Joginder Singh Panwar is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous appointments include a professorship at the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, and a Young Scientist position at the Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory at Jai Narain Vyas University, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active member of several scientific societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Singh has an extensive publication record across books and journals, and he also regularly serves as a reviewer for numerous prestigious international journals He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals. He actively participates and presents at national and international scientific conferences and events.Dr. Vikas Sharma is currently working as Associate Professor in School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-Jalandhar. He has published research, review articles and book chapters in leading International and National journals or books. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, in vitro plant propagation and assay development for screening of beneficial plant microbe interactions related with the medicinal plants. Dr Sharma also serves as a member of editorial board of Plant cell biotechnology & molecular Biology. Dr. Sharma has attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, Conferences and chaired technical sessions and presented papers in them. He has also organised funded National level conferences and workshops.