Kirti Srivastava received Ph.D. (Geophysics) from Osmania University, in 1991 under the guidance of Dr V.P.Dimri, CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad, India and Post Doctoral from Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University USA on Stochastic Differential Equations. She is retired Chief Scientist and was Head of Earth Process Modeling Group at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute upto Jan 2022 and later Raja Ramanna Fellow of DAE (Department of Atomic Energy) at CSIR-NGRI, and presently she is WIDUSHI Fellow of DST Govt of India at CSIR-NGRI. Kirti Srivastava's research areas include Mathematical and Stochastic Modeling of non‐linear behavior of Earth’s System.Mounica Jakkula received her Ph.D. from AcSIR (Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research), CSIR–National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad, in 2021, under the guidance of Dr. Kirti Srivastava, retired Chief Scientist, CSIR-NGRI. She holds an Integrated M.Sc. (5-year) in Mathematics and Scientific Computing from IIT Kanpur. Mounica Jakkula’s research areas include numerical and mathematical modeling of tsunami generation and propagation due to earthquakes and meteorite impacts. V.P. Dimri is the former President of the 36th International Geological Congress appointed by the Union Cabinet and Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in 2017. He was a Distinguished Scientist, at the CSIR-NGRI, Hyderabad, India for 3 years (2010-2013) and INSA Senior Scientist for 3 years (2013-2016). He was Dr. Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at Central University of Hyderabad from Nov 2016 till he was appointed President, the 36th IGC. He served as the Director of the NGRI from October 2001 to February 2010. Also, she served as the Director, Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.