Dr. Reddy, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn University, USA. holds a Ph. D. in Integrated Pest Management with a specialization in Biological Control and PGPR from the Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University. He completed Post Doctoral training in the Department of Botany at the University of Toronto,. He worked as a Senior Scientist and R & D Global Manager for industries such as ExxonMobil, Agrium, Cominco fertilizers, Allelix etc. conducting multi-disciplinary, comprehensive research in the area of biological control of soil-borne diseases, IPM, biofertilizers & biofungicides (PGPR), induced systemic resistance, organic agriculture. He collaborated on several commercial biofertilizers and biofungicides for sustainable agriculture. He has published extensively and participated in successfully organizing International PGPR Workshops, and established a non-profit Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture to enable various agricultural disciplines to meet regularly in Asian Countries and discuss teaching, research and commercialization of PGPR’s.