Prof. M. Narayana is a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Prof. Narayana has extensive experience in both teaching and industrial consultation. He has significantly contributed to the advancement of chemical process optimization, environmental engineering, Biochar, and sustainable technologies. His research interests span waste-to-energy conversion, process modeling and simulation, and cleaner production methods. Prof. Narayana has published widely in high-impact journals.He has supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate research projects, many addressing pressing national and global challenges. He is also actively involved in curriculum development and academic policy-making, aiming to align engineering education with industry needs and sustainability goals. The professor is a dedicated educator and mentor. He continues to inspire the next generation of engineers through his commitment to academic excellence and practical innovation.

Prof. Purna Bhadur Nepali is Professor in Public Policy, Head of Department, and Program Director, Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM), Kathmandu University School of Management (KU SOM), Balkumari, Lalitpur. He is creator and founder of KU Policy Lab as the leading center of excellence in public policy and governance in collaboration with the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (MOFAGA) (a tripartite initiative of KU, the Government of Nepal, and University Grant Commission). (Available -http://policylab.ku.edu.np/ which connects state and academia for overall transformation based on USR-University for State and Social Responsibility (https://en.setopati.com/social/159360). Dr. Nepali is Research Fellow (non-resident), Harvard Kennedy School and Hutchins Center, Harvard University, US where he is undertaking his research on Political Economy of Inclusive Agrarian Transformation: Comparative Analysis of Race-Caste of US and Nepal/South-Asia. He has recently completed his Fulbright Visiting Research Fellowship (2017-18) in Global Development and Sustainability at Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, USA. His research was on Reorienting Political Economy of Agrarian Transformations, focusing on marginalized communities in Nepal. Previously he was the Regional Project Coordinator, Regional Food Security Governance Project in South Asia and East Asia (Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar) funded by the European Union. For the past decade he has researched land rights and food rights, and advocates for evidence-based policy and reform in South Asia from a civil society perspective. In addition, he teaches graduate courses for masters and PhD students as an adjunct professor at the Tribhuwan University and the Agriculture and Forestry University in Nepal. He also runs the KU Policy Lab (think tank), Centre of Excellence in Public Policy and Governance based on University for Social and State Responsibility. As a lead editor of the Journal- New Angle Journal of Social Science and Public Policy, he recently edited a special issue of the peer reviewed article called Agrarian and Land Issues (available at https://newangle.sias-southasia.org/index.php/new/issue/view/3). He also leads and edits the Journal of Public Policy and Governance at Kathmandu University.

Prof. Tilak Hewawasam is a Professor in Geology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He has won a number of awards including the Prestigious Ananda Coomaraswamy Medal for outstanding contribution towards the advancement of Sri Lankan Geology from the Geological Society of Sri Lanka (GSSL) in 2020 and the President's Award for Scientific Publication with a recommendation by the National Research Council (NRC), Sri Lanka. He is currently the chairman of Central Environmental Authority Sri Lanka

Dr. Yingchao Han is a professor of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology.He received his Ph.D. degree of biomaterials science from Wuhan University of Technology in 2007.From June, 2010 to June 2012, he was postdoctoral fellow of University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is engaged in the studies of calcium phosphate bioceramic, nano biomaterials, biomedical composite and nano drug carriers. He is the principal investigator of National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Science and TechnologyPartnership Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China and Wuhan International Science and Technology Cooperation Project. He has published about 80 papers in academic journals and got about 20 chinese andUSA/Europe invention patents. As the main member, he drew up one national pharmaceutical industry standard and two group standards of Chinese Society for Biomaterials, participated in the Dictionary of Silicate (2nd Ed.) : 20 Biomaterials and the Nano-Biomedical Ceramicsof Biomedical Ceramics.

Professor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Prof. Naiming Xie is a Full Professor at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), where his research focuses on grey system theory and industrial engineering. He has held key academic leadership positions, including Director of the Institute of Grey System Studies and Vice Dean of the College of Economics and Management at NUAA. Prof. Xie is a prominent figure in the global grey systems community. He currently serves as Vice President and Secretary-General of the International Association of Grey Systems and Uncertainty Analysis, and President of the Grey System Society of China. Additionally, he is an Associate Editor of Grey Systems: Theory and Application, contributing actively to the advancement of research and practice in this field.