ABOUT THE AUTHORS

K. Sesha Maheswaramma is presently assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, JNTUA College of Engineering, Pulivendula, YSR Kadapa (Dt.), Andhra Pradesh. She has done her M.Sc. in Mineral Chemistry, M.Phil. in Water treatment and Ph.D. in Solid State Chemistry from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh. She won first rank in M.Sc. and was awarded Justice P. C. Reddy meritorious gold medal in the year 2001 at the university level.

She has rich privilege of gaining fifteen years of teaching experience for both graduate and post-graduate students of B.Sc., M.Sc. and B.Tech. She has zeal for research and established herself as a good guide to encourage students for challenging areas of research. Her research interests spread over analytical chemistry, bio-inorganic medicinal chemistry, solid state spectroscopy and environmental challenges. She has more than ten research publications in internationally reputed journals and presented more than twenty research papers in national and international conferences, which are widely acclaimed as the most relevant for addressing the existing societal problems and discussing practical remedies.

Maheswaramma is a coordinator, organizer, speaker, invitee and facilitator for several regional and national level seminars and training programmes. She is expertise in academic administration, framing academic guidelines, regulations, syllabi, coordinating various boards like studies, academic, counseling, career, result analysis and active in chairing debates and discussions.

She visited GFZ Research Centre, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany, and Chinese National Academy of Science, Beijing, China, and presented research papers. She is a life member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) and awarded the IASc–INSA–NASI research fellowship for the years 2013 and 2014.

Mridula Chugh is an assistant professor in Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, Jhajjar, Haryana. Previously, she worked with Malla Reddy Engineering College for Women, JNTUH for three years. She has pursued M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), M.Phil., and CSIR UGC-NET. She did her master’s degree in Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She has a teaching experience of ten years. She has attended various national and international seminars and conferences and presented papers.