Author: Raksha Anand

Lakhan Kumar works toward Environmental Sustainability. He completed his B.Tech. in Biotechnology from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, and his M.Tech. in Industrial Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University, Delhi. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India. His areas of interest include bioenergy, bioprocess engineering, algal biorefinery, plant biotechnology, and remediation of environmental pollutants. Navneeta Bharadvaja is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India-110042. She is an accomplished plant biotechnologist. She has more than 16 years of Research and Teaching experience. She has guided 5 Ph.D. students and more than 100 B.Tech./M.Tech./M.Sc Students. She has published more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific articles in the fields of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Algal Biotechnology, Bioremediation, and Biofuels. Ram Singh is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India-110042. He has extensive experience in organic synthesis, plants, natural product chemistry, biomimetic chemistry, and chemical biology. He has published over 100 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, authored eight books, 20 book chapters,  and 31 Modules for e PG-Pathshala, and contributed to more than 100 conferences. He has supervised 6 Ph.D. and 10 M.Tech students. His research has been funded by DST, CSIR, and DRDO, and he has carried out several projects in the area of natural product chemistry. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of various journals of repute and is a Life Member of various societies. Raksha Anand works on the development of algal nutraceuticals and waste and biomass valorization. She completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Biotechnology from the School of Basic Sciences and Research (SBSR), Sharda University, and her Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Delhi Technological University, Delhi. Her areas of interest include Nutraceuticals and Lifestyle Disease Management, Algal Biorefinery, Plant Biotechnology, and Environmental remediation. She has published several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters majorly in Nutraceuticals, Wastewater Treatment, Microbial Fuel Cells, and Bioremediation. She is editing a contributed book on algal-derived nutraceuticals.