Dr. Bijay Kumar Behera is the Dean of the College of Fisheries at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, India. He completed his Ph.D. studies in Aquaculture Biotechnology at the Central Institute of Fisheries Education in 2003. From 2003 to 2008, he worked as a Scientist at ICAR Research Complex for the North Eastern Hill Region. His research interests are focused on the study of metagenomics; bacteriophage; microbial diversity; probiotics; and metatranscriptomics.