A graduate from CED-AEC President Intercontinental Consultants & Technocrats Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India Prof. (Dr.) P.K. Sikdar is Advisor, International Road Federation (India Chapter), while he is a President at ICT Pvt Ltd. He is former Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. Dr. Sikdar is also Former Director, Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI), New Delhi. Prof. Sikdar has been involved in the teaching, research and R&D management for Road and Road Transport Sector including highway planning and management for more than four decades. He is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT) and Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). Former professor of IIT Bombay and Roorkee. Former Director, CRRI, India. He has done the pioneering work on Rural Road network planning, which led to the implementation framework of Govt. of India's blue chip programme of PMGSY