Prof Zoya Fatima is a Gold medalist and a 1st rank holder in M. Tech Structures and 13th rank holder in B.E Civil Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University. With over 13 years of teaching experience, she is presently pursuing a Ph.D. in the field of Structural Health Monitoring from Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Few technical skills in her arsenal include a Diploma in Civil CADD (AutoCAD, STADD.Pro), Diploma in PPM using MSP (MS Office Project), Revit Architecture, Primavera 6.0, and Ansys. Over the years she has attended many workshops and presented papers and contributed to Journals such as “An Overview of Structural Health Monitoring”, in National conference on the “Recent Trends in Structural Engineering” Organized by the Department of Civil Engineering, VNRVJIE in January 2012. She stood Second in “Bridge Design” and “Creative modelling” events at a National Level Technical Fest conducted by BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore.