Position Held: Professor of Microbiology at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Oct 2022 onwards; Associate Professor, Bioinformatics Section, College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh March 23, 2016 to date; Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology; Defense Mechanism, College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut; March 23, 2005 -March 22, 2016; Visiting Scientist, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Senior Publications: 96; h index-10; Conference Seminar Organized: 03; Training Organized: Research Areas: Microbiology, Diagnostics and Molecular Characterization of Viruses and Virus like Diseases of Horticultural Crops. Specific areas of research encompass both basic and applied components that include: molecular and biotechnological approaches for characterization and control of viral diseases of horticultural crops; tissue culture, genomics, proteomics, molecular epidemiology, conventional and transgenic resistance, virus detection and diagnosis, and host-virus interactions; next-generation sequencing for detection and discovery of plant viruses.