- B. Tech. Biotechnology (2008, Anna University) - M .E. Biotechnology (2010, BITS Pilani University) - Ph. D. Microbial Ecology (2017, BITS Pilani University)

From	To	Designation	Name of the Institution
June 2017	May 2019	Assistant Professor	PSG College of Technology
June 2019	Till date	Assistant Professor - Research	PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research

- - Molecular microbial ecology with emphasis on hypersaline environments - Computational genomics Awards and Achievements:

S No	Name of Award	Awarding Agency	Year
1	Junior Research Fellowship	BITS Pilani University	2010 - 2012
2	Senior Research Fellowship	Council of Scientific & Industrial Research	2012 - 2016
3	International Travel Support for attending Extremophiles 2012 held at Sevilla, Spain	Science and Engineering research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology	2012
4	Raman Charpak Fellowship  hosted by Prof Didier Debroas, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, Clermont-ferrand, France	Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR)	2013
5	Conference, Travel, Exhibition and Popular Lectures (CTEP) award for attending Extremophiles 2016 held at Kyoto, Japan	Department of Biotechnology	2016
6	Student Grant	International Society of Extremophiles	2016

 

D Das, I Kalra, K Mani, BB Salgaonkar, JM Braganca (2019). Characterisation of extremely halophilic archaeal isolates from Indian salt pans and their screening for production of hydrolytic enzymes. Environmental Sustainability (1 - 13) Abhilash Sundarasamy, Akshaya Sridhar, Kabilan Mani (2018). Halophilic Archaea as Beacon for Exobiology: Recent Advances and Future Challenges in Advances in Biological Research, Elsevier Publications, Netherlands. Bhakti Balkrishna Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani, Judith Bragança (2018) Sustainable Bioconversion of Cassava Waste to Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyvalerate) using Halophilic Archaeon Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. (DOI: 10.1007/s10924- 018-1346-9) Bhakti Balkrishna Salgaonkar, Rizma Rodrigues, Kabilan Mani (2018) A Study on the Halophilic Archaeal Diversity from the Food Grade Iodised Crystal Salt from a Saltern of India. Journal of Food Science and Technology. (Submitted) Kabilan M, Chandrashekaran Sivaraman, Bhakti Salgaonkar, Srikanth Mutnuri and Judith M. Braganca (2015). Comparison of bacterial diversity from solar  salterns and a simulated laboratory study. Annals of Microbiology 65(2):995- 1005 Deepthi Das, Bhakti B Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani, Judith M Braganca (2014) Cadmium resistance in extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax strain BBK2. Chemosphere 112:385-392.

795. B. Salgaonkar, K. Mani and Judith M. Braganca. (2013) Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by halophilic archaea isolated from traditional solar salterns of India. Extremophiles 17:787-795.

Bhakti Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith Bragança (2013) Characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates accumulated by a moderately halophilic salt pan isolate Bacillus megaterium strain H16. Journal of Applied Microbiology 114(5):1347-56. Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith Bragança (2012) Community solar salt production in Goa, India. Aquatic Biosystems. 8:30. Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith Bragança (2012) Culturable halophilic archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa, India. Aquatic Biosystems. 8:15. Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani, Anjana Nair, Sowmya Gangadharan and Judith Bragança (2012) Interspecific Interactions Among Members of Family Halobacteriaceae from Natural Solar Salterns. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 4(2), 98-107. Kabilan M, Bhakti Salgaonkar and Judith M.Bragança (2011) Molecular Microbial Ecology of Solar Salterns of Goa and the Isolation of Culturable Haloarchaea. New India Publishers (Invited book chapter). Bhakti Salgaonkar, Kabilan M and Judith Bragança (2011)Sensitivity of Haloarchaea to Eubacterial Pigments Produced by Pseudomonasaeruginosa SB1.World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology .27, 799–804. Kabilan M, Arun, B. Saraswathy, N, Ramalingam P.Rajasekaran (2009) Comparative study on efficiency of genomic DNA Extraction methods in edible mushrooms. Advanced Biotech (9:2).