I have completed my Bachelors of Science in Microbiology from University of Mumbai. During this time, I have actively participated in various summer internships from Clinical Microbiology and Management to Dairy industry. I pursued my Masters in Virology from the National Institute of Virology, India. As part of my curriculum, I learnt about various viruses, its propagation, its epidemiology, host’s immunology and worked on a dissertation project at the end of the two years. This project ‘Development and Qualification of viral detection assays for CHO derived unprocessed bulk harvest’ was conducted at Syngene International Limited, Bangalore under the guidance of Dr Rahul S. Fadnis. While working towards my goal of achieving a PhD position abroad I worked as a Project Assistant in the Department of Biochemistry under Prof Utpal Tatu, for 9 months at Indian Institute of Science. My project was associated with understanding the prevalence of various protozoan and bacterial diseases in veterinary animals using the molecular technique of Polymerase Chain Reaction. I have worked in the Virology Department at Biovet Pvt. Ltd. where I was handling propagation and quantification of virus titre along with maintaining various cell lines.I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in Microbial Biodiversity at Curtin University, Malaysia. I am well trained in techniques like cell culture, PCR, microbiological techniques, and various immunological techniques. I believe if given an opportunity, I would work, adapt, and significantly contribute to this field.