Karpurapu Rajagopal, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India

Prof. Rajagopal is an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at Andhra University, India, and a retired professor from IIT Madras, where he held the PK Aravindan Institute Chair. With over 30 years of teaching experience, he has guided 20 doctoral and 75 master's students and taught courses on geosynthetics, foundation design, and finite element analysis. He has provided consultancy for complex projects, including retaining walls and tunneling, and served as President of the Indian Chapter of IGS (2008–2010). An award-winning author, he is currently an Associate Editor for Geotextiles and Geomembranes.