Dr. Shobhit Raj Vimal is presently working at IRRI Philippines, Vietnam office, Vietnam. Dr. Vimal did his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India (NIRF-37). Dr. Vimal did his Ph.D. with Professor Jay Shankar Singh, FISEB (Stanford’s List of Top 2% Scientist). He is a recipient of Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (A Prestigious Indian Postdoctoral) and worked with Professor Sheo Mohan Prasad, FNASc. (Highly Cited Researcher- Clarivate Analytics and Stanford’s List of Top 2% Scientist) Department of Botany, University of Allahabad (A Central University), Prayagraj, India. Dr. Vimal is working in the areas of Soil-plant-microbe interactions, Isolation and identification of stress removal microbes, bioinoculant technology, plant-microbiome diversity and functions in restoration ecology, nature-based solution (NbS), ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) and paddy crop cultivation. He has published research outputs in International journals of high reputation and impact as Elsevier, Springer, MDPI. Dr. Vimal has edited several books from Elsevier and CRC & AAP press. Dr. Vimal received the SPR-Springer Nature Young Scientist Award from SPR_Vegetos, Springer Nature, India. Dr. Vimal is actively serving as an active member of various scientific committees as American society of Microbiology, Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition, and Asian PGPR Society.