About the Editors
Nandita Dasgupta has completed her BTech and PhD
from VIT University, Vellore, India. She is Elected
Fellow (FBSS) of Bose Science Society. She has
major working experience in micro-/nanoscience and
is currently working as Assistant Professor at the
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering
and Technology, Lucknow, India. Earlier at LV Prasad
Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India, she has worked on
mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes for the treatment of uveitis. She has exposure of working at university, research institutes, and industries including VIT
University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India; CSIR-Central
Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India;
Uttar Pradesh Drugs & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Lucknow, India; and Indian Institute of Food Processing
Technology (IIFPT), Thanjavur, Ministry of Food
Processing Industries, Government of India. At IIFPT,
Thanjavur, she was involved in a project funded by a
leading pharmaceutical company, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and has successfully engineered micro-vehicles
for model drug molecules. Her areas of interest include
micro/nanomaterial fabrication and its applications in
various fields – medicine, food, environment, agriculture and biomedicine.
She has published 13 edited books and 1 authored
book with Springer, Switzerland. She is an Associate
Editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters – a Springer
journal with an impact factor of 3.2.
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Nandita Dasgupta has completed her BTech and PhD
from VIT University, Vellore, India. She is Elected
Fellow (FBSS) of Bose Science Society. She has
major working experience in micro-/nanoscience and
is currently working as Assistant Professor at the
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering
and Technology, Lucknow, India. Earlier at LV Prasad
Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India, she has worked on
mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes for the treatment of uveitis. She has exposure of working at university, research institutes, and industries including VIT
University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India; CSIR-Central
Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India;
Uttar Pradesh Drugs & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Lucknow, India; and Indian Institute of Food Processing
Technology (IIFPT), Thanjavur, Ministry of Food
Processing Industries, Government of India. At IIFPT,
Thanjavur, she was involved in a project funded by a
leading pharmaceutical company, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and has successfully engineered micro-vehicles
for model drug molecules. Her areas of interest include
micro/nanomaterial fabrication and its applications in
various fields – medicine, food, environment, agriculture and biomedicine.
She has published 13 edited books and 1 authored
book with Springer, Switzerland. She is an Associate
Editor of Environmental Chemistry Letters – a Springer
journal with an impact factor of 3.2.
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