Dr Nidhi Puranik is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Science at Yeungnam University in Gyeongsan, South Korea. She did her PhD work at the Defence Research & Development Establishment-DRDO (Research Center) and her degree was awarded from Bharathair University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She has more than 10 years of research and teaching experience in the field of disease therapeutics and diagnostics. Her current research is focused on the screening and development of plant-based drugs for various diseases.

Professor Shiv Kumar Yadav is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology at Government Lal Bahadur Shastri PG College, Sironj, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 8 years of R&D experience. He is currently working on computational biology and phytochemical-based drug development.