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Evaluative Report of the Department (of last five years) 1. Name of the Department Department of Biotechnology (2014)

Department of Biotechnology and Environmental

Sciences (2002)

School of Biotechnology (1993) 2. Year of establishment 1993 3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? Part of the University

4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated

Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.)

Title Field of Specialization Sanctioned Intake Duration

(Years)

Year of

Starting

Under-

Graduate

Program

B.Tech. Biotechnology

B.Tech. Bio Chemical

30

20

4 yrs

4 yrs

2003

2014

Post-Graduate

Programs

M.Tech. Biotechnology 30 2 Yrs 2012

M.Sc. Biotechnology 30 2 Yrs 1999

Research

Programs

Ph.D.

(in diverse areas of

Biotechnology)

As per

requirements

Minimum

two and

half yrs

1993

5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved

- Not Applicable-

6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.

– Not Applicable-

7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons

M.Tech. (Env. Science & Technology) shifted to new School of Energy & Environment

created in December 2012.

8. Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System

Semester Based

9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments

- Courses offered to students of all branches as elective in First Semester

(a) Biocomputing and genetic engineering

(b) Biological applications in engineering

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10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate

Professors/Asst. Professors/others)

Sanctioned Filled Actual

(including CAS & MPS)

Professor 03 03 03

Associate Professors 05 04 04

Asst. Professors 10 04 04

Others Lecturer

Contract

-- 01 01

11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience

and research under guidance

Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of Ph.D./

M.Phil.

Students

guided for

the last 4

Dinesh Goyal M.Sc, Ph.D Professor &

Head

Microbiology,

Bioremediation 25 10/0

MS Reddy M.Sc, Ph.D Professor Microbiology and

Molecular Biology

21 12/0

N Das M.Sc, Ph.D Professor Plant Molecular

Biology and Plant

Biotechnology

20 4/0

Sanjai Saxena M.Sc, Ph.D Associate

Professor

Microbial Secondary

metabolites / Plant-

Microbe Interactions

15 1/0

M Ghosh M.Sc, Ph.D Associate

Professor

Environmental

Biotechnology 15 3/0

Manju Anand M.Sc, Ph.D Associate

Professor

Plant Biotechnology 26 2/0

Anil Datta M.Sc, Ph.D Associate

Professor

Plant Biotechnology 18 3/0

M

Vasundhara

M. Pharm Assistant

Professor

Pharmaceutics 14 0/0

Manoj

Baranwal

M.Sc, Ph.D Assistant

Professor

Immunology 8 0/0

Vikas Handa M.Sc, Ph.D Assistant

Professor

Eukaryotic Molecular

Biology and

Epigenetics

13 0/0

Siddharth

Sharma

M.Sc, Ph.D Assistant

Professor

Cancer Genetics,

Stem Cell Biology 11 0/0

Shekhar

Agnihotri

B.TECH, Ph.D Lecturer

(contractual)

Bioprocess and

Biochemical

Engineering

2 and 1/2 0/0

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12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors

- Not Applicable-

13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty –

Title Name of program Percentage of

classes taken by

temporary faculty

Under-Graduate

Program

B.Tech. Biotechnology 0

Post-Graduate

Programs

M.Tech. Biotechnology 0

M.Sc. Biotechnology 0

14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio

S.

No.

Name of Programme Student teacher

ratio

1. M.Tech. Biotechnology 1:3

2. M.Sc. Biotechnology 1:3

3 B.Tech. Biotechnology 1:5

15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned, filled

and actual

Technical Staff :-

S.No. Name of Post Sanctioned Filled Actual

1. Lab Technician 02 02 02

Administrative Staff:

S.

No.

Name of Post Sanctioned Filled Actual

1. Junior Assistant 01 01 01

2. Office Helper 01 01 01

3. Lab Helpers 03 03 03

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16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies

SNo Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding

agencies

Funding agencies

1 Agri and Industrial Biotechnology DBT

2 Bioremediation, Biofertilizers, Biopesticides DST

3 Agricultural /Soil Microbiology CSIR

4 Waste Recycling

5 Solid Waste Utilization DST

6 Plant Biotechnology DBT

7 Medicinal Plants CSIR

8 Plant Tissue Culture CSIR

9 Plant Molecular Biology DBT

10 Microbial Concrete DBT CSIR

11 Antimicrobial Metabolites from Plants and Microbes DBT, CSIR

12 Plant Microbe Interaction CSIR, DBT

13 Virology DST

14 SNP Analysis in Cancer ICMR

15 Immunoinformatics DST

16 Food Microbiology UGC CSIR

17 Food Processing, Probiotic and Functional Foods UGC CSIR DBT

17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding

agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title

and grants received project-wise. – List for last 5 years

Ongoing Sponsored Projects

S.

No.

Project Title Funding

Agency

Year Grant

(Rs.

Lakhs)

Principal

Investigator

1 Science & Technology

Entrepreneurship Park (STEP) in Agro

Biotechnology

DST/Self

sustainabl

e

Four

years

Dinesh Goyal

Chief

Coordinator

2 Durability enhancement and

prevention of damages in RC

structures using bacteria

DST Three

years

30.29 M.S. Reddy

3 Development of photonic crystal

biosensor for detection of foodborne

pathogens

DBT Three

years

53.55 R.S. Kaler

M.S Reddy (Co-

PI)

4 Calcifying bacteria mediated

cementation for energy efficient

building materials

CSIR Three

years

12.39 M S Reddy

5 Isolation, Characterization of novel

fibrinolytic molecules from endophytic

fungi for anti-thrombotic therapy

CSIR Three

years

12 Sanjai Saxena

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S.

No.


Agency

Year Grant

(Rs.

Lakhs)

Principal

Investigator

6 Gene Resources from polluted soils IFCPAR Three

years

54.99 M S Reddy

7 Genetic transformation of selected

clones of Populus deltoides for cellulose

enhancement in wood

CSIR Three

years

20.0 Anil Kumar

8 In Silico and In vitro approach to

identify immunogenic peptides of

H1N1 Virus as a target for Vaccine

design

DST, New

Delhi

Three

years

23.6 M Baranwal

9 Association of Single Nucleotide

Polymorphisms and Methylation

status in the Wnt and AhR signaling

pathways with risk for occurrence of

Lung Cancer in a North Indian

Population

ICMR Three

years

27.5 Siddharth

Sharma

10 Studies on anti-inflammatory

responses as function of bioavailable

selenium from Se-rich cereal grains

CSIR Three

years

19.92 Siddharth

Sharma

(Co-PI)

11 Green polymers for water borne

pathogen detection and treatment

(INTERNATIONAL)

DST-

UKIERI

Three

years

85 Moushumi

Ghosh &

Dr. Helen

Bridle (UK)

12 Development of Treatment and

Regeneration Technology For

Phytoestrogens From Wastewater

Streams

CSIR Three

years

14.3 Moushumi

Ghosh

13 Technological Development of

Biopolymer overproducing variants of

Acinetobacter implicated in

phosphate enrichment in water

UGC Three

years

7.60 Moushumi

Ghosh

14 One sanction letter awaited DBT Three

years

65.0 Sanjai Saxena

Completed Sponsored Projects

S.No Project Title Funding

Agency

Duration Grant

(Rs.

Lakhs)

Principal

Investigator

1 Development and application of

recombinant and other Cellulases for

large scale recycling of cellulosic

biomass

DBT

With IITG

3 years 27.25

Dinesh Goyal

2 Calcifying bacteria mediated

cementation for energy efficient

building materials.

CSIR 3 years 19.0 M.S Reddy

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Agency

Duration Grant

(Rs.

Lakhs)

Principal

Investigator

3 Scale up, demonstration and

promotion of technology for

production of natural vinegar and

non-alcoholic beverages

PSCST 1 year 4.75 Dinesh Goyal

4 Seed Capital Assistance for in-house

technology startup incubates

TDB, DST

(Not Yet

initiated)

5 years 100 Dinesh Goyal

5 Science & Technology

Entrepreneurship Park (STEP) in

Agro Biotechnology

DST, TU

6 years 295 Dinesh Goyal

(Chief

Coordinator)

6 Development and Scaling up of a low

cost technology for production of

algal inoculants for paddy cultivation

using fly ash as carrier.

NABARD

3 years 8.2 Dinesh Goyal

7 Microbial conversion of cellulose to

sugars for ethanol Production

DBT

3 years 31.48

With

IITG

Dinesh Goyal

8 Genetic monitoring of inoculated

beneficial soil microbes in fly ash

treated soils

DST

3 years 28.70 Dinesh Goyal

9 Enhancement of fertilizer value of

phosphate rocks by phosphate

solubilizing microbes in alkaline

soils.

UGC

3 years 8.00 MS Reddy

10 Microbial remediation of defects in

building materials and structures.

DST, GoI 3 years 32.48 MS Reddy

11 Enhancement of strength and

durability of concrete structures

using microbes.

AERB, GoI 3 years 24.90 MS Reddy

12 Molecular characterization of the

ectomycorrhizal fungi … the

degraded forest.

DBT, GoI 3 years 25.85 MS Reddy

13 Bioprospecting for Muscodor spp:

industrially important fungi in India

DBT 3 years 23.5 Sanjai Saxena

14 Biotechnological interventions for the

production of lactic and other

commercially important organic

acids from starch containing agro-

waste

All India

Council of

Technical

Education

2 years 5.50

Abhijit

Ganguli

15 Characterization of high value

nutraceutical producing Lactic Acid

Bacteria

UGC 3 years 11.01

Abhijit

Ganguli

16 Development of minimal processing

technology for high quality edible

mushrooms

Ministry of

Food

Processing

Industries

2 years 10

Abhijit

Ganguli

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Agency

Duration Grant

(Rs.

Lakhs)

Principal

Investigator

17 Kinetic analysis & modeling of

metabolic behavior of Lactobacillus

sp. for development of a novel

Probiotic Food

DBT 3 years 30.14

Abhijit

Ganguli

18 Development of Biotechnological

tools for production of bacosides

from Bacopa monniera (L.) Wettst.

Thapar

Institute of

Engineering

&

Technology

University

Patiala

1 year 1.0 Anil Kumar

19 Selection of elite clones of Bacopa

monnieri (L.) Wettst and production

of bacosides using biotechnological

approches

UGC 3 years 10.0 Anil Kumar

20 Molecular cloning of sucrose synthase

and korrigan genes and genetic

transformation of Eucalyptus for

cellulose enhancement

CSIR 2 years 14.00 M S Reddy

21 Micropropagation of some edible

bamboo species and ascertaining

their genetic fidelity and field

performance

CSIR 3 years 19 Manju Anand

22 Survey, selection, mass propagation

and demonstration of high quality

planting material of Jatropha curcas

L. – a potential biofuel plant in

Punjab

DBT 7 years 26.63 Niranjan Das

23 Identification of T cell Epitope in

H1N1 influenza virus as target for

vaccine design

AICTE, New

Delhi

2 years 11 M Baranwal

24 Immunomodulatory agents from

endophytic fungi for breast cancer

therapy

DBT, New

Delhi

3 years 16.02 M Baranwal

25 Technological development of novel

biopolymers for potable water

treatment

DST 4 years 23.4 Moushumi

Ghosh

26 Isolation, Characterization of novel

fibrinolytic molecules from

endophytic fungi for anti-thrombotic

therapy

CSIR 3 years 12 Sanjai Saxena

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18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received

a) National collaboration

S.

No.


Agency

Year Associated

grant

(Rs. Lakhs)

PI

1 Development and application of

recombinant and other

Cellulases for large scale

recycling of cellulosic biomass

DBT

With IITG

2011-14 27.25

Dinesh Goyal

2 Microbial conversion of cellulose to

sugars for ethanol Production

DBT

With IITG

2009-12 31.48

Dinesh Goyal

b) International collaboration:

S.

