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Prof. Pranjal Chandra is an Assist/Professor at the School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. He earned his Ph.D. from Pusan National University, South Korea and did post-doctoral training at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. His research focus is highly interdisciplinary, spanning a wide range in biotechnology, nanobiosensors, material engineering, and nanomedicine. He has designed several commercially viable biosensing prototypes that can be operated for onsite analysis for biomedical diagnostics. He is an associate editor / editorial board member of various international journals including Scientific Reports, Sensors International, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Molecules, Frontiers in Sensors, Green Analytical Chemistry. He is an expert member / reviewer of various national and international funding agencies. He has also beenappointed as Advisor for the Biomedical Sensors Domain and Sensor Networks Systems at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Michael Faraday House, LONDON, United Kingdom. Prof. Chandra is author of over 120 high impact publications including research / reviews papers and invited book chapters. He has published 15 books on various aspects of biosensors/medical diagnostics / material engineering. He has guided 5 PhD and currently he is supervisor of 8 PhD students. Prof. Chandra is the recipient of many prestigious awards, coveted honours, and fellowships such as: Fellow of Indian Chemical Society; Shakuntala Amirchand Award 2020 by Indian Council Of Medical Research; FSSAI: Eat Right Award-2022 (Government of India); DST Ramanujan fellowship (Government of India); Early Career Research Award (ECRA) (DST, Government of India); BK -21 and NRF fellowship, South Korea; Technion Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Israel; Nano Molecular Society India Young Scientist Award; Biotech Research Society India Young Scientist Award; Young Engineers Award 2018; Highly Cited Corresponding authors in The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, London; Top 10% cited article in the General Chemistry Section RSC Journal, Cambridge, London, Gandhian Young Technology Innovation Award (GYTI) 2020, etc. Dr. Chandra is also listed among the world’s top 2% scientists in the year 2020 and 2021 by Stanford University, USA.