Ajaz Hussain Mir has done his B.E in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE). He did his M.Tech in Computer Technology and Ph.D both from IIT Delhi in the year 1989 and 1996 respectively. He is Chief Investigator of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India project: Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA). He has been guiding Ph.D and M.Tech thesis in Security and other related areas and has a number of International publications to his credit. Presently he is working as Professor in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at NIT Srinagar, India. His areas of interest are Biometrics; Image processing, Security, Wireless Communication and Networks.