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Dr. Atul Chavan

National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Lovely Professional University

ORCID iD 0000-0003-4234-0348
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This is an introduction to Dr. Atul Rajkumar Chavan, a CSIR-Senior Research Fellow and AcSIR Ph.D. scholar working under the supervision of Dr. Anshuman A. Khardenavis, Principal Scientist in the Environmental Biotechnology and Genomics division at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, India. He received a scholarship from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India, to pursue his Ph.D. in prebiotic oligosaccharide synthesis from carbohydrate-rich sources using fungi/fungal enzymes. He has authored 5 publications and 2 book chapters. Additionally, he was elected as the Student President of CSIR-NEERI (Headquarter and zonal lab) in January 2020 and serves as a member of the Scientific Vigilance Committee (SEC) & Scientific Investigation Board (SIB) at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur.

Furthermore, Mr. Chavan received an award for the best popular science story writing competition organized by DST, New Delhi, for the year 2021. His story was chosen as one of the top 100 stories from entries across India in the Ph.D. category.

In January 2022, he successfully qualified for the Maharashtra State Eligibility Test (MH-SET) for Assistant Professor, accredited by the U.G.C. and conducted by the Savitribai Phule Pune University State Agency.

Moreover, he has been selected to attend and present at the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics-Students and Fellows Association (ISAPP-SFA) annual conference in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, from June 15-17, 2022.

Employment

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Education

  • National Environmental Engineering Research Institute PhD
    2018 - 2024
  • Lovely Professional University MSc Biotechnology

Projects & Funding

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Publications (3)