Agricultural Automation with IoT : A Pathway to Sustainable Development

P. R. Anisha is currently working as Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women, Hyderabad. she holds a teaching experience of 10 + years. She is currently pursuing her PhD from K L E F Deemed to be University, Guntur, India.  Her area of interest includes Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Image Processing. She has 25 + research articles published in International Conferences and Journals. She has co-authored two books named Introduction to C, C++ programming.  She has acted as the special session chair for International Conferences for Springer - INDIA 2019, FICTA 2020 besides the IEEE conference ICCSEA 2020. She is the member of ACM and IAENG professional bodies. She has edited books in Taylor and Francis, CRC press.   Arvind Sharma is an alumna of Guru Nanak Dev University. He is an academician having 8+ years of experience, and currently working in the capacity of Associate Professor in Shoolini University. He holds certain administrative responsibilities, and currently serves as Faculty Sponsor in Shoolini University ACM Student Chapter. He is also serving as Project Investigator (PI) in Shoolini University Cyber Physical System Laboratory (CPS Lab.) co-powered by Technology & Innovation Foundation (AWaDH) – Indian Institute of Technology Ropar. Earlier he worked for iHub and HCI Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IITM); Maharishi Markandeshwar (deemed to be) University; Chandigarh University; Trinity College; in India. He had Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering with specialization in Network Security (Cryptography) from Rayat Bhara University. He received Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Computer Science and Engineering from Lovely Professional University along with another masters M.Sc. in Computer Science from Guru Nanak Dev University. His research interests span in Cryptography, Computer Networks, Cloud Computing, and Interdisciplinary research in Healthcare. With over 35+ research papers, his scholarly work, journal articles, conference papers, is widely recognized in international and national publications. He served as book editor for ─ Bentham Science Publisher, United Arab Emirates; CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, United States; Springer, United States & Singapore; Elsevier, United Kingdom; for edited books. He also served as Guest Editor for Journal Special Issues of – Computational Intelligence (COIN), John Wiley & Sons. He received certain grants from Corporate, and from Government of India both for research, and skill-development activities. Currently 3 Ph.D. research scholars are pursuing their research work under the supervision of Dr. Sharma in Shoolini University.   Durgadass Sharma is a Professor at the MS Swaminathan School of Agriculture, Shoolini University. With a PhD in Extension Education from PAU, Ludhiana, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to his role. With an illustrious career spanning 34 years, Prof Sharma has excelled in teaching, research, and extension services. Before his tenure at Shoolini University, he served as the Dean of the College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag, Mandi. His contributions to the field have been recognised both nationally and internationally, with several prestigious awards in teaching, research, and extension. His dedication to academia and commitment to excellence make him an invaluable asset to the faculty at Shoolini University.Dr. Lynn Robert Carter has over 50 years of experience in software engineering practice, management, education, and research.  He has an extensive background in research and the development of systems in various domains for industrial, defense, and medical applications.  He has participated in both the creation of new systems and Post-Deployment Software Support (PDSS).  He served as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff (MTS) at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) for 12 years and prior to that, seventeen years at firms such as Tektronix (Principal Software Engineer), Motorola Microsystems (Team Leader), and GenRad (Product Line Manager).     Dr. Lynn Robert Carter has been an educator over his entire career at many universities, starting with a part-time faculty appointment at Portland State University in 1971.  After 12 years as an SEI Senior MTS, he transitioned into a full-time educator position as a Principal Fellow and Associate Teaching Professor for CMU in 2001 when he was asked to create, teach, and lead a pair of innovative software graduate programs for the launch of CMU’s Silicon Valley Campus. Dr. Carter served at CMU’s Qatar campus and supported curricular development and taught the first upper-division cohort. He then led the CMU’s Team as it created six undergraduate programs (including pre-med) during the founding of the School of Science and Technology at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He led the process of interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and training the faculty for these programs and served as the Chief Academic Officer for the school at its launch and during the first year of operations.  After leaving the CMU community in 2012 he has supported numerous universities in the US and India. Dr. Carter has been an active volunteer for more than 40 years. He is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE serving as an officer and member of the IEEE Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee Secretary, IEEE CS  Standards Activity Board - SAB Assistant Secretary, IEEE 2675 (DevOps) Working Group, IEEE 982.1 (Dependability) Secretary, and IEEE WG P1484.20.2 (Defining Competencies) Member. He served the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as an evaluator, team lead, and over a decade as an ABET Commissioner and Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) Executive Committee Member. Dr. Carter is a Silver Core Award winner, Member Emeritus, past member, and past secretary of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 2.4 Software Implementation Technology. Dr. Carter was awarded a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1980 and a BS and MS in Mathematics with a specialization in Computer Science from Portland State University.  He co-authored a textbook on Compiler Construction and has written numerous articles and has been invited to write papers, give presentations, and give keynotes to several international conferences.