Prior to joining Thapar University, Patiala, Dr. Garg received a PhD in Applied Mathematics with specialization of Reliability theory and soft computing techniques, from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India in 2013 and an MSc in Mathematics from Punjabi University, Patiala, India in 2008. His research interest are in the field of Computational Intelligence, Reliability theory, Optimization techniques, various nature inspired algorithms (e.g. genetic algorithms, swarm optimization), fuzzy and intuitionistic fuzzy set theory. Application areas include wide range of industrial and structural engineering design problems. Dr. Garg is the author of over 115 scholarly publications. He has also published six book chapters. He serves as an editorial board member of various reputed International journals.