Dr. SK Mishra did his BA (Economics Hons) and MA (Economics) from Bhagalpur University and MRP (Master of Regional Planning) and PhD (Planning) from IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal. After serving as a lecturer for a few years in the Dept. of Architecture & Planning in IIT, Kharagpur, he shifted to the Dept. of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong in 1984. He is working as a Professor of economics since 1991. He has been the Dean of the School of Economics, Management and Library & Information Science. He was also the Head of the Department of Economics for several terms. He has contributed 2 books and over 100 papers. He specializes in econometrics and global optimization. Prof. Mishra's papers (especially on global optimization) have been well-received in several branches of engineering. More about him is available on http://nehu-economics.info/mishra_sk.html.