Prof. S. Phani Kumar hails from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, and holds an M.Tech in Software Engineering and a Ph.D. in Safety-Critical Systems from Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research in Chennai. He has successfully supervised seven research scholars who were awarded Ph.D.s, and one more scholar has submitted Ph.D. thesis under his guidance. His research interests include Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Aided Diagnostics, and Computer Vision.