Ravi Kant Bhatia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, India. He is actively engaged in research activities in environmental biotechnology and recently listed in the World Top 2% list of scientists issues by Stanford University USA. He has vast experience in industry and academia, filed one patent, and his areas of interest include biomass, bioenergy, and biofuels.

Meenu Hans is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, India. She is actively researching in environmental microbiology and biotechnology. She has worked as a Visiting Scientist at Institute of Physics of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, Brazil, and has research experience in Biofuel Technology fermentation technology and has filed two patents.