Dr. Krunal Patel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology at A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, affiliated with CVM University, Gujarat, India. He holds a B.E. in Information Technology from Sardar Patel University, an M.E. in Computer Engineering from Gujarat Technological University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from C. U. Shah University. Dr. Patel has extensive academic experience, having served at BVM Engineering College, MBICT Engineering College, G. H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology, and A. D. Patel Institute of Technology. His research interests include Image Processing, Big Data and Hadoop, Networking, Web Technologies, and Cloud Computing. He has published research papers in national and international conferences and journals, with significant work in digital audio watermarking, steganography, and 3D model reconstruction.