Dr. V. Sridhar obtained his B.E. from University of Mysore in Electronics and Communication Engineering, M.E. (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Calcutta and Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. He carried out his Post Doctoral Research at Dept. of Electrical and Electronics, University Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. Dr. Sridhar has been working as a Principal of PES College of Engineering for last 4 years and has been associated with this Institute since 1980, from beginning of his career. His fields of interest include VLSI Design, Digital Signal Processing, Bio-medical Engineering & Instrumentation and Cognitive studies, Computer and Mobile communications. He was also the Registrar (Evaluation) at Visweswaraya Technological University, Belgaum. He has presented and published many papers in National and International peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He has also been a guiding force for M.Sc and Ph.D students. He is instrumental in establishing a CAD Center for VLSI Design as Center of Excellence at the Institution. He is a life member of IEEE (M), IETE (F), ISTE (M), and BMSI (M) and has participated in various national and international conferences. Dr. H.S. Sheshadri completed his B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from University of Mysore, M.E. in Applied Electronics fromBharathiar University, Coimbatore and Ph.D from Anna University, Chennai. Dr. Sheshadri is currently working as a Professor with Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in PES College of Engineering, Mandya and has been serving this institution since 1982. His areas of interest are Medical Image Processing and Embedded Systems. He has published many papers in National and International Journals and Conference Proceedings. He is also guiding research candidates for Ph.D programme. He has conducted several short term courses and conferences. He is a life member of IEI, IETE, ISTE, SSI. Dr. M.C. Padma obtained her B.E. from University of Mysore in Computer Science and Engineering, M.Sc Tech by Research from University of Mysore and Ph.D from VTU, Belgaum. She has been associated with PES College of Engineering since 1990 and is presently working as Professor and Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Her areas of interest are Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems and Document Image Analysis and Recognition. She has published many papers in National and International journals. She is also guiding research candidates for Ph.D programme. She is a life member of ISTE, AKECTA, IVPR, and CSI.