Amitava Rakshit , an IIT, Kharagpur alumnus is presently the faculty member in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University(IAS, BHU). Dr.Rakshit worked in the Department of Agriculture, Government of West Bengal in administration and extension roles. He has visited Scandinavia, Africa and Europe pertaining to his research work and presentation. He was awarded with TWAS Nxt Fellow (Italy) , Biovision Nxt Fellow (France), Darwin Now Bursary(British Council),Young achiever award and Best Teacher’s Award at UG and PG level (BHU & ICAR, New Delhi). He is serving as review college member of BES,London since 2011.