Dr. Rakesh Kumar is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (India). He obtained M.Tech. (Civil) degree from IIT Roorkee and Ph.D. (Civil) degree from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. Dr. Kumar has published more than 42 research papers in peer reviewed International Journals and Conference of repute. He has more than 17 years of experience which includes teaching, research, consultancy and administration. He has been teaching UG/PG level subjects like surveying, geotechnical, FEM etc. He has organized number of conferences/workshop/short term training programs.