G. S. Dhaliwal is currently Visiting Professor, Insect Biopesticide Research Centre, Jalandhar, India. He obtained Ph.D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi in 1972 and remained Post-doctoral Fellow at the International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines, for two years. A member of the World Food Prize Nominating Academy, he is Fellow of the National Environmental Science Academy (NESA), Society of Plant Protection Sciences, Society of Pesticide Sciences India, Plant Protection Association of India, Indian Society for the Advancement of Insect Science and Entomological Society of India. Honoured with Best Scientist Award of NESA  and Lifetime Achievement Award of International Allelopathy Foun-dation, he has been Founder President of the Indian Society for the Advancement of Insect Science and Society of Biopesticide Sciences India, and President of the Indian Ecological Society, He has authored more than 50 book chapters, 250 research papers and review articles, and is author/ editor of more than 40 books on different aspects of pest management, environment and susta-inable agriculture.