• Received BEST TEACHER AWARD from Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) for the academic year 2022-23 [cite: 3]
• Received BEST TEACHER AWARD at NATIONAL LEVEL from Microbiologists Society India for the academic year 2020-21 [cite: 5]
• Awarded First Prize in Faculty category for poster presentation in Two Days International e-Conference on "Pioneering Research in Microbiology and Environmental Sciences" held on 7th and 8th September 2021. [cite: 6]
• Received BEST Research paper AWARD at State level conference on Current status of river water with reference to pollution, management, and restoration organized sponsored by SPPU, Quality improvement program. [cite: 6]
• Received Designation as Professor in Microbiology through CAS from 8th January 2020 [cite: 7]

• Ph.D. Research Guide in Microbiology and Environmental Science [cite: 9]
• Worked as Editorial Member for the research Journal 'FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY' from 27th November 2018 to Dec. 31st December 2020. [cite: 9]
• NIRF & UGC Nodal officer [cite: 9]
• Invited as a Resource person in 2018 at Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. [cite: 10]

M.Phil. Topic: Studies on human pathogenic Acinetobacter species. [cite: 11]

Ph.D. Topic: Herbal Naphthoquinones as Antimicrobial and Plasmid Curing Agents [cite: 11]

Research Areas: Medical microbiology, Plasmid curing in bacteria, Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Bacteriophage as biocontrol agents, Plant growth promoting bacteria, Nanobiotechnology [cite: 11]

Research Projects Completed: 03 [cite: 12]

Research Projects:

Sr.No	Title of project	Name of funding agency	Duration
1	Use of plant extracts as antimicrobial and plasmid curing agents	University Grants Commission Minor Research Project Grant of Rs. 40,000	2002 to 2004 As Principal Investigator [cite: 13]
2	Microbiological analysis of potable water in Pune city	BCUD Grant of Rs. 2,00,000	2008 to 2010 As Principal Investigator [cite: 13]
3	To reduce the burden of multidrug resistance on Women's health	BCUD Rs. 1,80,000	2015-17 As Principal Investigator [cite: 13]

Worked as project Guide for the M.Sc Dissertations for more than 20 students. [cite: 14]

Research Publications in the period 2018-2024: 20 [cite: 16]

Research Publications:

