Prof. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is currently the Director of AU – Sophisticated Testing and Instrumentation Center, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India, and Professor at the Department of Science, Alliance University, Bengaluru, India. He is a frequently invited speaker and consultant for multiple international organizations. Additionally, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award from the Government of India and the Best Faculty Awards from KMUTNB, Thailand and Alliance University India. Sayan Ganguly is a Senior Researcher at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His primary research interests include superabsorbent hydrogels, composite hydrogels, polymer-graphene nanocomposites, MXene-polymer systems, polymer composites for EMI shielding, and conducting polymer composites.