Academic / Professional Achievements

Research

• Associated with Combett Institute Journal of Applied Biological Science and Laboratory Techniques, (Title Code: KARENGO49211340023/121) as an Associate Editor.
• Guided final year M.Sc Microbiology students for MSc project on the topic of “Efficacy of Microorganisms in the Bioremediation of Lead in Polluted Lake Water”during the academic year 2019-20.
• Guiding UG students for the project on the topic of “Dye degradation by the microorganism isolated from industrial effluent” during academic year 2018-19
• Guided final year MSc students for the projects on the topic Antimicrobial activity of Myristica fragrans (Nutmeg) and Optimization of cultural media conditions for production of indole acetic acid by Rhizobium species isolated from methi root nodules during educational year 2010-2011.
• Guided eight (08) undergraduate level students for vocational projects on environmental awareness during educational year 2006-2007.

Publications 

1. Soumya Shanbhag, Ashok Bankar. (2017). Banana peel waste as media ingredient for fungal growth and potential adsorbent for sequestering Cr (VI) ions. Lilavati-10, 274-278. ISSN-2250-3978

Presentations in National and International Conferences

1. Efficacy of Microorganisms in the Bioremediation of Lead in Polluted Lake Water”S - Soumya Shanbhag,Aalia Afreen, Chaitra Jagannathrao, Shayan Debnath, Sravanti Vaidya, Ahalya Naidu, at AICTE sponsored E-conference on Recent Trends and Technologies in Biotechnology and Allied Sciences, organized by Department of Biotechnology, MSRIT, Bangalore on 5^th to 7^th November 2020.
2. Bioremediation of malachite green by fungi. Soumya S Shanbhag, Akalya G, Harshitha, Suchith C.M, Shalini presented at 1^st International conference on Life,  Chemical and Health Sciences (ICLCHS)  organized by RCASC in collaboration with Karnataka Science and Technology (KSTA), Department of IT,BT and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka on 24^th to 26^th October 2019 at Bangalore.             
3. Applications of Nanomaterials for Heavy metal remediation- A mini review. Soumya S Shanbhag, Sravanti Vaidya, Ahalya Naidu presented at 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in engineering Sciences" (ICRAES-2018) on 26th and 27th of September 2018 at MSRIT, Bangalore.)
4. Banana peel waste as media ingredient for fungal growth and potential adsorbent for sequestering Cr(VI) ions. Soumya S Shanbhag, Ashok Bankar Presented at National Women's Science Congress organized by Ramaiah College of arts, science and commerce titled "" and awarded for Best Paper Presentation on 6^th and 7^th of November 2017.