No.


Agency

Year Associated

grant

(Rs. Lakhs)

PI

1 Gene Resources from polluted

soils (University of Lyon, France)

IFCPAR 2012-

2015

54.99 M S Reddy

2 Green polymers for water borne

pathogen detection and treatment

(UK)

DST-

UKIERI

2014 29 Moshumi

Ghosh & Dr.

Helen Bridle

(UK)

19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR,

AICTE, etc.; total grants received. NA 20. Research facility / centre with State recognition and National recognition

TIFAC-CORE-TU

The Centre of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) in Agro & Industrial Biotechnology at

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology University was established as a national level

center during the first phase of the MISSION REACH 2020 program envisioned by the

former president and distinguished scientist Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. The program was

implemented by TIFAC (Technology, Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council),

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India and CORE was created at

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology University (erstwhile Thapar Institute of

Engineering and Technology) in the year 2000 based on the research expertise and training

impetus. CORE in agro and industrial biotechnology is a meeting place of innovation,

industrial development and intellectual human resource development. It emphasizes on the

tripartite linkage between academia, industry and the government. CORE in Agro and

Industrial Biotechnology synergizes the skills and research expertise across the Thapar

Institute of Engineering & Technology University from different department and schools,

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predominantly from Department of Biotechnology. The major objectives of CORE are; 1)

Carry out research in relevant research areas of Agro and Industrial Biotechnology, 2) Achieve

excellence in technical education in the biotechnology and allied areas like biochemical engineering,

pharmaceutical, chemical, life and environmental sciences, 3) Offer short term and advanced courses

for Industry professionals, entrepreneurs and scientific personnel involved in teaching and research

programs in the above area.

In Agro-biotechnology thematic area encompasses different aspects biotechnology related to

agriculture and forestry. It predominantly includes research in area of plant tissue culture

using basic and advance methods for identification of elite types using molecular,

biochemical /phytochemical markers, development of micropropagation protocols and

preservation of their germplasm. Apart from application of molecular tools and techniques

ecofriendly technologies are also being researched and explored for enhancing the crop yield

by development and deployment of Biofertilizers and Biopesticides (predominantly

bioweedicides, biofungicides and bioinsecticides). Focus in industrial biotechnology,

pertains to applications of microbes in remediation of environment, discovery of new drug

molecules from the microbial as well as plant biodiversity for their prospective use as drugs,

development of molecular methods for identifying diseases and exploiting them for

developing tests or methods which could be used routinely for their identification.

The TIFAC-CORE has covered laboratory space of 1436 sq.m which includes a tissue culture,

analytical instrumentation, fermentation facility, transgenic glass house, screen house and 5-

acre land for field oriented research work. There are high end equipment’s like Thermal

cyclers, real time PCR’s, ELISA reader, HPLC, Gas Chromatographs, GC-MS, Gel

documentation system, refrigerated high speed centrifuges, in situ and bench top

fermenters, Deep freezers, microcentrifuges, nanodrop, hybridization oven which located in

different laboratories.

CORE is involved in strengthening different educational programs viz. B. Tech.

(Biotechnology), M.Sc. (Biotechnology), M.Sc. (Microbiology), M.Tech. (Biotechnology) and

Ph.D. in relevant research areas. It also provides extensive support to postgraduate students

to carry out high end experimentation which helps in maintaining the global standards of

research in their doctoral programs. Till date CORE-TU has conducted over 30 short term

programs in which over 600 participants from all over India have been trained.

CORE has linkages with the industries for contract/ sponsored research, extension activities

as well as in development of academic interactions. It has tie ups with industries like Pepsico

India Holdings Private Ltd., McCain Foods, Mahindra Agribusiness, Ballarpur Industries

Limited, National Aluminum company Limited (NALCO) and also with entrepreneurs,

small farmer groups and nurseries.

Science and Technology Entrepreneur’s Park (STEP-TU)

Science and Technology Entrepreneur’s Park (STEP) at Thapar Institute of Engineering &

Technology University (TU) is a centre for Business Incubation to promote business in the

upcoming multidisciplinary area of Biotechnology. It was established as a joint venture

between National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board

(NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India and Thapar

Institute of Engineering & Technology University (TU) in April, 2005. It offers a platform to

individuals with semi-developed novel idea into proof of concept from bench scale to pilot

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plant by providing infrastructure support and forging link with relevant organizations and

industries. STEP has taken the lead in nurturing innovations and converting them into

commercial ventures. STEP activities are intended to stimulate technological innovation,

utilization of research results, transfer of knowledge and setting up of technology driven

businesses so that fruits of knowledge reaches the society in the shortest possible time. STEP

focuses on the domains of Agri-biotechnology, biofertilizers, mushroom cultivation, plant

tissue culture and food processing technology. The focus of STEP at Thapar Institute of

Engineering & Technology University is Business Incubation, Entrepreneurship Education,

Consultancy, Training and Mentoring. STEP has organized around 74 EDP’s, 10 Awareness

Camps, 5 National conferences, 16 farmer’s meet in the last eight years which were attended

by about 1800 participants including students, teachers, entrepreneurs, researchers and

farmers. Every year since 2006, STEP is organising a six week summer training programme

on industrial biotechnology covering different modules which is attended by students of

biotechnology and related fields from different colleges and institutions.

STEP has mentored 25 companies, of which 10 have started their own ventures, thereby

providing employment to more than 100 people. One of the incubatee company ‚Glow

Biotech, Aligarh‛ has also won the ISBA Entrepreneurship Award in 2009 in the category of

‚Biotechnology and Life Sciences.‛ After attending a mentorship programme at STEP,

Sandeep Garg, 48, a sub-divisional officer with Punjab's public health department, resigned

his government job and set up Ecolabs - a solid waste-management company - in Mohali. In

collaboration with STEP, Garg has developed BioN, a consortium of microorganism to

recycle organic waste into bio-compost. ABCA Biosolutions, a venture in the field of algal

biodiesel, based at Chandigarh is a start-up of Rajiv Aneja, who did his M.Sc and Ph.D in

Biotechnology which focuses on algal biofuels as a substitute for corn and jatropha bio-

diesel. Even a small progressive farmer like Satnam Singh of Samana Mandi is harnessing

technology. Singh, 45, has installed a low fat-high protein soya milk and cheese plant with a

capacity of 2,200 milk packets and 800 paneer packets per day. The by-products of soya

processing such as liquid residue of cheese is used in making jal-jeera, a beverage, and the

solid residue is used as fodder for animals. The support of scientists at STEP helped Singh to

diversify from wheat and paddy cultivation, and he now sells his soya products under the

brand name 'Anmol Soy' in Punjab and Chandigarh. Balvir Singh after working in a project

at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology University and doing Ph D from Punjabi

University has launched a company Simer Biotech in Patiala which will manufacture

beverages and other health food products.

International recognition -NA-

21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate

bodies

-NA-

22. Publications: List for last 5 years

Number of papers published in peer-reviewed journals National: 17

International: 182

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List of Publications (2009)

S. No.

Title Author(s) Journal National/ Internatl.

Citation index

Impact factor

H index

1 Effect of Multiwalled carbon nanotubes on viability and superoxide dismutase expression in human wound pathogens

Sanjai Saxena, Charu Gomber and K K Raina

International Journal of Nanoscience 8(4-5): 415-423 (2009)

Internatl. --- --- 12

2 Assessment of Phytotoxic spent broth and spores of Alternaria alternata

(LC#508) as a formulation with enhanced mycoherbicidal activity to control Lantana camara

Sanjai Saxena and Akhilesh K. Pandey

Journal of Plant Protection Research 49(1):33-37 (2009)


3 Lactose mother liquor as a novel and cheap medium for mass production of mycoherbicide Alternaria alternata

Sanjai Saxena and Mukesh Kumar

Journal of Basic and Applied Mycology 8(I&II):01-07 (2009)

Internatl. --- --- ---

4 Fungal biotransformation of cannabinoids: Potential for new effective drugs.

Sanjai Saxena Curr. Opin. Drug Discovery Development 12(2): 305-312 (2009)

Internatl. 02 5.12 43

5 Fatigue Is Not Associated with Impaired Function of Regulatory T Cells in Untreated Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Yaldizli O., Kumar M., Vago S., Kreuzfelder E., Limmroth V., Putzki N.

European Neurology 62(6):321-326 (2009)

Internatl 1 1.5 52

6 Effective Removal of Cryptosporidium by a Novel

Bioflocculant

Ghosh, M. Pathak, S. and Ganguli, A.

Water Environ. Res, (81), 123-128 (2009)

Internatl. SCI 0.89 44

7 Application of a novel biopolymer for removal of Salmonella from poultry

waste water.

Ghosh M, Ganguli A, Pathak S.

Env. Technol, (30),

337-344 (2009)


8 Decolorization of anaerobically digested molasses spent wash by Pseudomonas putida

Ghosh, M. Ganguli, A, and Tripathi, AK.

App. Biochemistry & Microbiol, (41), 113-119 (2009)


9 Biopolymer based intervention for Salmonella

in water

Ghosh, M. and Pathak S.

Indian Journal of Biotechnology Vol 8, 298-303 (2009)

National SCI 0.477 13

10 Evaluation of sanitizing efficacy of acetic acid on piper beetle leaves and its effect on antioxidant properties.

Singla, R. Ghosh, M. Ganguli, A, and Sohal, S.

International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, (31), 221-227 (2009)


11 Phenolics and antioxidant activity of a ready-to-eat snack food prepared from the edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporous).

Singla, R, Ghosh, M. and Ganguli, A.

Nutrition and Food Science, 39(3), 227-235 (2009)


12 Decolourization of Direct Red 28 by mixed bacterial culture in an upflow immobilized reactor.

Bella Devassy Tony, Goyal, D and Khanna, S.

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 33: 433-438 (2009)


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ghosh%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=19492545

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ghosh%20M%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=19492545

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Ganguli%20A%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=19492545



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Pathak%20S%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=19492545

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S. No.


Citation index

Impact factor

H index

13 Decolourization of textile azo dyes by aerobic bacterial consortium.

Bella Devassy Tony, Goyal, D and Khanna, S.

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 63: 462-469 (2009)


14 Determining the substrate specificity and functional characterization of full length recombinant cellulase (Lic26A-Cel5-CBM11) of Clostridium thermocellum.

Deka,D., Ahmad, S., Akhtar, N., Majumder, A., Jawed, M., Goyal, D., Carlos M.G.A. Fontes and Goyal., A..

Journal of Applied Biosciences and Biotechnology 5(1). (2009)

National --- --- ---

15 Comparative biosorption of Pb by live algal consortium and immobilized dead biomass from aqueous solution.

Rajiv Kumar, Goyal, D.

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 46:690-694 (2009)

National 5 1.195 44

16 Chromium (III) removal from aqueous solution by microbial waste from fermentation industry.

Indu Sharma and Dinesh Goyal

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection 29 (3): 224-230 (2009)


17 Potentiometric Zn biosensor based on bacterial cells.

Datta, M., Mittal, S., Goyal, D.

Asian Journal of Biotechnology. 1(2):67-73 (2009)


18 Chromium (III) removal from tannery effluent by Streptomyces sp. (MB2) waste biomass of fermentation process.


International Journal of Integrative Biology 6 (3): 148-153 (2009)

Internatl. 3 ---- 6

19 Sensor based on polyvinyl chloride immobilized Pseudomonas striata cells as

metal-ionophore.

MDatta, S Mittal and Dinesh Goyal

Indian Journal of Science and Technology 2(7): 46-50 (2009)

National --- --- 3

20 Biochemical characterization of a recombinant derivative (CtLic26A-Cel5) of a cellulosomal cellulase from Clostridium thermocellum.

Ahmad, S., Deka,D., Jawed, M., Goyal, D., Carlos M.G.A. Fontes and Goyal., A..

Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy. 3(1):633-640 (2009)

National 1 --- 5

21 Removal of chromium (III) from aqueous solution by pretreated microbial waste biomass.

Indu Sharma and Dinesh Goyal.

Res. J. of Chemistry and Environment 13(2): 29-33 (2009)

National SCI 0.636 ---

22 Kinetic Modelling: Chromium (III) removal from aqueous solution by microbial waste biomass.


Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research. 68: 640-646 (2009)

National 8 0.505 25

23 Impact of addition of soil amendments and microbial inoculants on nursery growth of Populus deltoides and Toona ciliata.

Aggarwal, H and Goyal D.

Agroforestry Systems. 75: 167-173 (2009)


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S. No.

Title Author(s) Journal Natl/ Internatl.

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Impact factor

H index

1 Identification and characterization of cellular locus of limonin biotransforming enzyme in Pseudomonas putida in

the

Verma, J., Ghosh, M. Singh. S, Srivastava, P.K

Journal of Food Science & Technology 45: 319-326 (2010)


2 Aldehyde dehydrogenase and Stem Cell Marker Expression in Cellsfrom Human Peripheral Blood Apheresis Samples

Sharma Siddharth, Shariatmadar Sherry; Krishan Awtar.

Cytometry B (ClinicalCytometry), 2010; 78B: 123-129 (2010)


3 ALDH+/CD44+/CD24- Expression in Cells from Body Cavity Fluids.

Krishan Awtar, DeeptiSharma, Sharma Siddharth Ron Hamelik, Parvin Ganjei

Cytometry B, (Clinica Cytometry) 78B, 176-182 (2010)


4 Pentachlorophenol degradation by Bacillus

species isolated from pulp and paper industry

Santosh, K. Chakrabarthi, P and Reddy, M.S.

Biodegradation 22: 63-69 (2010)


5 Characterization of pentachlorophenol degrading Bacillus spp.

from secondary sludge of pulp and paper Industry

Santosh Kr. Karn, S.K. Chakrabarty and M. S. Reddy.

Int. J. Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 64: 609-613 (2010)


6 Pentachlorophenol degradation by Pseudomonas stutzeri CL7

in the secondary sludge of pulp and paper mill. clinical isolates.

Santosh Kr. Karn, S.K. Chakrabarty and M.S. Reddy

J. Environmental Sciences 22: 1608-1612 (2010)


7 Isolation and characterization of urease producing and calcifying bacteria from cement.

Achal, V, Mukherjee, A and Reddy, M.S.

J Microbiology Biotechnology 20: 1571-1576 (2010)


8 Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ……. grown in alkaline bauxite processing residue

A. Giridhar Babu and M. S. Reddy

Environmental Pollution 159: 25-29 (2010)


9 Biocalcification by Sporosarcina pasteurii

using corn steep liquor as nutrient source

V. Achal, A. Mukherjee, M. S. Reddy.

Industrial Biotechnology 6: 170-174 (2010)


10 Microbial Concrete: A way to enhance the Durability of Building Structures

V. Achal; A. Mukherjee, M. S. Reddy

J. Materials for Civil Eng. 23: 730-734 (2010)


11 In search of a sustainable binder in Building materials

A. Mukherjee, V. Achal and M. S. Reddy.

Annals of Ind Acad of Eng. VII: 41-51 (2010)


http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000159

237

S. No.


Citation index

Impact factor

H index

12 Perception and attitudes of Indian consumers to probiotic foods 1.

Kumar, M., Goyal, R, Khandal, H, Khilwani, B, Gupta, S, Lomash, H, Ghosh, M. and Ganguli, A.

International Journal of Prebiotics & Probiotics (2010)


13 Shoot organogenesis in elite clones of Eucalyptus tereticornis.

D. Aggarwal , A. Kumar and M. S. Reddy

Plant Cell Tissue Organ Cult 102:45-52 (2010)


14 Factors affecting in vitro

propagation and field establishment of Chlorophytum borivilianum

Kumar, A, Aggarwal D, Gupta P, Reddy MS

Biologia Plantarum

54(4) : 1- 8 (2010)

Internatl. SCI 1.692 ---

15 Evaluation of Alternaria alternata ITCC4896 for use as mycoherbicide to control Parthenium hysterophorus

Sanjai Saxena and Mukesh Kumar

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, 43(12): 1160 – 1164 (2010)


16 Superoxide Dismutase and extracellular Protease expression in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus: A

tool for antimicrobial drug discovery

Sanjai Saxena and Charu Gomber

Molecular Cellular Biochemistry 341(1-2): 217-223 (2010)


17 Surmounting antimicrobial resistance in the Millennium Superbug: S. aureus


Cent European J of Med 5(1): 12-29 (2010)


18 Antimicrobial activity of Callistemon rigidus R.Br.

leaf extract against multidrug resistant gram-negative


Int Journal of Life Science and Technology 3(3): 34-38 (2010)


19 Effect of Natalizumab on circulating B cells, T regulatory cells and Natural killer cells.

Putzki N, Baranwal MK, Tettenborn B, Limmroth V, Kreuzfelder E

European Neurology, 63(5):311-7 (2010)


20 Direct rhizogenesis from leaf explants of an important medicinal plant (Tylophora indica ( burm.f.) Merrill

Spatia, R and Anand .M

Annals of Biology 26(1) 61-64 (2010)


238

S. No.


Citation index

Impact factor

H index

21 Application of Microbial Exopolymers for removal of protozoan parasites from potable water

Ghosh, M. and Pathak, S.

Research Journal of Biotechnology. 5(1), 58-62 (2010)


22 Removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution by fungal biomass

S. S Ahluwalia and Dinesh Goyal

Engineering in Life Sciences. 10 (5) 480-485 (2010)


23 Effect of fly ash application on some physical properties and microbial activities

Kohli, S Jala, Goyal D.

Acta Agrophysica.

16(2) 327-335 (2010) Internatl. 1 --- ---

24 Adsorption Kinetics: Bioremoval of trivalent chromium from tannery effluent by Aspergillus

sp. Biomass.


Research Journal of Env Sciences. 4(1) 1-12

(2010)

National 8 --- ---

25 Biosorption of Pb2+and Zn2+ by non-living biomass of Spirulina sp.

Aneja RK., Choudhary, G., Ahluwalia, SS and Goyal, D.

Indian Journal of Microbiology 50 (4): 438-442 (2010)

National 7 0.457 17

26 Waste water treatment and metal (Pb, Zn) removal by microalgal based stabilization pond system

Rajiv Kumar, Dinesh Goyal

Indian Journal of Microbiology 50 (1): 34-40 (2010)

National 3 0.457 17

27 Effect of ESP fly ash on physical properties of ultisol of Orissa.

Sudha Jala Kohli and Goyal D.

Indian Journal of Env Protection 30 (8): 648-652 (2010)

National --- --- 11

28 Effect of fly ash on Lac Z +ve bacteria in soil.

Sudha Jala Kohli and Goyal D.

Indian Journal of Env Protection 30 (11): 940-942 (2010)

National --- --- 11


S. No.


Citation index

Impact factor

H index

1 Evaluation of clonal fidelity of in vitro raised plants of Guadua anguastifolia using DNA-based markers

Harleen k Nadha,Rahul kumar, Ram K Sharma, M Anand and Anil Sood

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 5(23) 5636-5641 (2011)

Internatl. --- ---

---

239

2 Optimization of potting mixture for hardening of in vitro raised plants of Tylophora indica to ensure higher survival percentage

Harmanjit Kaur, Manju Anand and Dinesh Goyal

Int j of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 1(2):83- 88

(2011)


3 Combined organic acid and ozone inactivates Shigella spp. in sprouts but retains antioxidant activity.

Richu Singla, Ghosh, M. and Ganguli, A.

Food Control. 22(7):1032-1039. (2011)


4 Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-------- ecological restoration

Babu AG, Reddy MS

Current Microbiology 63: 273-280 (2011)


5 Microbial concrete: way to enhance the durability of building structures.

Achal V, Mukherjee A, Reddy MS.

Journal of Materials in Civil Engg 23: 730-734 (2011)


6 Nutritional composition ...... mushrooms of northwestern Himalayas

Kumari D, Reddy MS, Upadhayay RC

Food Science and Technology International 17: 557-567 (2011)


7 Agni‟s fungi: heat-resistant spores from the Western Ghats, southern India

T. S. Suryanarayanan, M. B. Govindarajulu, E. Thirumalai, M. S. Reddy, N. P. Money

Fungal Biology

115: 833-838

(2011)


8 Agrobacterium tumefaciens

mediated genetic transformation of selected elite clone(s) of Eucalyptus tereticornis

Aggarwal D, Kumar A, M.S. Reddy

Acta Physiol Plantarum

33:1603-1611

(2011)


9 Antioxidant activity …… from North-Western Himalaya, India

Deepika Kumari, R. C. Upadhyay, M.S. Reddy

Int. J. Agric. Biol, 13: 415-418 (2011)


10 Effect of inoculation with phosphate solubilizing fungus ….. rock phosphate in alkaline soils

Singh H, M.S. Reddy

European Journal of Soil Biology 47: 30-34 (2011)


11 Diversity of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ….. in ecological restoration

A. Giridhar Babu, M.S. Reddy

Current Microbiology

63: 273-280

(2011)


12 Aspergillus tubingensis …….. bermudagrass in bauxite residue

A. Giridhar Babu and M. S. Reddy

Bioremediation 15: 157-164

(2011)


http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.10.005

240

13 Effect of calcifying

bacteria on permeation

properties of concrete

structures

Achal, V,

Mukherjee, A and

Reddy, M.S.

J. Indus Microbiol &

Biotech. 38: 1229-

1234 (2011)


14 Molecular

characterization of

Morchella species from the

Western Himalayan

region of India

Harpreet Kaur

Kanwal, Karan

Acharya, G.

Ramesh and M. S.

Reddy

Current Microbiol

62: 1245-1252

(2011)


15 Effect of carbon, nitrogen

sources ----- production by

Morchella crassipes.

Harpreet Kaur

Kanwal, and M. S.

Reddy

World J. Microbiol

Biotechnol 27: 687-

691 (2011)


16 Dual inoculation of

arbuscular mycorrhizal

and phosphate

solubilizing …. in fly ash

ponds

A. Giridhar Babu

and M. S.Reddy.

Water, Air and Soil

Pollution 219: 3-10

(2011)


17 Cantharellus

pseudoformosus, a new

species associated with

Cedrusdeodara from India.

Deepika, K.,

Upadhyay, R.C.

and Reddy, M.S.

Mycoscience 52:

147-151 (2011)


18 Factors affecting in vitro

cormlet formation in

Gldiolus hybridus Hort.

and evaluation of field

performance of cormlets

Kumar A, Palni

LMS, Sood A

Acta Physiol

Plantarum 33:

509-515 (2011)


19 Pyrene degradation by

Bacillus sp. Isolated from

Coal tar Contaminated

Soil.

G. P. Khanna,

Dinesh Goyal and S

Khanna

Polycyclic Aromatic

Compounds 31 (1):

1-15 (2011)


20 Pyrene Biodegradation by

Bacillus sp. Isolated from

Coal tar Contaminated

Soil.

G. P. Khanna,

Dinesh Goyal and S

Khanna

Bioremediation

Journal 15 (1): 12-25

(2011)

Internatl. 1 0.4 24

21 Establishment of an

efficient protocol for

micropropagation from

stem explants of Tylophora

indica

Harmanjit Kaur,

Manju Anand,

Dinesh Goyal.

African J of Biotech

10: 6928-6932 (2011)


22 Extraction of tylophorine

from in vitro raised plants

of Tylophora indica.

Kajjal, H., Anand,

M., Goyal, D

J of Medi Plants

Research 5(5): 729-

734 (2011)


241


23 Enhancement of cellulase

activity from a new strain

of Bacillus subtilis by

medium optimization and

analysis with various

cellulosic substrates.

