Maitreya Anuja Pratik (Registration No. 10BB20J27011) Ph.D. student of AcSIR will defend thesis entitled “Exploring bioactive molecule synthesis in probiotic bacteria for environmental biofilms dispersion” on October 13, 2025 at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur Ph.D work was completed under the supervision of Dr. Asifa Qureshi, Professor, AcSIR/CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur