Srinivasan Chandrasekaran is a full professor of structural engineering in the Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He commands a teaching experience of about 28 years, during which he has guided about 30 research theses. He has authored 15 textbooks, published by publishers of international repute. He has also published about 160 research papers in the peer-reviewed international journals and refereed conferences. He commands domain expertise in a few areas, namely: structural dynamics, reliability and risk assessment, ocean structures and materials, advanced structural analysis, and HSE in offshore and petroleum engineering. More details can be found at: http://www.doe.iitm.ac.in/drsekaran.