Natural Products in Vector-Borne Disease Management

Dr. Nagendra Singh Chauhan obtained his MPharm and PhD from the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Dr. Harisingh Gour University in Sagar, India. He has about 15 years of research experience and has professional expertise in natural product isolation. He is presently working as a senior scientific officer grade-II and government analyst at Drugs Testing Laboratory Avam Anusandhan Kendra, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has written more than 65 articles and 24 book chapters and has edited 4 books with publishers like Academic Press, CRC, and Wiley. He is a member of various professional and academic bodies like the Society of Pharmacognosy, International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST), Società Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina (SILAE), Institutional Human Ethics Committee, and Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI). Durgesh Nandini Chauhan is presently working as an assistant professor at the Columbia Institute of Pharmacy, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Mrs. Durgesh Nandini Chauhan has 15 years of academic (teaching) experience in pharmaceutical sciences at various institutes in India. She has taught subjects such as pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, traditional concepts of medicinal plants, and drug delivery phytochemistry. She is a member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and Società Italo-Latinoamericana di Etnomedicina (SILAE). She has written more than 10 publications in national and international journals and 15 book chapters and has edited 9 books. She is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals and an active participant in national and international conferences such as the International Convention of Society of Pharmacognosy.