Dr. Aryan Kaushik is Associate Professor at the Manchester Met, UK, associated with the Department of Computing and Mathematics, since 2024. He is Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) at the RakFort, Ireland, since 2025. Prior to that, he has been an Assistant Professor (on a senior grade) at the University of Sussex, UK, associated with the School of Engineering and Informatics, from 2021-24, where he also served as the Recruitment and Admissions Tutor, and Academic Advisor. He has been Research Fellow at the University College London, UK, with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, from 2020-21. He has held Visiting/Adjunct Professor/Researcher appointments at the IIITD, India, from 2025-27, University of Bologna, Italy, in 2024, Athena RC, Greece, in 2021, Imperial College London, UK, from 2019-20, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, in 2018, and Beihang University, China, from 2017-19 and 2022. He has also served as External Assessor (Academic Promotion) at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, in 2025, and as PhD External Examiner internationally such as at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, in 2025, NITJ, India, in 2025, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Spain, in 2023.