Balamurugan Shanmugam is with Department of IT, Kalaignar Karunanidhi Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. He holds to his credit 100+ Publications in various International Journals and IEEE/ Elsevier International Conferences. He has authored a chapter in an International Book “Information Processing” published by I.K. International Publishing . He has published 4 international books titled “Principles of Social Network Data Security”, “Principles of Scheduling in Cloud Computing”, “Principles of Database Security”, and “Principles of Security in Cloud Computing. He is a State Rank holder in 10th grade. He was Proficiency Award Winner in 11th grade and School First Rank Holder in 12th grade . He was University Rank holder M.Tech. Examinations, Anna University. He served as a Joint Secretary of IT Association, Department of IT, PSG College of Technology, India. He is the recipient of gold medal for best journal publication and best book publication by his host institution consecutively for 7 years. Some of his professional activities include editorial board member for 47 International Journals He has guided 40+ B.Tech projects and 10 M.Tech. projects. He is a life member of ISTE, CSI.