Manikant Tripathi (Author) Dr. Manikant Tripathi is Assistant Professor in the Biotechnology Program at Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, India with eight years of teaching experience. After passing M.Sc. and qualifying National Eligibility Test, he completed Ph.D. program in Microbiology.

He received research fellowship by University Grants Commission, India, and awards by various scientific societies in international and national conferences. His primary research interest is to explore different efficient strategies toward bioremediation of environmental pollutants and microbial applications for value added product development. Dr. Tripathi has published many research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals and has edited books. He is an active member of various scientific societies. Presently, he is working on microbial technology, waste management, development of cleanup technology, biomass valorisation, and nanobiotechnology. His Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.

co.in/citations?user=bNQ-Z24AAAAJ&hl=en Sukhminderjit Kaur (Author) Dr. Sukhminderjit Kaur is a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Chandigarh University, India. She earned her PhD. from PGIMER, Chandigarh in 2008 and has over 20 years of academic and research experience. She has published 58+ research and review articles in high-impact journals and has contributed to several book chapters. She holds two patents for biofertilizer formulations and has edited the book "Futuristic Approaches in Biofertilizer Industry" (Springer Nature, 2 volumes). She has guided four PhD.

students and received the Young Scientist Award in 2011 at the National Conference on Impact of Science and Technology on Societal Development. She is a member of the Indian Science Congress, the Association of Microbiologists of India and the Gastrointestinal Society of India. Her research focuses on biofertilizers, probiotics and bioremediation.