Dr. Manikant Tripathi

He has been working as an Assistant Professor (Guest Faculty) in the Department of Microbiology, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, since 2015. He served as a Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology in Jhunjhunwala Post Graduate College, Ayodhya (India) from 2013 to 2015. He completed B.Sc. in Industrial Microbiology, Chemistry and Botany from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur ,India in 2003. He joined Master program (2003-2005) in Microbiology, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya ,India. Thereafter, he completed Ph.D. on the topic entitled “Simultaneous bioremediation of chromium (VI) and pentachlorophenol from tannery effluent” from Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya , India in 2013. He participated in several international & national conferences, and workshop. He received many awards:  Best Poster Award (in a National Conference), Young Scientist Award, Excellence in Research Award and Excellent Teaching Award by various Biological Societies of India. He also received “Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students” by University Grants Commission, New Delhi and qualified ICAR-NET in the year 2014 conducted by Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, India. His current area of research is Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology. He published 32 research papers, 10 chapters, 08 review articles in journals of national and international repute with 577 Google Scholar citations, h-index 14 and i-index 15 and published 03 international eBook. He guided 01 postgraduate student for their dissertation work.