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Sreevalsa Kolathayar is professor in-charge of the Institute Innovation Council (IIC) and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal, India. He pursued M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, Ph.D. from IISc, and served as International Research Staff at UPC Barcelona Tech Spain. He has authored five books, edited twelve, published over 150 research articles, and holds two patents. He is on the Editorial Board of several International Journals. He is on the roster of two technical committees of ASCE Geo-Institute and is an Expert Member of the Working Groups of BIS CED 39 for three IS codes. Dr. Sreevalsa has eight funded R&D projects and completed over 100 civil engineering consultancy projects. Dr. Sreevalsa's research interests include Earthquake Hazard Assessment, Site Characterization, Liquefaction, Disaster Risk Reduction, Soil Reinforcement, Slope Stabilization, Landslide Mitigation, and Water Geotechnics.

N. Vinod Chandra Menon has worked as Professor in the Centre for Disaster Management at the Yeshwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune. He has worked in charge of Emergency Preparedness and Response in UNICEF India Country Office in New Delhi. He is currently Adjunct Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India; President of RedR India; and Regional Director of Asia of the International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) Oslo. Prof. Menon has over 37 years of working experience, out of which more than a quarter century has been in the fields of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and public policy analysis. He was Member of the High-Powered Committee (HPC) on Disaster Management established by the Government of India in 1999.

K. S. Sreekeshava is currently working as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Jyothy Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. He obtained Ph.D. from BMS College of Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, in the year 2020. His research interests are in the field of masonry structures, bio-composites, and structural design. He has published more than 30 research articles in reputed journals. He has successfully coordinated funded AICTE-ISTE and AICTE Teaching And Learning (ATAL) Academy Sponsored Faculty Development Programme. He has the honors of life member of ISET, ISTE, ICI, INSC, NICEE, and IAENG. He has successfully completed the research funding grant under competitive research funding scheme initiated under scheme of TEQIP by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. Dr. Sreekeshava is the organizing chair of G20 C20 International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (IACESD 2023).