Dr. Kuppala Saritha is a Professor in the Department of Information Science at Presidency University, Bengaluru, and serves as a DQAC and DAC member. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, an M.Phil., and an M.Sc. in Computer Science. With 25 years of teaching and 21 years of research experience, she has guided numerous UG and PG projects and currently supervises five Ph.D. scholars. She has authored six books, including a Springer textbook, and received the Best Teacher Award (2022). Her research interests include Data Mining, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Image Processing, Data Science, and Blockchain Technology.