Javid A Parray is currently teaching at the Department of Environmental Science, GDC Eidgah, affiliated to Cluster University, Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change, microbial biotechnology, and environmental microbiomes. He has also done his Post Doctorate Research from the University of Kashmir. Dr Parray was also awarded a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by SERB – DST, GoI New Delhi. Dr Javid was also awarded as “Emerging scientist year Gold Medal” for the year 2018 by Indian Academy of Environmental Science. Dr Parray is the course coordinator for the UG- Programmes for CeC-MOOCS Swayam in Environmental Science. Dr Parray is an expert review member in the field of environmental science in the CSTT, Ministry of Education, GoI New Delhi.Niraj Singh holds a master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Technology and a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Tezpur University, Assam. He has qualified for numerous national and state-level exams in Life Sciences and Biotechnology, enabling him to pursue research at central universities and institutes. After his PhD, he began teaching at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and currently serves as an Assistant Professor and Coordinator at the Department of Microbiology, Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati. His research focuses on virulence gene functions, crop disease control, and Ralstonia solanacearum bacterial wilt, for which he was awarded a Hayward-Prior travel grant in 2020. He has previously disseminated his research in journals articles, book chapters, and a volume published by Springer. He has also received a Young Scientist Award, a Young Plant Pathologist Award, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Gujrat Vigyan Sammelan in 2022.Dilfuza Egamberdieva is a research associate at the Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany and head of Joint Uzbek-China Key Lab of Ecobiomes of Arid Lands, National University of Uzbekistan. Her research interests include microbial ecology and diversity, plant-microbe interaction, plant nutrition and stress tolerance, and plant biological disease control. She has been awarded the SCOPUS-2019 Award “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013), and TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Women Research Award (2009), as well as several Fellowships such as President’s International Fellowship for Visiting Professors (PIFI), The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Georg Forster Research Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is a member of several journals’ editorial board, authored seven books published by Elsevier and Springer, and co-authored over 200 publications in per reviewed journals.

• Section I: Microbial Fuel Production – Advanced Techniques1. Microbe as a Resource for Biofuel and Bioenergy Production2. Microbial Technology for Biofuel Production3. Bio Prospecting of Microbial Strains for Biofuel Production4. Microbial Genetic Resource for Advanced Biofuel Production5. Metagenomics Approach to Microbial Biofuel and Bioenergy ProductionSection II: Sustainable Bioenergy: Genomics and Biofuel Development6. Microbes: The Next-Generation Bioenergy Producer7. Sustainable Bioenergy: Genomics and Biofuel Development8. Microbial Diversity and Genomics in Aid of Bioenergy9. Microbial System: An Emerging Application in Bioenergy Production10. Genome Editing for Better Yield of Bioenergy and Biofuel11. Microbial Strategies for Techno-Economic Biofuel ProductionSection III: Microbial Engineering and Other Omics12. Bioengineered Microbial Platforms for Biomass-Derived Biofuel Production13. Biofuel Production and Its Upscaling by CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Genome Engineering of Microbial Cells14. Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit - Scenarios and Utility15. Metagenomics- Mining Enzymes from Microbial Cells for Biofuel Production16. Designing and Developing Synthetic Microbial Platform Cells for Bioenergy17. Advancements in Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Techniques and their Effect on Producing Non-Conventional Biofuels

Javid A Parray is currently teaching at the Department of Environmental Science, GDC Eidgah, affiliated to Cluster University, Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change, microbial biotechnology, and environmental microbiomes. He has also done his Post Doctorate Research from the University of Kashmir. Dr Parray was also awarded a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by SERB – DST, GoI New Delhi. Dr Javid was also awarded as “Emerging scientist year Gold Medal” for the year 2018 by Indian Academy of Environmental Science. Dr Parray is the course coordinator for the UG- Programmes for CeC-MOOCS Swayam in Environmental Science. Dr Parray is an expert review member in the field of environmental science in the CSTT, Ministry of Education, GoI New Delhi.Niraj Singh holds a master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Technology and a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Tezpur University, Assam. He has qualified for numerous national and state-level exams in Life Sciences and Biotechnology, enabling him to pursue research at central universities and institutes. After his PhD, he began teaching at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and currently serves as an Assistant Professor and Coordinator at the Department of Microbiology, Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati. His research focuses on virulence gene functions, crop disease control, and Ralstonia solanacearum bacterial wilt, for which he was awarded a Hayward-Prior travel grant in 2020. He has previously disseminated his research in journals articles, book chapters, and a volume published by Springer. He has also received a Young Scientist Award, a Young Plant Pathologist Award, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Gujrat Vigyan Sammelan in 2022.Dilfuza Egamberdieva is a research associate at the Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany and head of Joint Uzbek-China Key Lab of Ecobiomes of Arid Lands, National University of Uzbekistan. Her research interests include microbial ecology and diversity, plant-microbe interaction, plant nutrition and stress tolerance, and plant biological disease control. She has been awarded the SCOPUS-2019 Award “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013), and TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Women Research Award (2009), as well as several Fellowships such as President’s International Fellowship for Visiting Professors (PIFI), The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Georg Forster Research Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is a member of several journals’ editorial board, authored seven books published by Elsevier and Springer, and co-authored over 200 publications in per reviewed journals.

