Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at IIT Roorkee, India. He is a fellow
of the Linnean Society of London, UK. Before joining IIT Roorkee, he worked as a postdoctoral
fellow at Ecole Polytechnic de Montreal, Canada. Focusing primarily in the field of food
packaging technology, Dr. Gaikwad has published research papers, patents, and book chapters
and has published two books, including Novel Packaging Systems for Fruits and Vegetables.
Dr. Gaikwad received several national and international awards for his work as well as several
grants from funding agencies to carry out his research projects.

Suman Singh, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and in-charge at the Institute of Food Science
and Technology, VCSG, Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, India. Dr. Singh
has worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Yonsei University, South Korea, and has mainly worked
on active packaging materials for the delivery of high-quality and safe fresh produce and for
prolonging the shelf life of fresh produce using packaging. Dr. Singh has published research
papers and book chapters and co-edited the book Novel Systems for Fruits and Vegetables.
She has received several funded grants as well as several national and international awards
for her work.