About the Series Editor
Naveen Kumar Arora, PhD in Microbiology Fellow
of International Society of Environmental Botanists
(FISEB), is Professor and Head, Department of Environmental Science at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar
Pradesh, India. He is a renowned researcher in the field
of environmental microbiology and biotechnology. His
specific area of research is plant-microbe interactions,
particularly plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. He
has more than 75 research articles published in premium
international journals and several articles published in
magazines and dailies. He is an editor of 25 books,
published by Springer. He is a member of several
national and international societies, Secretary General
of Society for Environmental Sustainability, in editorial
board of 4 journals, and reviewer of several international
journals. He is also the editor in chief of the journal
“Environmental Sustainability” published by Springer
Nature. He has delivered lectures in conferences and
seminars around the globe. He has a long-standing
interest in teaching at the PG level and is involved in
taking courses in bacteriology, microbial physiology,
environmental microbiology, agriculture microbiology,
and industrial microbiology. He has been advisor to
134 postgraduate and 11 doctoral students. He has
been awarded for excellence in research by several
societies and national and international bodies/ organizations. Although an academician and researcher by
profession he has a huge obsession for the wildlife and
its conservation and has authored a book, Splendid
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