Dr. PadmaPriya Shanmugam is Head, Department of InformationTechnology at Prathyusha Institute of Technology and Management, Thiruvallur.She received her BE (Electronics and Communication) and MCA from University ofMadras, M.Tech (Information Technology) from Pubjab University and M.E(Embedded Systems) from Anna University. She has completed her doctorate inComputer Science from Berhampur University, Orrissa. She has been the memberfor evaluation committee for projects and served as Resource coordinator forBharathidasan University and IGNOU. Her areas of interest include EmbeddedSystems, Network Security, Expert Systems.