Mrs. Manisha R. Patil (M.Sc. Microbiology) is renowned microbiologist and has research and teaching experience of about 18 years. She has completed her Post-Graduation from KBC NMU, Jalgaon. She has research focus on microbial pathogenesis, siderophores, immunoassays etc. She has published numerous research articles in scholarly journals on the topic of microbiology and biotechnology. She has received award and honors for her work.