Dr. K. Vijayakumar is a retired Professor in Department of Aerospace Engineering at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. He has been selected for the 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also honored by the Aerospace Engineering Department of IISc which presented him with the ‘Platinum Jubilee Distinguished Service Award’. His published work has been cited extensively by researchers all over the world. Dr. Vijayakumar is a reviewer for several journals of national and international repute. He is a research advisor at Nanyang Academyof Sciences, Singapore.
Dr. Girish Kumar Ramaiah is a retired professor of Mechanical Engineering and Registrar (Academic), M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India. He pursued his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, India. He has been awarded with the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at TH Darmstadt, and Leverhulme American/Commonwealth Fellowship at Queen’s University, Belfast. His areas of interest lie in structural mechanics (statics and dynamics), elastic stability, and mathematical methods for analysis. Dr. Ramaiah is an active reviewer for several journals of national and international repute.