The anxiety of man to explore nature and discover new forms and aspects of life has led to a vast heritage of knowledge and ideas. The diversity of microbial flora and their role in molding the ecology has always raised a number of queries in the human mind. The microorganisms have posed influence in the social and economic structure of human civilization from time immortal. The influences have been beneficial as well as detrimental. These effects points out the importance of research work in the field of microbial diversity. The present Prof. R.C. Rajak festschrift volume is a compilation of reviews/research papers related to various aspects of biodiversity viz., plant growth promoting microbes, yeast, endophytes, dermatophytes, pathogenic microbes, cyanobacteria, aeromicroflora, VAM etc. Articles related to the apthogenic bacteria, biofuel product, protoplast fusion, glucan production etc. are also included in this book. Articles are contributed by eminent researchers and have the responsibility about scientific values, literature citation utilization etc.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A K Pandey
Dr. Ashok kumar Pandey (b. 19400, Basically a keen student of literature having a brilliant academic career with first class first position both at B.A. , Hons, & M.A. levels and securing gold medals, is in I.A.S. officer of 1965 batch. Dr. Pandey was sponsored during his tenure with the Ministry of Defence for a post graduate course to the University of Manchester . U.K. where hhe completed his course with distinetin and was awarded Post Graduate degree in Development Administration (1975). The administrative skill and prudence of Dr. Pandey are reflected also in the fact thathe served with different central Minister, Viz. inister of Energy, Minister of tourism, Civil Avistion & Labour, Minister of Tourism , civil Aviation & Labour, Minister of State for Defence and Minister for commerce as Special assistant very successfully and competently. Dr. Pandey is presently heading the personnel, industrial relations & training divisions in the Food corporation of India, New Delhi. A widely travelled person, Dr. Pandey has visited U.S.A., U.K. F.R.O., Fioland. Neitherlands, switizerland, Austria, Helgium, Iran, Ethiopia , etc. In various capacities and mainly as a member of several detergations while working in the Ministry of commerce. A member of different academic organizations, Dr Pandey is a very keen student of development administration and has contributed to the area of knowledge by wy of imparting training and writing scholarly papers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anjana Sharma
Anjana Sharma teaches literatures in English at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi. She is a literary critic, editor and reviewer as well as a commentator on the interface between culture and gender identity. Her other interest is Indian writing in English, specifically the contemporary women's novel written in english on which she has published extensively. Her forthcoming publication, also from Macmillan, include Tragedy: contemporary to Classical (co-edited with Terry Collits). She is also currently working on a collection of essays on Euripides's Medea.
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