Author: Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari

Prof. D. K. Maheshwari Prof. (Dr.) Dinesh Kumar Maheshwari, former Vice- Chancellor (Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, 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 and bestowed with the “Platinum Jubilee Lecture award” of the Indian Science Congress Association (2012) and unanimously nominated President- Plant Sciences, Indian Science Congress- 2015-2016. Most recently, he was conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award on Feb. 11, 2020, at BBA University (A Central University), Lucknow, and was awarded “Vigyan Vibhuti Award” by “Govt. of Uttarakhand” at UCOST, Dehradun in 2020. Dr. Rajendra Dobhal Dr. Rajendra Dobhal is currently working as Director General, Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand. He had a distinct privilege to occupy the positions like Chairman and Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Govt. of India; Director, Uttarakhand Science Education and Research Centre (USERC); Director, Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC); Senior Scientific Advisor/Project Director, Uttarakhand State Biotechnology Board; Scientist/Tech. Advisor to DG and Science Advisor, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, in the past. He is also Chairman of the Sustainable Development Forum, Uttaranchal. Dr. Dobhal is a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences (FNASc), India. Dr Dobhal is a known Intellectual Property (IP) professional trained from Department of Science & Technology, Go I; Washington University, USA; International Law Development Institute (ILDI), Manilla, Philippines and National Law University, Bangalore. Major awards, such as Royal Australian chemical institute award (2007); International Commonwealth youth sliver Award (2008); Pride of Uttarakhand (2016) are in his credit.   Dr. Shrivardhan Dheeman 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. He is an active member of several international reputed scientific bodies, including the Indian Science Congress Association, Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture, and Indian Botanical Society. 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. He has more than 30 publications in leading peer-reviewed & prestigious journals and books so far. His debut book entitled “Field Crops: Sustainable Management by PGPR” and following “Endophytes: Mineral Nutrient Management Volume 3” was published by Springer, Gewerbestrasse, Switzerland.