SUMATI KUMARI PANDA received a Ph.D. degree from K.L. University, in 2015. She is currently an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the GMR Institute of Technology. Her research fields are fractional calculus, fixed point theory, and its applications. She has published more than 70 papers in well-known journals. She is the recipient of several awards and prizes such as the “Best Teacher Award" for the academic year 2009-10 and 2010-11 from the K L University, SRI TENNETI LAKSHMI NARAYANA MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL, and MANTHA LAKSHMANA MURTHY MEMORIAL prize in Master’s Degree with specialization in mathematics from the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India. Recently, she was included in the prestigious WORLD TOP 2% SCIENTISTS by SCOPUS, 2021 and 2022 consequently.