Dr. Uttam Kolekar , received Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering degree from Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune in Electronics Engineering in 2008. He is currently working as a Principal at A. P. Shah Institute of Technology, Thane. He has a total of 27 years of teaching experience in various posts such as Lecturer, Assistant professor, Professor, and Head of the dept. and Dean at various Institutes of Mumbai University. He held many leadership positions over a career span of 10 years as Principal and Director. He was also Chairman of the Board of Studies of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Mumbai  From 18 April 2016 to 17 April 2019. He has a revised syllabus from the academic year 2016-17 under the faculty of Technology 'FE/SE/TE/BE and ME Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering as per the choice-based credit and grading system with effect from AY 2016-17. He has guided many candidates from institutes and industries for research work and 12 candidates have completed research work under his guidance. He has more than 45 papers in national and international Journals and conferences against his name. He has some patents and copyrights on his name.  He is also a reviewer for international journals like IEEE transactions. He is also having two Patents against his name. He is a fellow member of IE & IETE, a Life member of ISTE & ISNT, and a senior member of the international association of Computer science & information technology. He has organized international conferences, STTP, on various topics of Engineering. He conducts seminars on mobile Ad-hoc networks, Mobile Computing, GSM, GPRS, and UMTS. He is actively involved as a reviewer for many international conferences. He has addressed many workshops on wireless networks, Sensors networks, and Cyber security.