Dr. Misra is the Chair of IEEE Computer Society Bangalore Chapter; Vice-Chair (Industry Engagements) of IEEE Bangalore Section; and an executive committee member of the COMSNETS Association. He is the Chair of the technical subcommittee for IoT, FutureSkills Prime (A MeitY – NASSCOM Digital Skilling Initiative) and is a member of the MeitY working group on IoT based technologies for Smart Cities. He has contributed to standardization initiatives on Smart Cities and Infrastructure for the Bureau of Indian Standards. He has served on the editorial board of IEEE Communications Magazine as Series Editor of Internet of Things (2019-2022); and is currently on the editorial boards of Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal as Area Editor, and IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine as Associate Editor. He is the Founding Chair of the IMOBILE ACM Chapter, which is the India chapter of ACM SIGMOBILE. His volunteering excellence has been felicitated by the IEEE Bangalore Section “Outstanding Volunteer Award” in 2018; COMSNETS Association “Outstanding Service Recognition” in 2019 and 2020.

Prasant has 15+ years of professional experience. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He has previously held research positions at CSIRO Australia, SICS Stockholm, and IISc Bangalore; short-term visiting positions at NICTA Australia, TIFR Mumbai, Universiteit Gent, and ETH Zurich; and software engineering positions at NTT Data. He is a senior member of the IEEE and ACM. He is a member of IEEE Computer Society and ACM SIGMOBILE. He is an ACM Distinguished Speaker. | https://sites.google.com/site/prasantmisra/