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Dr Chandra Shekhar Pandey has a Ph.D. in Education from the Bananas Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has 4 years of teaching experience and 5 years of work experience in the education and development sector. He is the recipient of the prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by ICSSR New Delhi. His research interests lie in the fields of educational psychology, philosophy and psychometrics. He has published ten peers reviewed publications.

Dr Shri Ram Pandey is currently Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh. He is the recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Professional Fellow at the University of East London, UK, and Research fellow at Shinawatra University, Thailand. His research interest includes educational technology, e-learning, ontology, semantic web and knowledge management. He has published more than 50 research papers in UGC-CARE list/Scopus Index journals and conference proceedings, guided four Ph.D. students and undertaken one research project. He received several awards and fellowship for his career achievement including the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Award, the UGC-Junior Research Fellowship and the BHU-Gold Medal.

Patanjali Mishra has an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Allahabad, B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D. in Education from Banaras Hindu University and M.A. in Psychology and Sociology. He has published articles and research papers in various journals such as University News published by A.I.U., Prathmik Shikshak, Adhunik Bhartiya Shiksha, Journal of Indian Education, The Primary Teacher published by NCERT, New Delhi, National Journal of Education published by F.O.E., B.H.U. His area of interest is language teaching, research methodology, special education, psychological and sociological foundations of education, educational management and administration and literary theories and criticism. He is also associated with organizations such as NIOS, New Delhi, NCERT, New Delhi, Quality Council of India (NABET) New Delhi, and Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology – CSTT (MHRD) for various projects.

Dr Shweta Pandey is Seasoned Professional with over 15 years of experience in library planning, management and administration. Currently, she serves as the Deputy Librarian and Associate Dean (Research) at Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University in Kanpur, India. She has a proven track record in designing and implementing user-centric services, digitization technology and marketing management. Dr Pandey is well-regarded in her field, contributing to academic discussions and projects, such as enhancing web content management systems and utilizing web applications to improve library services. She has contributed several research papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings.