• Appointed as a member of the Research Advisory committee of PadmashreeDr. D. Y. Patil University, Nerul, Navi Mumbai for 2 years with effect from Nov. 01, 2008

• Resource person at a Workshop on the revised syllabus for F.Y.B.Sc. held at Mithibai College, July 2008.
• Panelist? in Panel Discussion, ?Prospects of Biotechnology? in India held at Khalsa College, December 2008

• Attended the Conference titled ?Extraction of Phytochemicals with the Use of Microbial Enzymes? at the Young Researchers? Conference at UICT Mumbai, 27th and 28th Jan. 2009.

• Lecture on ?East or West, Composting is the Best? for Rotary Club Chembur, June 2008.
• Resource person at a workshop for? TYBSC theory and practicals at the Vikas College, on 7th Jan? 2009.

• Attended a UGC sponsored state level workshop on 11th Nov, 2008 on ?Exploring Alternative Approaches in Assessment and Accreditation Process? at the Vaze Kelkar College.
• Attended and participated in a National seminar on ?Green Chemistry-a Gateway to Sustainable Chemistry? at the R.D. National College on 25th & 26th Feb, 2009.

• Resource person for the Lecture Series in the subject of Drugs & Dyes organized by Motilal Jhunjhunwala College, Vashi on 16th February, 2009.

• At the two-week workshop organized by Bombay Association of Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai for the science teachers of ICSE School in the following topics :
  • Acids, Bases and Salts, July 25, 2008.
  • Electrolysis, July 26, 2008.
  • Metallurgy, August 1, 2008
  • Practical for new experiments, July 25, 2008.

• Judged ?Science projects at Western Region Science Fair under the aegis of National Science Museums at the Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, Dec.2008.
• Judged ? Homi Bhabha Action Research Projects under the aegis of Maharashtra Science Teachers? Association, February 2009.

• Visiting Faculty at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai.

• Attended a seminar on ?Gender Discrimination?, ?Yuva Maitry? at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi on 28th July 2008 organised by the NGO -- MAWA.

• Delivered a talk on ?Personality Development via NSS? during a? NSS special camp of Hutatma Rajguru Mahavidyalaya. on 2nd December 2008.

• Presented ?Strategies of Career Development for entry level academics?? with Dr. Manju Phadke? in the National Conference on Academic Staff Development; Strengthening Institutional Links held by Christ University.
• Presented? ?Strategies for Creating Shared Organizational Values Among Academic Staff- and the Application of the Ideas thus Obtained towards Institutional Refinement? with Dr. Manju Phadke in the National Conference on Academic Staff Development; Strengthening Institutional Links held by Christ University, Bangalore on the 5th-7th February, 2009.

• Participated in a three day consultation ?In Pursuit of Excellence in Higher Education? organized by the Scottish Church College, Kolkatta from 2nd April 2009 to 4th April 2009.

• Participated in the National Conference held on 10th and 11th January, 2009 in ?Fuzzy Logic and its Application in Industry? at the Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College, Vashi,? Navi Mumbai.

• Attended the National Conference on ?Recent Trends in Biosciences and their Applications in Industry?, at the K.J. Somaiyya College on 5th -6th Dec 2008.

Conferences/ Seminars/Workshops attended

• Attended the National Conference on ?Recent Trends in Biosciences and their Applications in Industry?, at KJ Somaiyya College on 5th-6th Dec 2008.

• Presented a paper titled ? Strategies of Career Development for Entry Level Academics? at the National Conference on Academic Staff Development; Strengthening Institutional Links held by Christ University, Bangalore on 5th-7th Feb 2009.
• ?Strategies for Creating Shared Organizational Values among Academic Staff- and the Application of the Ideas thus Obtained towards Institutional Refinement? with George Abraham in the National Conference on Academic Staff Development; Strengthening Institutional Links, held by Christ University, Bangalore.

• Attended the National Conference on Quality Management in Higher Education held at NES Ratnam College, Mumbai on 23-24th Jan 2009.

• Resource person at workshop for school children on ?Introduction to Microbiology? in Nehru Centre, August 2008.

• Received the best paper award for the paper ?Applications of Superoxide Dismutase from Lab strains of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa?, by Mathivadana Paulraj and Manju Phadke in Bionano Frontier Feb 2009.

• Attended Workshop on designing University Syllabus grid of SY and TY in Microbiology in October 2008.

• Resource person at workshop for school children on ?Introduction to Microbiology? in Nehru Centre, August 2008.

• Co-opted as a member of T.Y.B.Sc Syllabus committee in Microbiology for the University of Mumbai.

• Registered under the Teach India Programme mounted by the Times of India and actually participated in the teaching of slum children.
• Deputed to attend the? presentation of administrative software by TCS and Broadllyne? on 20th and 30th January 2009 at SIES Graduate School of Technology, Nerul.

• Resource person in bridge programme. for TYBSc.?students ( Khalsa, SIES and Ruia) at Khalsa College in? June 2008.

• Member of Board of Studies in Statistics and Member of a Committee appointed to revise the B.Sc. Syllabus.
• Subject expert in Statistics for appointing teachers.

• Visiting faculty for M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Mumbai

• Subject expert in Statistics for appointing teachers.
• Member of Committee to revise T.Y.B.Sc.? & T.Y.B.Com. Syllabus.

• Visiting faculty for M.Sc.? Statistics, University of Mumbai
• Delivered a? guest ?lecture in Biostatistics? for M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Mumbai.

• Subject expert in Statistics for appointing teachers.
• Member of Committee to prepare common practicals for T.Y. B.Sc.
• Counselor for MS-8 students at IGNOU.

• Visiting faculty for M.Sc.? Statistics , University of Mumbai
• Resource person in Biostatistics? for M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Mumbai.

• Visiting faculty? M.Sc. I.T. , Statistics and Computer Science, University of Mumbai
• Visiting faculty at Welingkar Institute of Research and Management in the subject of Research Methodology.
• Visiting faculty at IBS (International Business School) in the subject of Management Science.

• Resource person in Biostatistics? for M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Mumbai.

• Research Guide for M.Phil students in Alagappa Universtiy and for M.Sc students under University of Mumbai.
• Member of the Syllabus Committee - T.Y.B.Sc. &? M.Sc, University of Mumbai.
• Subject Expert to conduct interviews for Zoology.

• Resource person for the practical workshop for the revised syllabus of F.Y.B.Sc conducted by the Board of Studies in Zoology at ICL College, Vashi, Navi Mumbai in August, 2008.

• Completed Ph.D (Science) in Zoology on the topic ?Studies on Plants in the Treatment of Gentamycin Induced Kidney Dysfunction in Rats.?

• Faculty for MSc (II) in Zoology for the paper ?Biotechnology?, University of Mumbai.
• Visiting faculty for MSc (I) Bioanalytical Sciences for the topic ?Basic Pharmacokinetics? at the G. N. Khalsa College.
• Visiting faculty for MSc (II) Bioanalytical Sciences for the topic ?Basic and Regulatory Toxicology? at the Ramnarain Ruia College.

• Completed a training programme in Karyotyping from Jaslok Hospital (Genetics Department) under the guidance of Dr. Prochi (Head of Genetics Department) from 2nd May 2008 to 1st June 2008.

• Resource person for a training cum selection camp for guiding Indian students for the International Biology Olympiad in Mumbai at the Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College from 3rd June 2008 to 10th June 2008.

• Attended a National Conference on ?Innovative Practices in Libraries? organized by Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Ghatkopar, on 9th Aug, 2008.