Prof. D. K. MaheshwariProf. (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 DobhalDr. 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, GoI; 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 DheemanDr. 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.

• Chapter 1. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Non-legumes: Introduction.- Chapter 2. Symbiotic and Asymbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: An Overview.- Chapter 3. Interactions of Rhizobia with Non-leguminous Plants – A Molecular Ecology Perspective for Enhanced Plant Growth.- Chapter 4. Biotechnological Solutions to Improve Nitrogenous Nutrition in Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 5. Contribution of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria in Rice Cultivation: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 6. Nitrogen-Fixing Archaea and Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 7. Root Nodule Bacteria-Rhizobia: Exploring the Beneficial Effects on Non-legume Plant Growth.- Chapter 8. Interactions of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria and Cereal Crops: An Important Dimension.- Chapter 9. Microbiome to the Rescue: Nitrogen Cycling and Fixation in Non-legumes.- Chapter 10. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Rhizosphere of Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) and Coffee (Coffea spp.) and its Role in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 11. Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria and Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Sustainability of Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 12. Harnessing Cereal-Rhizobial Interactions for Plant-Growth Promotion and Sustainable Crop Production.- Chapter 13. Ecology of Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria for Sustainable Development of Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 14. Role of Bacterial Secondary Metabolites in Modulating Nitrogen-fixation in Non-legume Plants.- Chapter 15. Progress of N Fixation by Rice-Rhizobium Association.- Chapter 16. N Fixation by Free-living and Endophytic Bacteria and Their Impact on Field Crops with Emphasis on Rice.- Chapter 17. Conclusions: The Rhizobial Eminence for Biological Nitrogen Fixation - Revisited and Refined.

Prof. D. K. MaheshwariProf. (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 DobhalDr. 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, GoI; 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 DheemanDr. 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.

• Chapter 1. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Non-legumes: Introduction.- Chapter 2. Symbiotic and Asymbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: An Overview.- Chapter 3. Interactions of Rhizobia with Non-leguminous Plants – A Molecular Ecology Perspective for Enhanced Plant Growth.- Chapter 4. Biotechnological Solutions to Improve Nitrogenous Nutrition in Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 5. Contribution of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria in Rice Cultivation: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 6. Nitrogen-Fixing Archaea and Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 7. Root Nodule Bacteria-Rhizobia: Exploring the Beneficial Effects on Non-legume Plant Growth.- Chapter 8. Interactions of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria and Cereal Crops: An Important Dimension.- Chapter 9. Microbiome to the Rescue: Nitrogen Cycling and Fixation in Non-legumes.- Chapter 10. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Rhizosphere of Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) and Coffee (Coffea spp.) and its Role in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 11. Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria and Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Sustainability of Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 12. Harnessing Cereal-Rhizobial Interactions for Plant-Growth Promotion and Sustainable Crop Production.- Chapter 13. Ecology of Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria for Sustainable Development of Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 14. Role of Bacterial Secondary Metabolites in Modulating Nitrogen-fixation in Non-legume Plants.- Chapter 15. Progress of N Fixation by Rice-Rhizobium Association.- Chapter 16. N Fixation by Free-living and Endophytic Bacteria and Their Impact on Field Crops with Emphasis on Rice.- Chapter 17. Conclusions: The Rhizobial Eminence for Biological Nitrogen Fixation - Revisited and Refined.

Prof. D. K. MaheshwariProf. (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 DobhalDr. 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, GoI; 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 DheemanDr. 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.

• Chapter 1. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Non-legumes: Introduction.- Chapter 2. Symbiotic and Asymbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: An Overview.- Chapter 3. Interactions of Rhizobia with Non-leguminous Plants – A Molecular Ecology Perspective for Enhanced Plant Growth.- Chapter 4. Biotechnological Solutions to Improve Nitrogenous Nutrition in Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 5. Contribution of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria in Rice Cultivation: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 6. Nitrogen-Fixing Archaea and Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 7. Root Nodule Bacteria-Rhizobia: Exploring the Beneficial Effects on Non-legume Plant Growth.- Chapter 8. Interactions of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria and Cereal Crops: An Important Dimension.- Chapter 9. Microbiome to the Rescue: Nitrogen Cycling and Fixation in Non-legumes.- Chapter 10. Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Rhizosphere of Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) and Coffee (Coffea spp.) and its Role in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter 11. Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria and Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Sustainability of Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 12. Harnessing Cereal-Rhizobial Interactions for Plant-Growth Promotion and Sustainable Crop Production.- Chapter 13. Ecology of Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria for Sustainable Development of Non-legume Crops.- Chapter 14. Role of Bacterial Secondary Metabolites in Modulating Nitrogen-fixation in Non-legume Plants.- Chapter 15. Progress of N Fixation by Rice-Rhizobium Association.- Chapter 16. N Fixation by Free-living and Endophytic Bacteria and Their Impact on Field Crops with Emphasis on Rice.- Chapter 17. Conclusions: The Rhizobial Eminence for Biological Nitrogen Fixation - Revisited and Refined.