D. Deka, P.

Bhargavi, A.

Sharma, Dinesh

Goyal, M. Jawed

and Arun Goyal

Enzyme Research

Article ID 151656,

doi:10.4061/2011/151

656

Internatl. 17 --- 6

24 Bioconversion of

AgriculturalWaste to

Ethanol by SSF Using

Recombinant Cellulase

from Clostridium

thermocellum

Ruchi Mutreja,

Debasish Das,

Dinesh Goyal and

Arun Goyal

Enzyme Research

Article ID 340279,

doi:10.4061/2011/340

279

Internatl. 9 --- 6

25 Establishment of

reproducible, efficient

protocol for

micropropagation of

Tylophora indica and

extraction of tylophorine

from in vitro raised plants.

Kajjal, H., Anand,

M., Goyal, D

Int Journal of

Biotechnol and

Bioengineering 2:

290-306 (2011)


S. No.


Citation index

Impact factor

H index

1 Anti-staphylococcal potential of endophytic fungi from Aegle marmelos Correa ex Roxb.

(Rutaceae).

Vinit Meshram, Sanjai Saxena and Neha Kapoor

Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology 6(4): 1859-1868 (2012)


2 Direct production of L (+) lactic acid in continuous and fully membrane - integrated hybrid system under non- neutralizing conditions

P. Dey, P. Pal Journal of Membrane Science 389:355-362 (2012)


3 Separation of lactic acid from fermentation broth by cross flow nanofiltration: Membrane characterization and transport modeling.

Pinaki Dey, Lassi Linnanen , Parimal Pal

Desalination, Elsevier 288 47-57. (2012)


4 Techno-Economic analysis of a membrane integrated bioreactor system for production of lactic acid from sugar cane juice

Joya Sikder, Mousumi Roy, Pinaki Dey and Parimal Pal

Biochemical Engineering Journal 63 81-87. (2012)


5 Fermentative Lactic acid production from a renewable carbon -----without alkali addition: a membrane based green approach

P.Dey, J.Sikder, S.Roy and P.Pal

Clean Technology And Environmental Policy, 14(5) 150-159 (2012)


242

6 Identification and elimination of bacterial contamination during in vitro propagation of Guadua angustifolia Kunth

Harleen Kaur Nadha, R. Salwan, R. C. Kasana, Manju Anand and A Sood

Pharmacognosy Magazine, 8(30) 93-97 (2012)

Internatl. SCI

1.525 ---

7 A micropropagation system for Tylophora indica and extraction and purification of tylophorine from cell cultures and in vitro

regenerated plants

Manju Anand, Harmanjit Kaur and Dinesh Goyal

Environmental, Biomedical and Biotechnology 41 , 14-172012


8 Molecular cloning and charac-terization of granule-bound starch synthase I (GBSSI) alleles from potato and sequence analysis for detection of cis-regulatory motifs

Anshu Bansal, Vijay Kumari, Dhakshi Taneja, Rupinder Sayal, Niranjan Das

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 109: 247-261 (2012)

Internatl. SCI 3.633

---

9 Rapid photokilling of gram-negative Escherichia coli bacteria

by platinum dispersed titania nanocomposite films

Bonamali Pal, Isha Singh, Kunal Angrish, Raghavendra Aminedi, N. Das

Materials Chemistry and Physics 136: 21-27 (2012)


---

10 Simplified extraction of good quality genomic DNA from a variety of plant materials

V Kumari, Anshu Bansal, R Aminedi, D Taneja, N. Das

African Journal of Biotechnology 11(24): 6420-6427 (2012)


---

11 Characterization of cellulase producing Bacillus sp. for effective degradation of leaf litter biomass.

Nadeem Akhtar, A Sharma, D Deka, M. Jawed, D Goyal, Arun Goyal

Env Progress and Sustainable Energy DOI:10.1002/EP.11726 (2012)


12 Bioethanol production involving recombinant C. thermocellum hydrolytic hemicellulase and fermentative microbes.

Saprativ P. Das, R Ravindran, Shadab Ahmed, D Das, Dinesh Goyal, Carlos M.G.A. Fontes, Arun Goyal

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 167: 1475-1488 (2012)


13 Characterization of pyrene utilizing Bacillus spp. From crude oil contaminated soil

G. Purnima Khanna, D Goyal and S Khanna.

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology 606-617 (2012).


14 Development of an amperometric biosensor for detection of limonin levels in kinnow-mandarin juices

Puri, R., Malik, M. and Ghosh, M.

Annals of Microbiol 62:1301–1309. (2012)


15 Modeling of permeabilization process in Pseudomonas putida G7 -

----- Limonin bioconversion.

Malik, M., Ganguli, A. and Ghosh, M.

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 95:223-231 (2012)


16 Enhancement of bioconversion efficiency of limonin by Pseudmonas putida G7


Int J of Food Science and Nutrition 63(1), 59-65 (2012)


17 Statistical optimization of process parameters influencing ----limonin by Pseudmonas putida G7


Research Journal of Biotechnology. Volume 7 (2012)


18 Immobilization parameters statistically optimized for whole cells of P. putida G7 to enhance limonin biotransformation

Malik, M. and Ghosh, M.

Journal of Advanced Laboratory Research in Biology 3 (2012)

National NON-SCI

--- ---

243

19 Industrial whey utilization as a medium ---biphasic growth and bacteriocin production by probiotic Lactobacillus casei LA-1

Kumar, M., Jain, A., Ghosh, M. and Ganguli, A.

Probiotic and Antimicrobial Protein 4 :198-207 (2012)

Internatl. SCI --- 5

20 Characterization and Optimization of an Anti-Aeromonas Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus lactis Isolated from

Hukuti Maas, an Indigenous Fermented Fish Product


Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. DOI: 10.1111/jfpp.12048 (2012)


21 Statistical optimization of physical parameters for enhanced bactericin production by L casei


Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engg. 17: 606-616 (2012)


22 Survival of probiotic strains in non-dairy indian spice condiment exhibiting cholesterol reducing properties

Kumar, M., Singla, R., Singh, A., Ghosh, M. and Ganguli, A.

Food Science and Biotechnology 21, 1309-1315 (2012)


23 Mitogenic response and probiotic characteristics of lactic acid bacteria isolated from indigenously pickled vegetables and fermented beverages

Kumar, M., Ghosh, M. and Ganguli, A.

World Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology. 28:703–711 (2012)


24 Potential application of an anti-aeromonas bacteriocin of lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis in the

preservation of vegetable salad


Journal of Food Safety. 32:369–378. (2012)


25 Improvement in strength properties of ash bricks by bacterial calcite

Dhami NK, MukherjeeA, Reddy MS

Ecological Engineering 39: 31-35 (2012)


26 Craterellus indicus sp nov a new

species associated with Cedrus deodara from the western Himalayas, India

Kumari D, Upadhayay RC, Reddy MS

Mycological Progress 11: 269-774 (2012)


27 The effect of carbon and nitrogen sources on the formation of sclerotia in Morchella spp

Harpreet Kaur Kanwal, M.S. Reddy

Annals of Microbiology 62: 165-168 (2012)


28 Corrosion prevention of reinforced concrete with microbial calcite precipitation.

Achal, V, Mukherjee, A, Goyal, S and Reddy, M.S.

ACI Materials Journal 109: 157-164 (2012)


29 Improvement of wheat and maize crops by ….. with rock phosphate

Himani Singh and M. S. Reddy

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 58: 535-546 (2012)


30 Impedance Study of Tea with Added Taste Compounds Using Conducting Polymer and Metal Electrodes

Mopsy Dhiman, Pawan Kapur, Abhijit Ganguli, and M. L. Singla

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 12(9):7081-6 (2012)


31 Impedance Study of Drinking Water and Tastants Using Conducting Polymer and Metal Electrodes.

Mopsy Dhiman, Pawan Kapur, Abhijit Ganguli and Madan Lal Singla

International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering 2(2): 6-11 (2012)


32 Factors affecting micropropagation and acclimatization of an elite clone of Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm.

Aggarwal D, Kumar A, Sharma J, Reddy MS

In Vitro Cellular Developmental Biology-Plants 48:521-529 (2012)


http://link.springer.com/search?facet-author=%22Arashdeep+Singh%22

http://link.springer.com/journal/10068

http://link.springer.com/journal/10068

244


33 Degradation of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol …… pulp and paper mill

Karn KS, M. S. Reddy

J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 58,

413‒420 (2012)


S. No.


Citation index

Impact factor

H index

1 Viability of calcifying bacterial formulations in fly ash for applications in building materials

Navdeep Kaur Dhami, Abhijit Mukherjee, M. S Reddy

J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 40:1403–1413 (2013)


2 Endophytic Xylariaceae from the forests of Western Ghats, southern India: Distribution and biological activities

Govinda R MB, Nagamani T, Babu AG, Aggarwal A, SuryanarayananTS, Reddy MS

Mycology: An Int J of Fungal Biology DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2013.776648 (2013)

Internatl. --- -- ---

3 In vitro anti-staphylococcal

activity of alkaloids from Callistemon rigidus R.Br.

Charu Gomber and Sanjai Saxena

Journal of Pharma Tech, Res and Management 1: 47-60 (2013)

National 0 0 ---

4 A new volatile antimicrobial producing endophytic fungus Muscodor kashayum sp. nov.

Meshram V, Saxena Sanjai and Neha Kapoor

Mycology 4(4): 196-204 (2013)

Internatl. 0 0 ---

5 Probiotic characterization of hydrolases producing Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis isolated from pickled

yam

Seema Bhanwar, Arashdeep Singh, Abhijit Ganguli

Int J Food Sci Nutr.

DOI 10.3109/09637486.2013.832175 (2013)


6 Process intensification in lactic acid production by three stage membrane integrated hybrid reactor system

P. Pal and P. Dey

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 64: 1– 9 (2013)


245

7 Synthesis and evaluation of antibacterial activity of quaternized biopolymer from K. terrigena

Khaira, G.K., Ganguli, A. and Ghosh, M.

Journal of applied microbiology. doi: 10.1111/jam.12400. 2. (2013)


8 Development of exobiopolymer-based biosensor for detection of phosphate in water.

Kaur, T., Ganguli, A. and Ghosh, M.

Water Science & Technology, 68, 12: 2619–2625 (2013)


9 Rapid inactivation of Salmonella by a quaternized biopolymeric flocculant.

Khaira, G.K., Ganguli, A. and Ghosh, M

Water Science & Tech doi:10.2166/ws.2013.169 (2013)


10 Development of a quaternized chitosan with enhanced antibacterial efficacy.

Khaira, G.K., Kumarya, R., Chibber, M. and Ghosh M

Journal of water & health. 11, 3: 410–418. (2013)

Internatl. NON-SCI

1.22 29

11 Application of biopolymer produced from metabolic engineered Acinetobacter sp. for the development of phosphate optoelectronic sensor.

Kaur, T., Sharma, J., Ganguli, A. and Ghosh, M

Composite Interfaces. doi:10.1080/15685543.2013.842116. (2013)


12 Modelling of phosphate exobiopolymer interaction.

Kaur, T. and Ghosh M.

International Journal of Biotechnology and bioengineering research, 4:355-358.(2013)

National NON-SCI

--- ---

13 Use of Lactococcus lactis to enrich sourdough bread with γ-aminobutyric acid.

Bhanwar S., Bamnia M., Ghosh, M. and Ganguli, A

Int J of Food Science and Nutrition. 64:77-81.

