Virat Khanna is an Associate Professor at the Centre for the Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Punjab, India and has 14 years of teaching experience. He is a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Maharaja Agrasen University, HP, India. He completed his M. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 and B Tech in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 from I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, India. His areas of research are in the applications of the 2D nanomaterials like graphene, and MXenes and also focused on the use of nanomaterials for environmental remediation and energy applications. He has published more than 30 papers in SCI and Scopus-indexed journals. He is also the editor of several books and conference proceedings with the various international publishers like Elsevier, CRC Press, IGI Global, Bentham Books etc.