Prasanta Sahoo received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2002 and M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design) in 1994 both from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree in 1991, from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Currently, he is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience in manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering, with special emphasis in tribology of materials. He has also interest in structural mechanics, contact mechanics, fractal modeling, composites, and coatings. He has guided large numbers of Ph.D. and master’s students as well as coordinated and participated in several financed research projects. He has worked as an evaluator of projects for international research agencies as well as examiner of Ph.D. thesis for many universities and institutes. He is on the editorial board of several international journals and conferences. Presently, he acts as reviewer for more than 40 prestigious web of science journals. In addition, he has also authored 2 books, over 20 book chapters and more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings (h-index 25+/3000+ citations).