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Prof. Dr. Bhuvanesh Gupta is the Professor of Polymers at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and is the President of Asian Polymer Association along with other international bodies, Society of Biomaterials Artificial Organs India (Delhi), Society of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, India and Indo-Italian Forum on Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering. Dr. Gupta did his PhD from IIT Delhi and spent a couple of years as post-doc in Paris. Subsequently, Dr. Gupta worked for eight years in France, Sweden and Switzerland under different capacities in several laboratories. Dr. Gupta initiated research career in the field of polymer functionalization, biomaterials and tissue engineering. And worked in collaboration with University of Uppsala, Sweden and INSERM Paris, France. At the national level, the research collaborations are with AIIMS New Delhi, PGI Chandigarh, Panjab University Chandigarh, NEHU Shillong, and Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok. Dr. Gupta had brief assignment as Director (Research) at Sikkim Manipal University Gangtok and is back to IIT system as professor of polymers and biomaterials. Dr. Gupta is among the 2% top polymer scientists in the world and has been awarded medals at the University Level and has been granted several Visiting Fellowships in different European countries involving Sweden, Switzerland and France. He has been the member of DBT talk force of Government of India. He is on the editorial board of several journals. Winner of several awards and medals, Dr. Gupta has about 200 publications in International journals and more than 400 conference presentations in India and abroad along with 28 patents to his credit. Dr. Gupta has authored eight books published by International publishers and has been invited by several laboratories across Europe for delivering talks. With a strong support from a large number of doctorate students and scientists, the Prof. Gupta's group is engaged in different areas of polymeric biomaterials and biomedical engineering. Prof. Dr. B. S. Kaith joined NIT Jalandhar in 2007 as Professor of Chemistry. Before joining NIT Jalandhar, he served NIT Hamirpur for about 16 years. He was Head of Chemistry Department from September 2009-2012 and from January 2019-February 2021. He also served NIT Jalandhar in the capacity of Dean Planning & Development, Registrar, Dean Students Welfare and Dean Academic. Professor Kaith also served as a member Board of Governors (BOG), NIT Jalandhar from April 2018 to April 2020. Professor Kaith is HAG (Higher Administrative Grade) Professor. Dr Kaith also served as the Visitor's Nominee (President of India Nominee) in the Selection Boards for the Faculty positions in Sciences in NITs from March 2017- March 2020. Presently Dr Kaith is Visitor's Nominee (President of India Nominee) in Selection Board (Chemistry) to IIT Mandi (HP). Dr Kaith is ranked among the Top 2% Scientists of the World as per the survey conducted by STANFORD UNIVERSITY, USA. Presently his research group is working on Smart Materials and their applications in sustained/controlled drug delivery systems, controlled release of agrochemicals, removal of toxic dyes and heavy metal ions from the contaminated water etc. He is also working on the Modification of Fibres through Graft Copolymerization and Nanogel Composites. He has published more than 250 research papers in International journals of repute (SCI & Scopus). He has produced 25 PhD students and 04 are in the pipeline. His Citation Index is: Citations: 7788, h-index = 42 and i10-Index = 142. He is the recipient of ICC award 2018, NIT Jalandhar Best Teacher Award 2018, HIM Science Congress Fellow of the year Award 2013-2014, NIT Hamirpur Commendation Award 2003. ICAS-New Delhi Chapter (IOC) Excellence in Science Award. In addition, his research group got the Golden paper award, Young Chemist Award, Young Scientist Awards and Best Paper Awards.
