D Sunil Kumar Ph.D. Scholar Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, Chennai − 600 036. Tel: 9884109628 E mail: dsk_sunil@yahoo.com

•  Research area: Process development of Microbial pectic transeliminases. •  Education profile: M.Tech, Biotechnology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. B. Pharm , Berhampur University, Orissa. •  Achievements: Gold Medal in M. Tech, Biotechnology; University Third in B. Pharm. •  Hobbies: Reading scientific journals, playing cricket, carom, chess, watching NGC. •  A Glimpse on research work: I am working on Microbial pectic transeliminases. My work is mainly focused on production of pectic transeliminases.On the present context I have isolated a yeast strain Debaryomyces nepalensis capable of producing both the pectic transeliminases. Optimization studies have already been carried out on activity measurement and media optimization studies were done for maximizing the production. Optimization studies have also been carried out on microbiological parameters. Further studies will be carried out on kinetics and purification of the transeliminases.