Prof. Alok Mittal works as a Professor of Chemistry at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (India), and possesses extensive academic, research, and administrative experience. He has received the distinction of Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers of the Year 2018, and he has been amongst the only 10 Indian Researchers out of the top 4000 most influential Scientists in the World. For the last 8 consecutive years, from 2016 to 2023, he has also appeared in the 2% list of the world’s most-cited scientists published by Stanford University. Prof. Mittal earned the highest academic degree, a Doctor of Science (DSc), on his thesis related to environmental issues from Jiwaji University, Gwalior (India). He is an alumnus of the University of Roorkee (Presently, I.I.T., Roorkee, India) and obtained M.Sc. and PhD degrees there. He also contributes his expertise as a reviewer for many international journals of the environmental field and has guided several PhDs on topics related to environmental problems. His research field focuses on the removal of various inorganic and organic pollutants, like metal ions, dyes, etc., from wastewater through adsorption and photocatalytic degradation.