Dr. E Sampathkumar is Professor Emeritus of Graph Theory at University of Mysore. He has contributed to Domination Number, Bipartite Double Cover, and Reconstruction Theory. He was Chairman of the Department of Mathematics of the Karnataka University, Dharwar, and the University of Mysore (1992-95). He earned a M.Sc. (1955) in Mathematics from Central College of Bangalore University, and a Ph.D. (1965) in Mathematics from the Karnataka University, Dharwar. He was a Lecturer at the Department of Mathematics Karnatak College, Dharwar (1960-65), and then Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwar (1966-1988). After retiring in 1996 from Mysore University (1989-96), he has been working for the Department of Science and Technology (India) as a Principal Investigator on several projects in Graph Theory. He was Head at DOS in Mathematics, University of Mysore (1992-1995). He has published 47 research articles in journals as author/co-author.