Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Research in Environment (RE) Division, Indira Paryavaran Bhavan, New Delhi, India. - Post-Graduate Department of Biosciences, UGC-Centre of Advanced Study, Sardar Patel University, Vadtal Road, Satellite Campus, Bakrol, Anand, Gujarat, India. - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi, India.

Dr. Rajesh P. Rastogi is a scientist at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi, India. He did MSc from Patna University, Patna, Bihar, India, and completed his PhD in photobiology and molecular biology of cyanobacteria at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, where he investigated UV-induced DNA damage and repair mechanisms. Dr. Rastogi is the recipient of some national and international awards and fellowships. He had postdoctoral stints on UV-sunscreening compounds in South Korea and Thailand.