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Professor Manohar Prasad of Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kanpur has authored three books of Energy Conversion and one book of Refrigeration and Airconditioning. He has guided about two dozen postgraduate students and published five dozen research papers in the national and international journals and conferences. In recognition of research contributions he was rewarded Sir Rajendra Nath Mookherjee memorial gold medal and N. A. lyengar memorial prize of the Institution of Engineers (I). He is also member of professional bodies including that of the International Institute of Refrigeration (Paris).

Handel Jones is the founder, owner, and CEO of International Business Strategies, Inc., a market and strategy consulting and analysis company whose client list includes IBM, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, TSMC, and China Resources. He has been involved with Chinese governments and state-owned and private businesses for more than 30 years, and he is one of the leading experts in directing international business investment in China and Chinese corporate investment/expansion overseas. He lives in Los Gatos, California.