Prof. Praveen Kumar is a postgraduate in IndustrialBiotechnology and undergraduate in Chemical-Engineering. His research area of interest includes the synthesis of value-added products and renewable energy from biomass and municipal-waste, purification-extraction of phytochemical compounds. He has published 37 papers, co-authored two books and a book chapter, he has done provisional registration for two Indian patents. He was the chair for first and second International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST2013-BEST2015) and organised various symposiums and conferences. He is a life-member in various professional societies includes BRSI, IICHE, IFIBiop, BigFin, ISTE, EWBIndia. Currently, he is serving as Management council member in BRSI. Dr. B. Bharathiraja received PhD in Biochemical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India. He is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Vel Tech High Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. His research interest includes the area of biofuels from biomass and municipal waste. He had published more than 52 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 2 books. He served as the Chief Editor of International Journal of Bioprocess Technology and International Journal of polymer science. He has become an International Scientific Advisory Committee member in “The 2012 Asian Biohydrogen and Bioproducts Symposium (ABBS)” conducted by Chongqing University, on November 9–12, 2012 in Chongqing, China. He has visited various countries including USA, China, and Bangladesh to attend various conferences. He has chaired sessions and delivered invited talks in various International conferences which include “BEST2013 and 2015 Tiruvannamalai India”. He is a Life Member in various professional societies which include Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI), Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering (IICHE), Biogas Forum of India (BigFin), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), and European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB).