Sustainable Blended Learning in STEM Education for Students with Additional Needs

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Dr. Neelu Jyothi Ahuja is a professor and the head of the Department of Systemics at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies Dehradun India. She has successfully completed 5 government-sponsored R&D projects under various schemes such as Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI) and Technology Intervention for Disabled and Elderly (TIDE) both of which were funded by Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED) division of Department of Science & Technology (DST). Her research projects focus on teachinglearning processes learning styles learning environments and interventions for learning disabled. Ten students were awarded Ph.D. under her supervision and she currently has 4 Ph.D. students. Adarsh Kumar received his masters degree (M. Tech) in software engineering from Thapar University Patiala Punjab India in 2005 and earned his Ph.D. degree from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University Noida India in 2016.From 2005 to 2016 he was an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Noida Uttar Pradesh India. Currently he works at the School of Computer Science University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) Dehradun India as an associate professor. His main research interests include cybersecurity cryptography network security and ad hoc networks. He has published more than 60 research papers in academic journals conferences and workshops. He participated in the European Union H2020 sponsored research project and he is currently involved in 2 research projects sponsored by UPES. Dr. Anand Nayyar received his Ph.D. in computer science from Desh Bhagat University in 2017 by research in wireless sensor networks and swarm intelligence. He currently works in the Faculty of Information Technology Duy Tan University Da Nang Vietnam. He has published more than 100 research papers in various international journals. He has also authored co-authored or edited more than 30 books in computer science discipline. Currently he works on wireless sensor networks IoT swarm intelligence cloud computing artificial intelligence drones blockchain cyber security network simulation and wireless communications. He is an associate editor for Wireless Networks (Springer) Computer Communications (Elsevier) IET Quantum Communications (Wiley) and many other journals. He is one of the editor-in-chiefs of International Journal of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IGI Global).