Dr Job Thomas is a renowned consulting structural engineer and is currently working as Professor and Head of the Department of Civil engineering at Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has published more than 50 research papers in national and international journals. He received the outstanding Concrete Researcher Award in 2020 from the Indian Concrete Institute, Kochi Centre. Dr Subha Vishnudas, Professor in Civil Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India. She graduated in Civil Engineering in the year 1991 and took Master’s in 1995 from Kerala, India. She pursued PhD from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands in 2006. She has about 25 years of teaching and research experience and has around 80 publications in international journals and conferences. She has visited several countries like The USA, Germany, Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, etc. for papers presentation and invited talks. She is a member in several professional bodies in India and abroad. About 10 PhD research scholars are working under her guidance in the field of sustainable development. Her area of interest include water resources, sustainable building materials, sustainable water management, sustainable waste management, housing and green buildings.