Prof. Srikant Srinivasan is currently the Dean of Academic Affairs at Plaksha University, Mohali, where he also directs the Dixon Internet-of-Things Laboratory. His technical expertise is in the areas of Electronics, IoT Systems, Data Science and Edge Computing. He obtained his PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Purdue University and was a faculty member at IIT Mandi prior to joining Plaksha University. His interests are in deploying IoT systems towards enabling smart cities.