R. K. Maiti

Ratikanta Maiti, Ph.d., Dsc. is a renowned Botanist and Crop Physiologist of international repute. He worked for nine years as a senior botanist in Jute Agricultural Research Institute (I.C,A.R), India and then worked for 10 years in the International Research Institute for semiarid Tropics (ICRISAT), India. After that he worked as senior Professor and Research Scientist for 20 years in two universities of Mexico. He was awarded as Senior National Research Scientist by CONNACYT, Mexico for 18 years’ scientific contributions. He developed innovative technique for plant and crop science as well as forest science, He was gifted with several international awards such as Gold medal by American Biographical Institute, International Ethnobotanist by Friends University, UNESCO, several awards both by ABI, CABI. He published more than 450 research papers and more than 50 books.