Herbal Formulations, Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy

Dr Mital Kaneria has received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Plant Science. During his Ph.D., he was awarded a BSR Fellowship from UGC, India, for three years and later awarded young scientist award by DST-SERB to participate in an international conference at Institute of Pasture, Paris, France. He has published more than 65 research articles in journals, book chapters and conference proceedings, with notable citation indices. He is a reviewer and editorial board member of many journals, member of many scientific societies, has presented number of papers in conferences and received best paper awards, as well as recently filed one patent. Working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, India, since 2012. He is working in the field of medicinal plants, herbal technology, pharmacology and drug discovery since more than 14 years. His doctoral research was based on the phytochemical and pharmacological potency of a selected medicinal plant from Gujarat region. His group is working on various aspects of phytochemistry, metabolomics, anti-ageing, drug discovery and designing.Dr Kalpna D. Rakholiya has received her M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree in Microbiology. During her Ph.D., she was awarded UGC-MRP Fellowship and later awarded National Post Doctoral fellowship by DST-SERB. She has published more than 50 research articles in journals, book chapters and conference proceedings, with good citation score. She is a reviewer and editorial board member of many journals, member of many scientific societies, has presented number of papers in conferences and received best paper awards, as well as recently filed one patent in the area of PGPR. Presently, working as Assistant Professor and Head of the Microbiology Department, Harivandana College, Rajkot, India. She is working in the field of antimicrobials and antioxidants from medicinal plant and other sources, biocontrols and host-microbe interactions since more than 14 years. Her doctoral research was based on the antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of different parts of Kesar Mango. Currently her group is working on various aspects of exometabolomics, PGPR, antimicrobics and drug discovery.