Endophytic Association: What, Why and How

Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and microbial biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis.

Dr. Deepanwita Deka received her B.Sc. degree (2009) and M.Sc. degree (2011) in Botany with specialization Microbiology from Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India. She earned her M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree in 2013 and 2020 respectively from Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Gauhati University. She efficiently worked on Plant and Pharmaceutical microbiology during her M.Phil. and Ph.D. research. She is an active researcher and her research interests cover mainly Plant-microbe interactions, Agricultural microbiology, Pharmaceutical microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Bioremediation, Myco-Nanoparticles etc. Dr. Deka received many scholarships, awards and fellowship during her education. She has many publications in different National and International Journals and Books (Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press etc.) on various aspects of microbiology covering her interests. She is the editor of 3 books international repute (1 Elsevier and 2 Springer).