Bharat S Chaudhari Author & Editor

Bharat S. Chaudhari received the ME degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering and the PhD degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 1993 and 2000, respectively. After being a Full Professor in electronics and telecommunication engineering with the Pune Institute of Computer Technology and the Dean of the International Institute of Information Technology, Pune, India, he joined MIT World Peace University (then MIT Pune) Pune, as a Professor, in 2014. With more than 30 years of experience in teaching and research, he has authored more than 72 research articles in the fields of wireless, telecommunication, and optical networks, and edited a number of conference proceedings and a book. A recipient of a young scientist research grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, he has successfully executed several research projects and assignments. He has accomplished a number of international research collaborations and delivered technical talks at various conferences and platforms in different countries. His current research interests include low-power wide-area networks, Internet of things, wireless sensors networks, and optical networks. He has been the Simons Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, since 2015. He is a fellow of the IETE and IE (I), the Founder Chair of the IEEE Pune Section (R-10), and a Senior Member of IEEE. He is the Program Evaluator of Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, United States, for accreditations of computer and communications engineering programs. Marco Zennaro received the MSc degree in electronic engineering from the University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, and the PhD degree from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He is a Research Engineer with the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, where he coordinates the Telecommunications/ICT4D Laboratory, Wireless Group. He is a Visiting Professor with the Kobe Institute of Computing (KIC), Japan. His research interests include ICT4D and the use of ICT for development. In particular, he investigates the use of IoT in developing countries. He has given lectures on wireless technologies in more than 30 countries.