• Section I: Microbial Fuel Production – Advanced Techniques1. Microbe as a Resource for Biofuel and Bioenergy Production2. Microbial Technology for Biofuel Production3. Bio Prospecting of Microbial Strains for Biofuel Production4. Microbial Genetic Resource for Advanced Biofuel Production5. Metagenomics Approach to Microbial Biofuel and Bioenergy ProductionSection II: Sustainable Bioenergy: Genomics and Biofuel Development6. Microbes: The Next-Generation Bioenergy Producer7. Sustainable Bioenergy: Genomics and Biofuel Development8. Microbial Diversity and Genomics in Aid of Bioenergy9. Microbial System: An Emerging Application in Bioenergy Production10. Genome Editing for Better Yield of Bioenergy and Biofuel11. Microbial Strategies for Techno-Economic Biofuel ProductionSection III: Microbial Engineering and Other Omics12. Bioengineered Microbial Platforms for Biomass-Derived Biofuel Production13. Biofuel Production and Its Upscaling by CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Genome Engineering of Microbial Cells14. Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit - Scenarios and Utility15. Metagenomics- Mining Enzymes from Microbial Cells for Biofuel Production16. Designing and Developing Synthetic Microbial Platform Cells for Bioenergy17. Advancements in Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Techniques and their Effect on Producing Non-Conventional Biofuels

Javid A Parray is currently teaching at the Department of Environmental Science, GDC Eidgah, affiliated to Cluster University, Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change, microbial biotechnology, and environmental microbiomes. He has also done his Post Doctorate Research from the University of Kashmir. Dr Parray was also awarded a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by SERB – DST, GoI New Delhi. Dr Javid was also awarded as “Emerging scientist year Gold Medal” for the year 2018 by Indian Academy of Environmental Science. Dr Parray is the course coordinator for the UG- Programmes for CeC-MOOCS Swayam in Environmental Science. Dr Parray is an expert review member in the field of environmental science in the CSTT, Ministry of Education, GoI New Delhi.Niraj Singh holds a master’s degree in Molecular Biology and Technology and a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Tezpur University, Assam. He has qualified for numerous national and state-level exams in Life Sciences and Biotechnology, enabling him to pursue research at central universities and institutes. After his PhD, he began teaching at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, and currently serves as an Assistant Professor and Coordinator at the Department of Microbiology, Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati. His research focuses on virulence gene functions, crop disease control, and Ralstonia solanacearum bacterial wilt, for which he was awarded a Hayward-Prior travel grant in 2020. He has previously disseminated his research in journals articles, book chapters, and a volume published by Springer. He has also received a Young Scientist Award, a Young Plant Pathologist Award, and a Certificate of Appreciation at the Gujrat Vigyan Sammelan in 2022.Dilfuza Egamberdieva is a research associate at the Centre of Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany and head of Joint Uzbek-China Key Lab of Ecobiomes of Arid Lands, National University of Uzbekistan. Her research interests include microbial ecology and diversity, plant-microbe interaction, plant nutrition and stress tolerance, and plant biological disease control. She has been awarded the SCOPUS-2019 Award “Top Scientist of the Year”, TWAS (The World Academy of Science) Award in Agricultural Sciences (2013), and TWAS-TWOWS-SCOPUS Young Women Research Award (2009), as well as several Fellowships such as President’s International Fellowship for Visiting Professors (PIFI), The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Georg Forster Research Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is a member of several journals’ editorial board, authored seven books published by Elsevier and Springer, and co-authored over 200 publications in per reviewed journals.

• Section I: Microbial Fuel Production – Advanced Techniques1. Microbe as a Resource for Biofuel and Bioenergy Production2. Microbial Technology for Biofuel Production3. Bio Prospecting of Microbial Strains for Biofuel Production4. Microbial Genetic Resource for Advanced Biofuel Production5. Metagenomics Approach to Microbial Biofuel and Bioenergy ProductionSection II: Sustainable Bioenergy: Genomics and Biofuel Development6. Microbes: The Next-Generation Bioenergy Producer7. Sustainable Bioenergy: Genomics and Biofuel Development8. Microbial Diversity and Genomics in Aid of Bioenergy9. Microbial System: An Emerging Application in Bioenergy Production10. Genome Editing for Better Yield of Bioenergy and Biofuel11. Microbial Strategies for Techno-Economic Biofuel ProductionSection III: Microbial Engineering and Other Omics12. Bioengineered Microbial Platforms for Biomass-Derived Biofuel Production13. Biofuel Production and Its Upscaling by CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Genome Engineering of Microbial Cells14. Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit - Scenarios and Utility15. Metagenomics- Mining Enzymes from Microbial Cells for Biofuel Production16. Designing and Developing Synthetic Microbial Platform Cells for Bioenergy17. Advancements in Synthetic Biology and Metabolic Engineering Techniques and their Effect on Producing Non-Conventional Biofuels