This book comprises the proceedings of the select peer-reviewed papers presented during the 18th Control Instrumentation System Conference (CISCON 2021). This book highlights the latest trends in instrumentation, sensors and systems, industrial automation and control, image and signal processing, robotics, renewable energy, power systems, and power drives. The research works covered in the book are of high quality and contributed by experts in academia and industry to provide meaningful direction for prolific growth. The book also features a few chapters contributed by the leading policymakers, technologists, farmers, and doctors who help outline the roadmap from the need for technology to policy-making to effect and implement technological advancements for the nation-building process. The book will serve as a valuable reference resource for academics and researchers across the globe.

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Shreesha Chokkadi is presently heading the Dept of ICE at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. He got his B.E. degree from Govt. BDT College of Engineering, Davanagere, in 1988. He obtained his M.E. degree from Walchand College of Engineering Sangli in Control Systems (Electrical), in 1992. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree from IIT Bombay, in 2002. He has published over 30 research articles in international journals and over 40 technical papers in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. Prof. Shreesha is a member of multiple scientific professional bodies such as IEEE, ISTE, ISLE, and IEI. His teaching interests include control engineering, optimal control, and robust control and electrical measurement systems. His research areas are controlled relevant identification, control engineering, energy, and image processing. Rajib Bandyopadhyay completed his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. in Electronics from Jadavpur University, in 1984, 1987, and 2001, respectively. He has been serving the department of Instrumentation and Electronics as a professor since 2001. Prof. Bandopadhyay works on electronic olfaction, gas sensing, and the design and testing of analytical instruments. He has successfully delivered over 13 externally funded projects, guided over 20 Ph.D. students, and published over 92 research articles in the domain of Instrumentation. Prof. Bandyopadhyay is the president of the International Society of Automation Kolkata chapter.