Dr. Javid A Parray has a Master’s in Environmental Science and completed his MPhil and PhD at the University of Kashmir. He has conducted post-doctoral research at the same university and has been awarded a Fast Track Young Scientist Project by SERB – DST, GoI New Delhi. Dr. Parray teaches at the Department of Environmental Scien ce, GDC Eidgah Srinagar, Cluster University Srinagar. His research interests include ecological and agricultural microbiology, climate change and microbial biotechnology, environmental microbiome, environmental sustainability, and microbial genomics. He has published over 50 research papers and authored 21 books with international publishers. Dr. Parray is also involved in editorial boards, scientific organizations, and societies and has received accolades such as the “Emerging Scientist Year Gold Medal” for 2018 by the Indian Academy of Environmental Science. He is the Course Coordinator for 03 CeC-MOOCS National Swayam courses in Environmental Science and has been awarded a PIFI Visiting fellowship by the Chinese Academy of Science.