Prof. Basudeb Basu received his PhD from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, working in the field of synthesis of bio-active natural products. He joined as Assistant Professor at the University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India in 1986 and finally retired as Professor of Chemistry after serving there for more than three decades. Thereafter, Dr. Basu worked as Visiting Professor at Raiganj University, Raiganj, India for about three years and presently he is an Adjunct Professor, Cotton University, Guwahati, India. He had post-doctoral research works in the USA and Sweden working in the fields of total synthesis of a cancer growth inhibitor isolated from marine sources (USA) and suitably designed optically pure aryl bis-armed amino acids for bio-mimetic studies (Sweden). He was Visiting Professor at several Universities in Sweden, France, Taiwan and China. He has published research articles (>100), authored Book chapters (10) and four Patents (2 US and 2 EU). Dr. Basu has received accolades for his contributions, a few to mention: J. G. Goodley Memorial Award (2018), Bharatratna CNR Rao Endowment Lecture Award (2018), Elected Fellow West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (2015), CRSI Bronze medal award (2010). His passion and commitment to diverse research areas that primarily include: organic synthesis of bio-active and drug-like small carbocycles and heterocycles, heterogeneous catalysis, graphene-based carbon nanomaterials and green chemistry. Dr. Bubun Banerjee received his Ph.D. degree from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. He has nearly nine years of experience in the field of research related to green and sustainable developments. Presently he is working as an assistant professor of chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, Punjab, India. Dr. Banerjee published more than 100 research articles in the internationally renowned journals and authored fifteen book chapters; he also co-edited eleven books and guest edited eleven different special thematic issues of different journals.
