Section I: Overview of microbial diversity1.1 Methods of assessment of microbial diversity in natural environments1.2 Assessment of diversity, stability and resilience of human gut micobiota1.3 Microbial biodiversity study of a brackish water ecosystem in eastern India: The Chilika Lake1.4 Microbial diversity and community analysis of Sundarban mangrove, the world heritage site1.5 Metagenomic analysis of microbial diversity in croplands1.6 Assessment of evolution and diversity of rhizobia through genomic approachSection II: Molecular tools in microbial diversity2.1 Advanced techniques to study functional microbial diversity2.2 Deriving microbial community fingerprint from environmental samples using RAPD, DGGE, ARDRA, RISA, SSCP, T-RFLP, and FISH2.3 Genomic insights on the structure and function of benthic and pelagic microbial communities of Chilika Lagoon2.4 Molecular tools in microbial diversity: Functional assessment tool of genome and metagenome by MAPLE2.5 A polyphasic taxonomic approach for designation and description of novel microbial species2.6 Biochemical strategies to counter nitrosative stress: Nanofactories for value-added products2.7 Exploring microbial diversity and function in petroleum hydrocarbon associated environments through Omics approachesSection III: Extremophilic microbial diversity3.1 Diversity of Psychrophilic Bacteria in Sea and Glacier Ice environments - Insights through Genomics, Metagenomics and Proteomics Approaches3.2 Selection of microbiome in the gut of Caenorhabditis elegans: a model for microbiome research3.3 Assessment of microbial diversity in hot springs for their sustainable use3.4 Opening the black box of thermophilic autotrophic bacterial diversity3.5 Exploring the microbial diversity in extreme acidic environment using molecular techniques3.6 Study on diversity and bioprospecting of alkaliphiles 3.7 Exploitation of functional diversity of Cyanobacteria from extreme environments3.8 Study of microbial community dynamics genetic regulations of extremophilesSection IV: Functional Microbial Diversity4.1 Functional microbial diversity in context to agriculture4.2 Functional microbial diversity in contaminated environment and application in bioremediation4.3 Structural and functional diversity of microbial metallothionein genes4.4 Functional diversity of bacterial strategies to cope with metal toxicity4.5 Functional microbial diversity: Functional genomics and metagenomics using MAPLE4.6 Linking the environmental microbial diversity and antibiotic resistance4.7 Functional gene diversity and metabolic potential of uncultured bacteria4.8 Analysis of microbial diversity to estimate post-mortem time intervals in cadaversSection V: Microbial diversity and infectious diseases5.1 Exploring fish microbial communities to mitigate aquaculture related diseases5.2 Clinical and biological insights from sequencing of viral genome5.3 Exploring plant-microbe interaction in the post-genomic era5.4 Prevalence of Multidrug Resistances (MDR) in Environmental Communities5.5 Pathogenic microbial genetic diversity with reference to significant medical and public health5.6 Study of microbial diversity for application in microbiome directed medicineSection VI: Future directions of microbial diversity studies6.1 Understanding the structure and function of extreme microbiome through genomics: scope and challenges6.2 The role and future possibilities of next-generation sequencing in studying microbial diversity6.3 Taxonomical diversity of extremophiles in the deep biosphere6.4 Molecular evolution of Xenobiotic-degrading genes and mobile DNA elements in soil bacteria6.5 Whole genome sequencing and metagenomic approaches to study microbial diversity6.6 Microbial DNA barcoding: A tool for microbial taxonomy, molecular phylogenetic and population genetics