Dr. Arif V Shaikh is a dedicated educationist with more than 36 years of experience in educational leadership, mentoring, teaching & learning, and curriculum development. He was a visiting scientist and completed Post Doctoral Research at Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He was the S P Pune University approved Vice principal & Head, Department of Electronic Sciences, of a reputed institution in Pune. He was recognized research guide for M.Phil and Ph.D. students in Electronics and Physics at SPPU, Pune. He has two patents, four research projects and around 50 international scopus publications to his credit. He enjoys teaching Cyber Security, Digital Electronics, Computer devices, Computer Networking, C Programming, Data structures, Automation, IoT among other subjects.