Dr. Neelam Khandelwal is a technocrat by education and an academician & researcher at heart, holding a doctorate degree in Renewable Energy Systems. She has been serving the education sector for more than twenty-two years. She has been instrumental in identification of educational gaps, introducing new academic programs and courses for fulfilment the gaps, evaluation of these programs and courses, strengthening accreditation processes, and promoting a culture of research and innovation. Further, she has conducted various faculty development programs identifying the needs of faculty members of institutes. She has been Coordinator of many technical events, student societies, faculty societies, alumni societies, NBA and industry-academia collaborations. She has chaired many national and international conferences and technical sessions. She has authored more than twenty research papers in journals of national and international repute She leverages a distinctive blend of business acumen, innovation, and people-centric leadership, with a strong emphasis on academic rigor, interdisciplinary research, and industry-academia collaboration.