Dr. Susanta Kumar Paikray has held the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, since 2016, having joined the faculty there in 2014, first as Reader (2014–2016) and then as Associate Professor (2016–till date). Also, he has served as a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, Ravenshaw University Cuttack (2011–2014). He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2010 at Berhampur University, while he was a full-time member of the teaching faculty at the DRIEMS in Odisha. His current research interests include several areas of pure and applied mathematical sciences like summability theory, Fourier series, approximation theory, functional analysis, statistical convergence, operations research and inventory optimization. He has published 02 books, 10 book chapters, 12 papers in international conference proceedings and more than 60 scientific research articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals of repute, as well as Forewords and Prefaces to many books and journals, and so on. Dr. Hemen Dutta is a regular faculty member at the Department of Mathematics, Gauhati University, India. He has more than 14 years of teaching and research experiences. His primary research areas are in the field of mathematical analysis covering both abstract and applied aspects. He has over 100 research papers for journals, 16 chapters in books and contributed 12 papers in conference proceedings so far. He has to credit 10 published books, 6 books in press and 3 conference proceedings. He has delivered several invited talks at national and international level events and visited some foreign institutions on invitations. He has organized 5 events for academicians and researchers. He is the recipient of some grants for conference organization, research project and travelling. He has reviewed research papers for journals and databases and associated with editing special issues in reputed journals. He has also authored several general articles for newspaper, popular books, magazines and science portals. Dr. John N. Mordeson is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Creighton University, USA. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi. He is President of the Society for Mathematics of Uncertainty. He has published 15 books and 200 journal articles. He is on the editorial board of numerous journals. He has served as an external examiner of Ph.D. candidates from India, South Africa, Bulgaria and Pakistan. He has refereed for numerous journals and granting agencies. He is particularly interested in applying mathematics of uncertainty to combat the problem of human trafficking.
