Mrs. Mrudul V. Shirgurkar

Mrs. Mrudul V. Shirgurkar

Plant Tissue Culture Division

About Me


Professional Experience

  • 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