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Dr. D.R. Khanna, Ph.D., FIAES, FASEA, FNC, FZSI, FSES is Professor in Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri University, Hardwar (U.A.), India. He is a well known Limnologist and has published about 65 research papers and articles on limnology and aquatic microbiology. He has edited 6 books in the field of Environment and written 5 books in limnology and zoology, and a book of Yajya “Yajya evam Vayu Pradushan". Dr. Khanna is an editor of two journals "Environment Conservation Journal" and "Journal of Natural Conservators" and member of editorial board of three journals. He has also organized several National Seminars as organizing secretary/joint organizing secretary. He is awarded by ASEA Excellence Award-2000, and Nature Conservators Impetus Gold Medal-2003.

Born on 7 October 1952, in a remote village of District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India, Dr. Pramod Kumar has done Ph.D. on the American Imperialism in Philippines and D. Litt. Under the UGC scheme of Research Associateship, on the Struggle for Existence of British colonies of South Pacific Islands, the Fiji islands, the Solomon Islands, the islands of New Hebrides and Tonga. In 19987 his manuscript on the history of the Freedom Struggle of India bagged merit award of Rs. 10,000/= in a National Competition organized by Delhi administration. In 1992-93 he visited twice the India Office Records and Library (London), Broadland Archives (Southampton), school of Oriental and African Studies (London) and London School of Economics and Politics for the purpose of the collection of documents on Freedom Struggle of India. In 1993-94 he provided Editorial Assistance to bring a special issue of Young Indian on 1942’s Quit India Movement. He has also documented the role and experiences of transported political prisoners of Cellular Jail, /Andaman Islands with the financial assistance granted by ICHR and presented a paper “Hunger Strike in Andamans” at the European Social Science History Conference, the Hague, the Netherlands, in February 2002.