Sant Sharan Mishra, PhD, is Reader, Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad. He has over 18 years of teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dr. Mishra has published more than 60 research papers in national and international journals of repute. He is the recipient of ‘Best Research Paper Award’ by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA. His areas of research include Operation Research/Optimization, Numerical Analysis, and Probability Theory and Statistics.