Prof. Jalote is a leading figure in the software engineering discipline across the world and has authored highly respected books on software processes. He has also served as the VP (Quality) at Infosys and visiting researcher at Microsoft in Redmond. His research interests include software engineering (process improvement, quality), fault tolerant systems and reliability.Prof. Pankaj Jalote's best seller book "CMM in Practice: Processes for executing software projects at Infosys" has been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Korean.Professional Career: Director of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Professor at IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur and Asst. Professor at University of MarylandEducation: PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MS from Pennsylvania State University Park, BTech from IIT KanpurAwards/Recognition: Fellow of IEEE