Environmental Sustainability - Meet the Editor

Professor (Dr) Naveen Kumar Arora, PhD in Microbiology, Fellow of International Society of Environmental Botanists (FISEB), Head, Department of Environmental Science and Former Head, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India is a renowned researcher in the field of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology. His specific area of research is plant-microbe interactions, sustainable agriculture and environment. Before joining Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, he was Head, Department of Microbiology, Chhtrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India from 2006-2011. He is the member of several academic bodies in various Universities of India. He has more than 100 research articles published in premium international journals and several articles published in magazines and dailies. He is editor of 35 books, published by Springer Nature and is the Series Editor of book series “Microorganisms for Sustainability” published by Springer Nature and also Guest Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology. He is also the member of several national and international societies, in editorial board of 04 journals and reviewer of several international journals. He has 01 patent to his credit. He has successfully completed 06 R&D projects sanctioned by funding agencies such as DST, DBT, CSIR, UPCST and UGC and at present 03 projects are ongoing under him funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India. He has delivered lectures in conferences and seminars around the globe some of which include Lead Lectures at University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, SIIRT University, Turkey, University of Tashkent, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco, IUSS Conference at Philadelphia, USA and conferences at Beijing (China), Hanoi (Vietnam) and several other conferences in India. He has been advisor to 121 post graduate and 13 doctoral students. He has also received awards for excellence in research by the Honorable Governor of Uttar Pradesh, India, Asian PGPR Society, Samagra Vikas Welfare Society and Research & Academic Excellence Award in the discipline of Life Sciences by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University. Although an academician and researcher by profession he has an obsession for the wildlife and its conservation and has authored a book, Splendid Wilds. He is President of Society for Conservation of Wildlife and is also Secretary of Society for Environmental Sustainability (website: www.ses-india.org (this opens in a new tab)).