Dr. Manish Prateek M.S. (Computer Engineering), Ph.D. (Robotics) is working as a Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor at DBS Global University, Dehradun, Uttrakhand. He pursued his UG and PG in Computer Engineering from Kursk State Technical University (now South West State University), Kursk, Russia. His area of expertise during his Master’s was microprocessor designing and optimization and the title of the thesis was “Subsystem of Linear Disposition in Complex Objects”. After completion of his degree, he started his career in IT Industry. In the year 1999, he got an opportunity to work on an R&D project in the area of Manufacturing & Robotics at Memorial University of NF, St. John’s Canada. Later, in the year 2007, he got his Ph.D. from L. N. Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar, in the area of Manufacturing & Robotics and the title of the thesis is “Automation and Microprocessor Based Control of an Optimally Designed Solar Tracking System”. His areas of Research are Robotics, Embedded Systems, VANET, Computer Network, Ad Hoc Network, Image Processing, Signal Analysis. He started his career in academics as Associate Professor at GRIET, Hyderabad, India in the year 2005, where he established Robotics Research Lab for the first time at any Institute level in India. At UPES, in the year 2010, he conceptualized Industry oriented programs in Computer Science and Engineering in collaboration with IBM, Xebia, and Oracle, which were the first of its kind in the world. As of now, he has guided 15 Ph.D. scholars who have completed their Ph.D. in the areas of Robotics, Machine Vision, Ad Hoc Network, and Image Processing. He has published more than 100 Journal and Conference papers in International Journals and Conferences. Set Theoretic Rajan Transform (STRT) is one of the biggest contributions made by him in the area of Computer Science and Engineering and due to which he was nominated and awarded as “Distinguished Academician” a lifetime achievement award for his achievement in Academics and Research& Development, by the Board of Directors of Pentagram Research Centre (P) Ltd. in the year 2010.Specialties: Teaching, Robotics, Computer and Information Technology