Agricultural Sustainability through Nanotechnology

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Ms. Mary Theresa is currently pursuing her Ph. D in Microbiology at the School of Biosciences of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam India. After her M.Sc. in Microbiology she worked as a Junior Research Fellow in the KSCSTE-KBC-YIPB and KSCSTE-SRS projects and has authored many publications and book chapters. Her research focuses on the studies of defensive properties and molecular mechanisms of endophytic microorganisms and the formulation development of nanobased formulations for agricultural applications.Dr. Ashitha Jose completed her doctoral degree in Biosciences (Biochemistry) from Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam Kerala India. She is currently working as an associate scientific editor with Elsevier. She has authored several research papers and book chapters with various publishers. She has published one edited book and is currently editing another 3 books (with CRC Press Tailor and Francis Scrivener Publishing partnering with Wiley and Sons USA and Elsevier). Her area of research includes the antimicrobial efficacy of various essential oils and the development and characterization of novel bionanocomposites emphasizing packaging applications.Dr. Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai is currently an Associate Professor at Alliance University Bangalore India. His research includes nanocellulose biocomposites polymer blends polymer coatings active food packaging and water purification. He conducted active research in Germany Belgium Thailand and India. He had an H index of 43 with more than 8500 citations in google scholar.Dr. Radhakrishnan E K is currently working as an Associate Professor at the School of Biosciences of Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam. He has published various bookDuring his 13 years of research he has published 157 research publications 55 book chapters and 3 review papers. He edited 10 books from Springer Nature Wiley AAP and Elsevier and 19 books are in progress. He has 4810 citations and h-index of 38 and has delivered 85 invited talks at various national and international conferences and seminars. Recently he has been listed as top 2% of scientists according to the Stanford University USA and Elsevier the Netherlands database published in September 2022 and 2023. He has also been selected for Kairali Gaveshana Puraskaram by the Kerala Higher Education Council Govt. of Kerala in 2022. So far 14 PhDs have been completed under his guidance. He has the credit of 4 filed patents and 2 technology transfer. His team successfully launched an agriproduct in the market under the brand name Nanopower in 2022 in collaboration with ABTEC Pvt Ltd Kottayam. He has completed 10 major research projects from various funding agencies and has 6 ongoing projects as Principal Investigator. His research areas include plant microbe interactions microbial natural products microbial synthesis of metal nanoparticles antimicrobial resistance gene prediction and development of polymer based nanocomposites with antimicrobial effects for food packaging and medical applications. He is also mentoring four startups in various areas.