Dr. Ajay Prasad is Professor and HoD (Cyber Security at IILM University Greater Noida. He is an accomplished academic leader with more than 24 years of experience in higher education and has served as Dean and Cluster head and HoD at several reputed organizations. He is widely recognized for his expertise in curriculum design, accreditation, and developing innovative academic programs. His core strengths include cyber security, IoT, digital forensics, and cloud computing, reflected in numerous peer-reviewed publications, patents, and e-learning contributions for MOOC platforms like SWAYAM. Noted for organizing impactful cyber security workshops and hackathons, Dr. Prasad was honoured by Cyber Police (Uttarakhand) for training law enforcement teams. A Senior Member IEEE and Life Member of ISTE, IETE, and CSI, he excels at building academic-industry collaborations to boost student outcomes and practical learning. He is dedicated to research-driven teaching, mentoring doctoral candidates, and advancing academic excellence through innovation and vision. Dr. Ajay Prasad’s research spans cybersecurity, IoT, digital forensics, and applied AI, with 36 journal papers, 59 conference papers, 5 books, and 15+ book chapters, including 10 SCI/WoS and 45+ Scopus-indexed publications. His work includes intrusion detection in VANETs, secure ECG-based biometrics, WLAN traffic analysis, COVID-19 imaging, and depression detection from social media, alongside patents and funded innovations