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industrial chemistry and polymer science. He is presently guiding six research students for their PhD theses, and eight students have already obtained their PhDs under his supervision in green chemistry. Dr. Rakshit Ameta has received various awards and recognition in his career, including being awarded first position and the gold medal for his MSc and receiving the Fateh Singh Award from the Maharana Mewar Foundation, Udaipur, for his meritorious performance. He has served at M. L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur; the University of Kota, Kota; and PAHER University, Udaipur. He has over 100 research publications to his credit in journals of national and international repute. He holds one patent, and two more are under way. Dr. Rakshit has organized several national conferences as Organizing Secretary at the University of Kota and PAHER University. He has delivered invited lectures and has chaired sessions in conferences held by the Indian Chemical Society and the Indian Council of Chemists. Dr. Rakshit was elected as council member of the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata, and council member and zonal secretary, the Indian Council of Chemists, Agra, as well as Associate Editor, Physical Chemistry Section of Indian Chemical Society. Dr. Rakshit has also worked as Scientist-in-Charge in the Industrial and Applied Chemistry Section of the Indian Chemical Society. He has written five degree-level books and has contributed chapters to books published by several international publishers. He has published three books with Apple Academic Press: Chemical Applications of Symmetry and Group Theory; Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis; and Green Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications; and two with Taylor and Francis: Solar Energy Conversion and Storage and Photocatalysis. His research areas focus on wastewater treatment, photochemistry, green chemistry, microwaveassisted reactions, environmental chemistry, nanochemistry, solar cells, and bioactive and conducting polymers.