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Dr. D.Shanthi brings 18 years of experience to her role as Professor and Head of the Department of Information Technology at VMTW, Hyderabad, India. She completed her Postdoctoral research at California Public University (USA) and holds a PG Diploma in AI & ML with a 3.66 CGPA from NITW. Dr. Shanthi earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science from JNTU Hyderabad in 2020. Her academic and research expertise spans Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Biometrics. She has successfully published 9 national and 6 international patents, with one patent selected for an MSME project worth ₹15 lakhs. Additionally, she holds 3 copyrights, including 2 national and 1 international. Dr. Shanthi has been invited as an expert by esteemed organizations such as RCI (Hyderabad), IEI (Hyderabad), Telangana State Residential Degree Colleges, Thiruvalluvar University (Tamil Nadu), SRM (AP), and Chaitanya Deemed University (Hyderabad). She has authored 42 research papers in prominent international and national journals, including IEEE, Springer, and Inderscience, and has presented at notable conferences. Her research article won the “Best Paper Award” in 2019. Her accolades include the “Young Scientist Award” from DK International Research Foundation Faculty Awards in 2019, the “Outstanding Research Faculty Award” from Amaravathi Research Academy Faculty Excellence Awards in 2020, and the “APJ Abdul Kalam Award” from Shikshak Kalyan in 2021. Dr. Shanthi has published 2 national-level books, 3 international books, 1 Scopus- indexed book with Bentham Science, and 1 AICTE local language translation of a Software Engineering textbook. She is an active member of professional bodies such as FSIESRP, MIAENG, LMCSI, MEMRC, and MIEEE, and serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the American Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, IJERT, and Microprocessors and Microsystems (SCI Journal).