Arun CO is an Associate Professor in the department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad. He completed his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering at T K M College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala University, Master's Degree in Structural Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Stochastic Meshfree Method for Elasto–Plastic Damage Analysis at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.