Somen AcharyaDr. Somen Acharya is currently working as Scientist ‘E’ at Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), DRDO, Assam, India. His present research works involves biodegradation technology for waste management; tertiary treatment systems for managing effluent watr quality and biodigester technology for managing human waste for high altitude cold areas.Earlier, Dr. Acharya has joined at Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), DRDO Leh Ladakh, India where he has vast work experience on agronomic biofortification and crop productivity enhancement; demonstration of agro-technologies for high altitude cold desert regions of India; Hydroponic technology for growing vegetables at high altitude Ladakh region; designing and evaluation of cost effective net-energy based storage structure for vegetables during winters for round the year availability of fresh vegetables. He has obtained his MSc and PhD degree in Environmental Sciences from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India. Dr. Acharya has published about 35 research articles in peer-reviewed journals; 07 book chapters; 10 popular articles. He is reviewer in various National and International referred journals. Read More Read Less