Intelligent Vision and Computing Proceedings of ICIVC 2026, Volume 2

Apu Kumar Saha is working as a professor in the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Agartala. He completed his M.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Tripura University with gold medal and completed his Ph.D. from NIT Agartala. He is an active researcher for the past fifteen plus years. His fields of research includes Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing, Evolutionary Computation, Swarm Intelligence, Decision Support System, Waste Management, etc. He has published over one hundred and fifty papers in reputed international journals, more than 40 books and book chapters, and over seventy-five international conferences. Twelve candidates already received Ph.D. under his supervision and several others are currently pursuing Ph.D. under him.

Harish Sharma is an associate professor at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, in Department of Computer Science & Engineering. He has worked at Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University Kota, and Government Engineering College Jhalawar. He received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. degree in Computer Engg. from Govt. Engineering College, Kota, and Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. from ABV—Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India.

Dr. Mukesh Prasad is an associate professor at the School of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at UTS who has made substantial contributions to the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. Mukesh’s research interests also include big data, computer vision, brain-computer interface, and evolutionary computation. He is also working in the evolving and increasingly important field of image processing, data analytics, and edge computing, which promise to pave the way for the evolution of new applications and services in the areas of healthcare, biomedical, agriculture, smart cities, education, marketing, and finance. His research has appeared in numerous prestigious journals, including IEEE/ACM Transactions and conferences, and he has written more than 250 research papers.

Dr. Puneet Kumar Gupta is an Associate Professor at The ICFAI University, Dehradun, where he also serves as the Associate Dean–Research. He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj. Prior to joining The ICFAI University, Dehradun, he served as an Assistant Statistical Officer in the Uttar Pradesh Planning Department, Lucknow. Dr. Gupta’s primary research interests include load-sharing system models, technology adoption, quantitative techniques, and Bayesian inference. He has published 35+ Scopus-indexed and 20+ Web of Science-indexed research articles in international journals and conference proceedings, with more than 1,300 citations to his scholarly work. He has been recognized for his academic excellence and is a recipient of the Dr. Prem Kansal Gold Medal and the Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal for securing first rank in M.Phil. Statistics.