Hello Balamurugan
Thanks for your suggestion.
The problem is resolved thanks to you. I removed all references of Syncfusion in App.config and that's it.
I have installed Syncfusion essentials globally on my machine and actually started the project with syncfusion tools from the global installation before updating via nuget.
So, apparently, the nuget made additional reference in the project, thereby throwing exception.
Thanks so much for your usual prompt response
Best Regards
Paul Aziz