Research Interest and Activities

Research is an attitude. It can be done any where, doing it in Laboratories is not essential. This is learnt during the Lockdown while discussions and various web meetings organized by the CUBE (Collaborative Undergraduate Biology Education) - HBCSE.

Each one of us have the capacity to do research (which we often do, without even knowing) and answer the questions that matter to us.

My interest in research was ignited when I was doing my dissertation on the assessment of heavy metal toxicity on Brassica. As a young enthusiast student I was initiallly disheartened as my plants were not able to survive. Then after further discussions with my supervisor and seniors and peer, I realized that the dose of metal I selected was too toxic for plants to survive. Nonetheless, I got a lesson for life, about the importance of experimental design, and that any result is a result, what we need to do is the analysis.

Also, my Ph.D. is a serendipitous work. In the quest of evaluating impact of Au and Ag nanoparticles on Rhizobium sp. and Vigna mungo, the potential of yeast extract mannitol (YEM) medium (i.e. widely used for culturing Rhizobium sp.) and root system of intact plants of V. mungo to synthesize Au and Ag nanoparticles from HAuCl₄ and AgNO₃ was recognized.

I had used Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Powder X-Ray Diffraction, IR-Spectroscopy. TGA, AAS and many more techniques during the course of Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral Studies.

I feel honoured to have reviewed articles for some of the very reputed Journals. ORCID id 0000-0003-1003-3140.

I have also got the opportunity to mentor two Graduation students of Kirori Mal College under the DBT Star College scheme on the 'Impact of Ag Nanaoparticles shelf life of Gladiolus sp.'

The journey of learning never ends...................................