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Dr. Pal is currently working as an Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh India. He has received his M. Tech in 2011 and Ph.D. in 2017, in the field of Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Before that, he has completed his B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow in 2006. Dr Pal completed doctorate degree in the field of nanotechnology and catalysis. These nanofibers have very promising potential to provide benefits to nanotechnologies, energy, environment, catalysts, sensors etc. They got the total number of 105 publications in the international referred journals and 12 book, 55 book chapters. From all the publication they have 4240 google citations with 29 h-index and 63i-10-indexes. Dr. Pal’s research interest is nano-technology, catalysis, energy and environment and waste management with a special focus in developing process and materials by using waste as raw materials. He also prefers to work on bio-waste processing and value addition.

Dr. Nishant Kumar Singh is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned his Ph.D. in modern machining processes from the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India, and his Bachelor of Technology from Delhi Technical University (formerly Delhi College of Engineering), Delhi, India. With 19 years of experience in academia and research, he has established himself as a prominent figure in his field. Dr. Singh has published approximately 120 research papers in high-impact SCI, Scopus, and Web of Science indexed journals. He serves as a reviewer for several reputable journals and is also a member of the editorial team for others. He has mentored numerous M.Tech and Ph.D. students and is the author of ten books published by international houses such as CRC Press, Nova Publishers, River Publishers, and De Gruyter. Furthermore, he is a book series editor for both CRC Press and De Gruyter. Dr. Singh holds over 20 patents and has been recognized by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of scientists worldwide.

 Dr. Kapoor is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned his B. Tech and M. Tech (dual degree program) in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2004. He received his PhD from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Illinois, USA, in 2011. Before assuming his current position, Dr. Kapoor worked as a Product Engineer at Lam Research Corporation, California, USA, and as a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India. With over 12 years of experience in industry and academia, he has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed international publications, and has an h-index of 18. His research interests include microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip technologies, environmental remediation, biomass valorization, and modeling and simulation.