Dr. Neelam Srivastava (Professor of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi) has been working in the field of Solid State Ionics since 1989, with special emphasis on polymer electrolytes synthesis and characterization. Her group is presently dedicated to synthesize economical, environment friendly, high and fast ion conducting polymer-in-salt polymer electrolyte membranes for all-solid-state flexible electrochemical devices. The group is presently exploring starches from different botanical origins to achieve the target and optimize the starch-salt combination and its composition for commercial application.

A special synthesis protocol developed by the group resulted in low cost, easy to synthesize, free standing transparent flexible electrolyte membrane, and is being successfully tested for fabrication of electrochemical devices such as all-solid-state-flexible-supercapacitor, microbial fuel cell etc. The group has already submitted two patents which are under examination with patenting agency. Besides the material synthesis and characterization her group is equally involved in understanding the ion transport mechanism in polymer electrolytes. The group has developed a process of impedance data analysis under conductivity formalism to extract the information regarding the applicability of different format of conductivity power law equations. Prof. Neelam Srivastava has received the INSA visiting scientist fellowship in 2014. She has delivered talks in many international and national conferences / workshop / refresher courses etc. Prof. Srivastava has many national and international collaborations. Prof. Srivastava's group has handled many projects and has many international publication to their credit.

Dr. Bhaskar Bhattacharya, obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Subsequently, he obtained Ph.D. from Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in the year 1998. During his Ph.D., he was awarded Certificate of Merit for his research contribution by the Department.

Prof. Bhattacharya has worked as Research Professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), South Korea, and as Professor of Physics at Sharda University, Greater Noida. He had held the position of Dean, School of Engineering & Technology (2009-2011), Controller of Examinations (2011 – 2016), Professor-In-Charge and then Dean, School of Basic Sciences & Research (2014-2017) and Dean, Academic Affairs (2016-2017) at Sharda University.

Prof. Bhattacharya is a recipient of Young Teachers Career Award from AICTE, New Delhi and Silver Medal for his research from ISCAS. Prof. Bhattacharya has published more than 110 papers in refereed journals of High Repute. He has 3 book chapters and two patents to his credits.

His area of Research interest is Polymer Electrolytes, Dye sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) using polymer electrolytes, Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells, Ion Beam Irradiation effects on Polymer Electrolytes etc.

Prof. Bhattacharya is Life member of several Statutory Bodies like - Indian Physics Association, Indian Society for Technical Education, Indian Solid State Ionics Society, Varanasi, Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Sciences.

He has supervised 11 research scholars for Ph.D. and seven are still working under his guidance. Currently he is working as Professor of Physics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi – 221005.

Dr. K. L. Yadav is currently Professor and former Head of Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1989 and 1994, respectively.

In 2001, he was awarded the BOYSCAST Fellowship at Materials Research Institute, Pennstate University, USA. In addition, he obtained JSPS fellowship at National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan in 2010 and Royal Society of Edinburgh fellowship to work at University of Glasgow, Scotland in 2014.

In his academic career, he has published more than 200 papers in SCI Journals with 4214 citations, 37 h-Index and 106 i10-index. Highest Impact factor of journal Published is 24.372 i.e. Materials Today. In his career he has guided 19 Ph.D., 29 M.Tech. and 18 M.Sc. dissertations. He is also an author of one contributory chapter in a book of International significance in the field of Materials Science and Technology.

His major research interests are Functional Nanomaterials and Biomaterials. His current research work is focused on designing and development of perovskite material for water remediation, solar cells, radar absorbing materials, electrodes for batteries and energy generation by hydroelectric cells.

His submission won the Winner of Materials Today cover competition in the year 2016. One of his published research paper on multiferroics has received the highest citation of 225. He has successfully undertaken six sponsored projects –( 2 DST + 3 CSIR + 1 DAE). He has been the convener of nine short term courses of one week on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology under the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) Sponsored by AICTE.

Prof. Yadav has the work experience of both Industrial and Research Organizations. Owing to his vast experience in Teaching, Research & Industrial Experience amounting to a total of 30 years Dr. Yadav strongly advocates the application of research methodology and practical applications in the pedagogy.