Technical bulletinsConferences / Seminars / Workshops / others - Attended

1. Attended 7 days National Online workshop on “Applied life-sciences” organized by Nizam college (Autonomous), Osmania University, Hyderabad on 24^th July to 30^th July 2020.
2. Attended Two weeks FDP on “E-Learning Resource Creation- A Beginning Towards New Era of E-Learning” organized by D.Y. Patil college of Engineering and Technology, Kolhapur on 8^th to 20^th June 2020.
3. Attended two weeks Workshop on “From e-Learning to e-Training: A Comprehensive Guide for all your Administrative Work” organized by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in association with PMMMNMTT Ramanujan college, University of Delhi on 25^th May to 5^th June 2020.
4. Participated and presented a poster titled “Bioremediation of malachite green by fungi” in 1^st International conference on Life,  Chemical and Health Sciences (ICLCHS)  organized by RCASC in collaboration with Karnataka Science and Technology (KSTA), Department of IT,BT and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka on 24^th to 26^th October 2019 at Bangalore.           
5. Participated in one day Faculty Development Program on "E-Resource and Digital Content" organized by Department of Library and Information Centre in association with IQAC, RCASC, Bangalore on 21^stSeptember 2019.    
6. Participated in Training Program on "Flow Cytometry Workshop" organized by Cytometry solutions Pvt. Ltd in association with Department of Microbiology, RCASC, Bangalore on 16^thSeptember 2019        
7. Participated in 3^rdNational Seminar on “New methodology of Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC- Issues and Challenges”, Organized by IQAC- Ramaiah college of Arts, Science and Commerce on 11^th of April 2019.
8. Attended One day National Webinaron “Nanotechnology" on 15th October 2018
9. Attended and presented paper titled "Applications of Nanomaterials for Heavy metal remediation- A mini review" at 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in engineering Sciences" (ICRAES-2018) on 26th and 27th of September 2018 at MSRIT, Bangalore.)
10. Attended Faculty Development Programon “IPR” organized by Dept of Biotechnology and Genetics, Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Bangalore on 17^th and 18^th of December 2018 at RCASC, Bangalore
11. Hands-On training on "Science Laboratory Equipment’s and Instrumentation" at Maharani's Science College for Women, Bangalore on 5th and 6th of September 2017.
12. Attended Faculty Development program on “Meditation for Work-Life Balance” organized by Department of English and Shri Ram Chandra Mission on 14^th, 15^th and 16^th of September 2017.
13. Attended National Women's Science Congress organized by Ramaiah College of arts, science and commerce and presented paper "Banana peel waste as media ingredient for fungal growth and potential adsorbent for sequestering CR(VI) ions" and awarded for Best Paper Presentation on 6^th and 7^th of November 2017.
14. Attended Faculty Development program on "Applications of MS Excel in Academics and Research" organized by department of Biotechnology and Genetics RCASC on 28th and 29th of Nov 2017.
15. Attended National level conference on "Recent trends in sustainable development of biodiversity and management" organized by department of zoology, University college of science, Thumkuru on 12^th January 2018.
16. Attended National science day seminar on "science and technology for sustainable future" organized by department of science, RCASC, Bangalore on 8th and 12th March 2018
17. Faculty Development Programme on " Data Analysis in Natural Sciences(DANS)"-20th March 2017 at Kristu Jayanti College (autonomous), Bangalore.
18. Hands-On training on "Science Laboratory Equipment’s and Instrumentation “at             Maharani's Science College for Women, Bangalore on 5th and 6th of September 2017.
19. Attended two day national level workshop on Molecular markers at St Joseph's college, Bangalore in the year 2011.
20. Active involvement in the National level symposium organized by CMR institute of management studies in the year 2010.

Awards and Recognitions

1. Received Best paper presentationduring National Women's Science Congress organized by Ramaiah College of arts, science and commerce on 6^th and 7^th of November 2017 for the paper titled "Banana peel waste as media ingredient for fungal growth and potential adsorbent for sequestering CR(VI) ions"
2. Received Best Teacher Award on Teachers day 2015 at St George College of Management and Science, organized by Om Sri Narayana Charitable Foundation.
3. Part of BOE for question paper setting of UG courses for CMR Institute of Management Studies and Mount Carmel College Bangalore during academic year 2015-16rojects

Workshop/Conferences/Seminars Organized

1. Participated as Resource Personfor GCU ALFA WEBINAR at Garden City University on the topic of “Gene Cloning Vector pUC 18/19” on 21^st August 2020.
2. Participated as Resource Person in Add-On Program on “Basic Tools in Bacterial Genomics” organized by department of Microbiology, RCASC on 4^th to 6^th March 2020.
3. Participated in Micro-fest 2019 on “Concepts and New Challenges in Antibiotics” organized by Department of Microbiology on 26^th and 27^th of March 2019 at RCASC, Bangalore
4. Participated as a Resource person for Add on program (Workshop) on “Analytical Techniques in Bacterial Proteomics” organized by Department of Microbiology, on 4^th and 5^th of March 2019. At RCASC, Bangalore.
5. Coordinated Poster making event in National Science Day celebration on the theme “Science for People and People for Science” on 28^th of February and 2^nd of March 2019 at RCASC, Bangalore
6. Worked as Resource Person for 2 days Workshop on “Basic tools in Bacterial Genomics” on 16/8/2017-17/8/2017organized by department of Microbiology, RCASC
7. Microfest organized by the department on 10/10/2017 on “Innovations in Food Technology”