Dr. R. Vasudevan, graduated from Concordia University-Canada, is a Professor in School of Mechanical Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. He has more than 20 years of combined research and teaching experience in India and Canada. He secured University first rank and Gold medal during the Post Graduation. He was also nominated for Governor General Gold Medal Award for Ph.D. thesis and best Ph.D. thesis- Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He has published around 75 research articles in international journals with high impact factors. He has already finished fifteen R&D projects sponsored by Royal Academy of Engineering, UKIERI, DST, AR&DB, VRDE, DST, SERB and consultancy projects. At present, he is working on eight research projects sponsored by various national and international research and development funding agencies with worth of  Rs. 24.00 Cr sponsored through DST-PURSE, DST-TDP, Royal Academy of Engineering, European Union- Erasmus + Jean Monnet and British Council. He has guided 10 Ph.D. scholars and one M.S. (Research) scholar at VIT. At present he is guiding 5 Ph.D. scholars at VIT. He has also published an Indian Design Patent. His research focuses on broad range of problems in vehicle dynamics, mechanics of composite structures, active and semi-active vibration control, structural health monitoring, with applications in aerospace and automotive industries. He is a life member of Indian Society of Technical Education - New Delhi, a senior member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology-Singapore. He is also the academic editor of Shock and Vibration and International Journal of Intelligent Systems.