Raja Gopalan N.S., Nikhil P.T., Raunak Sharma, Atish Behera, Sridev Mohapatra (oral presentation). Title: Signalling mechanisms in plant-rhizobacterial interaction for abiotic stress tolerance. Conf name: Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biotechnology- 46^th annual meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association India, held at Department of Biological Sciences, BITS-Pilani Goa Campus. Date: 24^th-26^th February, 2025.

Nikhil P.T., Umema Faiz, Raunak Sharma, Sridev Mohapatra (poster presentation). Title: Modulation of plant polyamine and ethylene biosynthesis; and brassinosteroid signaling during Bacillus endophyticus J13-mediated salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Conf. name: 18^th International Phytotechnology Conference (IPC-18), held at the University of Calicut. Date: 22^nd-24^th October, 2024.

Nikhil P.T. (oral presentation). Title: Pseudomonas putida AKMP7, a salt-tolerant rhizobacterium, imparts salinity tolerance to Oryza sativa by modulating the proteome of rice roots. Conf. name: 18^th International Phytotechnology Conference (IPC-18) held at the University of Calicut. Date: 22^nd-24^th October, 2024.

Raunak Sharma (oral presentation). Title-Impact of Drought-Mitigating Soil Bacterium, Bacillus endophyticus J13, on cell wall composition and digestibility in Arabidopsis thaliana, under dehydration stress. Conf. name: 18^th International Phytotechnology Conference (IPC-18) held at the University of Calicut. Date: 22^nd-24^th October, 2024.

Atish Behera, Raunak Sharma, Sridev Mohapatra (poster presentation). Title: Molecular mechanisms of plant-rhizobacterial interaction for abiotic stress tolerance. Conf. name: 18^th International Phytotechnology Conference (IPC 18) held at the University of Calicut. Date: 22^nd-24^th October, 2024 (Best Poster Award).

Raja Gopalan N.S. , Nikhil P.T. , Sridev Mohapatra (oral presentation). Title: Conditional pathogenesis: When beneficial rhizobacteria become pathogenic to plants under specific host and environmental conditions Conf. name: International symposium on Microbiomes for Climate Resilient Agriculture, organized at Department of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology, IIT Delhi. Date: 4^th October, 2024.

Raja Gopalan N.S. , Nikhil P.T. , Sridev Mohapatra (oral presentation). Title: Conditional pathogenesis: When beneficial rhizobacteria become pathogenic to plants under specific host and environmental conditions Conf. name: National conference on Expanding the Horizons of Microbial Research in Agriculture, organized by National Bureau of Agriculturally important Microbes (ICAR-NBAIM), Mau, Uttar Pradesh. Date: 10^th-11^th June, 2024.

Raunak Sharma, Atish Behera, Sridev Mohapatra (poster presentation). Title: Bacillus endophyticus J13 modulates soil moisture content under water-stress conditions, eliminating the necessity of drought-mediated signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Conf. name: International Symposium on Plant Biology and Functional Genomics (ISPBFG 2024). Organized by The Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad. Date: 13^th -15^th March, 2024 (2^nd Best poster award).

Raja Gopalan N.S. , Nikhil P.T. , Sridev Mohapatra (oral presentation). Title: Conditional pathogenesis: When beneficial rhizobacteria become pathogenic to plants under specific host and environmental conditions. Conf name: International Symposium on Plant Biology and Functional Genomics (ISPBFG 2024), held at Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad. Date: 13^th to 15^th March, 2024.

Conditional pathogenesis: when root-associated friendly bacteria turn enemies of plants (Invited Talk-Keynote Lecture). Conf name: Recent Advances in Plant Biotechnology- 45th Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association (India), Organized by Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University. Date: 23^rd-25^th January, 2024.

Nikhil P.T., Umema Faiz, Sridev Mohapatra (poster presentation). Title: The Drought-tolerant Rhizobacterium, Pseudomonas putida AKMP7, Suppresses Polyamine Accumulation Under Well-Watered Conditions and Diverts Putrescine into GABA Under Water-stress, in Oryza sativa. Conf. name: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Climate Smart Agriculture, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). Location: IARI, New Delhi. Date: 9th-11th December 2023 (Best Poster Award).

Raunak Sharma, Atish Behera, Raja Gopalan N.S., Sridev Mohapatra (poster presentation). Title: Bacillus endophyticus J13, a Drought-alleviating Rhizobacterium Modulates Soil Moisture Content Under Water-stress Conditions, Eliminating the Necessity of Drought-mediated Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Conf. name: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Climate Smart Agriculture, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). Location: IARI, New Delhi. Date: 9th-11th December 2023.

