Senior Principal Scientist and Head, Professor, AcSIR, Plant Cell Biotechnology (PCBT) Dept., Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore – 570 020

Area of Specialization: Spirulina and Microalgal Biotechnology; Microalgae for value-added products, food, and nutraceutical applications; Microalgae to combat malnutrition and lifestyle disorders; Stress response in Microalgae; Microalgae based food products.

E-mail: vikas@cftri.res.in, vikassinghc@gmail.com

Contact No: 0821-2516501(O), 0821-2342736 (R)

Co-ordinator, EWRG, CES, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Area of Specialization: Water Quality, Ecology, Ecosystems, Sustainability, Environment, Biodiversity, Wetlands, Pattern Recognition, Biodiversity & Conservation, Land Use Change, Urbanism, Land Use, Aquatic Ecosystems

E-mail: tvr@iisc.ac.in

Contact No: 91-080-22933099(D)/22933503 (extn 107)

Principal Investigator, Dean Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Area of Specialization: Biofuel, Bioenergy, Enzymes, Gene sequencing, Nano materials, Nano particles, Bioremediation, Degradation, Bacteria, Phylogeny, Gene characterization, Polymers, Algae, Cyanobacteria, Bioprocess, and Toxins

E-mail: nthaju2002@bdu.ac.in; nthaju2002@yahoo.com

Contact No: +91431 2407082 (Off.); +9198423 79719

Group Leader- Omics of Algae, Integrative Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, 110 067 New Delhi, India.

Area of Specialization: Genome sequencing, Lipid biosynthetic pathway and its regulation in microalgae, Engineering microalgae for improving the quality of lipid for biodiesel production

E-mail: jppavan@icgeb.res.in

Contact No: +91-11-26741358 ext 451

Sr. Professor & Scientist-G Member, The Royal Entomological Society, London,

Ph.D in Zoology (Entomology)

Head, Landscape Level Planning and Management Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand – 248001, India.

Area of Specialization: Ecology and systematic of insects, bioindicators, biodiversity surveys, ecological monitoring in western Himalayan Protected Areas

E-mail: uniyalvp@wii.gov.in, uniyalvp@gmail.com

Contact No: + 91-135-2646120, Mob: + 91-9412992869

Scientist-E, & Officer-in-Charge, Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, MoEFCC

Area of Specialization: Systematics, Biogeography and Community Ecology of Odonata, Ephemeroptera and Aquatic Hemiptera, Freshwater biodiversity conservation,Geographic Information System (GIS) and Biodiversity Databases.E-mail: subbuka.zsi@gmail.com, subbu.ka@zsi.gov.in

Contact No: +91-9088039540

Professor (Head) of Zoology, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (HNBGU), Uttarakhand

Area of Specialization: Biology, Ecology and Conservation of the Golden Mahseer; Aquatic Biodiversity; Biogeography of Major Aquatic Floral & Faunal Groups in the Indian Subcontinent; Habitat, Population & Community Ecology.

E-mail: pn.mahseer@gmail.com

Contact No: 9411598191

DST- INSPIRE Faculty, Department of Energy and Environment, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli - 620015, Tamil Nadu, India

Area of Specialization: Microalgal and cyanobacterial biotechnology, Lipidomics and fatty acid chemistry, Bio-products from algae, Biofuel, Wastewater treatment, Metabolic Engineering

E-mail: mathi.search@gmail.com