Amitava Rakshit, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus is presently Associate Professor at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University(IAS, BHU). His research areas include: Nutrient use efficiency, Simulations modeling, organic farming, Integrated Nutrient Management and biopriming. His consulting capabilities are: Composting Techniques, Soil Health Management, Input quality Control.He has visited Scandinavia, Europe, Africa, UAE and Bangladesh pertaining to his research work and presentation. He was awarded with TWAS Nxt Fellow (Italy), BiovisionNxt Fellow (France), Darwin Now Bursary(British Council,UK),Young achiever award and Best Teacher’s Award at UG and PG level by BHU-ICAR ,state level by Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences and at national level by All India Agricultural Students Association in 2009, 2012,2018 and 2019 respectively. He is serving as review college member of British Ecological Society, London since 2011, member of Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition of FAO, Rome and Commission on Ecosystem Management of IUCN. He has published 105 research papers, 49 book chapters, 28 popular articles, three manuals and authored twenty-nine books from Springer, Elsevier and CRC Press.