Dr. Divakar Sharma earned his MS degree in Biotechnology from Chatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University Kanpur and his PhD in Biotechnology from the Jiwaji University India and the ICMR-National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. He is currently a Senior Scientist at the Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi, India and his research interests for the last 15 years focus on drug resistance exploration of M.tuberculosis and other opportunistic pathogens through proteomics, genomics, bioinformatics, and nano-based approaches. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, 16 book chapters, and 2 books. He serves on the editorial board and as an expert panelist for a number of international journals published by well-known publishers such as BMC, Frontiers, Hindawi, and Bentham Science. He has delivered several invited lectures and presented various papers and is a life member of various societies in India like Proteomics Society of India and the Association of Microbiologists of India.

Dr. Indu Singh earned her MPharm from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow, India and PhD degree in Biomedical Sciences from the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR), Delhi University in Delhi, India. Currently, She is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Medical and Allied Sciences at K. R. Mangalam University in Gurgaon, India. for For the last eight years, she has been actively researching antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of opportunistic infections as well as the design and development of nanomedicine. Her research focuses on the development of the nano-based diagnostics and therapeutics against these opportunistic pathogens. Her contribution to this field includes more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and 4 book chapters. She has served as an Editor and reviewer for various journals of international repute. She also presented various papers at international and national conferences.