Dr. Shyam Akashe is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering and Dean of International Cooperation \& Projects at ITM University, Gwalior, India. He received the M.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal, India, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree from Thapar University (formerly Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology), Patiala, Punjab, India, in 2013. His doctoral research focused on low-power memory cell design.

After joining ITM University, Gwalior, in 2012, he has been leading the M.Tech. program in VLSI Design as Program Coordinator. His research focuses on low-power VLSI design, device modeling, FinFET-based memory design, circuits for next-generation VLSI technologies, digital design, and FPGA implementation. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications and holds more than 10 patents in related areas.

Dr. Akashe received the Best Research Paper Award at the NSC-2005 held at IIT Bombay. His biographical profile was also published in Marquis’s Who’s Who in Engineering Field, USA, in 2015. He has served as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for several IEEE and Springer international conferences. He has also served as an editor for IEEE International Conference on Communication Networks (ICCN), IEEE International Conference on Communication Networks and Computing (CNC), Springer Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (ICTCS), and ICT Systems and Sustainability (ICT4SD). Currently, he serves as a Guest Editor for the journal Energies (MDPI), Special Issue on ``Energy Conversion and Storage Devices and Their Use in Electric Vehicles.''