Chiranji Lal Chowdhary received his Ph.D. in information technology and engineering from VIT University; his M.Tech. in computer science and engineering from (M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore), Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi; and his B.E. in computer science and engineering from MBM Engineering College, Jai Narain Vyas University, India. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering, VIT University. He has 15 years of experience in academia and 6 months of experience in the industry. He has received research awards for publishing research papers in refereed journals from VIT University 5 times consecutively. He has guided more than 20 graduate projects and more than 20 postgraduate level projects. His publications are indexed by the Clarivate Analytics, IEEE Computer Society, SCOPUS, the ACM Digital Library, and other abstract and citation databases. He is a reviewer for many reputed journals. He is a life member of the Computer Society of India, the Indian Science Congress Association, and the Indian Society for Technical Education. He has published many papers in refereed journals and has attended international conferences. He has contributed many chapters and is currently in the process of editing books. He has written 3 books and editing 3 books with a reputed publisher. His current research included digital image processing, deep learning, pattern recognition, soft computing, and biometric systems.