diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 6b266e9a2e..2898014901 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@
         }, 
         {
             "name": "Evan Ramos"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Ritvik Rao"
         }, 
         {
             "name": "Michael Robson"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 601c522883..45f79bd70c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -385,6 +385,6 @@ Raghavendra Kanakagiri, Venkatasubrahmanian Narayanan. Nitin Bhat, and
 Justin Szaday. Current developers include: Eric Bohm, Ronak Buch, Eric
 Mikida, Sam White, Kavitha Chandrasekar, Jaemin Choi, Matthias Diener,
 Evan Ramos, Zane Fink, Pathikrit Ghosh, Maya Taylor, Aditya Bhosale,
-Mathew Jacob, Tom Vander Aa, and Thomas Quinn.
+Mathew Jacob, Tom Vander Aa, Thomas Quinn, and Ritvik Rao.
 
 Copyright (C) 1989-2024 University of Illinois Board of Trustees
diff --git a/doc/charm++/manual.rst b/doc/charm++/manual.rst
index 99ead1b533..96a89df0d6 100644
--- a/doc/charm++/manual.rst
+++ b/doc/charm++/manual.rst
@@ -13498,7 +13498,9 @@ Acknowledgements
 
 -  Tom Vander Aa
 
--  Thomas Quinn.
+-  Thomas Quinn
+
+-  Ritvik Rao   
    
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    “Threaded” or “synchronous” methods are different. But even they do