Dr. Amit Konar, a professor in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata received his Ph.D in Artificial Intelligence from Jadavpur University itself in 1994.In 1995, he joined as a professor there in the same department and has been teaching the subject of Artificial Intelligence to grad-students till now. Prof. Konar is a recipient of the 1997 Young Scientist Award, offered by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for his significant contributions in Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing. He is internationally acclaimed for his master works in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, Cognitive Robotics, Embedded Systems.