An associate professor in Microbiology, have a teaching experience of 31 years, guided students for their dissertations in area of Food Microbiology. Also trained in ISO/IEC 17025(2015), accepted challenging contract research from various industries and successfully delivered them. some being..use of Ampelomyces quisqualis as a biocontrol, AB fermentation, Time -kill studies with meropenem, bamboo fermentation, marigold fermentation and studying flora developed therein, clinical studies, Herbal formulation studies etc. Each has shared wealth of information. Member of BOS and syllabus revision committees. 31 years has been a lot of learning in academics and administration