Dr. Pankaj Chowdhary is President, Society for Green Environment (SGE) at New Delhi. Currently he is working as Postdoctoral Fellow in Indian Institute of Toxicology Research. His main research areas are Microbial Biotechnology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation and Waste Valorisation. He has published total 7 edited and 2 authored international books. Besides, he has published more than 65 research/review papers in national and international peer reviewed journals of high impact factor published by Springer, Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Taylor & Francis Group and Frontiers. He has been also served as a potential reviewer for various national and interna¬tional journals in his respective areas of the research. He is a life member of the "Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)", "Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Kolkata, India" and The Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI).

Dr. Abhay Raj is currently working as a principal scientist in CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research team is primarily focused on the development of sustainable microbial solutions for the treatment of industrial effluents mainly from pulp and paper mills, tanneries, textiles and distilleries. His research is supported by different funding agencies of India like DBT, DST, DSIR & CSIR. He has published more than 60 research/review papers in peer-reviewed SCI journals. He has edited two international books. He is a life member of various National and International scientific organizations like ASM, AMI & BRSI. He is CSIR's Raman Research Fellow (RRF) Awardee.

Valorisation of Agro-industrial Waste: Recent Advances in Recovery of Bioactive Compounds and Environmental Perspectives;Agri-food Waste: An Adjuvant for the Management of Oxidative Stress-related Disorders?;Sustainable Environmental Remediation by Valorization of Agro-food Industrial Waste and By-products;Valorisation of Coproducts and By-products Obtained from Nuts;Chemical and Biological Valorization of Tomato Waste;Agro-wastes for Cost-effective Production of Industrially Important Microbial Enzymes;Converting Agricultural Waste Biomass into Value-added Fuels via Thermochemical Processes;Agri-food Waste to Biofuels: Current Trends and Challenges;Valorization of Agricultural Residues Generated from Corn/Maize: Acquiring Valuables from Waste;Advanced Food Waste Valorization Techniques for Bioenergy Production: A Path in the Direction of Environmental Sustainability;Techno-economic Analysis for Low Cost In-vessel Food Waste Composting at Universiti Malaysia Sabah;Techno-economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Value-added Products from Agri-food Waste