Banaras Hindu University BHU, India

Professor in the Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India. My interests include structure and function of the microbial community involved in controlling methane emission, screening, utilization of microbes for their potential role in bioremediation, and studies on the prevalence of some pathogenic microbes in clinical and food samples and their response to drugs. Effect of allochthonous pollution on bacterial community structure with special reference to antibiotic and metal ion resistance genes has also been addressed in river water/sediment samples.

Professor in Department of Botany, BHU,Varanasi, India, has made substantive contribution in diverse area of river ecology with special reference to climate interplay, ecosystem resilience and stressors synergies.