Prof. Dinesh Yadav is Professor, Department of Biotechnology at D.D.U Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, INDIA. He was Head, Department of Biotechnology, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University from August 2016 to August 2019. He has also served as Associate Professor in Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering at G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar from 2006-2009. He has completed his Master Degree in Biotechnology from Devi Ahilya University, Indore in 1996 and Ph.D. from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar in 2002. He has more than 19 years of teaching /research experiences. His areas of specialization are Molecular biology, Bioinformatics, Plant biotechnology and Enzyme technology. He has published more than 130 research papers including reviews, books, chapters in Books and proceedings in conferences and more than 230 GenBank accession numbers. He has guided 12 students for Ph.D. in Biotechnology. He has been mentor for three post-doctoral fellowships namely UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari (twice) and DST-Women Scientist-A. He has also supervised 78 students for M.Sc. dissertation/short project work in Biotechnology. He has carried out projects from funding agencies like DBT, UGC, UP Council of Agricultural Research, Lucknow and DST. He has availed DST-BOYSCAST Fellowship at Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG), University of Adelaide, South Australia from 3rd May 2012 until 12th April 2013.He has been awarded Dr. Pushpendra Kumar Gupta VishishtKrishi Vaigyanik Puraskar-2015 in the field of Agricultural Sciences by Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences (UPAAS), Lucknow and Young Scientist Award-2008 by Uttarakhand Sate Council of Science & Technology in the discipline Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Microbiology. He is life member of scientific societies namely BRSI, Trivendrum, SBC(I), Bangalore, Indian Science Congress, Association, Calcutta, Society of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi, Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI), New Delhi and UPAAS, Lucknow. He has delivered more than 80 invited talks/ lectures in conference/symposium and also served as Mentor for DST-INSPIRE Science internship camp and Inspire-awards. Presently he is working on Plant specific transcription factor-DOF (DNA binding with One finger) and Nuclear Factor-Y (NF-Y) for developing biotic and abiotic stress tolerance crops and pectinases group of enzymes with potential applications in different industries. His research work has been published in National and International journals of repute like Journal of Experimental Botany, Planta, Process Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Reports, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Molecular Biotechnology, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annals of Microbiology, Journal of Basic Microbiology, 3 Biotech, Biologia, Journal of Cereal Sciences, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Biochemistry (Moscow), Current Proteomics, Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, Online Journal of Bioinformatics, Chemistry and Ecology, African Journal of Biotechnology, Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology, SugarTech, Enzyme Research etc. Dr. Pankaj Chowdhary is President, Society for Green Environment (SGE) at New Delhi, India. Currently, he is working as post-doctoral researcher in Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, India. He has completed his PhD (2018) in the area of Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Doctorate work was mainly focused on role of ligninolytic enzyme producing bacterial strains in the decolorizing & degradation of coloring compounds from distillery wastewater. Main research areas are Microbial Biotechnology, Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental contaminants in Industrial wastewaters, Metagenomics and Lignocellulosic waste valorisation. Edited eight International and two authored books. Published more than 60 research/review papers in National and International peer reviewed journals of high impact factor published by Springer, Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Taylor & Francis Group and Frontiers. Published many National and international book chapters and magazine articles on the biodegradation and bioremediation of the environmental pollutants. Presented many posters/papers relevant to research areas in National and International con¬ferences. Actively work as potential reviewer in various SCI-journals published from reputed international publishers (Springer, Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Taylor & Francis Group, Wiley and Frontiers). Life member of the ?Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)?, and ?Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Kolkata, India?. Dr. Gautam Anand is post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO) - The Volcani Center, Israel. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, India. He was selected for ARO Post Doctoral Fellowship, Israel for the year 2020-21 and Valazzy Pikovsky Fellowship for postdoctoral research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel for 2018-19. He has also worked as post- doctoral fellow at Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He has worked extensively on plant- fungus interactions. His main area of research is characterizing the importance of trafficking pathways in fungal virulence, using deletion mutagenesis and cell biology techniques. Dr. Anand has also worked on fungal pectinases, particularly polygalacturonases and pectin lyases. He has published in 21 research articles and 12 book chapters. Prof. Dr. Rajarshi Kumar Gaur earned Ph.D. in 2005, now Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Deen Daya lUpadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. His Ph.D. was on molecular characterization of sugarcane viruses, viz., mosaic, streak mosaic and yellow luteovirus. He received MASHAV fellowship of Israel government for his post-doctoral studies and joined The Volcani Centre, Israel and BenGurion University, Negev, Israel. In 2007 he received the Visiting Scientist Fellowship from Swedish Institute Fellowship, Sweden to work in the Umea University, Umea, Sweden. Received Post-Doctoral Fellowship from ICGEB, Italy in 2008. He has made significant contributions on sugarcane viruses and published 130 national/international papers, authored 17 edited books and presented near about 50 papers in the national and international conferences. He is honored Fellow of Linnean Society, Fellow of Royal society of Biology, Fellow of Society of Plant Research, Fellow of Society of Applied Biology (FSAB), Fellow of International Society of Biotechnology (FISBT). He has bagged many awards like, Prof. B.M. Johri memorial Award, Society of Plant Research (SPR), Excellent Teaching Award by Astha Foundation, Meerut, UGC-Research Teacher Award, Young Scientist Award-2012 in Biotechnology by Society of Plant Research (SPR), Meerut, Scientific& Applied Research Centre Gold Medal Award-2011 for outstanding contribution in the field of Biotechnology. He has visited several laboratories of USA, Canada, New Zealand, UK, Thailand, Sweden, Italy. Currently, he is handling many national & international grants and international collaborative projects on plant viruses and disease management.
