**About the Editor**

**Rahmat Ellahi**, Ph.D. is an Ex-Chairperson and founder chairman (Mathematics and Statistics), accomplished researcher, teacher and a prolific scholar and has a key role in promotion of science at national and international levels. He has successfully reached great heights in academics, from the University of Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan and University of California Riverside, USA as his Alma matter. He has published round 300 papers in the journals of the USA, Germany, the UK, Canada etc. His work has been cited more than 17,000 times on Google Scholar with an h-index of 74. He is editor/editorial board member for 19 international journals and referee for more than 350 international journals. Furthermore, he has edited 6 special issues for ISI impact factor journals. He has successfully supervised 30 research students (08 PhD and 22 MS). His leadership in academics is further reflected through the research collaboration with more than 80 international leading scientists all over the world. His research particularly upgraded the science capacity of several Universities of the world such as in the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, France, China, Romania, Turkey, Iran, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, Vietnam, Italy and Pakistan etc. He is an author of 6 books published at national and international levels. He has organized 8 international conferences, delivered 20 seminars and attended 25 conferences as key speaker and participant. As a referee he has evaluated more than 100 research and books projects submitted at United State Education Foundation Poland, USEFP Pakistan, European Science Foundation, PRESTIGE post-doc fellowships of French National Agency, Chilean National Science and Technology Commission Chile, HEC under NRUP, FWO Fellowships, Elsevier Book proposals and projects of European Commission etc. He has been honored as a Highly Cited Researcher for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 by Clarivate Analytics. He was among the top 5 Productive Scientists of Pakistan in Category A. In addition, he has received 8 (4 international and 4 national) awards and several honors. He is actively involved in different professional and academia bodies/institutes at national and international levels. In summary, Dr. Rahmat Ellahi appears to be a superb individual encompassing all facets of a great educationist. As a matter of fact, he is an outstanding candidate and this is because of his remarkable contributions to society, teaching, research, development and promotion of scientific cooperation, international collaboration, human resource development and updating education systems with the latest trends. Inkeeping his excellent research work, the United State of Education Foundation has honored him as a Fulbright Fellow for the years 2011-2012, while King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, chose to honor him with the title of Chair Professor at Research Institute KFUPM in 2018.
