Program Committee of more than 50Conferences/Seminars/Workshops throughout the World and presented 6 invitedtalks in various conferences. For his contribution towards the society, TheInstitution of Engineers (India), ULC, has given him Appreciation award on thecelebration of Engineers, 2014 and by SIG-WNs Computer Society of India on ACCE, 2012.
Dr. Nilesh Modi is having richexperience of around 13 years in academics and IT industry. He is holdingDoctorate in e-Security (Computer Science and Application). Continuinghis research on cyber security, presently he is pursuing post-doctoral researchon Wireless Communication and Security and certification as an EthicalHacking. He has very good number of research under his name and presentedmore than 75 research papers in International and National Journals andConferences. He has delivered number of expert talk on e-Security and hackingin National and International Conferences. Dr. Modi, a person with vibrancyhaving 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 iscontributing for different system development projects with IT industry andcarried out different Government Projects.
Dr. Nisrag Pathak has been an astute and resultoriented professional with 10 years of experience in teaching and carvingstate, national and international events like workshops, seminars andconferences. Being a mathematics scholar and computer science professional, heis actively involved in research of data mining and big data analytic. He hasstrong list of national and international publication in his name. Dr. Pathakis currently Associate Professor of Computer Science and Application atNarsinhbhai Institute of Computer Studies and Management affiliated to KadiSarva Vishvavidyalaya. He received his Ph.D. from Hemchandracharya NorthGujarat University in Computer Science and his Master's in Mathematics from thesame university. His other tenures include research fellow at IndianStatistical Institute, Kolkata and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
