Editors

About the Editor

Series Editor

Naveen Kumar Arora, Dean, School of Earth and Environmental Science at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 

About the Series Editor

Naveen Kumar Arora, Fellow of International Society of Environmental Botanists (FISEB), PhD in Microbiology, is currently a Dean at School of Earth and Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a renowned researcher in the field of environmental microbiology and biotechnology. His specific area of research is plant-microbe interactions, particularly plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. He has more than 75 research articles published in premium international journals and several articles published in magazines and dailies. 

He is an editor of 25 books, published by Springer. He is a member of several national and international societies, Secretary General of Society for Environmental Sustainability, in editorial board of 4 journals, and reviewer of several international journals. He is also the editor in chief of the journal “Environmental Sustainability” published by Springer Nature. He has delivered lectures in conferences and seminars around the globe. He has a long-standing interest in teaching at the PG level and is involved in taking courses in bacteriology, microbial physiology, environmental microbiology, agriculture microbiology, and industrial microbiology. He has been advisor to 134 postgraduate and 11 doctoral students. 

He has been awarded for excellence in research by several societies and national and international bodies/ organizations. Although an academician and researcher by profession he has a huge obsession for the wildlife and its conservation and has authored a book, Splendid Wilds. He is the President of Society for Conservation of Wildlife and has a dedicated website www.naveenarora.co.in for the cause of wildlife and environment conservation.

Series Editorial Board

1)      Prof. Samina Mehnaz

Chairperson, School of Life Sciences, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan

saminamehnaz@fccollege.edu.pk

2)      Dr. Dilfuza Egamberdieva

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany

& Institute of Fundamental and Applied Research, National Research University TIIAME, Tashkent 100000, Uzbekistan

egamberdievad@gmail.com

3)      Prof. Brahim Bouizgarne

Faculty of Sciences, University of Ibn-Zohr, 80000 Agadir, Morocco

b.bouizgarne@uiz.ac.ma

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou, China

 liwenjun3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

5)      Dr. Sushil K Sharma

Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

sks_micro@rediffmail.com

sushil.sharma1@icar.gov.in