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• Address:
  "Sundar Niwas," 402, Shivajinagar, Off J.M. Road,
  Pune - 411 005, M.S. INDIA
   

• E-mail address:
  shekhar@unipune.ernet.in
   

• Telephone (O) :
  +91 020 25601219 Cell: 98903 50002 (R): +91 020 25536957
   

• Topic of Research (Ph.D):
  "Study of medicinal mushrooms with special reference to Reishi (Ganoderma species)."
   

• Area of Specilization:
  Mycology, Plant Pathology, Mushroom technology, Medicinal Mushrooms
   

• Research Experience:
  
  Currently working as Senior Research Fellow on the DST funded project: "Pharmacognostic Studies of Phansomba Samples: An Indigenous Folk Medicine."
  Ph.D. Project entitled, "Study of Medicinal mushrooms with special reference to Reishi (Ganoderma species)", under the guidance of Dr. J.G. Vaidya, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Pune. (August 1999 onwards).
  Masters degree Project entitled, "Study of a fungal member associated with stumps and roots of Dalbergia melanoxylon G. & P."
  One year project carried out under the guidance of Prof. J. G. Vaidya, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Pune. A Partial submission for the degree of M.Sc. Botany (July 1997-April 1998).
  Summer Training Project on, "Techniques used in studying: Mycotoxins and VAM Fungi"
  Project carried out under the guidance of Prof. S.M. Reddy, Department of Botany, Kakatyia University, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh. A program of Department of Botany, University of Pune. (April - May 1997)
  Technical training at: National Chemcial Laboratory, Pune
  High Preformance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) techniques and its applications in mushroom metabolites separation.
  Period: August - September - 2003.
  Natural Product Isoaltion, Separation, Purification and Chemcial charachterization: Applications in Medicinal Mushrooms.
  Period: September 2004 - November 2004.
   

• Work Experience:
  
  Transchem India Ltd. Mushroom Division (Bebed Ohol, Maval, Pune INDIA.).
  Post: Production Officer- Growing Division Duration:1998 -1999
   

• Publications:
  " Vaidya J.G. and Bhosle S.R. (2003). "Fungal Biodiversity and Conservation." In Forest Conservation and Management, (Eds. Rethy, P; Dabral, P.P; Singh, B; and Sood, K.K.). pp 683.
  " Vaidya J.G. and Bhosle S.R. (2004) "Biodiversity and Conservation of Fungi: Role of Mycologists." In Modern Topics in Fungi (Mukadam D.S. Ed.) pp 207.
  Book Published
  "Shiitake, Mushroom of 21st Century, Elixir of Life." Bhosle S.R. and Vaidya J.G. (2001).
  'Shiitake, Mushroom…,' is the first work I have seen covering such a spectrum of aspects of this mushroom… D.L. Hawksworth.(Mycological Research 106(8): 991-992, 2002).