Gopi ChandrothGopi (Gopinath Chandroth, formerly O. C. Gopinath) is, by training, a marine engineer, having graduated from the Directorate of Marine Engineering Training, India, in 1978. He has over four decades of experience in the shipping industry, the first fifteen years spent on merchant ships. Before settling ashore, he obtained a Master of Science in Software Engineering and a doctorate in Artificial Intelligence for machinery condition monitoring from the University of Sheffield, UK. The last fifteen years of his career were spent working for the UK Government's Marine Accident Investigation Branch as an Inspector of Marine Accidents.He writes purely for fun and has been published in leading newspapers such as The Times of India and Deccan Herald. He has also contributed to several anthologies of short stories. He currently lives in the UK and shares his writings on his blog at www.gopistory.com. He can be contacted by email: gopinath.chandroth@gmail.com Read More Read Less