Debasis Kundu is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, which he joined in 1990. He had previously worked as Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, after completing his PhD in Statistics at Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research interests include statistical signal processing, nonlinear regression, distribution theory, statistical computing, and reliability and survival analysis.Ayon Ganguly is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He received his PhD in Statistics from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. His research interests include reliability and survival analysis.