Shrivardhan Dheeman Editor

Prof. (Dr.) Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari, former Vice- Chancellor (Gurukula Kangri Deemed to be University, Haridwar) a renowned Botanist and Microbiologist, is holding MHRD-UGC-BSR Eminent Faculty Fellowship after his superannuation. Prof. Maheshwari worked in Biology Research Centre (Szeged), Hungry in the year 1983-1984. He was Visiting Professor, Science University of Tokyo, Noda (Japan), University of Ulm (Germany), University of Gent (Belgium), University of Barcelona (Spain), University of Tokyo (Japan), Daegu University (Korea). He has received several recognitions and has been awarded “Prof. Y.S. Murty Medal” and most prestigious ‘Birbal Sahni Award’ of Indian Botanical Society in the year 1992 and 2018 respectively, for his outstanding contribution.

Dr. Shrivardhan Dheeman is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology, School of Allied Health Sciences, MVN University, Palwal, Haryana, India. Dr. Dheeman has research interests in Plant-Microbe Interaction and Microbial Ecology. He is involved in teaching Microbiology and Biotechnology to different disciplines in undergraduate and post-graduate classes. Dr. Dheeman was nominated for “Young Scientist” of Indian Science Congress in the year 2016 for his outstanding contribution to Microbial Diversity and Plant-Microbe Interactions.