Dr. Rohit Thanki obtained his Ph.D. in Multibiometric System Security using CS Theory and Watermarking from C. U. Shah University, Wadhwan city, Gujarat, India in 2017. His area of research is Digital Watermarking, Biometrics System, Security, Compressive Sensing, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing. He has published 5 books, 7 book chapters and more than 25 research papers to his credit in refereed & indexed journals, and conferences at international and national level.

His international recognition includes his professional memberships & services in refereed organizations, programme committees and reviewer for journals published by IEEE, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, IGI-Global Dr. Surekha Borra is currently a Professor in the Department of ECE, K. S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. She earned her Doctorate in Image Processing from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India, in 2015. Her research interests are in the areas of Image and Video Analytics, Machine Learning, Biometrics and Remote Sensing. She has published 2 Books, 10 book chapters and 30 research papers to her credit in refereed & indexed journals, and conferences at international and national levels. Her international recognition includes her professional memberships & services in refereed organizations, programme committees, editorial & review boards, wherein she has been a guest editor for 2 journals and reviewer for journals published by IEEE, IET, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Springer, IGI-Global etc.

She has received Woman Achiever's Award from The Institution of Engineers (India), for her prominent research and innovative contribution (s)., Distinguished Educator & Scholar Award for her contributions to teaching and scholarly activities, Young Woman Achiever Award for her contribution in Copyright Protection of Images.