Ajar Nath Yadav is an Assistant Professor at Department of Biotechnology, Akal College of Agriculture at Eternal University, India. He obtained his doctorate degree in Microbial Biotechnology jointly from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India. He pursued M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from Bundelkhand University and B.Sc. (BCZ) from the University of Allahabad, India. He has made pioneering contributions in the area of Microbial Biotechnology; Microbial Biodiversity; Microbial Ecology; Plant-Microbes Interaction; Agricultural Microbiology; Environmental Microbiology and Beneficial Probiotic Microbes for agriculture and Human Health.

Ajar Nath Yadav received many awards, honors, distinctions and recognitions, etc. He has around 247 publications including books and attended many international meetings. He has published 105 abstracts in different conferences/symposiums/workshops. He has presented 20 papers presented in national and international conferences/symposiums and got 10 best paper presentations Award, Young Scientist Award (NASI-Swarna Jyanti Purskar-2013) and 03 certificates of excellence in reviewing Award.  

Ajar Nath Yadav research interests include Microbial Biotechnology with implications in agriculture and environment, Plant-microbes Interaction, Microbe-mediated tolerance to abiotic stress in the plant, Developing farmer and eco-friendly technologies, Bioprospecting of microbial molecules, Bio-fuels & Bioenergy Research, etc.