Ajar Nath YadavDr. Ajar Nath Yadav is currently working as Assistant Professor (Sr. Scale) and Assistant Controller of Examinations at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 8 years of teaching and 12 year of research experiences in the fied of Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav obtained doctorate degree in Microbial Biotechnology, jointly from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Bundelkhand University and B.Sc. (CBZ) from University of Allahabad, India. Dr. Yadav has 245 publications, with h-index of 55, i10-index of 155, and 8360 citations (Google Scholar on 05/05/2021). Dr. Yadav has published 111 research communications in different international and national conferences. Dr. Yadav is editor of 19 Springer-Nature, 7 Taylor & Francis, 3 Elsevier and 1 Wiley book. In his credit one granted patent "Insecticidal formulation of novel strain of Bacillus thuringiensis AK 47". Dr. Yadav has got 12 Best Paper Presentation Awards, and 01 Young Scientist Award (NASI-Swarna Jyanti Purskar). Dr. Yadav received "Outstanding Teacher Award" in 6th Annual Convocation 2018 by Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh. Dr. Yadav has guided 02 Ph.D. and 01 M.Sc. Scholar and presently he is guiding 04 scholars for Ph.D. degree and one M.Sc. Dr. Yadav is editor-in-chief for "Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology". He has been serving as an editor/editorial board member and a reviewer for 35 different national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has lifetime membership of Association of Microbiologist in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India. Read More Read Less