India, April 8 -- With more than half of India exposed to moderate or high seismic hazard, the quality of engineering education has direct implications for public safety, infrastructure resilience, and long-term urban development. In this interview, Dr. Attila Laszló Joó, Associate Professor of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, explains how earthquake engineering links research, field experience, and teaching, and why this knowledge can be highly relevant for Indian students preparing to work on safer buildings and infrastructure at home.

Earthquake risk is a major concern in India today. From your perspective as a structural engineer, how do you interpret this challenge?

India's situation is well understood...