Krunal Gangawane is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India. He Ph.D. Degrees in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 2015. His current area of research is Magneto-convection, Nanofluidics, enhanced oil recovery, aerogels, etc. He has more than 20 publications in journals of repute. He had a research collaboration with the Firat University (Turkey), Ghent University (Belgium), King Saud University (Saudi Arabia) on the topic of 'Convection heat transfer in enclosed bodies for different fluids.' He is also the recipient of the ISRO-RESPOND sponsored project in March 2020.

Abhishek Kumar is a Ph.D. student of Chemical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, India. He graduated in Chemical Engineering (B.Tech.) from Monad University in 2014. Later, He received his M.Tech.

Degrees in Chemical Engineering from C.V. Raman College of Engineering & Technology, Bhubaneshwar, in 2018. His Ph.D. research is based on Hybrid Ferrofluids for Energy and Environmental Applications; their focus area is Enhanced Oil Recovery using Hybrid Ferrofluids.