diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 2cb8a2bdb3c..8715792397b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Mohammad Asif Siddiqui
 Nathan Hartman
 Neil Hancock
 Nicholas Elliot Chin (Nicholas Chin)
+Nishant Kumar
 Oki Minabe
 Paul Alexander Patience (Paul A. Patience)
 Petro Karashchenko