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		Molecular Microbiology Laboratory

Group Leader
Harshada Joshi
Ph.D.
Associate Professor Department of Biotechnology, Mohanalal Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313001 hjbiotech@gmail.com

Major Research Area

1) Medical Microbiology

Development of probiotics
Diversity of lactobacilli

2) Industrial Microbiology

Bacteriocin production
Enzyme Production

3) Environmental Microbiology

Heavy metal tolerant bacteria and bioremediation
Bacterial diversity of fresh water lakes
Plant growth promoting characteristics of rhizobacteria
Calcite solubilization by bacteria

Research Scholars

S.No.	Name	Award	Ph.D. Awarded	Research Topic
1.	Dr. Hemant Chundawat	CSIR-NET JRF and SRF	2015	Molecular typing and probiotic attributes of lactobacilli
2.	Dr. Deepti Khandelwal	NET LS, UGC-MRP JRF	2015	Molecular typing of lactobacilli associated with camel milk in Southern Rajasthan
3.	Dr. Inu Rawal	CSIR-NET JRF and SRF	2016	Study of bacterial diversity of fresh water of lakes of Udaipur
4.	Dr. Ali Asger Bhojiya	NET LS, MANF-JRF and SRF	2016	Isolation and characterization of heavy metal tolerant bacteria from Zawar region of Udaipur and their use in bioremediation
5.	Ms. Monica Sen	NET LS, DST-JRF	2018	Diversity of Metal-tolerant bacteria occurring in heavily polluted soil and mine spoil in Zawar, Udaipur, India
6.	Mr. Sanjay Parihar	-	2018	Production, purification and molecular profiling of bacterial glucose isomerase
7.	Ms. Preeti	CSIR-NET- (LS)	Ongoing	Antibacterial activity of bacteriocin producing probiotic lactobacilli
8.	Ms. Sakshi Devda	CSIR-NET (LS), RUSA JRF	Ongoing	Isolation and characterization of calcite solubilizing bacteria from marble waste
9.	Mr. Kailash Chandra	CSIR-NET- JRF and SRF	Ongoing	Characterization of Oil Degrading Bacteria from Oil Contaminated Sites
10.	Ms. Sangeeta Meena	CSIR-NET- JRF	Ongoing	Nanobiotechnological Studies on Defluoridation of Water
11.	Ms. Tamanna Ajmera	-	Ongoing	Recently joined

Research Projects Awarded

S.No.	Principal Investigator	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Period	Amount (Lakh)
1.	Dr. Harshada Joshi	Diversity of lactobacilli associated with camel milk in Southern Rajasthan.	UGC, New Delhi	July 2011- June 2014	10.88
2.	Dr. Harshada Joshi	Diversity of metal-tolerent bacteria occurring in heavily polluted soil and mine spoil in Zawar , Udaipur ( India ).	SERB DST,New Delhi	July 2012-June 2015	13.80
3.	Dr. Harshada Joshi	Screening and Use of Calcite Solubilizing Bacteria for Restoration of Marble Slurry Contaminated Soil	RUSA, MHRD, New Delhi	2020 (Ongoing)	30.00

Department of Biotechnology Vigyan Bhawan - Block ‘B’ ; New Campus, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur - 313001 (Raj.)

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