Mr. Akshit received bachelors in Civil Engineering from GBPATU, Pant nagar, Uttarakhand, India. He joined the Department of Hydrology, IIT Roorkee, India for postgraduation in 2020. During research work under Prof. Deka at IIT Roorkee, Mr. Akshit learned and developed innovative membranes for desalination application and completed his postgraduation with honors, filed two patents and drafted scientific article (for reputed journal) based on research findings. Mr. Akshit received  job offer from AECOM, India through campus placement.

Priya Sonkar completed her Master's degree from the Department of Hydrology. Her research interest includes membrane fabrication, optimization of forward osmosis process.