Biochar: A Precious Resource from Biological Waste Applications for Soil, Plant and Environmental Health

Dr. (Mrs.) Shraddha Singh
is a senior Scientific Officer at Nuclear Agriculture & Biotechnology Division (NA&BTD), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai. She obtained Ph.D. in Botany from CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) and University of Lucknow in 2003. She is involved in understanding the heavy metals/metalloids induced stress on plants and underlying mechanism. She is also involved in designing various plant-based strategies to remediate the heavy metals from the contaminated water and soil, specially from the contaminated sites. She has more than twenty-five years of research experience in the field of plant-environment interactions. She has published several research and review articles in international journals of high repute. 

Dr. Sudhakar Srivastava
is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He obtained Ph.D. in Botany from CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI) and University of Lucknow in 2008. He has more than nineteen years of research experience in the field of plant-metal interactions. He has published more than 125 research and review articles in high impact journals as well as edited three books. 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. Dr. Srivastava is also a Fellow of Indian Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB), Lucknow.