M.Sc. in Botany (Kalyani University). Ph.D. Microbiology (University of Calcutta)
Post Graduate Diploma in Sericulture (Central Silk Board) Govt. of India)

1. Agricultural Microbiology
2. Phytopathology
3. Environmental Ecology
4. Plant diversity
5. Pharmacology

1. Isolation, and characterization of Plant Growth Promoting soil bacteria (PGPB)
2. Formulation of Microbial inoculants for sustainable agriculture
3. Metagenomic study of soil microbiome
4. Biocontrol of plant pathogens
5. Ecological study of soil and water body

1. As Head of the Dept. of Botany, Vivekananda College, Kolkata from 2012 to 2015 and from 2022 to till date
2. As Joint Co-Ordinator of M.Sc. in Environmental Science Course (Vidyasagar University), Distance Education for 5 years.

1. Lecturer from 1997 to 2003
2. Senior Lecturer from 2003 to 2007
3. Selection-Grade Lecturer from 2007 to 2011
4. Associate Professor from 2011 to till date.

Supervised Seven Dissertations of M.Sc. (Vidyasagar University) Environmental Science students

1. Life Member of the Indian Mycological Society
2. Life Member of the Botanical Society of Bengal.
3. Life Member of Probir Chatterjee Research Foundation, Dept of Botany, University of Calcutta.

Oral presentation
1. Paper entitled ‘Futuristic Microbial Solution Upgradation of Over-exploited Arable Land’ in Bilateral International Conference on Exotoxicology and Environmental Sciences (ICEES-2022) held during 19th-20th October, 2022 at Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
2. Paper entitled ‘Improvement of Soybean Production in Low Productive Soil by The Utilization Microbial Flora’. International Conference (February 25-27, 2020) on Climate Change, Precision Agriculture & Innovative Disease Control Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture, University Department of Botany. T, M, Bhagalpur University, Bagalpur-812007, Bihar, India
3. Paper entitled ‘Isolation of potential micro-organisms from degraded soil and their utilization in improving the soil productivity’. Two Days National Seminar on “Waste Management for Greener and Cleaner Environment” © 2019 (25-26 March,2019) , organized by Department of Ecological Studies and International Centre for Ecological Engineering in collaboration with ENVIS Resource Partner, University of Kalyani.

Poster presentation:
1. Poster entitled ‘Positive Complementation of Residual Bacterial Community towards Plant Growth Promotion in Long-term Used Agricultural Soil’ in 1st Botanical Congress organised (An International Meet) organised by Botanical Society of Bengal in Collaboration with Dept. Of Botany, University of Calcutta, held on 23-25th March, 2023.

2. Poster entitled ‘Development of a novel Consortium with Multiple Plant Beneficial Traits using Bacteria fron an Over-exploited Agricultural land’ in International Conference on Climate Change: Global Co-operation organised by St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata held on the 26th and 27th August, 2022.
3. Poster entitled Microbial Augmentation of Low Productive Soil Towards better Productivity of Disease free Glycine max L. Meril. International conference. January 24-25, 2020) on Algae, Fungi and Plants: Systematic to Application, Organised by CAS, Department of Botany, Calcutta University in Collaboration with Botanical Survey of India.
4. Poster entitled ‘Phyllosphere Actinomycetes in Control of Frog Eye Leaf Spot of Glycine max (Soybean plant;). 107th Indian Science Congress (3-7 January, 2020) in Section of Environmental Sciences.
5. Poster entitled ‘In situ Improvement of Low Productive Soil Using Resident Microbes’. National Seminar in Frontiers of Biological Sciences(21-22 September, 2019),St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, Presidency College and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology.
6. Poster entitled Characterization of Potential Microorganisms from Low Productive Soil for Their Subsequent utilization in Improving Productivity. Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Section; National Conference on “ Future India: Science and Technology”(27-28 February, 2019, jointly organized by City College and Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata Chapter.

1. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Sayak Ganguli, Archisman Chakraborti, Samrat Roy, Sudeshna Shyam Choudhury, Arup Kumar Mitra et al.. Microbial Marvels in Soil Amendment: Plant-Growth Promotion, Bacterial Community Modulation, Sustainable Development and Futuristic Socioeconomic Implications. Under review in Frontiers in Microbiology. 14:1293302. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1293302(2023) Impact Factor: 5.2 (2022)
2. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay, Arup Kumar Mitra, Debapriya Maitra, Bedaprana Roy, Archisman Chakraborty, Sudeshna Shyam Choudhury. (2022). Development of a Novel Consortium Using Bacteria With Multiple Plant Beneficial Traits From Over-Exploited Agricultural Soil. Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, (S.l.), p. 245-256, dec. 2022. ISSN 2454-2601. https://www.i-scholar.in/index.php/JESEBA/article/view/221422 (UGC CARE enlisted journal).
3. Arup Kumar Mitra, Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay, Sampurna Mondal, Pallab Ghosh, Sohini Chattopadhyay, Ritushree Ganguly, Pritam Kanjilal, Sharanya Kundu, Bedaprana Roy, Debapriya Maitra and Sucharita Roy. (2022). Statistical Analysis of the Effect of Bacterial Consortia in Soybean Production. Acta Scientific Microbiology 5.5 (2022):p. 31-43. DOI: 10.31080/ASMI.2022.05.1056
4. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay, Arup Kumar Mitra, Sudeshna Shyam Choudhury, Sayak Ganguli (2021). Metagenome Dataset of Lateritic Soil Microbiota from Sadaipur, Birbhum, West Bengal, India. Data in Brief 36 (2021), ELSEVIER. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107041. Impact Factor: 1.2
5. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay, M Ghosal, S. Biswas, S. Basu, S. Ghosh, S. S. Choudhury, A. K. Mitra. (2020). Improvement of Soybean Production in Low Productive Soil by the Utilization of Native Microbial Flora; Precision Agriculture and Sustainable Crop Production; Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi-110002.,pp. 155-171. ISBN 9788170196679 (INDIA), ISBN 1-55528-1 (USA).
6. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay.2017. Microbiological Analysis of Tap Water to Detect the Presence of Coliform Bacteria. Teachers’ Journal. Nabadwip Vidyasagar College. Vol: III. Pp. 129-133. ISSN No. 2395-5627.
7. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay. 2015. Probiotics and Prebiotics: The Dynamic Duo. Bodhi Bignan- A journal of Science. Publication of Vivekananda College. Kolkata.Vol. III. Pp.121-125. ISSN No. 2277-4831.
8. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay and Debdutta Bhattacharjee. 2012. An Ecological Study on Waste Water of Mudialy Fishermen’s Co-operative Society. Bodhi Bignan- A journal of Science. Publication of Vivekananda College. Kolkata Vol. III. Pp.121-125. ISSN No. 2277-4831.
9. Meenakshi Mukhopadhyay. 2008. Bioactivities of Some Medicinal Mushrooms: A Modern Perspective. Journal of Mycopathological Research. Vol. 46. No. 1. April 2008. ISSN No. 0971-3719.
10. Mukhopadhyay M., Kundu Samaddar KR. 1991. Increased Susceptibility of Mung Bean to Macrophomina phaseolina At Low temperature. Journal of Mycopathological Research. Vol. 29 (1): 1-7 (1991). ISSN No. 0971-3719.