Generative Artificial Intelligence for Industry 5.0 Technology, Applications and Innovation

Rajeev Srivastava is currently serving as the Director, IIIT Ranchi, Jharkhand on 16th May 2024. Prof. Rajeev Srivastava is a Professor in the Dept. of Computer Sc. & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi and currently on deputation as Director, IIIT Ranchi. He possesses 26 years of teaching and research experience in various institutions of repute. He served in various administrative capacities at IIT (BHU), Varanasi like the Dean (Resource and Alumni Affairs) (Dec'2020-Dec'2023), Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (August'2017-December'2020), Head of the Centre for Computing and Information Services (CCIS) (January'2021- Dec'2023), Head, CCIS (Ex-officio) (August'2017-December' 2020) and Chairman of Various Committees (like Investment Committee, Departmental Promotion Committee, Computer Unit (CCIS) Establishment Committee, PhD Admission Committee etc.) apart from various other key responsibilities. He received his BE degree in Computer Engineering from Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur (now MMMUT), University of Gorakhpur in 1996. Subsequently, he obtained his M.E. degree in Computer Technology and Applications from Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi and PhD in Computer Engineering from Faculty of Technology, University of Delhi, Delhi. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE), Institution of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), and Senior Member IEEE USA. He has published 200 research papers in reputed international journals/ conferences, 05 research reference books, 20 book chapters, edited one (01) conference proceedings and four patents (one granted and three published). He successfully executed research projects funded by MoE, Govt. of India and DRDO, Govt. of India. 17 PhD Scholars have been awarded their degrees under his supervision, and 06 PhD scholars are currently working under his Supervision. He serves as an Expert Member on different panels of various statutory bodies of Govt. of India like NBA, UGC, DRDO, UPPSC, UKPSC, BPSC, IITs, NITs, IIITs, Central/State universities and other reputed organizations. He is also the member of Senate, Academic Council, Board of Studies and Research committees of various Institutes/Universities. He is on the reviewer panel of many International Journals and Conferences. He is recipient of research publication awards by IIT (BHU) Global alumni association in 2010 and 2014 respectively. His biography was listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, USA, 11th Edition, 2011-2012. His research interests are in the areas of Image and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Deep learning and Computational Bioinformatics.

Sakshi Gupta is presently working as an Assistant Professor at Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, in the School of Computer Applications. She possesses 9 years of teaching and research experience in various institutions of repute. She received her PhD degree from the Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, and her MCA from Gautam Buddha Technical University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Her area of interest includes the Internet of Things, mobile ad-hoc networks, Body Area Networks, Machine learning, and Deep learning. She has published more than 16 referred journals, including SCI and Scopus-indexed journals, and in addition, he has published many conference papers and book chapters. She also has four published patents. She also works as a reviewer for many conferences and Springer journals. Dr. Sakshi has also attended various technical conferences/workshops/faculty development programmes.

Itu Snigdh is presently working as an Associate Professor at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi. Dr. Snigdh received her Ph. D. from B.I.T Mesra in the area of wireless sensor networks from the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. She received her master's degree in (Software Engineering) from B.I.T Mesra (Ranchi), India in 2002 and her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from B.I.T Sindri, India in 2000. She joined BIT Mesra's Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 2003. She has authored and coauthored several journal articles, book chapters and conference papers. Her areas of interest include Cyber-physical systems, IoT, Software Engineering, Database Management Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks.

Bhuvan Unhelkar is currently working as Professor, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee Campus, Florida, USA.