Dr. K. Rajagopalan obtained his bachelor’s and master’s in Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering, respectively, from the University of Madras, India. He pursued his Ph.D. from the Indian institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for his research on the finite element buckling analysis of thin walled shell structures. Dr. Rajagopalan has worked as a scientist with CSIR, India and as a professor with IIT Madras. He worked extensively in the areas of thin walled structures mainly in the classical and finite element analysis of ship structures, power plant structures, storage structures, calandria (nuclear)vessels, boiler supporting structures, submarine structures, steel and concrete building structures and of similar ilk.