Professor Shukla is currently Professor of Botany at the University of Lucknow, India where he is working on ""Plant and their Bioprospects""/ Natural Products. He published around 100 papers/ articles; and is Editor/ Associate Editor of 7 International Journals publishing in USA; He holds 5 patents. He was the chairperson of the International eConference on Microbes with Entrepreneurship (IeCME20) and is State President (UP)- Microbiologist Society, India (2021-2023).