Sanil Kumar, Ph.D., has more than 33 years of experience in researching coastal processes. As project leader, he has executed 77 industry-funded projects dealing with Environmental Impact Assessment, design parameters for marine structures and coastal zone management. Dr. Sanil Kumar serves as Head, Ocean Engineering, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa. He is also Head, Business Development. He has 140+ peer-reviewed publications in SCI journals and has presented 20 papers in conferences. Dr. Sanil has so far guided 7 Ph.D., 8 M.Sc. and 7 M.Tech. students and is currently guiding 2 Ph.D. students.