Prof. Deepak Pant is currently Dean, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India. He is also Visiting Professor of Environmental and Chemical Science, Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences University, India. Prof. Pant is the recipient of Silver Jubilee Research Fellowship award (2003) by Kumaun University, India, UCOST Young Scientist Award 2009, INSA Visiting Fellow 2010, DST-SERC Visiting Fellow 2010, DST-SERC Young Scientist Award 2011 and Visitor Award 2017 by Hon’ble President of India for his research activities. He was conferred the 8th National Award for Technology Innovation by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. Prof. Pant has 5 patents in the area of waste management by green techniques and has authored 13 books and 50 research papers in various national and international journals. He has guided 6 Ph.D. scholars and 150 M.Sc. dissertations.Dr. Ashok Kumar Nadda is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, India. He holds expertise in the field of microbial biotechnology, with research focusing on various issues pertaining to nano-biocatalysis, microbial enzymes, biomass, bioenergy and climate change. He worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. He also worked as Brain Pool Researcher/Assistant Professor at Konkuk University, South Korea. His research interests lie in microbial enzymes, biocatalysis, CO2 conversion, climate change issues, nanobiotechnology, waste management, biomass degradation, biofuel synthesis and bioremediation. He has published 65 research articles, 25 book chapters and 6 books. He is also a member of the editorial board and reviewer committee of the various journals of national and international repute. Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant is the Federation of Indian PetroleumIndustries (FIPI) Chair Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India. His research interests involve innovative studies covering both the theoretical and experimental aspects of heterogeneous catalysis for hydrocarbon conversion, green technologies for sustainable energy and the environment, biomass conversion, metal recovery from waste and water treatment. His research work on the development of green and sustainable technologies for management of plastic and electronic waste, coal and agro-waste conversion to chemicals, CO2 capture and conversion to chemicals, crude oil and natural gas to chemicals and hydrogen production is duly recognized across the scientific community. He has over 30 years of academic and industrial research experience with 150+ publications in peer-reviewed journals with over 8000 citations numerous book chapters and several patents. Prof. Pant also holds Adjunct Faculty position at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and CRDT, IIT Delhi as well as Honorary Faculty at the University of Queensland, Australia. Prof. Pant has been conferred CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker (CDS) award in 2019, Herdilia Award by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2017, and other honors.Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India, in 2001, after working as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. His interests are IC engines, combustion, alternate and conventional fuels, lubricating oil tribology, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, emissions and particulate control, and large bore engines. Prof. Agarwal has published 290+ peer-reviewed international journal and conference papers, 42 edited books and 78 books chapters and has 10000+ Scopus and 15300+ Google Scholar citations. He is Fellow of SAE (2012), Fellow of ASME (2013), Fellow of ISEES (2015), Fellow of INAE (2015), Fellow of NASI (2018), Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2018) and Fellow of American Association of Advancement in Science (2020). He is the recipient of several prestigious awards such as Clarivate Analytics India Citation Award-2017 in Engineering and Technology, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012; Dr. C. V. Raman Young Teachers Award: 2011; SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award-2008; INSA Young Scientist Award-2007; UICT Young Scientist Award-2007; INAE Young Engineer Award-2005. Prof. Agarwal received Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award-2016 in Engineering Sciences. For his outstanding contributions, Prof. Agarwal is conferred upon Sir J C Bose National Fellowship (2019) by SERB.
