Dr. Sri Niwas (b. 1946) joined IIT Roorkee in 1977,became full Professor in 1990, received prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize of Government of India,elected Fellows of Indian Academy of Science,FASc , Indian National Science Academy, FNA, National Academy of Sciences,FNASc, published 100 research papers. He is an active member of SEG, USA.