(2013)


14 Modeling in vitro cholesterol reduction in relation to growth of probiotic Lactobacillus casei.

Jain, A., Kumar, M., Ghosh, M., and Ganguli, A

Microbiology and immunology. 57: 100–110 (2013)


15 Alkalistable xylanase production --- Paenibacillus montaniterrae RMV1 isolated from red mud

Amita Arora, Pankaj Krishna, Vinita Malik and M. Sudhakara Reddy

Journal of Basic Microbiology

53:1–7 (2013)


246

16 Bacillus megaterium mediated mineralization of calcium carbonate as --treatment of Green building materials

Dhami, NK, Mukherje, A, Reddy MS

World j of Microbiol and Biotechnol 29: 2397-2406

(2013)

Internatl. SCi 1.262 44

17 Taxol production by an endophytic fungus Fusarium redolens isolated from Himalayan Yew

Garyali S , Kumar A, Reddy MS

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 23: 1372–1380 (2013)


18 Influence of sclerotia formation on ligninolytic enzyme production in Morchella crassipes

Kanwal HK, Reddy MS

J of Basic Microbiol

DOI 10.1002/jobm. 201200802 (2013)


19 Biogenic treatment improves the durability and remediates the cracks of concrete structures

Achal V, Mukherjee A, Goyal S, Reddy MS

Construction and Building Materials 48: 1-5

(2013)


20 Phosphate solubilizing rhizobacteria from an organic farm and their influence on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.),

Kaur G, Reddy MS Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

59:295-303 (2013)


21 Role of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in ---- fertility and crop productivity in organic farming

Kaur G, Reddy MS Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science,

60: 549-564 (2013)

Internatl. -- --- ---

22 Craterellus indicus sp. nov.,

a new species associated with Cedrus deodara from the western Himalayas, India

Kumari, D., Reddy, M.S., Upadhya, R.C.

Mycological Progress, DOI 10.1007/s11557-011-0788-4 (2013)


23 Diversity of cultivable bacteria associated with fruiting bodies of wild Himalayan Cantharellus spp.

Kumari D, Reddy MS, Upadhyay RC

Ann Microbiol. DOI 63: 845-853 (2013)


24 Biomineralization of Calcium Carbonate ….. Calcareous Sites

Dhami, NK, Mukherjee, A, Reddy MS

J. Microbiol. Biotechnol

23: 707-714 (2013)


247

25 Effective conversion of industrial starch waste to L-Lactic acid by Lactococcus lactis in dialysis sac bioreactor

Seema Bhanwar, Arashdeep Singh, Abhijit Ganguli

Ann Microbiol. DOI

10.1007/s13213-013-0754-2. (2013)


18

26 Changes in endogenous polyamines ---cormlet formation in Gladiolus hybridus Hort.

Kumar A, Palni LMS

Scientia Horticulturae 162:260-264 (2013)

Internatl SCi 1.396 48

27 In vitro seed germination of economically important edible bamboo Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro

Jasmine Brar , Manju Anand and Anil Sood

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 51(1) 88-96 (2013)

National SCI 1.195 ---

28 In vitro Propagation of an Edible Bamboo Bambusa Bambos and Assessment of Clonal Fidelity through Molecular Markers

Manju Anand, Jasmine Brar and Anil Sood

Journal of Medical and Bioengineering 2:

257-261 (2013)


29 In vitro propagation of Dendrocalamus asper and testing the clonal fidelity using RAPD and ISSR markers

Harleen Kaur Nadha, Rahul Kumar, Ram Kumar Sharma, Manju Anand and Anil Sood

International Journal Of Current Research 5: 2060-2067 (2013)


30 Antioxidant activity of native and micropropagated Tylophora Indica leaves

Aruna Bhatia, Manju Anand, Rupali Singla, Arpit Sharma

J. Nat. Prod. Plant Resour 3 (1):1-7 (2013)


31 Vacuolar invertases in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): molecular cloning, characterization, ---- comparison, and analysis of gene expression in the cultivars

Vijay Kumari,

Niranjan Das

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (APP)

35:2055-2068

(2013)

Internatl SCI 1.305

---

32 Molecular cloning and sequence comparison of a cDNA encoding α-glucan, water dikinase (GWD) from potato ---and analysis of gene expression

Anshu Bansal, Niranjan Das

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (JPBB),

22 (4):441-452 (2013)

Internatl SCI 0.414

---

248

33 Shape-dependent bactericidal activity of TiO2 for the killing of Gram-negative bacteria Agrobacterium tumefaciens

under UV torch irradiation

Raghavendra Aminedi, Gunveen Wadhwa,

Niranjan Das, Bonamali Pal

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

20:6521-6530 (2013)

Internatl SCI 2.618

---

34 Microbial Waste Biomass for Removal of Chromium(VI) from Chrome Effluent

Ahluwalia SS and

Goyal, D

Bioremediation Journal 17:3, 190-199 (2013)


35 Analyzing Remediation Potential of Wastewater Through Wetland Plants: A Review

Misha Bhatia and

Goyal D

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

33 (1):9-27 (2013)


36 Assessing the role of Phragmites australis in wastewater treatment through Response surface methodology

Misha Bhatia and

Goyal D.

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (Accepted) (2013)

Internatl SCI 0.970 14

37 Plant Regeneration from Encapsulated adventitious shoot buds and somatic embryos of Tylophora indica

–An ------ and germplasm exchange.

Kajjal, H., Anand, M., Goyal, D

International Journal of Engineering Sciences Paradigms and Researches 7(1):

2319-6564 (2013)


38 Enhanced cellulase production from Bacillus subtilis by optimizing

physical parameters for bioethanol production

Deka D, Das, S.P., Das, D., Jawed, M., Goyal, D., Goyal, A., and Sahoo, N.

ISRN Biotechnology Article ID 965310, 11 pages http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5402/2013/965310


39 Modeling and simulation of L (+) lactic acid production in continuous membrane integrated bio-reactor system under non-neutralization conditions,

P. Dey and P. Pal Biochemical Engineering Journal,Elsevier (2013)


40 Removal of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol by bacterial isolates from the secondary sludge of pulp and paper mill

Karn SK, Reddy MS.

J Basic Microbiol 52: 1–6

(2013)


http://dx.doi.org/%2010.5402/2013/965310

http://dx.doi.org/%2010.5402/2013/965310

249


41. Factors affecting genetic transfor-mation and shoot organogenesis of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.

Aggarwal D, Jaiswal N, Kumar A, Reddy MS

Jl of Plant Biochem & Biotechnol DOI

10.1007/

s13562-012-0166-6, 2013

Internatl 1 0.414 15

42 Plant regeneration from encapsulated adventitious shoot buds ans somatic embryos of Tylophora indica-an effective way of mass propagation and germplasm exchange

Harmanjit kaur, Manju Anand and Dinesh Goyal

International journal of Engineering Sciences Paradigms and Researches, vol 7(1), 1-9, 2013

Internatl

43 In vitro propagation of Dendrocalamus asper and testing the clonal fidelity using RAPD and ISSR markers

International Journal Of Current Research, Vol.5,Issue8, 2060-2067, 2013

Harleen Kaur Nadha, Rahul Kumar, Ram Kumar Sharma, Manju Anand and Anil Sood

Internatl

S. No.


Citation index

Impact factor

H index

1 Diversity among wild accessions of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst. and

their morphogenetic potential

Bansal M, Kumar A, Reddy MS

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum DOI 10.1007/ s11738-014-1493-0 (2014)


2 Diversity of taxol producing endophytic fungi from Himalayan yew.

Garyali S, Kumar A, Reddy MS

Annals of Microbiology DOI 10.1007/s13213-013-0786-7 (2014)


3 Synergistic Role of Bacterial Urease and Carbonic Anhydrase in Carbonate Mineralization

Navdeep Kaur Dhami, Abhijit Mukherjee, M. S. Reddy

Applied Biochem & Biotechnol DOI 10.1007/ s12010-013-0694-0 (2014)

Internatl.

SCI 1.89 56

4 Kinetics of Biodegradation of Polypropylene/Polylactide Blends

Kimi Jain, Gaurav Madhu, Haripada Bhunia, Pramod K. Bajpai M. S. Reddy

J. Polym. Mater. 31: 63-76 (2014)


5 New records of Cantharellus species from the north western Himalayas of India

Kumari Deepika, M. S. Reddya, R. C. Upadhyay

Mycology 4:205-220 (2014)


6 Influence of P-solubilizing bacteria on crop yield and soil fertility at multilocational sites

Gurdeep Kaur, M. S. Reddy



250

7 Potential pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity of an endophytic Penicillium species.

Mahiti Gupta, Sanjai Saxena and Dinesh Goyal

Journal of Enzyme Inhibitors and Medicinal Chemistry doi:10.3109/14756366.2013.871007 (2014)


8 Microbial metabolites for the development of ecofriendly agrochemicals

Sanjai Saxena Allelopathy Journal 33(1): 1-23 (2014)


9 In vitro propagation, biochemical studies and assessment of clonal fidelity through molecular markers in Bambusa balcooa

Brar, A Shafi, P Sood, M Anand & A Sood

Journal of Tropical Forest Science, 26(1)115-124 (2014)

Internatl. SCI 0.57

---

10 Synergistic Role of Bacterial Urease and Carbonic Anhydrase in Carbonate Mineralization

Navdeep Kaur Dhami, Abhijit Mukherjee, M. S. Reddy

Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology DOI 10.1007/s12010-013-0694-0 (2014)


11 New records of Cantharellus species from the northwestern Himalayas of India

Kumari Deepika, M. S. Reddya, R. C. Upadhyay

Mycology 4:205-220 (2014)


12 Influence of P-solubilizing bacteria on crop yield and soil fertility at multilocational sites

Gurdeep Kaur, M. S. Reddy



13 Biodegradation of leaf litter biomass by combination of Bacillus sp. and Trichoderma reesei

MTCC164.

Akhtar, N., Goyal, D., Goyal, A.

Minerva Biotechnologica (Accepted). (2014)


14 Influence of Agrobacterium rhizogenes

strains on hairy root induction and bacoside A production from Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.

Bansal M Kumar A; M.S. Reddy

Acta Physiol Plant 36:2793-2801

Internatl. 1.524

15 Differential expression of metallothioneins in response to heavy metals and their involvement in metal tolerance in the symbiotic basidiomycete Laccar

M.S. Reddy, Prasanna L, Marmeisse R., Fraissinet-Tachet L;

Microbiology 160:2235-2242

Internatl. 2.835

16 Biomineralization of 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol by Bacillus sp. and Staphylococcus sp. isolated from secondary sludge of pulp and paper mill

Karn SK; M.S. Reddy Bioremediation Journal 18:93-99

Internatl. 0.714

251

17 Construction of sized eukaryotic cDNA libraries using low input of total environmental metatranscriptomic

Yadav RK, Barbi F, Ziller A, Luis P, Marmeisse R Fraissinet-Tachet L.; M.S. Reddy

BMC Biotechnology 14:80

Internatl. 2.590

18 Alkalistable xylanase production by alkalitolerant Paenibacillus montaniterrae RMV1 isolated from red mud

Arora A, Krishna P, Malik V; M.S. Reddy

Basic Microbiology 54:1024-1029

Internatl. 1.822

19 Identification of key factors forenhancing competitiveness: an exploratory study of selected agri-biotech firms of Punjab in India

Sandeep Singh, Ravi Kiran, Dinesh Goyal

Agricultural Economics-Czech, (Accepted) (2014).

Internatl

20 Enhancement of taxol production from endophytic fungus Fusarium redolens

Garyali S, Kumar A; M.S. Reddy

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering 19: 908-915

Internatl. 1.220

21 Bacterial diversity of extremely alkaline bauxite residue siteof alumina industrial plant using culturable bacteria and residue 16S rRNA gene clones

Krishna P, Babu AG; M.S. Reddy

Extremophiles 18:665-676

Internatl. 2.174

22 Diversity and antimitotic activity of taxol producing endophytic fungi from Himalayan yew

Garyali S, Kumar A; M.S. Reddy

Annals of Microbiology 64: 1413-1422

Internatl. 1.039

23 Soil application of flyash based biofertilizers for increased crop production”

Rajinder Kaur, Dinesh Goyal.

