Prof Dr Ajit Varma: Professor Varma completed his PhD at Allahabad University and is a former Professor at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is Group Dy. Vice Chancellor at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence at the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; and Vice Chairman of the Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 374 papers in respected journals and has served as Editor in Chief of the Soil Biology Series, Springer Verlag Germany. Dr Varma is a Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Society, Germany, elected Fellow of the National Academy Agricultural Sciences, and Fellow of the Microbiology Society of India.Dr Swati Tripathi: Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. She is working on plant microbe interaction, andmicrobial biotechnology. Dr Tripathi has a number of research papers and review articles to her credit in the journals of international repute. She has her post doctoral experience from South Korea and has been awarded Early Career Research Award recently.Dr Ram Prasad: Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, India. He is working on plant microbe interaction, nanobiotechnology, and microbial biotechnology. Dr Prasad has edited several books and has a number of research papers and review articles to his credit in the journals of international repute. During 2014, Dr Prasad has been awarded American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigator, USA. Presently, he is working as Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, China.
