Applied Microbiology

Biography

Prof. Dr. Ajit Varma Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology (Amity University Uttar Pradesh) & Vice Chairman, Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation Chair, Faculty Research Committee (FRC), Biosciences & Biotechnology Amity Campus, Sector 125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India E-mail: ajitvarma@amity.edu Qualification: M.Sc. (1959), Ph. D. (1964), Allahabad University, Allahabad, India Professional Experience  Microbiologist (Assistant Professor) IARI, New Delhi 1963-1971  Senior Microbiologist (Associate Professor) IARI, New Delhi 1971-1974  Associate Professor, JNU, New Delhi 1975-1984  Professor, JNU, New Delhi 1985-2004  Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence, Amity Institute of Microbial Technology (Amity University), Noida (adjacent to Delhi); since September 2004  Director, Rootonic Pvt Ltd Delhi (since 2012)  Board of Directors, Prathista Industries Limited, Secunderabad (since 2013) Visiting Professorship & Visiting Research Scientist  Technical University, Graz (Austria)  University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen (Germany)  Friedrich Schiller University, Jena (Germany)  Philipps University, Marburg (Germany)  Technical University, Muenchen (Germany)  Kingstan, Jamaica  Max Planck Visiting Professorship (Germany)  Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China)  HelmholtzZentrum, Muenchen (Germany)  Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany)  CSIC, Madrid (Spain)  University of Dundee (Scotland)  University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)  ICGEB (Italy)  Adjunct Professor, National Mandela University of Science & Tech (Tanzania) Awards & Recognition:  Commonwealth Fellowship (Australia)  National Research Council (Canada)  Alexander von-Humboldt Foundation (Germany)  National Science Foundation (USA)  Indo-Czechoslovakia Exchange Programme (Prague)  DAAD Fellowship (Germany)  Deutsches BMFT Programme, George-August University, Gottingen (Germany)  RAISA Fellowship for Innovative Research in Biotechnology (Italy)  Swiss Federal Research Fellowship (Switzerland)  BP Koirala award (Nepal)  DFG-INSA Fellowship (Indo-Germany)  FAMI Award 2011 (India)  Honorary Diploma, UMF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2011)  Life time achievement award, Bombay University (2011)  Special felicitation for outstanding research in the field of microbiology, JNU (2012) Number of Ph.D. Degree awarded: 67 Number of D.Sc. Degree awarded: 1 Publications:  Published over 314 research articles, which appeared in National and International, journals of repute and also several major review articles and chapters in books.  Published 73 books in the area of Microbial Technology, published by Academic Press, London, CRC Press, Florida, USA, IDRC, Canada and Springer-Verlag, Germany.  Nominated as Editor-in-Chief by Springer-Verlag (Germany & New York), the leading science-publishing house, to prepare 50 volumes on Soil Biology  Nominated as Editor-in-Chief by IK Internationals to make series of books on Microbial and Biotechnological Research.  Academic Editor - ‘International Journal of Plant & Soil Science’ Memberships:  National Academy of Agriculture Sciences  International Society of Symbiosis, Boston, USA  Indian Science Congress Association  Executive Council, Amity University Uttar Pradesh  University Research Council, Amity University Uttar Pradesh  Academic Council, Amity University Rajasthan  ASSOCHAM Knowledge Millennium Council  ASSOCHAM Expert Committee on Agriculture and Food Processing  ASSOCHAM Expert Committee on S&T and Innovation Vast experience of organizing national and international training workshop/symposium and congress

Research Interest

Soil Biology