Amit Kumar Tyagi is an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) and Senior Researcher at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai, India. He received his Ph.D. Degree from Pondicherry Central University, India. He is a Member of the IEEE society. His current research focuses on machine learning with big data, blockchain technology, data science, cyber-physical systems, smart and secure computing, and privacy. He has contributed to several projects such as "AARIN" and "P3-Block" to address some of the open issues related to privacy breaches in vehicular applications (such as parking) and medical cyber-physical systems. Niladhuri Sreenath is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology at Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry India.

His primary research interests are WDM optical networks, privacy, and trust. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.