Current R&D Activities:
Presently engaged in bacterial degradation and detoxification of industrial waste i.e. distillery waste after anaerobic digestion, pulp paper mill waste and pyridine, picoline raffinate. One national patent already has been filed for bacterial decolourisation of anaerobically digested distillery effluent at laboratory scale. While another patent has been filed on a cost effective chemical process for formaldehyde removal from pyridine containing industrial wastewater for environmental safety. Further, the work is in progress for scaling up the biological decolourisation of anaerobically treated distillery effluent by wetland plant treatment system after bacterial degradation at pilot scale. This work is under way for patent application. The work is also concentrated for comparative bioaccumulation potential of heavy metals by wetland plant in constructed wetland system. The effect of melanoidin, phenol and sulphate in distillery effluent degradation and toxicity is also studied in detail. The potential bacterial species are identified by biochemical and molecular methods (16Sr RNA). The metabolic characterisation of maillard product degradation by LC-MS, HPLC and 1HNMR is under way.

The isolation and molecular characterisation of potential bacterial species for degradation of Penta-Chloro Phenol (PCP) and lignin from pulp paper mill waste for safe wastewater recycling is in progress for patent application. We are also expertise for isolation of bacterial strains form water, soil and food sample.

Awards/Honours/ Distinctions:
1st prize for writing of scientific article in Hindi for Vish Vigyan Sandesh, 2001 published by Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow.
2nd prize for writing of scientific article in Hindi for Vish Vigyan Sandesh, 2003 published by Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow. 

Approved Guide for Ph.D. Degree: 
Department of microbiology Dr. R.M.L. Awadh University Faizabad (UP), India.
Department of Bio-Sciences Pt. Ravishanker Shukla University Raipur (Chhattishgarh), India.
Department of life sciences Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University Kanpur (U.P.) India.
Department of environmental Sciences Lucknow University (U.P.) India.

Member of Scientific Society:
Life member of Society of Toxicology, India.
Academy of Environmental Biology, India.
Association microbiologist of India (AMI), India.
Indian Science Congress Association, India.
The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), Japan.
Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR), New Delhi.

Member for Microbiological Reference Material Expert Committee as Contact Person:
As expert member of microbiological reference material compiled by Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi.

Editorial Board Expert of Scientific Journal:
Ind. J. Environment and pollution Techno sciences publication B-34, Dev Nagar, Tonk Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.