Pabitra Ranjan Maiti Author

Dr. Pabitra Ranjan Maiti obtained his BE (Civil Engineering) and ME (Structural Engineering) from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) Shibpur. He joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University as a lecturer and currently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi. He has 18 years at teaching and research experience in various fields of structural engineering. His research areas include Solid Mechanics, Design of Steel Structures and Bridge Engineering. He has published more than 100 research papers in different internationally reputed journals and conferences and edited four proceedings. He has supervised eighty-seven PG students and six research scholars. He is a fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and a life member of Indian Concrete Institute, Bhakti Vedanta Institute Kolkata, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and INSDAG, Kolkata.

Prof Amitava Bhattacharya retired from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT, BHU Varanasi as Professor in 2013. He did his BSc Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in 1965. After graduation he joined Sahu Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd as mechanical engineer and served for five years. He joined IIT BHU in 1984 as lecturer. His teaching and research experience includes the field of Machine Design, Mechanics of Deformable Solids and Fracture Mechanics.

Dr Vikash Khatri completed his graduation from Department of Civil Engineering, HBTI Kanpur and post- graduation in structural engineering from IISC Bangalore. He completed his PhD from IIT, BHU, Varanasi in the field of Bridge Engineering. He has more than a decade of experience of teaching in various engineering colleges. He has published many international journal papers and is author of five books.