Mushroom Cultivation
A mushroom is a fruiting body of microorganisms called fungi. They possess multi-functional medicinal properties. There are more than 3,000 types of mushrooms, of which some are edible, and some are poisonous.
Mushroom culture is a technology of growing mushrooms using organic and industrial waste. Mushroom cultivation has gained importance because mushrooms are rich in dietary fibre, and protein value but low in fat and calories. The products have a high demand and can be sold fresh or processed to canned mushrooms, mushroom sauce, mushroom soup, and other edible products.
Mushroom is important not only from nutritional and medicinal point of view but for income generation and export also. The technology has great scope in India because of the easy availability of raw materials. Mushroom cultivation can reduce agro-waste, increase food supply, and farmers' income and generate new employment opportunities.
Pass in PUC (10+2) in the Science stream, B.Sc in Life Sciences
Mushroom Cultivation technology has great scope. It can increase food supply, and farmers' income and generate new employment opportunities.
University of Mysore
Manasagangothri
Other University
Other College
Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara University
JSS Medical College, Mysore
Department / Subject Taught
Microbiology & Tissue Culture
May 16, 2011
7 Years 11 Months
Microbiology & Tissue Culture
Mar 31, 2004
0 Years 8 Months
Microbiology & Tissue Culture
Mar 25, 2013
2 Years 7 Months
Microbiology & Tissue Culture
Mar 30, 2016
1 Years 7 Months
Microbiology & Tissue Culture
Sep 16, 2019
3 Years 6 Months
Microbiology & Tissue Culture
Till Date
5 Years 2 Months
To serve for the betterment of the Society
Dr. Umamaheshwari S is a dedicated educator and researcher with a profound commitment to her field. She earned her Bachelor's degree with majors in Chemistry, Botany, and Microbiology, followed by a Master's degree (M.Sc.,) in Microbiology from the University of Mysore, Mysuru, and a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.,) in Microbiology from Periyar University. She has been awarded a Doctoral degree from JSS Academy of Higher Education. She has been awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Women by the University Grants Commission Demonstrating. She has successfully cleared the Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET) for Assistant Professorship.
With an impressive 17 years of teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Microbiology, Dr. Umamaheshwari has served as a valuable resource person for PhD coursework students at the University of Mysore.
Research experience: Worked as a Senior Research Fellow in an ICMR project. Her doctoral work was on isolation, speciation, and antimicrobial susceptibility of Mycobacterium and Candida in HIV patients. During her post-doctoral period, she worked on designing a probiotic formulation to treat Candidiasis. In her post-doctoral tenure, she revealed the emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris in Karnataka, South India.
Dr. Umamaheshwari has guided over 30 students in their dissertation work and currently supervising two PhD students. Her scholarly output includes the publication of 18 papers in esteemed international journals, as well as the presentation of papers at national and international conferences; and has received Best Oral Presentation Award from the AMI.
Clinical Microbiology, Mycology, Tuberculosis, Antimicrobial resistance, Integrative approach to treat infectious diseases.