Sustainable Solutions for Elemental Deficiency and Excess in Crop Plants

Dr. Pramod Kumar Tandon, Ex. Professor of Botany and Course Coordinator, M.Sc. Environment Science programme at the University of Lucknow (India). He has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Botany/Environment Science. He has guided 04 Post Doctoral Scientists, 32 Ph.D. and 09 M.Phil. students. In 2003, he visited Brisbane, Australia for academic purpose. He has published more than hundred research papers, one book and three book chapters. He was awarded a distinguished UGC-BSR Faculty Fellowship in 2011 for his outstanding research in the field of Metal toxicity and some other important aspects in plants.

Dr. Sudhakar Srivastava is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He obtained M Ph.D. in Botany from CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) and University of Lucknow in 2008. He served as Scientific Officer in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai from 2009 to 2014 before joining BHU. He has more than seventeen years of research experience in the field of plant-metal interactions. He has published more than 100 research and review articles in high impact International and National journals. He has also published 25 book chapters in the books of International repute. He has supervised 02 Ph.D. and 03 M.Phil. students. Dr. Srivastava is NAAS Associate of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He has received Young Scientist Award of National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad in 2011 and Young Scientist Award from Uttar Pradesh Council of Science & Technology (UPCST) in 2013-2014.