Devaraj Sambandan is a Ph.D. Research Scholar at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. With over 25 years of expertise in telecommunications and cloud-based product development, he has authored three publications and holds or has filed over nine patents in 5G RAN service orchestration, security, and network management. His professional interests include concurrent engineering, Industry 4.0, and private 5G network deployments.

Prof. T. Devi, PhD (UK), Dean of Research, PSG Institute of Management, PSG College of Technology, former Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Applications, former Director of the Centre for Research and Evaluation, former Dean of Research of the Bharathiar University, focuses on state‑of‑the‑art technology that industries adopt in order to make students ready for the future world. She is a Gold Medalist (1981–1984) from the University of Madras and a Commonwealth Scholar (1994–1998) for her PhD from the University of Warwick, UK. She has more than three and a half decades of teaching and research experience from Bharathiar University, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, the University of Warwick, UK, and the PSG Institute of Management. Her research interests include integrated data modeling and frameworks, meta‑modeling, computer‑assisted concurrent engineering, and speech processing. Prof. Devi had visited the United Kingdom, Tanzania, and Singapore for academic collaborations. She had received various awards, including the Commonwealth Scholarship and Best Alumni Award from the PSGR Krishnammal College for Women (PSGRKCW), the Proficiency Award from the PSG College of Technology, and awards from Bharathiar University for unblemished services, serving for BU‑NIRF, Curriculum 4.0, and Roadmap 2030. She has guided 23 PhD scholars. Prof. T. Devi may be contacted through email at deanresearch@psgim.ac.in; devi@psgim.ac.in.