Vegetos, 27 (2) (2014) 291-300

0.03

24 Mineralogical comparison of coal flyash with soil for use in agriculture


Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, DOI :10.1007/s10163-014-0323-1, (2014).

0.831

25 Mineralogical studies of coal flyash for soil application in agriculture


Particulate Science and Technology, DOI :10.1080/02726351.2014.938378, (2014).

0.48

26 Suillus triacicularis sp. nov., a new species associated with Pinus roxburghii from northwestern Himalayas, India

Verma B; M.S. Reddy Phytotaxa 162: 157-164

Internatl. 1.376

252

27 Suillus himalayensis (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes, Boletales), a new species associated with Pinus wallichiana from north western Himalayas, India

Verma B; M.S. Reddy Nova Hedwigia 99: 541-550

Internatl. 0.989

28 Viability of calcifying bacterial formulations in ï¬¿y ash for applications in building materials

Dhami NK, Mukherjee A; M.S. Reddy

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 40: 1403-1413

Internatl. 2.505

29 Taxol production by an endophytic fungus Fusarium redolens isolated from Himalayan yew

Sanjog Garyali, Anil Kumar; M.S. Reddy

J. Microbiology and Biotechnology 23: 1372=1380

Internatl. 1.353

30 Analyzing Remediation Potential of Wastewater Through Wetland Plants: A Review

Misha Bhatia, Dinesh Goyal.

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 33 (1) (2014) 9-27.

1.26

31 Biodiversity of cellulase producing bacteria and their application

Nadeem Akhtar, Aanchal, Dinesh Goyal, Arun Goyal.

Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, (Accepted) (2014).

0.83

32 Simplification and optimization of media ingredients for enhanced production of CMCase by newly isolated Bacillus subtilis NA15”,

Nadeem Akhtar, Aanchal, Dinesh Goyal, Arun Goyal

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, (2014). DOI 10.1002/ep.

1.26

33 A. Sharma, Nadeem Akhtar, Dinesh Goyal and Arun Goyal

Responsesurface methodology for optimization of microbial cellulase production. A Review.

(2014) Romanian Biotechnological Letters.

0.4

34 Nadeem Akhtar, Kanika Gupta, Alok K. Jain, Dinesh Goyal, Arun Goyal.

“Surfactant assisted microwave-acid pre-treatment of leaf litter biomass for enhanced enzymatic release of sugars”,

Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, (Accepted) (2014).

0.83

35 Mahiti Gupta, Sanjai Saxena and Dinesh Goyal

Diversity and lipase inhibitory activity of endophytic fungal species associated with Aegle marmelos: A bioresource for potential pancreatic lipase inhibitor.

(2015): Symbiosis 64 (3): 149-157 DOI 10.1007/s13199-015-0311-9

253

36 Raghavendra Aminedi, Niranjan Das

Class I patatin genes from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars: molecular cloning, sequence comparison, prediction of diverse cis-regulatory motifs, and assessment of the promoter activities under field and in vitro conditions

In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.-Plant 50:673-6872014

1.162

37 Dhakshi Taneja, Niranjan Das

Molecular cloning, sequence analyses, and expression studies of sucrose-phosphate synthase in the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars

Acta Physiol Plant 36:2253–22692014

1.524

38 Conserved peptide containing overlapping CD4+ and CD8+ T cell epitopes in H1N1 influenza virus:An immunoinformatics approach.

Lohia N, Baranwal M. Viral Immunology Internatl

0 1.636 3 (Google Scholar:Self)

39 Changes in endogenous polyamines during in vitro cormlet formation in Gladiolus hybridus Hort.

Anil Kumar; LMS Palni; Scientia Horticulturae 162: 260-264 (1.44)

International

1.504

40 Optimization of fermentation parameters for bioconversion of corn to ethanol using response surface methodology

7. Walia NK, Sekhon KK, Cameotra SS, Chaudhary DP, Srivastava P; Anil Kumar

Journal of Petroleum Environment and Biotechnology doi.org/10.4172/2157-7463.1000178 (---)

International

---

41 Taxol production by an endophytic fungus Fusarium redolens isolated from Himalayan Yew

Sanjog Garyali;MS Reddy; Anil Kumar

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 23(10), 1372–1380 (0.74)

International

1.353

42 Size-controlled silver nanoparticles synthesized over the range 5-100 nm using the same protocol and their antibacterial efficacy

Agnihotri Shekhar, Mukherji Soumyo, and Mukherji Suparna

RSC Advances Iternatl. 3.7 3

43 Arginine assisted immobilization of silver nanoparticles on ZnO nanorods: An enhanced and reusable antibacterial substrate without human cell cytotoxicity

Agnihotri Shekhar, Bajaj Geetika, Mukherji Suparna, and Mukherji Soumyo

Nanoscale Internatl. 6.7

254


S. No.

Title Author(s) Journal National / Intl.

Citation Index

Impact factor

H Index

01 Potential pancreatic lipase inhibitory activity of an endophytic Penicillium species.


Journal of Enzyme Inhibitors and Medicinal Chemistry 30 (1): 15-21

Internationl. 2.383 39 0.703/ 0.629

44 Potential Xanthine Oxidase inhibitory activity of endophytic Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae.

Neha Kapoor and Sanjai Saxena

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology173 (6): 1360-1374DOI: 201410.1007/s12010-014-0927-

Internatl.

45 Muscodor darjeelingensis, a new endophytic fungus of Cinnamomum camphora collected from north eastern Himalayas.

Sanjai Saxena, Vineet Meshram and Neha Kapoor

Sydowia 66 (1): 55–67 2014

Internatl.

46 Muscodor strobelii, a new endophytic species from South India.

Vineet Meshram, Sanjai Saxena and Neha Kapoor

Mycotaxon 128:93-104 2014

Internatl.

47 Resveratrol: Biological activities and therapeutic potential

Sanjai Saxena and Anugya Srivastava

Journal of Pharmaceutical Technology, Research and Management 2 (2): 145-157 2014

48 CardiovascularDisease Prediction based on Physical factors using Quantum Neural Network.

Renu Narain, Sanjai Saxena and Achal Kumar Goyal

International Journal of Information Processing 8 (3): 83 2014

internatl

49 Enhanced phosphate binding exobiopolymer production by a mutant Acinetobacter haemolyticus is mediated by increased phosphoglucomutase activity, Biocatalysis and Biotransformation

Kaur T, Ghosh M Biocatalysis and Biotransformation (2014). inpress

internatl

50 Antimicrobial efficacy and in vivo toxicity studies of a quaternized biopolymeric flocculant.

Journal of Water and Health. 12(4) :656-62 (IF: 1.172)

internatl

255

02 Muscodor tigerii sp. nov.

Volatile antibiotic producing endophytic fungus from North-eastern Himalayas

Sanjai Saxena,

Vineet Meshram and Neha Kapoor

Annals of Microbiology 65(1): 47-57

International 1.039 19 0.764 / 0.441

03 Diversity and lipase inhibitory activity of endophytic fungal species associated with Aegle marmelos: A

bioresource for potential pancreatic lipase inhibitor


Symbiosis 64 (3): 149-157

International 0.941 30 0.558 / 0.537

Monographs -

Chapter in Books

1. Goyal, D and Goyal, SK 2013 Production of Biofertilizers. In Biotechnology and

Agriculture and Food Processing Eds Marwaha, SS and Panesar PS Published by

CRC Press. 169-191.

2. Goyal, D. 2009 Biofertilizer Production Technology. Compendium Publ. by PSCST,

Chandigarh

3. Goyal, D. and Goyal, SK. 2009 Spirulina Production Technology. Compendium Publ.

by PSCST, Chandigarh

4. Rajiv Kumar, Goyal, D. 2009 Bioremediation of waste water and role of microalgae.

In: Algal Biology and Biotechnology Ed. Khattar, JIS., Singh, DP., Kaur, G. IK

International Publ., New Delhi. pp: 227-250.

5. Reddy MS, Achal V, Mukherjee A. Microbial Concrete, a wonder metabolic product

that remediates the defects in building structures. In: T. Satyanarayana et al. (eds.),

Microorganisms in Environmental Management: Microbes and Environment, DOI

10.1007/978-94-007-2229-3_24.

6. Dhami NK, Reddy MS, Mukherjee A. Biofilm and microbial applications in

biomineralized concrete. In Biomineralization, InTech publishers.

7. Dhami NK, Mukherjee A, Reddy MS (2013). Biomineralization of calcium carbonates

and their engineered applications: a review. Frontiers of Microbiology 4: 314.

8. Arashdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Moushumi Ghosh and Abhijit Ganguli. 2013.

Traditional Foods and Beverages as Delivery Vehicles for Probiotics.Recent

Developments in Biotechnology Vol. 8: Drug Delivery. Studium Press LLC, USA.

9. Siddharth Sharma and Awtar Krishan. Electronic Volume of Hematopoietic Stem

Cells. In:Flow Cytometry Applications in Stem Cell Research, Eds. Awtar Krishan, H

Krishnamurthy and Satish Totey, John Wiley-Blackwell Publications; 2010.

256

10. Akhtar, N., Goyal, D.2014 Cell and Molecular Biology Chapter Ed. SM Paul Khurana

and Machievelli.

11. Akhtar, N., Goyal, D. & Goyal, A. 2014. Biodegradation of cellulose and agricultural

waste material, Chapter 14, In ‘Advances in Biodegradation and Bioremediation of

Industrial Waste’ Editor Ram Chandra. CRC Press, USA.

12. Mukherji Suparna, Ruparelia Jayesh, and Agnihotri Shekhar (2012) Antimicrobial

activity of silver and copper nanoparticles: Variation in sensitivity across various

strains of bacteria and fungi. Nano-Antimicrobials: Progress and Prospects, Springer

Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 225-251; ISBN 978-3-642-24427-8 (print), 978-3-642-24428-5

(online)

Edited Books -Nil-

Books with ISBN with details of publishers -Nil-

Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities

International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO

host, etc.)

SNIP 0.801 (Average of all articles)

SJR 0.562 (Average of all articles)

23. Details of patents and income generated

Patent Granted

S.No Patent No and date

of Publication

Title Author Indian/

Foreign

Income

Generated/

Status

1 United States Patent

Application

No.20060142160

(2009)

A process of

producing

herbicides from

the fungus

Alternaria

alternata

Sanjai

Saxena

USA Not Licensed (No

income

generated)

2 244750

24.12.2010;

Journal No. 52/2010

A process for

chromium VI

removal from

industrial

effluents by

waste biomass

Ahluwalia

AS and

Goyal

Dinesh

Indian Technology

demonstrated at

Goetze India Pvt.

Ltd. Patiala

257

24. Areas of consultancy and income generated

S.No Area of Consultancy Faculty Income generated (Rs)

1 Biofertilizer Production Dinesh Goyal 95,000

2 Bio N culture for biowaste recycling Dinesh Goyal 75,000

3 Pepsico India Holdings Pvt. Ltd. for

production of mini tubers

Anil Kumar &

M S Reddy

1.5 crore

4 Productin of minitubers and

microplantlets of potato and Eucalyptus

Anil Kumar 0.5 crore

25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories/institutions

industries in India and abroad

1. Dr M S Reddy visited University of Lyon, France ( June 2010-July2010) as visiting

Professor

2. Dr M S Reddy presented a paper in 2nd Asian Conference on PGPR in Beijing, China

August 2011

3. Dr M S Reddy visited University of Lyon, France ( June 2013-July2013) as visiting

scientist under IFCPAR project professor

4. Dr Manju Anand Made an oral presentation in International Conference on

Biotechnology and Food Engineering-ICBFE 2013, Singapore

5. Dr Manju Anand Presented a paper ( oral) in International Conference on

Biotechnology and Food Engineering (ICBFE-2012), Dubai, U.A.E

6. Dr Moushumi Ghosh visited institutions and laboratories at the tour of seven

countries during 2nd International Society of Biotechnology Conference (ISBT-2013)

held at Univerity of Antwerp, Belgium in year 2013.

