Agriculturally Important Microorganisms: Commercialization and Regulatory Requirements in Asia

Harikesh Bahadur Singh is Head of the Department of Mycology & Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Prof. Singh has been decorated with several National awards and honors for his key role in popularizing organic farming and translating agriculturally important microorganisms from lab to land. To his credit he has 20 U.S. patents which he has successfully transferred for commercial production of biopesticides to several industrial houses in India.

Birinchi Kumar Sarma is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He received BOYSCAST Fellowship of Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2006 for conducting advanced research on agriculturally important microorganisms at the University of California, Davis, USA. He was honoured with the award of ‘Associate’ of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi in 2010.

Chetan Keswani is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Trained as a Biochemist he has keen interest in Intellectual Property, Regulatory and Commercialization Issues in Microbiology. He has been a Key Note speaker in several National and International Conferences to discuss various issues in Intellectual Property Regulatory and Commercialization Issues in Microbiology.