♣ Application of Nano technology in sugarcane disease management.

♣ Endophytic bacterial microbiome of crops and their application in disease management.

♣ Pathogenicity determinants of red rot disease- toxin

♣ As PI          : 2 Projects

♣ As Co-PI    : 4 projects

♦ Peer reviewed articles:    30

♦ Book chapters              : 11

♦ Books authored           :   2

♦ Books edited                :  4

♦ Compendium               :   7

♦ Editing of Symposium/Seminar/Workshop Proceedings: 4

♦ Technical reports        :    11

♦ Popular articles           :    4

♦ Bulletin/Folders          :     7

♦ Manuals/Chapters in Manuals: 14

♦ E-database/e-publication: 2

♦ Ph.D dissertation work: 2

♦ M.Sc dissertation work: 13

♦ B.Tech dissertation work: 5

• Junior Research Fellowship for M.Sc program from Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi (1997- 1999)
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• Ranked First in M.Sc (Plant Pathology) and received Merit Certificate– awarded by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (1999)
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• Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Scholarship for part of Ph.D study in Japan by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murthi Bhavan, New Delhi (2003)
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• Best paper award for the presentation entitled “Diversity and properties of endophytic bacteria isolated from tomato cultivated in Bay Islands” in the DBT sponsored National symposium on “Microbial diversity, bioremediation & biotechnology” held at Bharathidasan University in collaboration with Cauery college for Women, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu (2008)
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• Recognition– for research on microbial biodiversity of plants that habitat Andaman & Nicobar Islands by CPR foundation, Chennai (2008)
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• Award– R.K. Arora best paper award for the year 2010 for the paper published in “Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources” Vol 23(2), pp 199-205
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Best poster award for the paper “Biocontrol of Sugarcane Red Rot Disease through Production of Volatiles by Novel Endophytic Bacteria” in the National symposium on “Bioenergy for sustainable development- the potential role of sugar crops (2014)