Krishna Kanta Panthi is Professor of Geological Engineering at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He holds a PhD (Dr.Ing.) in rock engineering, MSc in hydropower development and MSc in tunnelling. He has over 27 years of experience in research, design and implementation of rock engineering, tunnelling, hydropower, mining and slope engineering projects. Panthi is the author of over 70 scientific articles and book chapters published in internationally recognized journals, publication channels and conference proceedings.