Dr. KAVITHA R has 23 years of academic teaching and 16 years of research. She is qualified with MCA., MPhil., PGDHET, PhD., Postdoc (UoM). She has qualified with both UGC-NET and KSET qualifying exams. She completed a Proficiency Course in Data Mining from IISc, Bangalore) and obtained Outstanding Grade. Her research area includes Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision. Machine Learning and Data Science. Her recent research includes developing computer vision-based learning models. She is also engaged in creating computer-based in-silico models to address interdisciplinary challenges in bio technology, food science, agriculture, healthcare and other related areas. Her research achievements include granted patents, published patents, and multiple publications in reputed journals. She has authored 2 books titled The Deep Learning Frontier: From Theory to Real-world Applications, and Machine Learning with Python. Her current research focuses on interpretable AI solutions for societal applications. Out of her research work, she has many publications indexed in Scopus, IEEE, Elsevier to her account. She is a member of the GSTF (Singapore), IDES, UACEE, IACSIT, AIRCC, CSTA.