Biographical note

P. K. Kapur is Director of Amity Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Amity University, Noida. He is Former Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, and Former Head of the Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi. His vast research experience in the areas of Software Reliability, Optimization, Innovation Diffusion Modeling in Marketing, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Big Data Projects Adoption, and other areas of management, is illustrated through his work with nearly 400 research paper publications in top international and national journals/proceedings of repute, and supervision of over 44 Ph.D. & 25 M.Phil scholars. Presently, he is also a member of the University Research Council, Amity University, Noida. 

He has authored and edited more than 10 books/conference volumes, many of which have been published by Springer. He is also editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management (IJSAEM) published by Springer. He is Founder President of the Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM) since 2000 and former President of the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI). He has executed various research projects from UGC, DRDO in the areas of Software Reliability and Innovation Diffusion Modeling; has delivered keynote addresses at various prestigious international conferences; and has been invited to deliver lectures in various universities in Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, Russia, Serbia, Nepal, Dubai, to name some.

Gurinder Singh is Group Vice Chancellor, Amity Universities, Director General, Amity Group of Institutions, India, and Vice Chairman, Global Foundation for Learning Excellence, and has an experience of more than 27 years in institutional building, teaching, research and industry. He holds a doctorate and a postgraduate degree from Jamia Millia & Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi. He is well acknowledged author and researcher who has published more than 100 research papers, 15 books and is an Editor of 10 prestigious research journals. He has given key note lectures at various forums which includes speaking at Harvard Business School, NYU, University of Leeds, University of Berkeley, National University of Singapore, NTU, MIT, and many more.

Saurabh Panwar is a Ph.D. scholar in the Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He holds an M.Phil and Postgraduate degree in Operational Research from the University of Delhi. His research interests include mathematical modeling, new product development, technological forecasting, software reliability, and optimization. He is a lifetime member of the Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality, and Operations Management (SREQOM) since 2015. He is also an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management (IJSAEM), Springer. He has been judged as a Young Promising Researcher of international repute by the President of SREQOM in 2018. He has authored several papers presented to conferences and published quality research papers in international scientific journals of high repute such as Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Modelling in Management, International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, and International Journal of Product Development, to name a few. He has also contributed as a co-author in book chapters published by Springer.