Dr. Virat Khanna is serving as Associate Dean, Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. He is an accomplished academic and researcher with over 16 years of experience in higher education and scientific research. He has authored more than 90 publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals indexed in SCI, Scopus, and Web of Science. His research contributions span nanotechnology, materials science, and sustainable development. He has served as an editor for multiple books and conference proceedings with leading international publishers, including Springer, CRC Press, IGI Global, and Bentham Science. He is actively involved in scholarly publishing and currently serves on the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Nature Group) and Discover Nano (Springer). Additionally, he holds the position of Academic Editor for the Journal of Nanotechnology published by Wiley. Dr Khanna is also the Book Series Editor for Recent Advances in Materials for Nanotechnology, published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis).Prof. Chander Prakash is working as Pro-Vice Chancellor research, ranking, and accreditation at Geeta University, Haryana, India and he is also associated Project Head at Research Laboratory of 3D Bioprinting Technologies for Flexible Electronics, Institute of Nanotechnology, Electronic and Equipment Engineering, Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Russia. He is a passionate researcher with diversified research interests—developing materials for biomedical and healthcare applications, additive manufacturing, and developing and exploring new cost- effective manufacturing technologies for biomedical industries. To date, he has published more than 530 scientific articles in various peer-reviewed, reputed top-notch journals, conferences, and books in Materials Science and Manufacturing. He is a Highly Cited Researcher at the international level, and he has 18000+ citations, an H-index of 73, and an i-10 index is 306 (as of January 2026). He edited/authored 40 books, serving as Series Editor of 3 books, Editorial Board Member of journals. He is among India’s Top 1% of leading mechanical and aerospace engineering scientists, as per Research.com. He holds the 38th rank in India and 1,590th rank in the world. He also consistently appeared in the top 2% of researchers as per Stanford Study in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.Dr. Rohit Jasrotia is currently working as an Assistant professor at the School of Physics and Materials Science, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He also worked as Research fellow at INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia. Dr. Jasrotia has published more than 135 research articles in reputed international journals, with over 4,100 citations and an h-index of 39. He has edited several scholarly books indexed in Elsevier databases and has been recognized among the Top 2% Scientists worldwide by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier. He has also served as a Special Issue Managing Editor for various journals.
