Dr. Santi M. Mandal obtained his PhD in the field of molecular microbiology and continuing research with major focus in antimicrobial chemotherapy. He visited UTMB-USA and NUS-Singapore for his postdoctoral training. He worked as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Vidyasagar University, India. He has published more than 110 research papers in reputed journals and conferred upon several prestigious awards for his research contribution. Currently, he is engaged at Central Research Facility, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India. Debarati Paul (PhD), currently Associate Professor in Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, has completed her PhD from the Institute of Microbial Technology-CSIR (Chandigarh) and post doc from EAWAG (Switzerland) and Mississippi State University (USA) for about 5 years, before joining Amity University, UP as Assistant Professor.

Her main area of research is genomics, environmental biotechnology, antimicrobial resistance and biodegradation. She has published over 70 papers including research articles, reviews, conference proceedings and posters and book chapters. She has received the prestigious Indo US Science and Technology Forum award and DST travel grants, etc. She also trains students for skill development in Quality Control Chemist Microbiology, since 2019.