Recent Advancements in Sciences with Special Reference to Himalaya

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Himalaya, a mountain series are enriched with natural capital such as biodiversity, water bodies, fertile soil, quality air and serene environment. The present book will surely attract the readers because of its interdisciplinary nature which covers several fields of science i.e.atmospheric science, material science, computer science, remote sensing, environmental science, mathematical science, health and agricultural science, etc. The results discussed in the chapters were experimentally performed using the latest technology to get some impactful results. The chapters in the book shows a high impact over the society as it covers the hot and burning topic such as atmospheric and environmental science which deals with the factors responsible for the climate change and our environment. As we all know, learning is a never ending process to explore new horizons in science and technology, therefore this book somewhere reflects the above lines and is a small step towards recent Advancements in Sciences with Special reference to Himalaya.

Dr. Alok Sagar Gautam is an outstanding researcher, mentor and academician of National and International repute holds Post Graduate (M.Sc.), and Doctoral Degree (Ph.D) in the field of Atmospheric Physics and Space Science, associated as Assistant Professor of Department of Physics, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (A Central University), Uttarakhand. Earlier, he worked in Instrumentation & Observational Techniques Division, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. He took part in South Pole Antarctica Expedition. He has published some very good scientific papers in peer reviewed International/Nationals journals. He has also organized/participated in many scientific International/Nationals conferences, seminars, workshops. As a result of his very good research work, Dr. Gautam has been awarded Junior Associate at International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Italy, Young Scientist Award by Uttarakhand State council for Science & Technology (UCOST), Young Scientist of the Year 2018 by International Academy of Science and Research (ISAR) Kolkata and "Promising Indian" by Promising Indian Society New Delhi, Research Excellence Award for best research paper on "First report on Chemical Characteristics of atmospheric pollutants over Garhwal Region Uttarakhand "by Institute of Scholars Bengaluru, Young Scientist Award in Atmospheric and Space Science by Glocal Environment & Social Association (GESA) New Delhi.

The book entitled "Recent Advancements in Sciences with Special reference to Himalaya" covers various aspects of latest developments/research in the field of Atmospheric Sciences, Geophysics, Physics, Pharmaceutical sciences, Botany, Microbiology, Biotechnology and forestry from different Universities/research organization. This book will be helpful to understand the Himalayan Ecosystem, climate change, GeoHazards, forecasting of weather, lighting etc., Assessment and management of Natural resources in nineteen chapters.

The Chapters 1,7, 8 & 11 are concerned about the impacts of aerosols on human health along with their sources and dynamics in the troposphere. Chapters 2, 10 & 13 are focused on the recent study on diurnal and seasonal variation of Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and lightning episodes over the Alaknanda valley of Uttarakhand, India. The pollen morphology (Anemophilous plants), Nutritional, medicinal properties (Mushroom) and significance of Indian forest have been discussed in chapters 3, 5, 6 & 14 respectively. The importance of the Indian forest from the physicist point of view is well documented in chapter 14. Antibacterial Activity of Grewia Optiva Drummond Ex Burret Against Selected Bacteria and Variable Growth Patterns of Epilithic Cyanobacteria on Different Rocks discussed in chapter 9 & 12.