7. Dr Dinesh Goyal visited Philadelphia, USA from March 29 to April 4, 2014 to attend

29th International Conference on Solid Waste Management Technology and

presented a paper.

26. Faculty serving in

a) National committees b) International committees c) Editorial Boards d) any other

(please specify)

S. No. Faculty National/International Committees

1 Dinesh Goyal Appointed as mentor by DBT for STAR scheme in biotechnology in

different colleges of Punjab

2 Dinesh Goyal Member of Board of Studies of Department of Biotechnology of MMU,

Mullana

3 Dinesh Goyal Editorial Board Member of Indian Journal of Microbiology from 2009-

2011

4 Dinesh Goyal Vice President of Patiala Management Association, chapter of AIMA in

2011

258

S. No. Faculty National/International Committees

5 Dinesh Goyal Member Board of studies in Biotechnology of SMVDU, Katra dated

16.9.2009.

6 Dinesh Goyal Expert Member of PAC by DST for monitoring two research projects

2010

7 N Das Chairman and Member of BOS in Biotechnology, Punjab Technical

University

8 Sanjai Saxena Expert Member, Screening of projects in the area of Medicinal

Aromatic Plants and Drug Development at the Department of

Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India

(C) Editorial Boards

S.No Faculty Editorial Board Member

1 Sanjay Saxena Functional Science and Biotechnology, Global Science Books (UK/ Japan)

International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Global

Science Books (UK/ Japan)

Medicinal & Aromatic Plant Science and Biotechnology, Global Science

Books (UK/Japan)

Pest Technology, Global Science Books (UK/Japan)

Frontiers in Biosciences (USA)

BIOMIRROR

Journal of Pharmaceutical Technology, Research and Management

d) any other S.No Faculty Reviewer of impact factor/peer-reviewed journals

1 Dinesh Goyal Journal of Basic Microbiology;

Indian Journal of Microbiology;

Journal of Hazardous Waste Management;

Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy;

Bioresource Technology

2 N. Das J Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Springer)

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Springer);

Potato Research (Springer);

Genes & Genomics (Springer),

Genes & Genetic Systems (The Genetics Society of Japan);

Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (Springer);

Journal of Basic Microbiology (Wiley-VCH);

Cell & Developmental Biology (OMICS Publishing Groups);

African Journal of Biotechnology (Academic Journals);

International Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (International

Scholars Journals).

3 M.S. Reddy Some of Springer, Elsevier, Willey and Taylor & Francis published impact

factor journals

4 Moushumi

Ghosh

Bioprocess Technology (Springer)

Journal of Water & Health (IWA publishers)

Journal of Water Research (Elsevier)

5 Vikas Handa BOS member in Biotechnology, Punjab Technical University

6 Vikas Handa Member of the Jury for evaluating projects in Innotech-2014 at Pushpa

Gujral Science City, Kapurthala

259

S.No Faculty Reviewer of impact factor/peer-reviewed journals

7 Vikas Handa Mentor for developing innovative ideas under RISHI poject at PGSC,

Kapurthala

8 Dr. Shekhar

Agnihotri

Chemical Society Reviews (SCI IF, 30.4), Nanoscale (SCI IF,6.9),

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (SCI IF, 5.9); RSC Advances (SCI IF,

3.7), New Journal of Chemistry (SCI IF, 3.1), Advances in Polymer

Technology (SCI IF, 2.1), Applied Nanoscience (Non SCI, Peer reviewed)

27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher/orientation programs, workshops,

training programs and similar programs).

S.No Faculty Attended Workshops/orientation programmes

1 Dinesh Goyal Participated in the Management Development Programme on Academic

Leadership from July 30 to August 09, 2013 at IIM, Kozhikode

2 Manoj Baranwal Short term course on Induction training programme from January 20-24,

2014 organized by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and

Research, Chandigarh.

3 Niranjan Das Participated and delivered a talk on the prospects of plant biotechnology

in the UG programme on 24 Jan 2011pertaining to the workshop under

Punjab Technical University.

4 Dinesh Goyal Completed online training program on Marketing for Incubator

Managers and Entrepreneurs from August 8 –October 31, 2009

28. Student projects (List for last 3 years) (for M.Sc./M.tech students including

a) in-house projects including inter-departmental projects

b) Projects in collaboration with other universities

S.

No.

Name of

Student

Project Title Year In-house/ Inter

departmental/

collaboration with

other university

1 Himangi

Agarwal

Screening of microalgae for lipids and

their extraction and characterization

2012 In house

2 Prabhjot Singh Effect of flyash on soil microorganisms 2012 In house

3 Deepinder Kaur Bioconversion of different carbohydrate

substrates to ethanol and acetic acid

2012 In house

4 Rabia Arora Degradation of imidacloprid by bacteria

isolated from the contaminated sites

2012 In house

5 Himani

Thakkar

Enhanced production of L-lysine from

Corynebacterium glutamicum by

mutagenesis

2012 In house

6 Amrit Kaur

Hans

Isolation and Screening of Waterborne

Actinomycetes for Their Anti-

staphylococcal Activity

2012 In house

7 Charu Bahl Screening Endophytic Fungal Broth For

L-Methioninase Activity

2012 In house

260

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

8 Pallavpreet

Kaur

Isolation and Characterization of

Xanthine oxidase from endophytic fungi

#19NOBASVNP

2012 In house

9 Sakshi Chawla Comparison of regeneration efficiency of

the Indian potato cultivars during

Agrobacterium-mediated genetic

transformation

2012 In-house

10 Shipra Singh Strategies for Making Ti-plasmid based

Genetic Constructs using Patatin Gene

Promoters for Functional

Characterization

2012 In-house

11 Kirti Sharma Studies on in vitro propagation and

genetic transformation of apple rootstock

M7.

2012 In house

12 Deepwinder Studies on in vitro propagation and

genetic transformation of Rosa hybrid acv.

‘First Red’.

2012 In house

13 Gagandeep

Kaur

Metabolic responses of lactic acid

bacteria to organo-phosphorus

compounds

2012 In house

14 Jasbir Kaur Studies on relation between DNA

methylation levels and sequence

characteristics of mammalian DNA

2012 In house

15 Amit Kumar Metabolic responses of two key water

borne pathogens against antimicrobial

chitosan

2012 In-house

16 Tanya Jurangal Synthesis and characterization of

nanocomposite for surface assimilaton of

phytoestrogens

2012 Inter-departmental

17 Shivani

Screening of endophytic fungi for

antimicrobial activity

2012 In-house

18 Ranjan Antimicrobial Activity of Endophytic

Fungi from Xylaria Species

2012 In-house

19 Arash Kumari Distribution of SNPs based on CG/CG to

TG/CA mutation in different regions of

human genome

2012 In house

20 Abhishek

Kumar

Immunogenic peptide prediction of

Nucleoprotein (NP) in H1N1 and H3N2

Strains of Influenza Virus A

2012 In-house

21 Rameez Hasan Immunogenic peptide prediction of

Matrix protein 1 (M1) in H1N1 and

H3N2 Strains of Influenza Virus A as

target for vaccine design

2012 In-house

22 Ajay kumar

Sandhu

Responses of probiotic lactic acid

bacteria to dietary isoflavone

2012 In house

261

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

23 Navneet Kaur Micropropagation of Tylophora indica

through forced axillary branching and de

novo adventitious shoot formation

2012 In-house

24 Radhika

Tanwar

Mass production of microalgae for lipid

extraction

2013 In house

25 Shalika Bioethanol from biowastes 2013 In house

26 Dinesh Singh Biochemical characterization of bacterial

cellulases

2013 In house

27 Harpreet PGP activity of cyanobacterial isolates 2013 In house

28 Priya Thakur PGP activity of Rhizobias 2013 In house

29 Jaspreet Antipancreatic lipase inhibitor’s from

microalgal extracts

2013 In house

30 Othima Characterization of novel carbonic

anhydrase from halophilic bacterial

isolates and it’s role in microbially

induced calcium carbonate precipitation

2013 In house

31 Divya Isolation and characterization of plant

growth promoting rhizobacteria

2013 In house

32 Kirti Characterization of thermostable and

alkalophilic lipase enzyme from

endophytic fungus Leptosphaerulina sp

2013 In house

33 Rajnish Yadav Characterization of thermostable and

alkalitolerant cellulase from endophytic

fungus Bartalinia sp

2013 In house

34 Vikrant Isolation and characterization of zinc

resistant bacteria from zinc contaminated

sites

2013 In house

35 Sanjay Singh Isolation of fungal pigments and

evaluation of their textile dyeing efficacy 2013

In house

36 Rahul Rana

Screening of endophytic fungi for lipase

inhibitors as therapeutic modalities in

obesity treatment

2013 In house

37 Anjali Rani

Chauhan

Cytotoxic potential of fungal extracts

against A549 cell line and its potential in

drug development

2013

In house

38 Rinki Verma Interaction of fungi with cement material

and properties there-of 2013

In house

39 Arkadeep

Mukherjee

Development of a novel fermented snack

food having alpha-glucosidase,

angiotensin converting enzyme

inhibitory and other functional

properties

2013 In house

40 Vibhuti Batra Preparation of a traditional food with

enhanced cognitive effects

2013

In house

262

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

41 Puneet

Randhawa

Preparation of a cereal based food

product containing exoploysaccharides

using Lactococcus lactis

2013 In house

42 Nippun preet

Kaur

Proteolytic profile of Lactic acid bacteria 2013 In house

43 Simranjeet

Singh Bedi

Pharmacological studies of Chimeric

Opioid peptide

2013 In collaboration

with CSIR-IGIB

44 Amanpreet

Kaur

In vitro propagation and biochemistry of

Rosa hybrida L. cv. ‘First Red’ and clonal

fidelity of microplants

2013 In house

45 Nisha Studies on in vitro propagation of

Ocimum tenuiflorum and testing of clonal

fidelity of micro plantlets

2013 In house

46 Navpreet Kaur Optimization of fermentation parameters

for bioconversion of corn to ethanol

using response surface methodology

2013 In collaboration

with IARI New

Delhi

47 Divya Sharma Isolation and characterization of plant

growth promoting rhizobacteria

2013 In house

47 Gurvinder Kaur Studies on antibacterial and anticancer

activities of black cardamom

2013 In house

48 Kamaldeep

Kaur

SNP genotyping of Reck gene in lung

cancer

2013 In house

49 Bhupinder

Singh

Studies on CpG distribution in genomes 2013 In house

50 Anterpreet Kaur Study on epitope mapping of Hemagglu-

tinin protein in H5N1 Influenza Virus

2013 In-house

51 Avni Vij An Immunoinformatics approach to

predict T and B cell epitope of NY-BR-1

breast cancer antigen

2013 In-house

52 Renu Anticancer and antibacterial activities of

cinnamon

2013 In-house

53 Ajit Mourya FOXP3 rs2294021 polymorphism

towards the susceptibility to breast

Carcinoma in North Indian Population

2013 In-house

54 Ms Divya A micropropagation system for

Carnation( Dianthus caryophyllus)- an

important ornamental plant

2013

In-house

55 Hardeep Kaur Plant regeneration via organogenesis

and somatic embryogenesis in Tylophora

indica-- an important medicinal plant

2013

In-house

56

Manveer kaur Micropropagation of Withania somniferum

through forced axillary branching and

synthetic seed production from

vegetative propagules

2013 In-house

263

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

57 Anchal Sharma Class I patatin genes from Indian potato

(Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars:

