Academic Profile Ph.D. (Microbiology), Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India 2007 Project: “Isolation and characterization of enterotoxin B producing Staphylococcus aureus and development of detection system.” Research work carried out at Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. . Work profile:  Isolation and characterization of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus  Optimisation of conditions for the maximum production of enterotoxin.  Purification of enterotoxin from wild strains as well as from recombinant clones.  Assessment of biological activity of enterotoxin through T-cell proliferation assay using non-radioactive method.  Immunization of laboratory animals for antibody production against SEB.  Development of immunodetection system; detection limit is 0.4ng of pure SEB.  Devised an efficient and simple method of protein purification for lower scale production of purified SEB (patent filed).  Superantigenicity alleviation of SEB through site directed mutagenesis.  Environmental surveillance for enterotoxigenic S. aureus and toxigenic V. cholerae. Post Graduate Diploma (Bioinformatics), Bioinformatics Institute of India, Noida, India. Feb 2002- 2003 (First Division) Subjects: Introduction to Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Biological Database and their Management, Industrial fermentation technology, Bioinformatics Softwares, Bio computing Languages, Computational Biology. M. Sc., (Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology) Dr. Hari Singh Gour University Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. 1999-2001, (First Division). Dissertation at TERI, New Delhi, on ‘microbial degradation of chlorinated pesticide- Endosulfan.’ Isolated a bacterial consortium from the site of heavy use of the pesticide and selectively enriched the population that showed ability of degrading the pesticide. B. Sc., (Industrial Microbiology, Botany, Chemistry) 1996-1999, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. (First Division) Higher Secondary, (10+2, Science) Army School, Sagar. 1996 (First Division)

Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Diagnostics, Metagenomics