Dr. Dinesh Chandra has completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Kumaun University Nainital and Ph.D in Botany subject from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pantnagar, India. He is working as Assistant Teacher in Department of School Education at Govt. Inter College Chamtola, Almora, India. His research areas of expertise are plant microbe interaction; abiotic stress tolerance mechanism, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Arbuscular micorrhizal fungi; etc. Dinesh has 25 publications to his credit. He has received 01 first runner up award for the best poster presentation..