Dr Kaushik Banerjee
Principal Scientist, National Research Centre for Grapes
Dr Kaushik Banerjee is a Principal Scientist from National Research Centre for Grapes. His area of research focuses on the development of efficient analysis methods for the sensitive and confirmatory estimation of pesticide residues in agricultural and food matrices, and risk assessment studies for fixation of crop-specific maximum residue limits. Being a member of the Scientific Panels and Working Groups of Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), he regularly contributes to the development and implementation of the food safety standards in India. Dr Banerjee's extensive contributions to science and community have earned him numerous national and international laurels. He received the prestigious HarveyWiley Award of AOAC INTERNATIONAL in 2017, and the Recognition Award of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2019. Earlier, he was named as a Fellow by the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), National Fellow- Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Fellow-NAAS.