Dr. Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in the year 2008. He has more than 25 years of teaching experience (UG & PG levels). He joined KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar in July 1997 as a Lecturer, and presently he is a Professor. He has served KIIT in different administrative capacities too (as Associate Dean & Controller of Examinations). Presently, he is the Registrar of KIIT Deemed to be University. Prior to joining KIIT, he served as a Lecturer at Institute of Business Administration and Training, Bhubaneswar. He is actively engaged in research work and has a number of Ph.D. scholars under his guidance. He has authored books and has to his credit innumerable publications in reputed International Scopus/ SCI indexed journals and in International Conference proceedings. He has also edited books published by Springer and IJCA Volumes. He has conducted several conferences and workshops as the organising chair/ program chair. His research interests include Queuing Theory, Computational Intelligence, and Cloud Computing.