Yazar: Ramesh Chandra Dubey

​Dr. Pankaj Kumar completed his master’s and doctorate degrees at the Gurukula Kangri Vishawavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand (India). He has 10+ years of teaching and research experiences. His research interest and expertise are Rhizosphere Microbiology and Microbial Biosurfactants. He has published several research papers in national and international reputed journals. He has edited two books Rhizosphere Engineering (2022), Macrophomina phaseolina: Ecobiology, Pathology and Management (2023) published by Academic Press (Elsevier), along with Prof R.C. Dubey. He is also a coauthor of An Objective Compendium on Food Science (Brillion publishing, India, 2022). He is life members of the Association of Microbiology of India (AMI), New Delhi and Indian Science Congress, Kolkata (West Bengal) and serving as reviewer and editorial board member of several national and international reputed journals. Currently, Dr. Pankaj is associated with the Departmentof Botany and Microbiology, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. Dr. Ramesh Chandra Dubey is a Professor, the Director (Research and Development Cell), Dean – Research, Dean – Faculty of Medical Science and Health, and the former Head of the Department of Botany and Microbiology, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand (India). He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the internationally renowned Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India). He has 35+ years of teaching and research experience in the field of Agricultural Microbiology and Biotechnology. He has published more than 208 research papers in the National and International Journals of repute. His Google Citation Index is above 5173 till date. He has authored 7 books, and co-edited 10 books under different subjects such as agriculture, microbiology and biotechnology. In 2022, Dr. Dubey published a book, Vedic Microbiology with ‎Motilal Banarsidas International, New Delhi (India). Dr. Dubey is a Life Member and Fellow of the Indian Botanical Society, Indian Phytopathological Society and the International Society for Conservation of Natural Resources. He also previously served as the Chairman of the Institutional Animal Ethical Committee (IAEC) for 6 years (2015–2021) and the Councilor of the Indian Botanical Society for 3 years (2011–2013).