Dr. Vikas Kumar is working as Division In-charge and Scientist E, in Molecular Systematics Division at Zoological Survey of India. Owing to his expertise, he has more than twenty-four years of research experience on areas such as Environmental Metagenomics, Molecular Phylogenetics comparative Mitogenomics and gut microbiome. He has published more than 150 SCI articles in journals of international reputation, such as Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, Molecular biology Reports, Scientific reports (Nature Publishing group), PLosOne, PeerJ. His work is widely recognized across the globe by well-known researchers. Dr. Kumar is interested in the environmental metagenomics of heavily polluted stretches with relation to the noxious pollutants especially for polluted wetlands, paper industries, and riverine ecosystems. He has been on the editorial board of different journals and has served as a reviewer for more than fifty journals in the field.