Dr. Vinod Kumar Khanna is an independent researcher at Chandigarh, India. He is a former emeritus scientist at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and emeritus professor at the Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), India. He is a retired chief scientist, Head of MEMS & Microsensors Group and Professor of AcSIR at the CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, India. He has authored 19 books and six chapters in edited books, published 194 research papers in prestigious research journals and conference proceedings, and has five patents to his credit.