Vidya Prasad Shukla was born in India, in 1954. He received his M.Sc. (Applied Mathematics) in 1976, Ph.D. (Modelling and Computer Simulation) in 1982 and PG Dip. (Computational Hydraulic Engineering) in 1986 from Avadh University Faizabad, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and International Institute of Environmental & Hudraulic Engineering (Delft) the Netherlands respectively. He worked and officiated at various posts as Senior Research Officer, Chief Research Officer and HOD Computer Division at from Central Water and Power research Station (CWPRS), Pune from 1982 to 2003. Thereafter, he worked as a Professor in BIT, Sathyamangalam and NIT Durgapur. He has joined as a Professor in Mody Institute of Technology & Science, Deemed University Laxmangarh in 2009. He has published over 57 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings and written 29 technical reports on various clients sponsored research projects of international/national importance. He is an editor of the book ―Development of Coastal Engineering‖ from CWPRS, Pune. His current research interest includes Computer Simulation & Modeling, Image processing, Cellular Automata, Soft-Computing, Computer Vision, Nanotech-simulation, Operations Research, Mathematical Biology, Modeling of Arms Race of Nations.