Dr. Vijay R. Ghorpade has completed his PhD in Computer Science & Engineering in 2008. He is presently working as Principal/Professor at the D. Y. Patil College of Engineering & Technology, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. He is guiding 8 PhD students and several PG students. He has published papers in various national and international journals. His area of interest is network security, and ad-hoc networks.