Sr. No.	Name of the Author(s)	Title of the paper	Name of the Journal, issue(volume), Year, page number
1	Patwardhan R B, (Corresponding Author) Dhakephalkar PK, Dhavale DD, Bhonde RR, Chopade BA. [cite: 15]	Purification and Characterization of an Active Principle, Lawsone, Responsible for the Plasmid Curing Activity of Plumbago zeylanica Root Extracts [cite: 15]	Frontiers in Microbiology Volume 9, Article 2618, November 2018 doi:10.3389fmicb.2018.02618/, Impact factor 4.019 [cite: 15]
2	Neha A. Shintre, Vaijayanti A. Tamhane, Ulfat I. Baig, Anagha S. Pund, Rajashree B. Patwardhan & Neelima M. Deshpande [cite: 15]	Diversity of Culturable Actinobacteria Producing Protease Inhibitors Isolated from the Intertidal Zones of Maharashtra, India [cite: 15]	Current Microbiology; 2020 volume 77, 3555-3564 (2020). ISSN 0343-8651 DOI 10.1007/s00284-020-02174-1 [cite: 15]
3	Patwardhan Rajashree B.*, Deshmukh Neha S., Deshmukh Neha B. and Gore Suneeti S. [cite: 15]	Study of microbial diversity and effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolated from Kaas Plateau, Western Ghats as Biostimulants in Floriculture [cite: 15]	Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment; Vol. 24 (10) October (2020), 112-125 [cite: 15]
4	Chavan, Chetan; Prabhune, Saniya; Shedge, Siddhi; Patwardhan, Rajashree; Kamble, Sagar; Murthy, AVR; Kale, Sangeeta [cite: 15]	Studies on drug-assisted silver nanoparticles to reduce granulocytopenia and improve drug delivery for cancer therapy. [cite: 15]	Applied Physics A (2021) 127:332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04468-y [cite: 15]
5	Patwardhan Rajashree B.*, Abhyankar Pragati S., Gore Suneeti S. and Kalekar Saylee V. [cite: 15]	Covid 19: A Biological Disaster for India [cite: 15]	Disaster Advances; Vol. 13 (10) October (2020).72-84 [cite: 15]
6	O.B. Pawar, K.V. Sanas, R.B. Patwardhan, S.A. Waghmode And M.Y. Khaladkar [cite: 15]	Antineoplastic Activity of Alkyl amino lapachol Analogues and their Copper Complexes against MDA-MB-231 Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines [cite: 15]	Asian Journal of Chemistry; Vol. 32, No. 4 (2020), 887-895. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2020.22496 [cite: 15]
7	P. S. Abhyankar, S. V. Ambade, R. B. Patwardhan [cite: 15]	Water Pollution Analysis of Mutha River Across Pune City Using BOD as Primary Parameter [cite: 15]	Pollution Research. 39 (November Suppl. Issue) : S70-S74 (2020) [cite: 15]
8	Patwardhan R. B. (Corresponding Author) Abhyankar P. S, Ambade S. V [cite: 15]	Assessment of Microbial Pollution in Drinking Water In And Around Pune City, Maharashtra, India [cite: 15]	Pollution Research. 39 (4): 432-440 (2020) [cite: 15]
9	Kranti H. Kakade, Rajashree B. Patwardhan* and Girish R. Pathade [cite: 18]	Bioefficacy Of Photorhabdus Insecticidal Toxin for Insect Pest Control In Agriculture [cite: 18]	Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 11(6): 1444-1451, Nov-Dec 2020, ISSN: 0976-1675 www.rjas.org [cite: 18]
10	Aparna Gunjal. Aditi Jedhe. Vaishnavi Choudhary. Rajashree Patwardhan (Corresponding Author) [cite: 18]	Plasmid Curing, Antimicrobial, Phytochemical, Antioxidant Activity and Bioautography of Garcinia pedunculata, Phlogacanthus thyrsiformis and Ziziphus mauritiana Plant Extracts from Northeast India [cite: 18]	International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research. (2020); doi 10.22376/ijpbs/ijlpr.2021.11.1.P100-109 [cite: 18]
11	Patwardhan Rajashree B., (Corresponding Author) Machchha Pooja K., Sonawane Madhuri P. Gore Suneeti S. [cite: 18]	Bacteriophage: An eco-friendly and cost-effective green technology in reuse of treated wastewater for agriculture [cite: 18]	Pollution Research. 40 (1): 153-162 (2021) [cite: 18]
12	Rajashree B. Patwardhan [cite: 18]	Past, Present and Future Challenges and Perspectives on Plasmid Curing, Medicinal and Pharmacological Traits of Plumbago zeylanica (Chitraka): A Review [cite: 18]	International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research 2020; doi 10.22376/ijpbs/ijlpr.2020.10.5.P139-153 [cite: 18]
13	Gore Suneeti, Kalekar Saylee, Zagde Dhanashree, Talekar Nisha, Mehendale Sneha and Patwardhan Rajashree [cite: 18]	Studies on Cholesterol reduction and formulation of Cholesterol reducing probiotic microorganism. [cite: 18]	Research Journal of Biotechnology; Vol. 15 (8) August (2020), 35-43 [cite: 18]
14	Madhavi Rane, Kalyani Deshmukh, Purnima Mulik, Nihal Mulani and Rajashree Patwardhan [cite: 18]	Resolving a mechanism of honey, polyphenol induced bacterial cell growth and on DNA oxidation [cite: 18]	Indian Journal of applied and Pure Biology Vol. 36(1), 1-10 (2021). ISSN: 0970-2091 A web of Science Journal [cite: 18]
15	Madhavi Rane, Adinath Shevade, Sushant Patil, Rajashree Patwardhan [cite: 18]	The Use of Probiotics in Aquaculture to Promote Fish Healthy Gut [cite: 18]	Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering and Technology, an International Research September 2020- November 2020; Sec. A; Vol.9. No.4, 701-710, E-ISSN: 2278-179X [cite: 18]
16	Yogita Patil, Rajashree Patwardhan*(corresponding author) Pragati Abhyankar [cite: 18]	Improving the gut microbiota with probiotics and faecal microbiota transplantation [cite: 18]	Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 15(3):1111-1124 September 2021 Article 6934 https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.15.3.53 Print ISSN: 0973-7510; E-ISSN: 2581-6906X

