M. Shyam Sunder passed his M. Sc. in Environmental Sciences with distinction from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 1998 and Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Osmania University, Hyderabad in 2012. He has been working as a technical officer in Process Development, in Chemical Engineering Division at the CSIR-IICT (Indian Institute of Chemical Technology), Hyderabad for the past thirty years.

Sundergopal Sridhar is a Chemical Engineer from the University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He has been working as a Scientist in the area of Membrane Separation Processes at the CSIR- IICT, Hyderabad for the past 20 years during which he has developed several technologies for chemical industries.