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Dr. Chandrasekhar obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1982. After a post-doctoral stint at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1987 where he holds the position of a Professor. He is currently on lien from Kanpur to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad as a Distinguished Professor and Centre Director. His research interests include organometallic chemistry of main-group compounds and molecular materials. His research work is documented in 360+ publications. He is a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India and also the World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy. He is the recipient of several awards including the Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Award (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India) and the Friedrich Wilhelm-Bessel Award (AvH Foundation, Germany) He has been on the editorial board of several journals including, Organometallics and Dalton Transactions.

Dr. Akhila K. Sahoo completed doctoral study at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune under the supervision of Prof. Ganesh Pandey in 2001. He worked as a postdoc researcher at the RWTH-Aachen-Germany with Prof. Hans-Joachim Gais (2002), Prof. Tamejiro Hiyama, Kyoto University, Japan (JSPS; 2002-2004), and finally with Prof. Atsuhiro Osuka, Kyoto University (2004-2006). He then worked as a scientist at the Sai Advantium Pharma Limited (2006-2007), Hyderabad. He then joined the School of Chemistry [Assistant Professor (2007-2012), Associate professor (2013-2016)] University of Hyderabad. Currently, he is working as Professor. His research interest revolves in the development of novel transformations on metal-catalyzed C-H activation, Au-catalyzed synthetic methods, and construction of strained N, and O-rich energetic materials. He is a Member of the ÂÜÀòÉç and Member of the National Academy of Science, India.

Dr. Venkata Rao Kotagiri obtained PhD from JNCASR, Bangalore, in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Subi J. George. Later, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher both at The University of Tokyo and RIKEN (Wako campus) in the group of Prof. Takuzo Aida. In June 2018, he joined the Department of Chemistry at IIT Hyderabad, India, and currently, he is an associate professor in the department. His group focuses on various aspects of supramolecular chemistry and functional organic materials using p-systems as building blocks. Recently, his group has been developing molecular/supramolecular design principles to control the topology of supramolecular polymers. Other focused areas are the development of porous organic polymers for CO2 capture and organic-inorganic hybrid materials for optoelectronics, catalysis and energy storage. In 2023, he received the research excellence award from IIT Hyderabad.

Prof. Majumdar holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and currently serves as a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad. With the vast experience, his research focuses on Multiscale Modelling, Bio-materials Design, Industrial Process Analysis, and Nanoscience & Technology. He has also gained significant industry experience, having worked for 10 years at the Tata Research Development & Design Centre, Pune, before joining IIT Hyderabad as faculty for the past 11 years.

Sally has worked in scientific publishing for over 15 years, following on from her Masters in Biochemistry from the University of Bath, UK. At the RSC she is responsible for setting, developing and implementing journal strategy, taking into account each journal’s strengths, areas for growth and defining the scope of each journal so they attract high-quality publications from around the world. She actively engages with the community to understand the needs of authors and readers, ensuring that high-quality research reaches the right audience.

Lijina is an Assistant Editorial Development Manager at the ÂÜÀòÉç. As part of her role, she works across various disciplines and societies of chemical sciences and support the journals. Lijina completed her integrated PhD in chemistry from the Indian institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram and subsequently she joined RSC.