Books/Chapters in Books published with ISBN: 26

Sr. No.	Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	ISBN
1	R.B. Patwardhan (First and corresponding author) P.S. Abhyankar, S.S. Gore, S. Kalekar, S. Umrani	Title of book: Anti-fungal Metabolites of PGPR Book chapter entitled, ""Biofungicidal Properties of Rhizobacteria for Plant Growth Promotion and Plant Disease Resistance. Page no: 103-133https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04805-06	2021	International Springer
2	Yogini Kanade Rajashree Patwardhan (corresponding author) Pragati Abhyankar	Properties of Violacein: A Promising Natural Pharmaceutical Secondary Metabolite from Marine Environment with Emphasis on its Anticancer activity In a Book: Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications, 2023 Pages 197-230 ISBN: 978-981-99-6769-8	2024	International Springer
3	First year B.Sc. Microbiology Abhyankar Pragati Sunil, Patwardhan Rajashree Bhalchandra	First year B. Sc. Microbiology Paper I, Sem I, Introduction to Microbial World	2019	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	938940695-L
4	First year B. Sc. Microbiology Paper II, Semester I, Basic techniques in microbiology Patwardhan Rajashree Bhalchandra, Abhyankar Pragati Sunil	First Year B.Sc. Microbiology Paper I Sem II, Bacterial Cell and Biochemistry Patwardhan Rajashree B, Abhyankar Pragati S	2019	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra , India	938940696-X
5	2019	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-89686-92-0
6	Abhyankar Pragati S, Patwardhan Rajashree B	First Year B.Sc. Microbiology Paper II Sem II, Microbial Cultivation and Growth	2019	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-89686-93-7
7	Patwardhan Rajashree B, Abhyankar Pragati S	Second Year B.Sc. Microbiology Paper I Sem III, Medical Microbiology and Immunology	2020	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-90437-12-2
8	Abhyankar Pragati S, Patwardhan Rajashree B	Second Year B.Sc. Microbiology Paper II Sem III, Bacterial Physiology and Fermentation technology	2020	Nirali Prakashan	978-93-90437-13-9
9	Second Year B.Sc. Microbiology Paper I Sem IV, Bacterial Genetics, Patwardhan Rajashree B, Abhyankar Pragati S	Second Year B.Sc. Microbiology Paper II Sem IV, Air, Water and Soil Microbiology Abhyankar Pragati S, Patwardhan Rajashree B	2020	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-90596-05-8
10	2020	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra , India	978-93-90596-75-1
11	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Gauri Devasthali, Sonia Ambade, Patwardhan Rajashree, Abhyankar Pragati	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper I Medical Microbiology	2021	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra , India	978-93-5451-424-1
12	Patwardhan Rajashree and Abhyankar Pragati	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper II	2021	Nirali Prakashan	978-93-5451-429-6
13	Abhyankar Pragati S and Patwardhan Rajashree,	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper III	2021	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra ,India	978-93-5451-142-4
14	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Mangesh Deshpande, Sunita Sakure, Patwardhan Rajashree, Abhyankar Pragati	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper IV Genetics	2021	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-150-9
15	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Suneeti Gore, Sayali Kalekar, Abhyankar Pragati S and Patwardhan Rajashree	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper V	2021	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-158-5
16	Vaishali Prabhune, Neelima Kulkarni, Abhyankar Pragati S and Patwardhan Rajashree	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper VI	2021	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-166-0
17	Gauri Devasthali, Sonia Ambade, Patwardhan Rajashree, Abhyankar Pragati	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper I Medical Microbiology II	2022	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-674-0
18	Patwardhan Rajashree and Abhyankar Pragati	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper II Immunology II	2022	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra , India	978-93-5451-675-7
19	Abhyankar Pragati S and Patwardhan Rajashree,	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper III Metabolism	2022	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-676-4
20	Mangesh Deshpande, Sunita Sakure, Patwardhan Rajashree, Abhyankar Pragati	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper IV Molecular Biology	2022	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-677-1
21	Suneeti Gore, Sayali Kalekar, Abhyankar Pragati S and Patwardhan Rajashree	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper V Fermentation Technology II	2022	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra , India	978-93-5451-682-5
22	Vaishali Prabhune, Neelima Kulkarni, Abhyankar Pragati S and Patwardhan Rajashree	Third Year B.Sc. Microbiology, Paper VI Food Microbiology	2022	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-683-2
23	Sonia Ambade, Rajashree Patwardhan, Pragati Abhyankar	Second Year B. Sc. Practicals Sem III and IV MB 233 and MB 243	2022	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-180-6
24	Abhyankar Pragati S and Patwardhan Rajashree	Third Year B. Sc. Practicals Sem V MB 357 MB 358 and MB 359	2023	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-93-5451-885-2
25	Rajashree Patwardhan, Pragati Abhyankar	Third Year B. Sc. Practicals Sem VI MB 367 MB 368 and MB 369	2023	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-81-19115-711
26	Rajashree Patwardhan	A Reference Book on Life Sciences (UGC CSIR NET/SET/SLET) Chapter on Immunology	2024	Nirali Prakashan Pune, Maharashtra India	978-81-19117-04-8