Dr. Pankaj Kumar is an assistant professor of biotechnology in the Department of Biotechnology at Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has over nine years of expertise in medicinal plant biotechnology, focusing on the high-altitude adaptation of medicinal plants. His research explores the molecular mechanisms underlying metabolite production, utilizing advanced comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics approaches.
Dr. Rajinder Singh Chauhan is the dean of life sciences at Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India. He has over 30 years of academic and research experience in plant biotechnology, medicinal plant ecophysiology, and metabolism. His work on alpine medicinal flora includes leading multi-institutional, government-funded projects on endangered Himalayan herbs.
Dr. Hemant Sood is a professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at Jaypee University of Information Technology, India. She has over 18 years of academic and research experience in plant biotechnology, with a specialization in plant tissue culture, genetic transformation, and the sustainable utilization of high-altitude medicinal flora. She has developed micropropagation technologies for 16 medicinal plant species, contributing significantly to biodiversity conservation.