Chemical Applications of Symmetry and Group Theory (ePub)

Rakshit Ameta, PhD, is Associate Professor of Chemistry, PAHER University, Udaipur, India. He has several years of experience in teaching and research in chemistry as well as industrial chemistry and polymer science. He is presently guiding seven research students for their PhD theses, and several students have already obtained their PhDs under his supervision in green chemistry. Dr. Rakshit Ameta has received various awards and recognition in his career, including being awarded first position and the gold medal for his MSc and receiving the Fateh Singh Award from the Maharana Mewar Foundation, Udaipur, for his meritorious performance. He has served at M. L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur; the University of Kota, Kota; and PAHER University, Udaipur. He has over 80 research publications to his credit in journals of national and international repute. He holds one patent, and two more are under way. Dr. Rakshit has organized several national conferences as Organizing Secretary at the University of Kota and PAHER University. He has delivered invited lectures and has chaired sessions in conferences held by the Indian Chemical Society and the Indian Council of Chemists. Dr. Rakshit was elected as council member of the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata (2011-2013) and Indian Council of Chemists, Agra (2012-2014) as well as Associate Editor, Physical Chemistry Section (2014-16) of Indian Chemical Society. Recently, Dr. Rakshit has been elected as Scientist-in-Charge in the Industrial and Applied Chemistry Section of Indian Chemical Society for three years (2014-2016). He has written five degree-level books and has contributed chapters to books published by several international publishers. He has published two previous books with Apple Academic Press: Green Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications (2014) and Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis: A Green Chemical Approach (2015), and his forthcoming books include Solar Energy Conversion and Storage and