Hrudayanath Thatoi, Ph.D., is the Center for Industrial Biotechnology Research director, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA) University, Odisha, India. He obtained a Ph.D. in botany from Utkal University, Odisha, India. His research interests include sustainable production of renewable energy, mushroom diversity and bioactivity, bioremediation, etc. He has implemented several research projects funded by the UGC-DAE Government of India.

Thatoi has published 25 books and 326 research papers in national and international journals. He is the recipient of the Samanta Chandrasekhar Award by DST, Govt. of Odisha. Sonali Mohapatra, Ph.D., obtained a Ph.D. in engineering (biotechnology).

She is a post-doc research associate in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A. Her research focuses on bioprocessing technologies. Apart from her publications and edited books, she has also been part of successful scale-up projects in the synthesis of prebiotics from dairy waste streams. Swagat Kumar Das, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Odisha University of Technology and Research, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

He obtained his Ph.D. from Ravenshaw University, Odisha, India. He is a fellow recipient of the Eurasian Academy of Environmental Sciences (FEAES) and the Society of Innovative Educationalists, Scientific Research Professionals (FSIESRP). He has published over 30 publications in various national and international journals and 12 book chapters. Sukanta Kumar Pradhan, Ph.D., obtained a Ph.

D. in biotechnology from Ravenshaw University, Odisha, India. He serves as HOD in the Department of Bioinformatics, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Odisha, India. His interests include genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, bioinformatics., etc. He has published 60 research papers in reputed national and international journals and 8 book chapters.