Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta is currently a Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean(Academics and Research), Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He obtained his B.E. (Civil) with honours and M. E. (Geotechnical Engineering) from University of Roorkee which is now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He completed his Ph.D. from Indian institute of Technology, Delhi. His major areas of research includes testing and modeling of geotechnical materials, finite element method and its applications to geotechnical engineering, continuum damage mechanics and its application to rockfill materials modeling, and environmental geotechnique. He has published 57 papers in international journals of repute and co-authored 2 books and 7 book chapters. He is also a reviewer for the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE and International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE for which he has been awarded the ‘Best Reviewer Award’ forthree consecutive years. Prof. Gupta is also the Founder Chairman, Indian Geotechnical Society (IGS) Shimla Chapter. He is a lifetime member of Indian Geotechnical Society, Indian Society of Rock Mechanics and Tunneling Technology (ISRMTT) and Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE).Sanjay Kumar Shukla is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, Springer Nature, Switzerland. He is Founding Research Group Leader (Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering) at the School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth, Australia. He holds the Distinguished Professorship in Civil Engineering at Delhi Technological University, Delhi, VIT University, Vellore, Chitkara University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Vijayawada, Amity University, Noida, and Amrita University, Coimbatore, India. He has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research and consultancy in the field of Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering. He collaborates with several world-class universities, research institutions, industries and individuals on academic and field projects. As a consulting geotechnical engineer, he has successfully provided solutions to the challenging field problems faced by many engineering organisations. He has authored more than 280 research papers and technical articles, including over 175 refereed journal publications. He is also author/editor of 23 books, including 7 textbooks and 22 book chapters. In 2020/2021, his ICE textbooks, namely Core Principles of Soil Mechanics and Core Concepts of Geotechnical Engineering, have been ranked #1 by Amazon. His research and academic works have been cited well. Shukla’s generalized expressions for seismic active thrust (2015) and seismic passive resistance (2013) are routinely used by practising engineers worldwide for designing the retaining structures. Shukla’s wraparoundreinforcement technique, developed during 2007–2008, is a well-established ground improvement technique. He has been honoured with several awards, including 2021 ECU Aspire Award from the Business Events Perth, Australia, and the most prestigious IGS Award 2018 from the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS), USA, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development and use of geosynthetics. He serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He is a fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineers Australia, a life fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Geotechnical Society, and a member of several other professional bodies.Dr. Mohammad Azamathulla Hazi is currently a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad. He obtained his B. Tech. (Civil Engineering) from G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College, Kurnool, Sri Krishna Devaraya University (SKDU), Anantapur, India. He did his M. E. (Water Resources Engineering) from SGSITS, Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya (DAVV), Indore, India and Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His major research areas include water resources engineering hydraulics, physical hydraulic model studies, hydro informatics and climate change. He has authored/co-authored more than 120 research papers in reputed refereed journals. He is/has been a member of the editorial board of several high-ranked journals: Water Science and Technology, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering – ASCE (2009~13), Dam Engineering Journal. He is also a Life Member of Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH) and Associate Member in Institution of Engineers (India). He is a fellow member of International Flood Network (IFNet), Japan and International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), UK. He is the AssociateEditor of Journal of Hydrology.
