Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Shukla is Professor and Head of the Physics Department at Ewing Christian College, Prayagraj, a constituent college of University of Allahabad, India. His research is primarily based on the applications of Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy in different fields of societal interest including food quality analysis. In addition to his exposure to the available CW-ESR spectrometers at leading institutes in his own country, he has hands-on experience with modern CW and pulsed ESR spectrometers at several leading institutes such as the University of St. Andrew's, Scotland, and Kazan State University, Kazan.

Dr. Shukla has been awarded the Bilateral Exchange fellowship and Visiting fellowship of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, in addition to research fellowships at Council of Science and Technology, Lucknow, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. With about 25 years of experience, he has published journal papers, textbooks and more than 30 edited volumes.