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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editors: J.C. Tarafdar, PhD Former Emeritus Scientist, Principal Scientist and National Fellow, Central Arid Zone Research Institute., CAZRI Road, Jodhpur-342003, Rajasthan, India Dr. J. C. Tarafdar did his MSc and PhD degrees in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Post Doctorate from Institute of Agricultural Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany. He got merit scholarship throughout his academic periods. Dr. Tarafdar has made original and well recognized contribution on mobilization of native phosphorus. He has developed an in-vivo filter paper technique for phosphatase estimation. His developed biological phosphorus (Bio-phos) fertilizer is now promoting by State Government of Rajasthan. He is the first in the world successfully developed biosynthesized nano nutrients and nano induced polysaccharide powder for agricultural use. He also developed a sequential P fractionation scheme and a rapid method for assessment of plant residue quality. Dr. Tarafdar has pioneered in finding out the origin of different phosphatase fractions and also developed a potential biological indicator. He has developed many new techniques now used in Soil Biology. The most notable are: Visual demonstration technique of germinating AM spore, Soil solarization technique for mass scale production of AM fungi, Freeze-drying technique to understand nutrient movement and Electrofoccusing technique to demonstrate the origin of enzymes. Dr. Tarafdar has travelled and lectured widely in many countries and published 368 research articles in national and international journals which include 38 book chapters and four books. He has four patents and 73 new organisms in his credit. He has to his credits >8600 citations and 44 h-index. Recently, Dr. Tarafdar has been placed amongst the top 2% scientists across all sciences in the world by Stanford University, USA. He has guided seven PhD and 18 MSc Students. Deepak Kumar, PhD Director (R&D), Shri Ram Solvent Extractions Pvt. Ltd., 2 Km, Kashipur Road, Jaspur-244712, Uttarakhand, India Dr. Deepak Kumar is presently working as Director (R&D) at DSIR recognized (DSIR Reg No: TU/IV-RD/3945) laboratory of Shri Ram Solvent Extractions Pvt. Ltd., Jaspur, Uttarakhand, India. Before joining this organization, he served as Research Scientist cum Quality In-charge in private sectors for five years. He has done his early research works on production of soybean meal based bioactive peptides fertilizer through microbial fermentation and optimization of extraction process for triterpenoids (Azadirachtin and Nimbin) from neem (Azadirachta indica) at commercial level. He is the author or co-author of 20 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 books, 1 patent and 20 book chapters. He is involved in quality production of biofertilizers and biopesticides from last ten years. He obtained his M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from C.C.S. University, Meerut, MBA (HRM) from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar and Ph.D. (Ag Biotechnology) from N. D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has got many prestigious awards from different scientific and market research organization like the Indo-Global Award for Innovation in Biotech (2021) from Indian Economic Development & Research Association (IEDRA), New Delhi, Distinguished Industrial Microbiologist Award (2020) from Microbiologists Society of India (MSI), India Leadership Awards (2019) in Best Agribiotech Entrepreneur category from blindwink Bangalore, Science Entrepreneur Award (2018) from Biologix Research and Innovation Centre (BRICPL, India) and Young Scientist Award (2018) from Doctor’s Krishi Evam Bagwani Vikas Sanstha, Lucknow, India respectively. He also completed and guided six indigenous and externally funded (DSIR and DST) research projects. Moreover, he is technical consultant of more than one dozen companies for customized technical support. He is active member of several associations and bodies like Fertilizer Associations of India (FAI), Society for Technology Management (STEM), International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA), and Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI) respectively. Sanjay K. Singh, PhD Scientist-F, MACS’ Agharkar Research Institute (Autonomous Body under DST Govt, of India), GG Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, MS, India Dr. Sanjay K Singh is presently working a Scientist –F. After completing PhD degree in 1996, he continued research as Post Doc Fellow for more than three and half years till he joined Agharkar Research Institute in 2001 as Scientist C. He continued work on fungal biology, biodiversity, and systematics of fungi from Western Ghats region of India. He documented different groups of fungi under the umbrella of In-house projects. Later on, Dr. Singh expanded the scope towards applied aspects of exploring secondary metabolites and antimicrobial potential from endophytic fungi under the extramural funded projects. As major achievement, he was instrumental in establishing ‘National Facility for Culture Collection of Fungi’ in 2008, with the financial support from Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India, with the primary aim to conserve germplasm of indigenous fungi in National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), an exclusive germplasm repository for fungi. NFCCI got affiliated with World Federation for Culture Collections (WDCM 932) in 2008. Having vast experience of handling fungi from diverse taxonomic group, their authentication, systematics, documentation and conservation for the last 20 years, he is supervising activities of National Facility for Culture Collection of Fungi since 2008 as Coordinator (PI). Handled various other extramural R & D projects funded by CSIR, DST, New Delhi and pursued contract research sponsored by Industry, in addition to the 3-major flagship institutional projects (2003-2014). He was selected and attended International Advance Level Training on Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property (GRIP) training program sponsored by Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), at SLU, Sweden and 3rd phase in Johannesburg, South Africa. Represented NFCCI to International Conference on Culture Collections (ICCC 13) sponsored by World Federation for Culture Collection (WFCC) held at Sao Paulo, Brazil. K. P. Singh, PhD Vice Chancellor, MJP Rohilkhand University, Pilibhit Bypass Road, Bareilly-243006, Uttar Pradesh, India Dr. K. P. Singh is currently Vice-Chancellor of MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. Before joining this university, he also served as Vice-Chancellor of CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar (Haryana), Member of the ICAR Committee, and Director of the Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology, Uttarakhand. Earlier, he was Professor, Department of Biophysics, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. Dr. Singh obtained his M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry (area of research: Membrane biophysics) from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Further research on the structure elucidation of biomolecules, nanosignaling, targeted drug delivery and nanobiosensors was done at Technical University Bratislava (Slovakia), Ruder Boskovic Institute Croatia (Europe) and Cranfield University, U.K. He joined as an Associate Professor of Biophysics at the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, in 2005. He is the author or co-author of 65 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 books, and 3 book chapters. His area of research is nanobiosensors, molecularly imprinted polymers as plastic antibodies, targeted drug delivery through nanomaterials, nano-signalling through biomembranes, nanotoxicity and molecular diagnostics. |
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