Rajesh Pal

Biography:

Dr. Rajesh Pal studied Biochemistry from University of Pune and graduated as M.Sc in 2009. He then joined CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute for his PhD in Environmental Microbiology & Genomics and graduated in 2015. With about 9 years of industrial experience, he has worked in different domains such as development of agri-products, Viz. biofertilizers, biopesticides and biostimulants. In his previous industrial collaboration, he also led the development of human gut microbiome test based on fecal sample microbiota leading to personalised food & diet recommendations. He has published his research work in national and international journals. Currently, as Lab Manager with HiMedia Laboratories, his research is focused on the study of gut microbiomes from humans and animals. Understanding of human gut microbiota and its relationship with overall host physiology and different clinical conditions, are some of his current R&D projects at HiMedia Microbiome Research Center.