Ratikanta Maiti,Ph.D., D.Sc., is a renowned Botanist of international repute withspecialization in crop Physiology and Botany. He worked for nine years as asenior botanist in Jute Agricultural Research Institute, Barrackpore (I.C.A.R.),Kolkata, West Bengal, and for 10 years as a senior Plant Physiologist inICRISAT, Patancheru, A.P., India. Then, he worked as Senior Professor andSenior Research Scientist (CONACYT, Mexico, for 18 years) in two Universitiesin Mexico for 20 years. During his scientific career, he has developedinnovative techniques for the screening of salinity and drought of severalcrops. As author of more than 30 books, he has won several international awardssuch as international Scientist award offered by IBC, Cambridge andEhanobotanist Award-2003 sponsored by Friends University, U.S.A. and U.N.D.P.and gold medal for India 2008 offered ABI.Dr. Ch.Aruna Kumari is working as Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Physiology,at Agricultural College, Jagtial, Professor Jaya Shankar Telangana StateAgricultural University. She has seven years of Research Experience in variedICAR Institutes and in seed industry (Vibha Seeds). She is the Recipient ofCSIR Fellowship, Govt. of India during her doctoral studies. She has been an Authorin 2 books viz., Glossary in Plant Physiology, Advances in Cotton, Chilli. Herfield of specialization is Seed Dormancy. Narayan Chandra Sarkar is a faculty member at Visva-Bharati, Department ofASEPAN, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agricultural Sciences), Sriniketan,West Bengal, India. He has worked in Vibha Seeds, Syngenta India Ltd andNagaland University. He has received his PhD in Agronomy from Indian AgriculturalResearch Institute in 2005. His current research area is soil fertility inrice.Ashok Kumar Thakur is a faculty member at the Dr. Yashwant SinghParmar University of Horticulture and Forestry,Department of Seed Science and Technology, indistrict Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has obtained Ph.D. in 2002in Horticulture with specialization in Vegetable Breeding from same workingUniversity. He has 25 research publications, 04 manuals/books, 06 book chaptersand 07 extension publications in the form of popular articles, folders etc. He has experience in working with Vibha Seeds,Bharti Delmonte India Pvt Ltd, ACME Cold Chain Solutions Pvt Ltd. His currentarea of research is vegetable seed technology.
