SL Kakani is former Executive Director, Institute of Technology and Management (ITM), Bhilwara, Rajasthan. He is an internationally renowned physicist and has a distinguished career spanning over four decades of teaching, research and administration. He has written a large number of research papers in the field of superconductivity, condensed matter, nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes and material science published in international journals of repute. He is author of several standard works. Prof. Kakani served as Chairman, Research Board and Board of Studies, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, Raj. He is a visiting professor at several prestigious institutions and received several prestigious international and national awards and honours for his outstanding academic achievements and contributions.