Mr. Abhaya Kumar Sahoo is currently working as an Assistant Professor in School of Computer Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Odisha. He has completed his B. Tech and M. Tech from KIIT Deemed to be University in 2010 and 2012 respectively. He has received Founder’s Gold Medal and Chancellor’s Gold Medal in M. Tech. He has 8 years teaching experience and 1 year industry experience. His favourite teaching subjects include big data, operating system, web technology, computer organization and database. His area of research includes data analytics, recommender system, data security and data mining. He has published more than 20 research papers in national and international conferences and journals. He guides undergraduate and post graduate students in different project. He has also published more than five book chapters in different reputed books. He is involved in different academic activities such as organizing committee member in international conferences, reviewers in international journals, keynote speaker in workshop and different accreditation activities. He has attended more than thirty different programs such as a faculty development program, seminar and workshop in national and international level. He was Odisha State Student Coordinator in Computer Society of India during 2019-20. He has achieved CSI Young IT Professional award in 2013 and Best Faculty award for good academic performance in 2013 and 2014. He is the life member of CSI, IAENG, CSTA and IET.