Education
M.Sc.
Research Interest
Genetics, Microbiology, Plant Molecular biology

Pratikanand Umargekar
upratikanand at gmail dot com

I completed my Bachelor's and Master's in Microbiology from Modern College, Pune affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University. During my master's I worked on Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using leaf extract of Torenia fournieri and screened its various activities. Currently, I am an Intern in the Root Microbiology Lab at NCBS, Bangalore working on a project to understand Plant-Pathogen interaction.