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DEBASIS DEB, Ph.D. (University of Alabama, USA), is Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Earlier, he worked as Research Associate at the University of Alabama and Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), South Korea, and also as visiting Assistant Professor at the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. Dr. Deb received Smt. Bala Tandon Memorial Award (2008–2009) and National Geoscience Award (2013) for his outstanding contribution in upgrading the quality of life in mining environment and mining technology, respectively. He is a lifetime member of ISRM, MGMI and ISTAM. He has taken several research projects related to development and applications of FEM, XFEM and SPH procedures in rock mechanics. He has to his credit over 140 research papers, two books and three patents.
ABHIRAM KUMAR VERMA, Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India), is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Also, he has worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi and Lecturer in the Department of Mining Engineering at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. Dr. Verma was awarded with IEI Young Engineers Award (2012). He is a lifetime member of ISRM, MGMI and IE (India). He has to his credit over 30 technical papers in the field of applied rock mechanics. His research interest includes the application of rock mechanics principles for design of rock structures.
