Dr. Sachchidanand Tripathi is Professor in the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) Department of Civil Engineering. He has a PhD in Meteorology from the University of Reading in aerosol science and Post Doc from the Oxford University. He has published 68 peer-reviewed publications with more than 1050 citations, was awarded the NASI-SCOPUS Asia-Pacific Young Scientist Award in Earth Sciences and was a NASA Senior Fellow. His major area of research lies in spectral absorption, hygroscopic and microphysical properties of aerosols, fog vision and electrical properties of the planetary atmospheres.