Prof. Surendra N. Rahamatkar is a distinguished Academician & Researcher with exclusive experience of 24+ years in Institute Building, Academic Administration, Strategic Planning, Global & National Rankings, Accreditations, Research & Development through Project works & Consultancies, PhD Research Supervision, Teaching at UG & PG level, Academic & Research Collaboration with Industries & Foreign Organizations. Currently serving as Professor and Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor - School of Engineering at Avantika University, he has also been honored with the Life Time Achievement Award by REST Society for Research International.

Prof. Rahamatkar has been conferred Hon. D.Litt. (Doctor of Letters) by the University of South America (USA) for his valuable research contribution in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks and also for his distinct participation in promoting technical education in the State of Goa. He has filed/published 10+ IPRs and published 60+ Research Papers, and 04 International Research Books. He has also examined PhD Thesis; Four Research Scholars have completed PhD Thesis under his supervision till now.

Prof. Rahamatkar also worked as Project Director under financial & technical assistance of UNICEF to provide technical support to the Mission Directorate, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), Government of Chhattisgarh to monitor the implementation of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in rural areas of Chhattisgarh. He is also a mentor of Change for Atal Tinkering Labs, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India.

He is a Fellow Member of the American Association for Science and Technology, USA, and Member of the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT- Singapore), Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA-USA), Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (APACALL-Australia), Computer Society of India (CSI- India), Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE-India).

He also worked for various Industrial Collaborated activities, and training programs under "Industry Institute Interaction" in association with MNCs like Oracle, IBM, Infosys, TCS, Microsoft, and Google India.

He is Editor-in-Chief of "The International Journal on Computer Science Engineering Trends" (IJCSET), Editor of the Universal Journal for Technical Research & Science, and worked as Guest Editor - the International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control, a special issue on Time Synchronization in Wireless Sensor Networks and related research issues. He is a Member of the Editorial & Reviewer Board of the International Journal of Computer Applications - (IJCA-New York, USA), International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering - (IJCTE-Singapore), Kuwait Journal of Science-University of Kuwait, International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology, International Journal of Advanced Engineering & Applications etc.

He is also associated as a member of the Reviewing Board and Programme Committee Members in IEEE sponsored & other International Conferences in India and abroad. Given sharing knowledge and serving the technical community, his biography was published in Who's Who in the World 2014, 31st Edition, by Marquis Who's Who Publications – USA. He was also the recipient of the "Virtual Guru" award in 2010.