Ram Naresh Bharagava earned B.Sc. (1998) in Zoology, Botany and Chemistry from University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India, M.Sc. (2004) in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (U.K.), India and Ph.D (2010) in Microbiology jointly from Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Currently, Dr. R. N. Bharagava is working as Assistant Professor and actively engaged in teaching and research activities in Government sponsored projects on biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants at Department of Microbiology (DM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow (U.P.), India. He has published more than 95 research papers in National and International Journal of repute, 01 author and 12 edited books. He is also serving as a reviewer for various national and international journals of his field. His major thrust areas of research are the Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental Pollutants, Metagenomics, Ecotoxicology and Wastewater Microbiology). He is life member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), India, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Biotech Research Society (BRSI), and Academy of Environmental Biology (AEB). He can be reached at bharagavarnbbau11@gmail.com.