1979- 1980 Junior college lecturer in H. H. C. P. High School for Biology subject.
1980 Joined Plant Tissue Culture group and continued till date.
November 2001- January 2002 and October- November 2002 deputed to Genetic Centre, Agriculture University, Uppsala, Sweden
Selected Publications
P, ey M., Dhar U. , Samant S. S. And Shirgurkar M. V. Thengane S. R, Recurrent somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in Angelica glauca Edgew., a critically endangered medicinal plant of the Western Himalaya, Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology ., 86 (5), 493 - 498 (2011).
Shirgurkar M. V. And Thengane S. R, Studies of antimicrobial activity of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) leaves and rhizomes collected during plant growth phases, Research Journal of Biotechnology., 5(2), 24 - 28 (2010).
Shirgurkar M V, Naik V B, Arnold Sara von, Nadgauda R S And Clapham D H , An efficient protocol for genetic transformation and shoot regeneration of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) via particle bombardment, Plant Cell Reports., 25, 112 - 116 (2006).
Research Interest
Plant Tissue Culture
Contact Details
Mrs. Mrudul Vijay Shirgurkar
Principal Scientist
Office: Room No. 1808
Plant Tissue Culture Division CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
Pune 411008, India
Phone +91 20 2590 2700
Fax +91 20 2590 2654
E-mail mv.shirgurkar@ncl.res.in