He is a pioneering researcher in soft computing and embedded systems with dual doctorates in Computer Science and Engineering and Business Management. His primary research interests include computer artificial intelligence (AI), big data, analytics, embedded systems, and e-commerce. He has supervised eighteen master's degree and forty bachelor's degree students. He has published forty-eight papers in refereed journals and published eight books with international publishers. He holds four registered patents. Dr. Harkut is the principal investigator in setting centers of excellence for renowned technological giants like IBM, Oracle, Texas Instruments, and Huawei at PRMCEAM and establishing industry-funded laboratories for ARM, Cypress Semiconductor, Intel FPGA, Wind River, and Xilinx. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (IETE), New Delhi; a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, and the Computer Society of India (CSI); senior member of the Universal Association of Computer and Electronics Engineers (UACEE), USA; and professional member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong.