Santanu Kundu, Ph.D. research scholar of Agronomy Division, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India. He completed his B.Sc. (Ag) Hons. from Visva-Bharati university then with ICAR fellowship he completed his M.Sc. in Agronomy from PJTSAU, Hyderabad. Currently he is continuing his Ph.D. with ICAR-JRF/SRF fellowship, and he has also qualified ICAR-NET (ASRB).

Dr. Ashay D Souza, is presently working as Assistant Professor of Soil Science at College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad. He has completed his B.Sc(Agri.) from UAS, GKVK, Bangalore, M.Sc (Agri.) in Soil Science and Agricultural chemistry from Dr. PDKV, Akola and PhD in Soil Science from UAS, Dharwad. He has published 12 research article, 20 popular articles, 3 radio talks. He is recipient of Best oral presentation Award for his M.Sc. research work in national conference held at Tirupati during 2018. He is a recipient of
Best article award once and Scientist Associate award, he also served as Class representative during 2016-2017. and has 2 years of experience in teaching undergraduate students and also worked as RA in ZBNF project at UAS, Bengaluru.

Lalta P. Verma is presently working as SRF of Nicra project. He has completed his B. sc. (agri.) from CSJM University Kanpur M.sc. (agri.) in Soil science and Agricultural Chemistry from CCSU Meerut. He has published 7 research article and 4 book chapter. He has attended first International Conference for Central Research Institute DrylandAgriculture (CIRDA) 2022.

Mr. Ghosh completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Horticulture and M.Sc. (Horticulture) in Floriculture and Landscaping from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal with first class. Currently, he is pursuing Ph.D. in Floriculture and Landscape Architecture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal. He was awarded the National Fellowship for Other Backward Classes by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India, during his doctoral degree program. He has qualified ASRB-NET (Floriculture and Landscaping) in 2018. He has published 6 research papers, contributed 2 book chapters and several popular articles. He has participated in 4 national and 4 international seminar or conference. He has also attended several workshops and training programs. His dedication and contributions have also been recognized with the Young Horticulturist Award (2023) and Best M.Sc. Thesis Award (2022). He is acting as a reviewer in several ICAR journals and magazine as well as reputable publishing houses such as Puspa Publishing House, Science Domain and Science Publishing Group. He holds lifetime membership in prestigious societies such as Indian Society of Ornamental Horticulture (ISOH), Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences (IAHS) and Agricultural Technology Development Society (ATDS).

Debarati Seal was born in the year 1996 and completed schooling from Manindra Nath High School, Cooch Behar (W.B.). She did B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. and M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agronomy from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (B.C.K.V.), W.B. in 2018 and 2020 respectively. She started Ph.D. (Ag.) in Agronomy at B.C.K.V. as University Research Scholar in 2021 and currently serving as a Senior Research Fellow (SRF) as she was awarded with the Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Single Girl Child Fellowship (SJSGC) 2022-23 by
the UGC (MoE, GoI). Furthermore, she successfully qualified ASRB ICAR-NET (Agronomy) in 2021 as well as 2023 and UGC-NET (Environmental Sciences) in 2022. Her contributions extended to various publications, including research articles in NAAS rated journals, book chapters, popular articles, news-paper articles and she also participated in several National and International Seminars, Conferences and Workshops, earning her numerous accolades from esteemed societies.