Chitin-Based Nanoparticles for the Agriculture Sectors

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Dr. Rakesh Kumar Bachheti graduated from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University India in 1996. He completed his M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from the same university in 1998. Later in 2001 he pursued a one-year Post Graduate Diploma in Pulp and Paper Technology from the Forest Research Institute Dehradun India. Subsequently he obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Kumaun University Nainital India in 2007. Dr. Bachheti has a total of 20 years of research and teaching experience. He is a Visiting Faculty Member at the Forest Research Institute Dehradun India and a Research Fellow at INTI International University Persiaran Perdana BBN Putra Nilai Nilai Negeri Sembilan Malaysia. Dr. Bachheti has published more than 150 research papers and edited over 8 books. He is listed among the Top 2% Scientists for the year 2024 by Stanford University USA and Elsevier. Professor Archana (Joshi) Bachheti completed her B.Sc. in 1997 and M.Sc. in 1999 from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University. She earned her Ph.D. from the Forest Research Institute Dehradun India in 2006. Currently she is a Professor at Graphic Era University in Dehradun India. With over 20 years of extensive experience she has served in various academic roles in India and has also provided expertise internationally. Her teaching portfolio includes subjects such as ecology and environment environmental science freshwater ecology disaster management and bryophytes and pteridophytes. Professor Bachheti's research interests span a broad and interdisciplinary field of plant ecology with a focus on ecorestoration green chemistryparticularly the synthesis of nanomaterialsand exploring the medicinal properties of plants. Her research has involved ecological restoration of degraded lands studying the physical and chemical properties of plant oils and investigating plant-based nanomaterials. Throughout her career she has been actively involved in mentoring students and researchers. Dr. Bachheti has published more than 130 research papers and edited over 8 books. She is listed among the Top 2% Scientists for the year 2024 by Stanford University USA and Elsevier. Professor Azamal Husen (B.Sc. from Shri Murli Manohar Town Post Graduate College Ballia UP; M.Sc. from Jamia Hamdard New Delhi and Ph.D. from Forest Research Institute Dehra Dun India) is Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University Wolaita Ethiopia and Adjunct Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Dehradun Uttarakhand India. He has served the University of Gondar Ethiopia as Full Professor of Biology and worked there as Coordinator of the M.Sc. program and as Head of the Department of Biology. He was Visiting Faculty Member of the Forest Research Institute and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun India. Dr. Husen's research and teaching experience of 25 years include nanobiotechnology plant physiology environmental botany medicinal plants and plant propagation.  He is on the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing UK. He Fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists.