D. P. Acharjya received his Ph.D. in computer science from Berhampur University, India; M. Tech. degree in computer science from Utkal University, India; and M. Sc. from NIT, Rourkela, India. He has received a Gold Medal from NIT Rourkela. Currently, he is working as a professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, at VIT University, Vellore, India. He has authored more than 100 national and international journals, conference papers, and book chapters to his credit. He is acting as an editorial board member of various journals and reviewer of IEEE Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier), and Knowledge base Systems (Elsevier). He is associated with many professional bodies CSI, ISTE, IMS, AMTI, ISIAM, OITS, IACSIT, CSTA, IEEE, and IAENG. He was a founder secretary of OITS Rourkela chapter. His current research interests include rough sets, formal concept analysis, knowledge representation, data mining, granular computing, and business intelligence.
