Dr. S. S. Rakesh has doctorate in Environmental Science at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Rakesh does research in urban agriculture and food security, Greywater water recycling and climate change mitigation by carbon sequestration in perennial crops and currently working as Research Associate at the Centre for Agricultural Nanotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. He has published about 22 papers on peer-reviewed international, national journals and referred conference proceedings. He has also authored and served as guest editor for more than 8 books in the domain of Environmental Studies.