Dr. Keshawanand Tripathi has 10 years teaching and research experience on biotechnology. He has done research work on phosphate stress and genetic transformation of cyanobacteria, and supervised several PhD and M.Sc students. He has published several research articles/books and manuals in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Dr Tripathi received two national fellowship, Dr DS Kothari Post doctoral research fellowship and DST-Young Scientist fellowship from University Grants Commission, New Delhi and Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. Currently, he is working as assistant professor at Invertis University, Bareilly.