Prof. Pranjal Chandra is an Assistant Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. He earned his Ph.D. from Pusan National University, South Korea and did post-doctoral training at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. His research focus is highly interdisciplinary, spanning a wide range in biotechnology, nanobiosensors, material engineering, and nanomedicine. He has designed several commercially viable biosensing prototypes that can be operated for onsite analysis for biomedical diagnostics. He is a guest editor and an editorial board member of various international journals. He is author of over 110 high impact publications including research / reviews papers and invited book chapter. He has published 11 books on various aspects of biosensors/medical diagnostics. Dr. Chandra is the recipient of many prestigious awards, coveted honours, and fellowships such as: DST Ramanujan fellowship (Government of India); Early Career Research Award (ECRA) (DST, Government of India); BK -21 and NRF fellowship, South Korea; Technion Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Israel; Nano Molecular Society India Young Scientist Award; Biotech Research Society India (BRSI) Young Scientist Award; Young Engineers Award 2018; Highly Cited Corresponding authors in The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, London; Top 10% cited article in the General Chemistry Section RSC Jounal, Cambridge, London, Gandhian Young Technology Innovation Award (GYTI) 2020, etc. Dr. Chandra is also listed among the world’s top 2% scientist in a report by Stanford University, USA.Prof. Parmjit S. Panesar is working as a Dean (Research & Consultancy), Department of Food Engineering & Technology, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed to be University: Established by Govt. of India), Longowal, Punjab, India. Earlier, he has also served as Head, Department of Food Engineering & Technology, SLIET Longowal, Punjab, India. In 2005, he was awarded BOYSCAST (Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science & Technology) fellowship by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. Prof. Panesar was awarded the Young Scientist Fellowship by Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, India. His research is focused in the area of value addition of food industry by-products, green extraction of bioactive from food industry by-products, food fermentation, food enzymes, prebiotics, biopigments, biodegradable films. He has published more than 150 research articles in peer-reviewed journals of high repute, 32 chapters and has authored/edited 07 books. He is a member of the editorial advisory boards of several journals, including the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal of Food Science & Technology, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies & Applications. He acted as a former member of the National level Scientific Panel on “Genetically modified organisms and foods” by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) &Member in the international collective of experts of Foundation for Science and Technology(FCT), Portugal.
