Dr. N. Nalini is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore. She has more than 24 years of teaching and 17 years of research experience. She has numerous international journal and conference publications to her credit, and received Bharath Jyoti Award by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi in 2012, from Dr. Bhishma Narain Singh, former Governor of Tamilnadu and Assam. She received the Dr. Abdul Kalam Life Time Achievement National Award for excellence in Teaching, Research Publications and Admin- istration by International Institute for Social and Economic Reforms, IISER, Bangalore on 29th Dec 2014. She is also the recipient of Distinguished Professor award by TechNext India 2017 in association with Computer Society of India-CSI, Mumbai Chapter and Best Professor in Computer Science & Engineering award by 26th Business School Affaire Dewang Mehta National Education Awards (Regional Round) on 5th September 2018, at Bangalore. She is a lifetime member of the ISTE, CSI, ACEEE and IIFS. She was elected unanimously as Vice Chairman cum Chairman Elect of the Computer Society of India-Bangalore Chapter for the years 2019-2021.