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Dr. M. Senthil Kumar is currently a Principal Scientist (Microbiology) at ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur. He is a postgraduate of Agricultural Microbiology and holds a Ph.D. (Microbiology) from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He received postdoctoral fellowship from the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea. He has fifteen years of research experience in various areas of plant-microbe interactions, including biological control of soybean diseases and microbial mediated abiotic stress management in pulses.



Dr. N. Amaresan is an Assistant Professor at C.G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, UkaTarsadia University, Gujarat. He holds undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate degrees in Microbiology. Dr. N. Amaresan has over fourteen years of experience in teaching & research in various allied fields of microbiology, including microbial ecology and plant-microbe interactions. He has been awarded young scientist awards by the Association of Microbiologists of India, National Academy of Biological Sciences and is the recipient of a visiting scientist fellowship from the National Academy of India.



Dr. Sankaranarayanan is associated with C.G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Surat of Gujarat state, India from 2015 onwards. His current research focus is on antibacterial potential of herbal products against multi drug resistant microbial pathogens, bacterial diversity in fermented batter, microbial spoilage of fermented food and impact of irradiation on fermented food. He has received the Indian Academy of Sciences sponsored summer research fellowship for young teacher's category for three years consecutively.