V. Venkatramanan, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. His interests include climate smart agriculture, climate policy, biodegradation and green technologies for environmental management. He has published more than 20 research papers in peer- reviewed journals and book chapters.Shachi Shah, Ph.D. is an environmentalist with nearly two decades of teaching and research experience at various respected universities and institutes. She is an Associate Professor (Environmental Studies) at the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi. Her research interests include green technologies for waste management and energy generation, bioremediation, waste valorization, plant growth promoting organisms, and biodiversity conservation. Moreover, she has authored more than 50 publications.Ram Prasad, Ph.D.is associated with the Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India. His research interests include applied & environmental microbiology, plant-microbe-interactions, sustainable agriculture and nanobiotechnology. He has published more than 150 research papers, review articles & book chapters, has five patents issued or pending, and edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been awarded the Young Scientist Award & Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications; FSAB fellowship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; the American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA; Outstanding Scientist Award in the field of microbiology by Venus International Foundation; and the BRICPL Science Investigator Award and Research Excellence Award. He is an editorial board member for Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Nutrition,Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Academia Journal of Biotechnology, and the Journal of Renewable Materials, and series editor of Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences, Springer Nature, USA. Previously, Dr. Prasad served as an Assistant Professor at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States and Research Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
