diff --git a/COPYRIGHT.txt b/COPYRIGHT.txt
index 79e41b787c..69c424cb46 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT.txt
+++ b/COPYRIGHT.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Copyright:
   Copyright 2017, Haritha Sreedharan Nair <haritha1313@gmail.com>
   Copyright 2017&2018, Sourabh Varshney <sourabhvarshney111@gmail.com>
   Copyright 2018, Nikhil Goel <nikhilgoel199797@gmail.com>
+  Copyright 2018, Projyal Dev <projyal@gmail.com>
 
 License: BSD-3-clause
   All rights reserved.
diff --git a/src/mlpack/core.hpp b/src/mlpack/core.hpp
index 918421a6e7..6fe202923e 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/core.hpp
+++ b/src/mlpack/core.hpp
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@
  *   - Haritha Sreedharan Nair <haritha1313@gmail.com>
  *   - Sourabh Varshney <sourabhvarshney111@gmail.com>
  *   - Nikhil Goel <nikhilgoel199797@gmail.com>
+ *   - Projyal Dev <projyal@gmail.com>
  */
 
 // First, include all of the prerequisites.