Dr. Udai P. Singh is Senior Professor and Dean Research at School of Electronics Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed to be University), Institute of Eminence, Bhubaneswar.

Prof. Singh has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Banaras Hindu University in 1993. He worked with Global Solar Energy (India) for 5 years on Thin Film Photovoltaic. Later he moved to University of Delaware, USA in year 2000 for Post Doc.

Dr. Singh Joined KIIT University, Bhubaneswar in 2002. He has been invited as Visiting Consultant to Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan in 2008-09. Dr. Singh participated in Leadership for Academicians Program (LEAP) of MHRD organized by Banaras Hindu University in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore in 2019.

His research interest involves Thin film photovoltaics based on Cu(In,Ga)Se2, Cu2ZnSnS4 and CdTe materials both on flexible and rigid substrate. He also actively involves in Swift heavy ion modification of semiconducting oxide materials.

Dr. Singh has handled nearly 10-sponsored project as P.I. from different Govt. funding agency viz. DST_SERB, DST_CERI, DRDO, MNRE, DAE_BRNS. Dr. Singh has published nearly 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Kamlesh Pandey obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics with First Division from Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India, in 1986 and 1988 respectively and Ph.D. from Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in the year 1996. His thesis title was "STUDIES ON SOME PROTON CONDUCTING SALT HYDRATES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN RECHARGEABLE BATTERY". Dr. Pandey is having more than 35 years of teaching and research experience. More than twenty five years in field of Solid State Ionics, High Pressure and High temperature and Development of Polymer nanocomposites and their Applications in various electrochemical devices like Rechargeable battery, Fuel Cell and Water filtration. Dr. Pandey has worked as Post Doctoral Fellow on "Intermediate Temperature Fuel cells". Dr. Pandey has guided three Ph.D. students. He has three books and several national and international research publications in his credits. Dr. Pandey has organized many national International conferences and delivered more than 15 invited talks. He was awarded with senior research fellow and research associate fellow by CSIR, New Delhi. He has completed 06 research projects funded by different funding agencies from Govt. of India.

O. Mahammad Hussain has received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India in 1984 and 1990 respectively. Later, he worked as Post Doctoral Scientist during 1991-92 in Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. He joined as a faculty member in 1992 in the Department of Physics, S. V. University and currently working as a Professor of Physics. He worked as Dean, University Development during 2013-14. He worked as Head, Department of Physics from September, 2016 to September, 2018. He has received Teacher of Excellence for the academic year 2009-10 from S. V. University. So far, he has guided 19 Ph.D. students and 09 M.Phil. students and published about 195 research articles in peer reviewed journals & author for two books. He has successfully completed several major research projects sponsored by UGC, DST and DRDO. His research interests are growth of metal oxide thin film and nanocrystalline materials for energy conversion and storage applications. He is Life member in Indian National Science Academy, Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Indian Physics Teachers Association, Semiconductor Society of India and Materials Research Society. He is Editorial Board Member for three International Journals and Reviewer for about 15 International Journals.

h-Index: 34, Citation index :96 and No. of citations: 3,487

Prof. S. A. Hashmi has completed his PhD in 1988 from Banaras Hindu University in the area of Solid State Ionics and postdoctoral studies from De Montfort University, Leicesster, UK. He is presently professor in Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi. His current area of research is "Energy storage materials". He has published about 100 papers in reputed journals and attended several international and national conferences as Invited speaker.

Prof. Rajesh Kumar Sharma is currently a Visiting Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering at IIT Delhi. He has obtained M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics from Banaras Hindu University. He had joined DRDO at Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) in 1982 as Scientist-B and retired from the position of a Distinguished Scientist and the Director in December 2018. He had led several R&D programs on development of strategic semiconductor materials and devices for a variety of defence applications. He has more than 100 publications in international Journals and Conference Proceedings and has delivered several keynote and plenary addresses in international conferences. He had received several recognitions including: Technology Group Award; Materials Research Society of India Medal; DRDO Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance; Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM) Academician; DRDO Path Breaking Research Award and DRDO Titanium Trophy for SSPL. He is currently the Chairman of Semiconductor Society India.