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Dr Mahendrakumar Madhavan is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, at IIT Hyderabad. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA and a Masters Degree from The National University of Singapore, Singapore. He worked as a Structural Engineer at Alabama Power Company, Birmingham and is a Registered ProfessionalEngineer (PE) in the State of Alabama USA. His Research interests are Affordable Housing using Light Gage Steel Structures; Geometric imperfection studies in Cold-formed Steel (CFS) members; Structural Design of CFS Wall Panels; CFRP retrofitting of Steel Structures; Connections in CFS sections; Behavior of high strength steel sections; Composite (steel-concrete) construction; Cyclone resistant structures; Analysis of parallel flange (PFB) structural steel sections .Read more about her research interest at https://people.iith.ac.in/Mahendrakumar/".

Dr Shiva Ji is a practicing Architect, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Design and he is an adjunct faculty in Department of Climate Change, & Department of Heritage Science and Technology at IIT Hyderabad, India. He is part of the Rural Development Center also. He has attained B.Arch, M.Des, MBA and PhD in Sustainability Assessment Methods in Built Environments from IIT Guwahati, India. He has over 13 years of cumulative experience in industry and academics. He has accomplished several projects in the field and has over 39 designs launched in the market. His research areas include design for environmental studies, sustainability, sustainability assessment, virtual & augmented reality, architectural heritage reconstruction using technology. He is involved with many research projects using state of the art technology in domains of architecture and design. He is a member of several national and international organizations and has chaired various technical sessions, working on review panels, and conferences, etc. His detailed profile can be seen on his website (https://people.iith.ac.in/shivaji/").