February 2019 till todaySenior Research Scientist (Deccan Sugar Technologist Association; Part Time)Scientific Advisor (ROMIF, India)Scientific Consultant to Farmers associations and Microbiology or Biotechnology Departments in Maharashtra, IndiaScientific Consultant to Different Bio-Product Industries working for Sustainable AgricultureSept 2009 to January 2019Industrial Research Experience at Jay Research And Biotech India Private Limited, Pune, IndiaExpert in development of bio-organic products such as Fungal products like Trichoderma, Beauveria, Metarhizium, Verticillium, Paecilomyces, Numoriea; Bacterial products like Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Phosphate solubilizer etc Farmer’s educationI was extensively involved in farmer’s education towards sustainable agriculture emphasizing bio-organic products to produce residue free agricultural crops specifically grapes, pomegranates, tomato, chick pea, oil seed crop like soy bean. Research activities under National/ International collaborations Principle Investigator for Indo-Australia Project Principle Investigator under Indo-Spain ProjectCo-Investigator in NCL-Jay Biotech Project funded by DBT, New Delhi. Research supervisor under BITP programme of Biotech Consortium India Limited New Delhi (2010 to 2018)Awards• “Kaizen Performer of the year” in Bafna Group during 2013-14• "Pesticide India Award" by Indian Society for Mycology and Plant Pathology during 2009International Visits (2006)Visit to Darmstadt, GermanyScientific training at Institute for Biological Control, Darmstadt, Germany Visit to Valencia, Spain (2016)Visit to Valencia Spain under Indo-Spain collaborative projectSept 2001 to August 2009Ph. D. (Biotechnology; Bio-Control Agents for Sustainable Agriculture)Project Assistant in NCL also Finished Ph. D. From National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune1999-2001M. Sc. (Biotechnology) from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India