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Prof. (Dr) Azra N. Kamili is among the popular and experienced personalities of the country, an academician, environmentalist and a renowned botanist. She is Dean, School of Biological Science, Director, Centre of Research for Development (CORD) and Head of Department Environmental Sciences, University of Kashmir. She has more than 35 years of academic, research and administrative experience, guided numerous PhD and MPhil students, executed number of research projects and published more than 200 papers of national and international repute. She is the fellow of various renowned scientific bodies and has bagged many prestigious awards at national and international level. She is a specialist of Plant Morphogenesis, Plant Tissue Culture, Microbial Ecology, Conservation Biology and Cytogenetics.

Ghulam Nabi Aatish is a poet, critic, researcher, compiler and an expert on children's literature. He has bagged prestigious Bal Sahitya Akademi award for children literature.

Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat is Advocate at Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He has many years of court experience and is well versed in trial preparations, research and drafting legal documents.

Professor Manoj Kumar Talyldar is an Associate professor of Economics at Cotton University, Guwahati. He has about 33 years of teaching and research experience and is a specialist in public policy, infrastructure development and Macroeconomics.

Prof (Dr) M. Z. Chishti is a professor emeritus of parasitology in Centre of Research for Development University of Kashmir and Adjunct faculty, Department of Animal Sciences Central University of Kashmir. He has more than 35 years of academic, research and administrative experience, guided numerous PhD and MPhil students, executed a number of research projects and published more than 200 papers of national and international repute. Prof. Chishti has served for 6 years as Head of Department and 3 years as Dean Biological Science and as Coordinator of Postgraduate Centers at the university. He has bagged a number of prestigious national and international awards in recognition of his research and teaching. Prof Chishti is member Academic council of Lucknow University, Rohelkhand University, Allahabad University, Vishvabharati Shantiniketan, SKUAST-K, BGSBU. He is member advisory committees of UGC and Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. His Research interests include the Parasite taxonomy, pathogenicity and immunology.

Prof. (Dr.) Balgovind Baboo is an eminent Sociologist of India. He has worked in different reputed Universities of India and abroad. He has more than 37 years of academic, research and administrative experience. He is a former professor of M.D. University Rohtak, Utkal University Bhubaneshwar and Ex-director of Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi. He has also worked as a professor of Social Sciences at UNIMAS, Malaysia. Currently, he is working at Odisha State Open University. He is the fellow/member of the various organization of the country and has published a number of papers in journals of national and international repute. His basic areas of research hover around the agrarian economy, social crisis and the question of development-induced displacement and issues of rehabilitation and resettlement.

Prof (Dr) MA Mujeebu is currently an Associate Professor at Department of  Building Engineering, College of Architecture and Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. He is a recipient of “Hall of Fame Award” from USM Malaysia for excellence in publishing. He is Founder and Chief Editor of International Journal of Advanced Thermofluid Research, and Founder and Chairman of International Research Establishment for Energy and Environment and RAASTHA an India based NGO. He is also recognized as an external expert for the Research & Innovation program of the European Commission. He has supervised a number of PhD and MPhil students and published more than 100 papers in journals of national and international repute. He is specialized in Energy Management and his research areas include Energy and Thermal Performance of Buildings, Indoor Environmental Quality, Combustion & Emission, CFD Analysis of Energy Systems, Renewable Energy Systems, and related domains.

Prof. (Dr.) SM Pasha is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has more than 30 years of academic, research and administrative experience. He is also a visiting Faculty of Mashal Institute of Higher Education, Kabul, Afghanistan and Aligarh Muslim University. He has been Dy. Director of Centre for West Asian Studies, JMI, New Delhi. He is the fellow/member of various national and international organizations. He has guided number of PhD and MPhil students and has published a number of papers in journals of national and international repute. He has delivered a series of lectures/talks and chaired a number of national and international conferences