Dr. Sainu Franco, FIE, obtained her Ph.D in Environmental Engineering from VIT University in 2016. At present she heads the Department of Civil Engineering at Providence College of Engineering, Chengannur. She has also served at the Department of Water Supply and Environmental Engineering, Arba Minch, University, Ethiopia. Her research has been on the topic "Urbanization and its implications on an emerging Mega-city". She has published several research papers in reputed journals. She has been part of the "Pollution abatement of stretches/rivers of the state of Kerala, a project of the Kerala" State Irrigation Department. Dr. Sainu led a team from Providence College of Engineering and conducted the Reconnaissance Survey of the polluted stretch of the Pamba River. She was also involved in the Traffic Volume Survey conducted by NATPAC for the project "Feasibility of Providing Access to Skywalk at Kottayam". She has received awards for Teaching Excellence and for contributions in the field of Research and Development, both from Providence College of Engineering and VIT University, Vellore. She has organized several programmes including a Faculty Development Programme on Professional Ethics which had a tremendous response from faculty members across the country. Seminars involving Indian and International Experts on various topics were also organized by her.