Dr. Amit Soni has rich experience of 22 years with academic and administrative exposure of different organizations in various capacities, which includes 3 years of industrial experience in RRVPNL, Jaipur. He is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Manipal University, Jaipur, and actively contributing to an administrative role as Director of SEEC (School of Electrical, Electronics & Communication). In addition to this, he also has an administrative role as In‑Charge CEO at Atal Incubation Center (AIC), Manipal University, Jaipur. He had worked as the Director (International Collaborations) at Manipal University, Jaipur, and contributed toward MoU’s/MoA’s with top QS Ranked Universities, Faculty & Student exchanges, successfully organizing DoIC Flagship events. He had worked as the Director (Quality & Compliance) at Manipal University, Jaipur, and successfully contributed to NIRF Ranking 2021, AQAR‑1, and NBA visit for five Engineering Departments. He has published 110 research papers that include reputed SCI international journals (31) with high impact Q1 & Q2 journals and Scopus indexed conferences (79) at national and international levels. He has published several book chapters and has contributed as ‘Lead Editor’ in LNEE Springer publications. He has successfully supervised five PhDs, and currently, six research scholars are working under his supervision. He has worked as PI for DST SERB and as Co‑PI for CSIR funded research project in collaboration with MLSU, Udaipur, and NIT, Uttarakhand. He is a regular reviewer of research articles for many high‑impact international journals. He is a life member of Optica, Solar Energy Society of India, Member ISTE, India, and IEEE, USA. His research interests include conventional power and renewable energy sources, power system stability, solar photovoltaic materials: material characterization, semiconductor device physics, bulk and thin film technology, photoluminescence, and power quality improvements.Dr. Dharmendra Tripathi has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand. Prior to joining NIT, Uttarakhand, he has worked for more than 12 years as a faculty member (Associate Professor, Assistant Professor) in various reputed institutions like Manipal University, Jaipur; NIT, Delhi; IIT, Ropar; and BITS Pilani, Hyderabad. He completed his PhD in Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Modelling of Physiological flows) in 2009 from the Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University and MSc in Mathematics from Banaras Hindu University. He has supervised eight PhD students, and three PhD students are working under his supervision. He has also guided various BTech projects. He has published more than 200 papers in reputed international journals, three edited books in Springer, one edited book in CRC, and ten book chapters. He has presented more than 40 papers at international and national conferences. His research’s h‑index is 54 and i‑10 index is 164, and his papers have more than 7870 citations as per Google Scholar. He has delivered more than 100 lectures as an Invited Speaker, a Keynote Speaker, and a Resource Person in various conferences, workshops, FDP, STTP, STC, refresher courses, etc.He has received the best faculty award in 2022 from NIT, Uttarakhand, for his outstanding contribution in teaching, research, and administration. He has been listed in the top 2% researchers/scientists across the world as per updated science‑wide author databases of standardized citation indicators in the year 2020, year 2021, and year 2022. He has also received the President Award in 2017 by the Manipal University, Jaipur, for outstanding contribution. He is the recipient of Prof. PR Sharma Memorial Award from the International Academy for Physical Sciences (IAPS) in 2021. He has also been recognized by various reputed journals for reviewing the articles and editing special issues for the journals. He was awarded some prestigious INAE fellowships in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, and postdoctoral fellowships (NBHM, Dr. D.S. Kothari, and Indo‑EU) in 2010. He has been discharging second‑time additional administrative responsibilities as the Dean (Student Welfare) at NIT, Uttarakhand, since March 2022 and I/c Registrar since July 2022. He has already discharged many administrative responsibilities of the Institutes like I/c Registrar, Dean (R&C), CVO, Dean (SW), Chief Warden, and Chairman of various Institutes Committees. His research work is focused on the mathematical modeling and simulation of biological flows in deformable domains, peristaltic flow of Newtonian and non‑Newtonian fluids, dynamics of various infectious diseases, microfluidics, CFD, biomechanics, heat transfer, nanofluids, energy systems, numerical methods, etc.Dr. Jagrati Sahariya is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand. She is having teaching experience of more than 11 years. She has been working in the field of γ‑ray scattering and band structure calculations for the last 11 years. She received her PhD degree in 2012 in the field of electronic structure calculation and Compton scattering. As part of her PhD thesis, she has studied the electronic and magnetic properties of a variety of technologically important materials. She has sufficient expertise in using different band structure methods like full potential linearized augmented plane wave, linear combinations of atomic orbitals, and spin polarized relativistic Korringa‑Kohn‑Rostoker to compute electronic structure, optical and magnetic properties, and Compton profiles of a variety of materials. She has published more than 100 papers in peer‑reviewed international journals of high‑impact factor and repute conference proceedings, ten book chapters, one edited book in CRC, and one edited book in Springer. She has supervised two PhD students, and currently, three PhD students are working under her guidance. She has also executed two research projects funded by SERB, New Delhi, and a research project sponsored by CSIR, New Delhi, is ongoing. She has organized several conferences, workshops, FDP, and STC, and has edited four Scopus‑indexed conference proceedings. She is a reviewer for several reputed international journals of high‑impact factors. Her research interests include renewable energy sources, solar photovoltaic materials: material characterization, semiconductor device physics, bulk and thin film technology, and charge and magnetic Compton scattering.Dr. Kamal Nayan Sharma is working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Amity School of Applied Sciences, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram. He has recently been honored with the prestigious SIRE (SERB International Research Experience) fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Board (Govt. of India). Presently, he is on deputation as a SERB‑SIRE awardee at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand, for six months. During this six‑month period, he is engaged in research collaboration with an Associate Prof. Dr. Graham C. Saunders.Before joining Amity University Haryana, Dr. Sharma served as an Assistant Professor at Vivekanand Global University in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. He earned his PhD from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, and subsequently completed a young scientist research project sponsored by SERB, New Delhi, at MNIT, Jaipur, as the Principal Investigator. His scholarly work is widely recognized, with 31 publications in esteemed international journals of high‑impact factors, such as nanoscale, organometallics, chemical communications, Dalton transaction, organic and biomolecular chemistry, and tetrahedron letters. His research has garnered significant attention, reflected in an impressive h‑index of 17 and an i‑10 index of 21, along with more than 850 citations. He has also visited the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, for research work under the Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) sponsored Indo‑South African Research Project. He has served as a reviewer in various international journals. He currently guides two PhD students and has supervised several master’s students in their project work.
