Yogesh Joshi did B.E. in Polymer Engineering from Pune University in 1996 and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2001. Subsequently, he joined Benjamin Levich Institute, New York for post-doctoral studies. Dr Joshi joined Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2004, where presently he is a Professor and the Dean of International Relations. His research interests include the rheology of complex fluids, colloidal glasses and gels and phase behavior of clay dispersions. He is also on the editorial advisory board of Langmuir and Physics of Fluids. Dr Joshi is a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Sciences (2015). He is also an elected fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2016) and the National Academy of Sciences, India (2017). He is also closely associated with many industries pertaining to improving the flow behavior and stability of soft materials.