Rajesh Gupta is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2023 from Nirma University under the supervision of Dr. Sudeep Tanwar. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in 2008 from the University of Jammu, India and Master’s in Technology in 2013 from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu, India. He has authored/co-authored more than 170 publications (including papers in SCI Indexed Journals and IEEE ComSoc sponsored International Conferences). Some of his research findings are published in top-cited journals and conferences such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Network Magazine, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE IoT Magazine, Computer Communications, Computer And Electrical Engineering, International Journal of Communication Systems Wiley, Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Wiley, Physical Communication Elsevier, IEEE ICC, IEEE INFOCOM, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE CITS, and many more. His research interest includes Device-to-Device Communication, Network Security, Blockchain Technology, 5G Communication Network, and Machine Learning. His Google Scholar citations are 6100+, h-index 42, and i10-index 92. He is also a recipient of Doctoral Scholarship from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India under the Visvesvaraya Ph.D. Scheme. His name has been included in the list of Top 2% scientists worldwide published jointly by Elsevier and Stanford university, USA consecutively in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He is a recipient of Travel Grant from IEEE ComSoc and SERB to attend the IEEE ICC 2021 (held in Canada), IEEE ICC 2022 from SERB DST (held in Rome, Italy) and IEEE ICC 2023 from SERB DST (held in Denver, USA).