Rakesh C. Barik received a MTech degree in Corrosion Science and Engineering, IIT Mumbai, India, 2002., MSc, Chemistry, Utkal University, Odisha, 2000 and Ph.D. University of Southampton, England, UK, 2007. Since then, he has been working as a Senior Scientist Corrosion and Materials Protection Division, CSIR- Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi- 630006, Tamil Nadu and as an Assistant Professor, Chemical Science, AcSIR Ph.D., and Assistant Professor, BTech Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering, CFE affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. He is a member of The Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology (SAEST), India. Currently, he is the national secretary of the National Corrosion Council of India (NCCI), India. He has authored and coauthored many refereed journal articles in his area of research interests, which include erosion-corrosion, corrosion inhibition, biomaterial, bacterial corrosion carbon dioxide electrochemistry, glycol corrosion in O&G, and coolant corrosion.