Atish Behera, Raunak Sharma, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Molecular Mechanisms in Plant-Rhizobacterial Interaction for Abiotic Stress Tolerance (poster presentation). Conf. name: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for Climate Smart Agriculture, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI). Location: IARI, New Delhi. Date: 9th-11th December 2023.

Nikhil P.T., Umema Faiz, Sridev Mohapatra. Title: Impact of drought-mitigating soil bacterium, Pseudomonas putida AKMP7 on polyamine metabolism in Oryza sativa under drought conditions (poster presentation). Conf. name- International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Department of Botany, Calicut University. Location: Calicut University, Kerala. Date: 26th-28th October, 2022.

Raja Gopalan N.S., Yegna Priya S., Sridev Mohapatra (oral presentation). Title: Understanding why potentially beneficial rhizobacteria become pathogenic under water stress conditions. Conf. name- International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Department of Botany, Calicut University. Location: Calicut University, Kerala. Date: 26th-28th October, 2022.

Raunak Sharma, Atish Behera, Sridev Mohapatra (poster presentation). Title: Signalling mechanisms involved in plant-rhizobacterial interaction for abiotic stress tolerance. Conf. name- International Conference on Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants, organized by the Indian Society for Plant Physiology and Department of Botany, Calicut University. Location: Calicut University, Kerala. Date: 26th-28th October, 2022.

Oral presentation. Title: “Conditional Pathogenesis: Understanding Why Potentially Beneficial Rhizobacteria turn Pathogenic under certain Environmental Conditions”. Conf. name- Current Trends and Challenges in Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology). Location: BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa. Date: 20^th -21^st November, 2020.

Invited Talk. Title: “Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: The unseen, unsung, underground friends of plants”. Conf. name- International Conference on Omics of Plant-Pathogen Interaction with their implication. Location: NIT-Rourkela, Date: 16^th-18^th November, 2020.

Invited Talk. Title: “Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: The unseen, unsung, underground friends of plants”. Conf. name- “Current Progress and Future Prospects of Biotechnology", organized by the Department of Biotechnology, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, in association with Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (APAS). Location: CBIT, Hyderabad. Date: 8^th to 13^th June 2020.

Oral presentation. Title: "Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria- the unseen, unsung, underground friends of plants”. Conf. name- National Conference on Integrative Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology). Location: Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad. Date: 8^th-9^th November 2019.

Oral presentation. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria-The Unseen, Unsung, Underground Friends of Plants. Conf. name: International Conference on Life Science Research & its Interface with Engineering and Allied Sciences. Location: BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, Date: November 1^st-3^rd. 2018.

Sunetra Sen, Daipayan Ghosh, Sridev Mohapatra (Poster presentation). Title: Modulation of polyamine biosynthesis and redox state in Arabidopsis thaliana by a drought mitigating Pseudomonas putida strain. Conf. name: International Conference on Life Science Research & its Interface with Engineering and Allied Sciences. Location: BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus. Date: November 1^st-3^rd. 2018.

Daipayan Ghosh, Sunetra Sen, Sridev Mohapatra (Poster presentation). Title: Modulation of proline metabolic gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana under water-stressed conditions by a drought mitigating Pseudomonas putida strain. Conf. name: International Conference in Plant Developmental Biology. Location: NISER, Bhubaneswar. Date: December 12^th -16^th, 2017.

Sunetra Sen, Daipayan Ghosh, Sridev Mohapatra (Poster presentation). Title: Modulation of polyamine metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana by a drought mitigating Pseudomonas putida strain. Conf. name: International Conference in Plant Developmental Biology. Location: NISER, Bhubaneswar. Date: December 12^th -16^th, 2017.

Daipayan Ghosh, Sridev Mohapatra (Poster presentation). Title: PGPR- mediated modulation of proline metabolic gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana under drought stress. Conf. name: 3^rd International Plant Physiology Congress: Challenges and Strategies in Plant Biology Research (Indian Society for Plant Physiology). Location: JNU, New Delhi. Date: December 11^th -14^th, 2015.

Diti Shah, Sunetra Sen, Shalini Akula, Daipayan Ghosh, Minakshi Grover, Sridev Mohapatra (Poster presentation). Title: A twist in the "plant rhizobacterial interaction" tale in drought mitigation. Conf. name: 3^rd International Plant Physiology Congress: Challenges and Strategies in Plant Biology Research (Indian Society for Plant Physiology). Location: JNU, New Delhi. Date: December 11^th -14^th, 2015.