Dr. Vakula Rani J is a professor, I&E Head in the Dept of MCA, Head - KSCST CMRIT IPR Cell. She has 24 years of teaching and research experience, including 17 years of an academic Head for the MCA Department. As an innovator, she received two Australian patents grant certificates, one Design Patent from IP India, and 8 Indian patents Published. She has published more than 16 research papers in International Journals/conferences. She is recognized and certified as an Innovation Ambassador (IA) from MoE, Govt. of India in 2020 in the theme of Entrepreneurship and completed advanced Level Innovation Ambassador certification in 2021. She severed as a member of the Board of Studies and. She is a reviewer for the prestigious Journal "Soft Computing". She is a recognized guide under VTU and guides four Ph.D., research scholars.