Research Areas: Indian human microbiome; Plant, animal and bird genome sequencing; Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Major Achievements: Largest human gut microbiome from India, Largest scalp metegenome study in the world, Novel eukaryotic genome sequencing including Peacock, the National Bird of India; Banyan tree, the National tree of India; Tiger, the National Animal of India and many herbal plants of national importance. Machine learning and artificial intelligence-based methods for Biology Big Data.

Research highlights: Genome of the most noxious weed water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) provides insights into plant invasiveness and its translational potential. iScience, 2024

Research highlights: Insights into the gut microbiome of vitiligo patients from India. BMC Microbiology, 2024

Research highlights: XenoBug: Machine learning based tool to predict pollutant degrading enzymes from environmental metagenome. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2025