Mr. Vinayak Hegde completed his Master Degree in the specialized area of Software and Information Systems from Bharathiar University under the Amrita Bharathi Program in 2002. Certified from Cisco Academy in Networking and Java Programming. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor at the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru Campus in Karnataka India. He has completed 17 years of experience in teaching, research, and administrative positions. Domain areas are Learning Analytics, Educational Data Mining, and Educational Technologies.