Dr. Pallavi Vijay Chavan is a Professor and Head in the Department of Information Technology, RAIT, D. Y. Patil Deemed to be University, NERUL, Navi Mumbai, India. During her 20-year career, she has worked on a variety of research topics, including Visual Cryptography, Image Processing, Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, and Analytics. She has taught core subjects at the undergrad level, including DBMS, Theory of Computation, Artificial Neural Networks, and Soft Computing. Dr. Chavan is the author of dozens of research papers in international journals and conferences, including Springer, Elsevier, Inderscience and IEEE. Dr. Chavan is recipient of research grants from Mumbai University and is a member of ACM and ISTE. Dr. Chavan is the author of Automata Theory and Formal Languages from Elsevier Academic Press. Affiliations and expertise Professor & Head – Information Technology Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, D Y Patil deemed to be University, India.