Edible Flowers: Health Benefits, Nutrition, Processing, and Applications

Arun Kumar Gupta was awarded doctoral degree at Tezpur University, Assam, India, from Department of Food Engineering and Technology. He has been serving as an assistant professor in the department of Food Science & Technology at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India. He is a lifetime member of the Association of Food Scientists; Technologists (India), International Society of Food Engineering and Institute of Scholar. Dr. Gupta possesses extensive expertise in the domain of citrus debittering, gum exudates, and valorisation of underutilized tubers showcasing a strong potential for future contributions to this field. His research and insights have been disseminated through the publication of 44 original research and review papers, 17 book chapters, and the filing of four patents.

Dr. Vijay Kumar was awarded Ph. D. in Biotechnology on topic: “Antibacterial metabolites from actinomycetes of diverse habitats and locations of Uttarakhand, from Biotechnology Department of H.N.B. Garhwal Central University, Srinagar. His Research Interest mainly includes: actinobacteria genomics, engineering the expression of silent natural product biosynthetic gene clusters, expanding the chemical space of natural products using bioengineering, bioengineering bespoke chemical scaffolds. He is the executive editor of International Journal of Microbiology.

Bindu Naik has done B Sc in Zoolgy, M Sc in Biotechnology, M Tech in Food Science & Technology with a Ph D in Bioprocess & Food Engineering. She has worked at BFIT and Doon PG College as an Assistant Professor. She joined Uttaranchal University in 2018 and worked as an Assistant Professor for two years before moving to be an assistant professor at the Department of Life Sciences, GEU-IIC Innovation activity coordinator, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Prof. Poonam Mishra earned an MTech at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, and a Ph.D. in food engineering at Tezpur University, India. In 2004, Dr. Mishra joined the Centre of Food Technology, University of Allahabad as a lecturer, where she has been engaged in teaching and research and development related to food engineering and technology. She also is actively involved in the establishment of the Food Quality Control Laboratory at the Centre of Food Technology. In 2009, she joined Tezpur University as an Assistant Professor and is now a professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Technology at Tezpur Central University, India.