Dr. Rajesh Kannan is currently working as Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India. He extends his service as member of board of studies in Microbiology, Biotechnology, Botany and Life Sciences and member of reviewer more than 25 international reputed scientific journals in regular and also a member of editorial board in several scientific publications. His field of specialization is “Rhizosphere Biology”. He has published 75 research papers and several review articles in international refereed journals. Further, he has contributed 55 microbial strains to NCBI Genbank. He has organized two scientific conferences at national level and delivered several talks in Tiruchirappalli All India Radio. He is an active member of Indian Science Congress Association, International Mycorrhizae Research Society, International Plant-Microbes Interactions Association, International Ecological Association, Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists and Association of Microbiologists of India.