Dr.T.Rajesh Kumar is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Information Technology, Sri Krishna College of Technology. He has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology in 2008 and Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2011 and also he has completed his Master of Business Administration from Bharathiar University in the Year of 2013. He has received his Doctorate degree, PhD in Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University-Chennai in 2018 under the area of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning. He has a teaching experience of 13years. His areas of Specialization include Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Neural Networks. He has published more than 25 papers in International and National Journals. He is a life member in ISTE, IAENG. He has been the Mentor for Smart Odisha Hackathon and his team were the All India Level Winners with a Cash Prize of 1Lakh which was appreciated by the Chief Minister of Odisha and the Ministry of Education, Odisha. He has awarded as the Best Faculty in 2018 by Sri Krishna College of Technology. He was also awarded with Infosys-INSPIRE Faculty Award in 2018. He is the SPOC for the Smart India Hackathon from 2023 and the College team were the Winners of I Lakh Cash prize. He has also published 5 Patents and has completed more than 20 Certification courses from Palo Alto, NPTEL, Oracle, Infosys, edX, etc.,