"Dr. Nikhilanand Arya is an esteemed Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. His academic journey began with a B.Tech. in Information Technology from Netaji Subash Engineering College, Kolkata, completed in 2015. He subsequently applied his knowledge as a software engineer at LTIMindtree (formerly Mindtree), Bangalore until 2017. Dr. Arya's pursuit of higher education led him to IIT Patna, where he earned an M.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing in 2019 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2023. Dr. Arya's teaching repertoire spans a variety of subjects including Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Data Mining and Data Warehousing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and C Programming. His research interests lie at the intersection of computational biology, machine learning, and deep learning, with a significant focus on breast cancer survival prognosis prediction using advanced machine learning techniques. Throughout his career, Dr. Arya has made substantial contributions to his field, evidenced by over 200 citations across a spectrum of 12 international conferences, IEEE transactions, and prestigious journals. His commitment to academic excellence and collaborative research is further demonstrated by his participation in a student exchange program at a research lab in KMITL, Thailand. Additionally, he was honored with the International Travel Scheme funded by SERB, India, which supported his visit to the EMBC 2023 conference in Sydney, Australia. For more detailed insights into Dr. Arya's scholarly contributions, his Google Scholar profile can be accessed here (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hBf6EmgAAAAJ&hl=en)."