Pradip Debnath is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Tezpur University, India. He featured in the World’s Top 2% Scientists List prepared by Stanford University and published by Elsevier for the consecutive years 2023 and 2024. He is also an Associate Editor of the journal “Heliyon” (Mathematics section), published by Elsevier. He was previously an Assistant Professor (in Mathematics) at the Department of Applied Science and Humanities, Assam University, Silchar (a central university), India. Prior to that he was working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), India. His research interests include fixed point theory, functional analysis, soft computing and mathematical statistics. He has published more than 60 papers in various journals of international repute and is an active reviewer for more than 65 international journals. He is also a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews published by the American Mathematical Society. He has published 9 books as the lead editor with publishers like Springer, CRC Press and World Scientific. Dr. Debnath has worked in collaboration with leading mathematicians worldwide such as from countries like Canada, Serbia, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Spain, Tunisia etc. Having been an academic gold medalist during his post graduation, Dr. Debnath is guest editor of several special issues for journals.