Ashish Kumar is currently Professor (Chemistry), Dean Academics and Head, Applied Science and Humanities, NCE, Bihar Engineering University, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar, India. His research work is related to Corrosion Inhibition, Material Chemistry, thermodynamics and interaction studies in liquid medium and homogeneous catalysis. He has been a reviewer of various international journals. He also published more than 100+ research papers in High Impact Quality Journals. He has also authored and reviewed several books and published diverse chapters (50+) in refereed books. He is Guest editor/Editorial Board member of several international Journals and keynote speaker and member of technical committee in various national and international conferences. He also evaluated several Ph.D thesis's from India and Abroad.

Abhinay Thakur is Research Scholar at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. Pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Ashish Kumar (Ex-Professor, Chemistry, LPU), Currently Professor (Chemistry) and Head, Applied Science and Humanities, NCE, Bihar Engineering University, Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar, India. His research work is related to Corrosion Inhibition, Material Chemistry, Thermodynamics and interaction studies in liquid medium.