Dr. Jagannathrao Venkatrao Desai is an alumnus of IIT Bombay and has over 40 years of distinguished academic and professional experience. He looks out for new developments in the areas of Machine learning & Deep Learning. He has been guiding research scholars in developing ML based prediction models in Engineering & business analytics. Had been a part of several national & international academic and accreditation bodies like NBA, NAAC & ABET and has served in a string of highly prestigious and reputed universities in senior management positions. Travelled across the world to attend seminars and deliver lectures on a range of subjects. Published research papers in a host of noted national and international journals. A staunch votary of global education, in-depth research and cutting-edge technologies. Invited speaker on New Education policy NEP 2020, AI-ML, & cognitive system engineering.