BHAVANARI SATYANARAYANA, Ph.D., is Professor of Mathematics at Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Satyanarayana has over three decades of teaching experience in mathematics. He has co-authored/edited more than 39 books and published about 66 research papers (in algebra/fuzzy algebra/graph theory) in reputed national and international journals. He is the recipient of AP Scientist Award (2009), Glory of India Award (Thialand, 2011), Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award (2011) and Bharat Vikas Ratan Award (2011).
His research interests include discrete mathematics, fuzzy algebra, graph theory, linear programming and quantitative methods.
KUNCHAM SYAM PRASAD, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Mathematics at Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka. Dr. Prasad has over 17 years of teaching experience in mathematics. He has co-authored nine books and published 21 research papers in reputed journals. He is a recipient of the national level Best Research Paper Prize (2000) by the Indian Mathematical Society and also Indian National Science Academy Visiting Fellowship Award (2004).
His research interests include discrete mathematics, algebra, linear programming, topology and graph theory.