Dr. P. Partheeban is currently working as Dean of Planning and Development at Chennai Institute of Technology, Kundrathur, Chennai. He earned his B.E. in Civil Engineering in 1990 from Kongu Engineering College and obtained an M.E. in Urban Engineering from Anna University with distinction. He completed his Ph.D. at the National Institute of Technology, Trichy in Transportation Engineering in 2003. He also earned an MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University. He has been serving different institutions for the past 31 years at various levels. He has visited the United States of America, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore, France, Greece, China, etc. for to present papers at international conferences. Under his guidance, 12 candidates have completed the Ph.D. in Civil Engineering. He has published 10 patents. As a teacher for engineering students, he received an award from ISTE as the best faculty teacher for the student chapter and also received the Air India BOLT award. To his credit, he had organized 40 seminars, conferences and short-term training programs for engineering faculties sponsored by AICTE, DST, CSIR, DRDO, ICMR, and ICSSR. He has completed or is continuing ongoing sponsored research projects worth Rs. 150 Lakhs from AICTE, TNSCST, DST and IEI. He had published more than 120 research papers in national and international journals and conferences. He is a reviewer of many journals including MDPI (sustainability also).