Dr. Mukesh Sharma, a Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India, is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was a member of WHO advisory group on air pollution and UN Sustainable Development Goals. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from University of Indore, master’s degree from IIT Kanpur and a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Guelph, Canada, and Kyoto University, Japan.

Jay Turner is a Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, and Vice Dean for Education in the James McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis/USA.  He also holds a Visiting Scholar appointment with the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard University.  Dr.