Dr. Manoj B. Gawande (FRSC, FICS, Doc-Habil) received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 2008 from the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, (Formerly UDCT) Matunga, Mumbai. During his research tenure, he has been awarded several prestigious fellowships including Senior Research fellowship from CSIR, New Delhi India; Brain Korea-21 (BK-21) Research fellowship from Ministry of Science, South Korea; and FCT Research fellowship from MCTES, Lisbon, Portugal. In 2013, he worked as a Visiting Professor at Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2015 and 2016, he received “Deans Award “from Palacky University, Olomouc Czech Republic for best publications output. Presently, he is working as an Associate Professor at Institute of Chemical Technology, Marathwada Campus Jalna. During his stay at RCPTM, Palacky University, he held several visiting professor/scientist positions including Prof. Steve Ley (Cambridge University, Cambridge United Kingdom), Prof. Dunwei Wang (Boston College, Boston, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA), and Prof. Rajender S. Varma (EPA, Cincinnati, USA). His research interests are in the development of greener raw materials and synthesis of nano-materials and their applications in sustainable chemistry. He has published more than 180 scientific publications. He published his work in top tier journals including ACS Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B. Energy and Environment, Chemical Science, Chemical Eng. J., Green Chemistry, Account of Chemical Research, ChemSocRev, Chemical Reviews, and Nature Catalysis etc. Also, Prof. Gawande has been awarded the prestigious “RSC Research Fund” grant 2021 by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, UK. Dr. Bubun Banerjee graduated (B.Sc (Hons.) in Chemistry) from St. Xavier’s College Kolkata in 2008 and did M.Sc Chemistry with Organic Chemistry specialization from the University of Delhi in 2010. Later on, he conducted his doctoral research with UGC NET Fellowship under the supervision of Prof. Goutam Bramhachari at the Department of Chemistry and received his PhD degree in 2016 from the Visva Bharati (a central University) founded by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. Dr. Banerjee worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Indus International University from March 2016-March 2021 and at Department of Chemistry, Akal University from March 2021-August 2025. Since August 2025 onwards, Dr. Banerjee is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, Punjab, India. His research interest is based on green and sustainable developments especially green catalyst and less toxic solvents. He has mentored approximately 12 M.Sc dissertations. Dr. Banerjee acted as the supervisor of five PhD students and one M.Phil student. Dr. Banerjee has published more than 120 peer-reviewed research or review articles along with 25 book chapters. The number of citations of his publications is around 3300. His h-index is 30 and i10 index is 54. He has co-edited 11 books with eminent scientists. He is editing a book series on ‘Green Bioactive Heterocycles’ (ISSN: 2752-1338) and published 9 volumes. He is a sectional editor of the ‘Current Microwave Chemistry’ and ‘Current Indian Science’ journals. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and American Chemical Society. He is an honorary full member of SIGMA–XI, London. He is a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association. His name has been featured in the list of ‘World Ranking of TOP 2% Scientists’ published by the Stanford University for the last four consecutive years. He delivered many invited scientific lectures. As a convener he has organized three international conferences and many webinars on recent trends in Green and Sustainable developments.
