Experience

Indian Council of Food and Agriculture
• Senior Project Officer

  • Aug 2016 - Present

Trivium Education Pvt. Ltd.
• Subject Matter Expert

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2016


Uttrakhand State Concil of Science & Technology

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Oct 2013 - Aug 2015

  Key responsibilities: Conducted research for a project on "Medicinal and edible mushroom cultivation for income generation in rural areas in Uttarakhand" • Conducted awareness programme for rural people. • Organized small group interactive meetings for sensitization and rapport building. • Coordinated demonstration and hand-on training programmes. • Involved in Capacity building programme for volunteers who work with women self-help groups for mushroom cultivation. • Provided technical input and support to interested small scale entrepreneurs. • Was responsible for the preparation of project reports. Show less



Forest Research Institute, ICFRE

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2011

  Key responsibilities:Conducted research for a project on "Exploration of diversity in Ganoderma lucidum and its conservation with special emphasis on its medicinal uses.”• Carried out analysis of chemical properties of medicinal mushroom G.lucidum. • Extracted polysaccharide by GLC.• Screened out potent isolate for artifical cultivation by the use of statistical software. • Conducted laboratory and field trials for cultivation.• Was responsible for the compilation of project reports. Show less

• Junior Research Scholar

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2010

  Key responsibilities:Conducted research for a project on "Exploration of diversity in Ganoderma lucidum and its conservation with special emphasis on its medicinal uses.”• Surveyed and collected raw material (i.e.fruiting body of fungus) from different states of north India• Conducted analysis of morphological, anatomical and culture characters.• Isolated, identified and preserved the concerned fungus. • Involved in documentation and compilation of project report.