Dr. Anil Kumar Rout is currently working as an assistant professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT University,Odisha, India.Dr. Anil hasreceived his Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from School of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. He has completed his Master’s degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Bachelor’s degree from National Institute of Technology,Agartala, Tripura in Mechanical Engineering. He has more than 6 years of teaching and research experiences. His research interests broadly include high speed flow diagnostics in shock tubes & shock tunnels, thermal sensors, soft computing modelling for heat flux.