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Archana Ruhela is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Punjab where she taught for 36 years in the Departments of Botany and Genetics and Cell Biology as well as the Conservation Biology Programme at the Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability, the Centre for Environmental Learning and Leadership, and the McArthur Programme in Global Change. She received her masters degree in botany and her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Texas. At various times, she was a visiting scholar in Sweden, Indonesia, and China, as well as several universities and research institutions in the United States.

Her research interests varied from isolation and characterisation of cell organelles (especially Mitochondria and the Golgi apparatus), the effects of air pollution on plant tissues, and land use planning and environmental policy. She has published approximately 60 scientific articles in different magazines and scientific journals. She has also authored books on Environmental Science, A Global Concern and Principles of Environmental Science, and also served as managing editor for the Environmental Encyclopaedia.

Dr. Malini Sinha, has been working in the field of animal husbandry and veterinary science for more than 15 years.  A seasoned teacher, she holds bachelors degree in Zoology and Masters degree in Livestock Production and Management. She secured high marks in BSc and MSc Level and is a winner of many prestigious awards for academic excellence. Her areas of special interests include animal genetics & breeding, animal nutrition, livestock products technology, veterinary anatomy & histology, veterinary medicine and poultry science.

Dr. Malini is a life-member of more than a dozen agricultural institutes and has chaired sessions in various national and international conferences in India and abroad.  She has been instrumental in organising a number of awareness programmes for farmers at national level and has published many research papers and technical notes/abstracts, etc. in the journals of international repute.