N.K. Roy obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Calcutta University. After doing Post- Doctoral research associate ship in USA he joined at NCL Poona for a short period in the year 1969.ln 1970 he joined Indian Agricultural Research Institute Division of Agricultural Chemicals New Delhi. He is now holding the post of Emeritus Scientist after retirement as Professor and Head of the Division of Agricultural Chemicals and Project Coordinator of All India Coordinated Research Project on Pesticide Residues. Prof. Roys main research interest is to discover and develop potent pesticides applying quantitative structure activity relationships (QSAR) and computer assisted molecular modeling (CAMM). Prof. Roy has been actively associated in teaching pesticide science to post-graduate students for the last 30 years and guided a dozen of Ph.D. and M.Sc. Students. Prof. Roy is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemists (India) Fellow of the Society of Pesticide Science (India) awarded Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Science (India). The American Biographical Institute has also conferred with an honorary appointment to the Research Board of Advisors and Member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge England has conferred International Man of the Year 1999-2000 for outstanding contribution Ex-President Agricultural Sciences Section Indian Science Congress Association currently holding the post of President of Society of Pesticide Science (India) was Visiting Scientist in Hungary to study pesticide management. The Society of Pesticide Science India has conferred with Recognition Certificate for valuable lifetime contribution for promoting pesticide science in India.
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Chemistry of Pesticides is the outcome of problems faced by the author and colleagues while imparting knowledge on pesticide science. Although a few books on pesticide science are available in the market but none of them could be recommended as a textbook to our students as they fail to cover all areas of prescribed syllabus of agricultural universities in India.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Chemistry of Pesticides is the outcome of problems faced by the author and colleagues while imparting knowledge on pesticide science. Although a few books on pesticide science are available in the market but none of them could be recommended as a textbook to our students as they fail to cover all areas of prescribed syllabus of agricultural universities in India. This book reveals a detailed discussion on recent developments both on synthetic and natural insecticides fungicides nernaticides herbicides rodenticides pheromones hormones attractants repellents etc. incorporating their chemistry mode of action metabolism and photochemistry. The author discusses the new ideas on the design of potent pesticides with the help of QSAR and CAMM. The future pesticide scenario is depicted in the background of intellectual property rights Indian patent system following WTO agreement and phytosanitary measures. An information on environmental safety aspect new generation of formulation biotechnology in pest management programme Insecticides Act and regulatory aspects of pesticides and safety measures in handling and use of pesticides are also highlighted.</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><br></span><br></p>