molecular cloning and partial

characterization

2013 In-house

58 Ramanpreet

Kaur

Effects of silver nitrate on growth

characteristics of micropropagated

potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plantlets

2013 In-house

59 Parika Establishment of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas

L.) germplasm and their

micropropagation

2013 In-house

60 Asha Kiran Studies on Genetic diversity of Jatropha

curcas L. genotypes by RAPD and ISSR

molecular markers

2013 In-house

61 Inderjot Arora Association of single nucleotide

polymorphism in microrna 196a2 and

146a gene towards risk for lung cancer in

north indian population

2013 In-house

62 Harinder Kaur Association of rs2073498 ala133ser gene

polymorphism with risk towards lung

cancer susceptibility in a north indian

population

2013 In-house

63 Rashmi Pal Case-control study of HER2/ neu

Ile655Val single nucleotide

polymorphism in relation towards risk

for breast cancer

2013 In-house

64 NerrItte Genetic variation in cyp1a1 gene

towards risk of occurrence of lung

carcinoma in north indian population

2013 In-house

65. Kamal Gharyial SNP genotyping of the reck gene in lung

cancer

2013 In-house

66 Ajit Mourya Susceptibility od Foxp3 rs2294021

polymorphism in relation to breast

cancer 2013

2013 In-house

67 Anjali Rani Cytotoxic potential of fungal extracts

against a549 cell line and its potential in

drug development

2013 In-house

68 Arun Kumar Isolation and characterization of

amphiphilic functional biopolymers

2013 In-house

69 Nitin Goyal Synthesis & Characterization of zeolites

from coal fly ash for purification of alpha

amylases

2013 Inter-departmental

70 Shweta Sehgal Surface assimilation of phytoestrogens

by microbial polymers

2013 In-house

71 Shivreet Sandhu Studies on depolymerase enzymes for

biofilm control

2013 In-house

264

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

72 Kamalpreet

Kaur

Formulation and Evaluation of

Metformin hydrochloride microspheres

by ionotropic gelation technique

2013 In-house

73 Nilza Screening of endophytic fungi Xylaria

for antibacterial and antifungal activity

2013 In-house

74 Kirandeep kaur

Photocatalytic oxidation of different

carbohydrates by bare and Ag-deposited

TiO2 under UV light irradiation

2014 In house

75 Geetika Gupta

Effects of Silver Nitrate and Silver

Thiosulfate on Growth Characteristics of

Micropropagated Potato (Solanum

tuberosum L.) Plantlets and Regeneration

Efficiency of the Explants

2014 In house

76 Manjeet Kaur

Class I patatin genes from Indian potato

(Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivars:

isolation and partial characterization

2014 In house

77 Shikha Khullar Various media formulations for in vitro

clonal propagation and Agrobacterium-

mediated genetic transformation of

Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.)-a promising

biodiesel crop

2014 In house

78 Khyati Rana

Preparation and characterization of

DNA-Gold nanocomposites for metal

ion detection

2014 In house

79 Shilpi Impact of flyash on plant growth

promoting activity of cyanobacteria

2014

In house

80 Manmeet Kaur Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

and its conversion to ethanol

2014 In house

81 Jyotika Effect of gluten hydrolysate on plant

growth

2014 In house

82 Kanika Characterization and fermentation of

bamboo leaf litter biomass for ethanol

production

2014 In house

83 Anuj Impact of cyanobacterial inoculation and

flyash amendment in soil on growth of

wheat

2014 In house

84 Aanchal Sharma Purification and characterization of

endoglucanase from Bacillus

licheniformis

2014 In house

85 Ms. Gurvinder

Kaur

Role of calcifying bacteria on durability

properties of carbonated cement mortar

2014 Inter departmental

86 Manpreet Kaur Isolation and characterization of metal

resistance genes by using

metatranscriptomic approach

2014 In-house

265

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

87 Ms. Amrita

Bains

Potential of extracellular polymeric

substances and biofilm produced by

bacterial; isolates in calcium carbonate

mineralization

2014 In-house

88 Mr. Yadvinder

Bhardwaj

Isolation and characterization of

epiphytic orchidaceous mycorrhizas

associated with the populations of

Rhynchostylis retusa from Kangra

valley, Himachal Pradesh

2014 In-house

89 Ms. Ekta

Tripathi

Improvement in properties of bulk and

surface concrete by using bacteria

2014 Inter departmental

90 Ms. Pritika

Singh

Anticancerous and antioxidant activity

of bioactive compounds from Dunaliella

solani

2014 In-house

91 Ms. Ishita

Nanda

Studying the interacting partners of

RNA polymerase III transcription

factors, TFIIIB and TFIIIC

2014 Collaboration with

CCMB, Hyderabad

92 Ms neha

Sharma

Genetic Polymorphism in the Phase II

(GSTM1 & GSTT1 & GSTP1)

Detoxification Genes with Risk for

Occurrence Lung Cancer and Its

Association With Clinico-pathological

Features In North Indian Population

2014 In-house

93 Ms Kushaldeep Association of Single Nucleotide

Polymorphism in microRNA 146a

and196a2, and it’s impact on lung cancer

in North Indian Population

2014 In-house In-house

94 Ms Poonam

Naik

Role of XRCC1 DNA repair gene

polymorphisms (Arg399Gln and

Arg194Trp) on

outcome of Platinum based

chemotherapy for Lung cancer in North

Indian Population

2014 In-house

95 Ms Apurva Association of Aryl Hydrocarbon

Receptor gene polymorphism with the

risk of Lung Cancer in North Indian

population

2014 In-house

96 Mr Rishi roy Association of microRNA gene 196a2

and146a polymorphism towards risk of

breast cancer.

2014 In-house

97 Gourav Dhiman Identification of Immunogenic

Peptides of Metadherin Protein

for Cancer Vaccine

2014 In-house

98 Swati Bansal Effect of Cinnamomum zeylanicum on

growth of breast cancer cells and

microbes

2014 In-house

266

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

99 Pankaj Sharma Effect of Syzygium aromaticum on the

growth of cancer cells and microbes

2014 In-house

100 Neha Kumari Identification of peptide containing T

cell epitope of hemagglutinin

protein in H5N1 influenza virus

2014 In-house

101 Japnjot Kaur

Saini

Studies on the effect of flanking bases on

the distribution of CGs in methylate

genomes

2014 In-house

102 Shivangi Comparison of CpG distribution in

methylation sensitive and methylation

resistant CpG Islands and study the

effect on methylation

2014 In-house

103 Tajeshwar Kaur Study of CpG distribution in coding and

non - coding regions of different

genomes

2014 In-house

104 Vivek Sharma Study on the cytotoxic effect of Amomum

subulatum in cancer cells

2014 In-house

105 Omika Sharma Diversity amongst wild populations of

Arides multiflorrum as revealed by

RAPD and ISSR markers

2014 In-house

106 Preeti Kalara Development of Agrobacterium

mediated genetic transformation

protocol for Populus deltoids clone L34

2014 In-house

107 Priyanka

Sharma

Evaluation of cytotoxic and apoptotic

potential of anticancer molecule

2014 In-house

108 Yadvinder

Bhardwaj

Isolation and characterization of

epiphytic Orchidaceous Mycorrhizas

associated with the populations of

Rhynchostylis retusa from Kangra

valley, Himachal Pradesh

2014 In-house

109 Nikita BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF

LIBRARY OF NATURAL AND

SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS

2014 In-house

110 Preetinder Kaur Screening endophytic fungi for

extracellular production of Asparaginase

enzyme

2014 In-house

111 Tanya Assessment of volatile organic

compounds produced by Muscodor

species for post –harvest shelf storage of

fruits and vegetables

2014 In-house

112 Jaspreet kaur Assessment of in vitro antibacterial,

antifungal and enzyme inhibitors from

Muscodor species of India

2014 In-house

113 Ambuj Sharma Screening endophytic fungi for

cellulolytic activity.

2014 In-house

267

S.

No.

Name of

Student


departmental/

collaboration with

other university

114 Pargat Singh A micropropagation system for Cissus

quadrangularis Linn. --a valuable

medicinal plant

2014 In-house

115 Nikita Asija In vitro cloning of Chrysanthemum

paludosum - an important

ornamental plant

2014 In-house

116 Kirandeep Kaur In vitro mass cloning of Dianthus

chinenensis- a horticulturally important

plant

2014 In-house

117 Sarbjot Singh In vitro cloning of Achyranthes aspera-

an important ayurvedic medicinal plant

2014 In-house

118 Kiranbir Kaur In vitro cloning of Antirrhinum majus—

an important ornamental plant

2014 In-house

29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

Faculty

S.

No

Name of Faculty Award /Recognition Year

1 MS Reddy Agnihothrudu Memorial Award by Mycological

Society of India

2014

M.S. Reddy Fellow of Biotech Research India 2014

2 Sanjai Saxena Eminent Microbiologist Award, Instituted by the

Association of Advancement of Biodiversity Science

presented at International Conference on

Biodiversity, Bioresources and Biotechnology, at The

Quorum Hotel, Mysore, Karnataka on 30-31st Jan

2014.

2013

3 Sanjai Saxena FABSc (Fellow of Association of Advancement in

Biodiversity Science)

2013

4 Sanjai Saxena Bharat Jyoti Award, instituted by Indian

International Friendship Society (IIFS), 3. on 4th May

2012 by Dr. Bhisham narain Singh, Ex-Governor

Tamil Nadu/ Assam; Dr. GVG Krishnamurthy, Ex-

Chief Election Commissioner and Maj Ved Pal,

Secretary AICC at the Constitution Club of India,

Rafi Marg, New Delhi 110001

2012

5 Sanjai Saxena Dr. M.J. Thirumalachar Merit Award for best poster

presentation at Mycological Society of India

Conference at Shi Shivaji Science College, Amravati

(MS)

2012

6 Dinesh Goyal Elected as Fellow of Association of Microbiologists of

India (FAMI) by the Association of Microbiologists of

India (AMI) on November 24, 2012 at 53rd Annual

Conference at KIIT, Bhubaneshwar

2012

268

S.

No

Name of Faculty Award /Recognition Year

7 Manju Anand Was awarded best paper award in International

conference on Biotechnology and Food Engineering

(ICBFE-2012), ’ held at Dubai

2012

8 Manju Anand Awarded ‚Shiksha Rattan Purasakar - 2012‛ from

India International Friendship Society, New Delhi

2012

9 Dinesh Goyal Awarded ‚Shiksha Rattan Puraskar in 2011‛, by

India International Friendship Society, New Delhi

2011

10 Dinesh Goyal Nominated as Vice President of Patiala Management

Association, Chapter of AIMA in 2011

2011

11 Dinesh Goyal Awarded Fellowship (FABAP) by Association of

Biotechnology and Pharmacy (ABAP) For Achieve-

ments in November, 2010.

2010

12 Dinesh Goyal Elected as the Fellow of International Congress of

Chemistry and Environment (FICCE), India in April,

2009

2009

13 Dinesh Goyal Biofertilizer Production Technology transferred to

Glow Biotech Ltd., Aligarh was awarded ‚ISBA

Entrepre-neurship Award 2008‛ in the graduate

category of Biotechnology & Life Sciences on January

31, 2009 out of 67 nominations from all over the

country

2009

14 Dr. Shekhar

Agnihotri

Best Poster presentation at International conference

on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology

(ICANN-2011), IIT-Guwahati

2011

15 Dr. Shekhar

Agnihotri

International travel award from Department of

Biotechnology (DBT) Govt. of India funding agency

2013

16 Dr Sanjai Saxena Eminent Microbiologist Award by Association of

Advancement of Biodiversity Science, Dharwad,

Karnataka

2014

Doctoral / post doctoral fellows

Ms Mahiti Gupta got Dr. M.J. Thirumalachar Merit Award for best poster

presentation at 39th Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of India along with

the National Seminar on Current Perspectives of Fungi in Healthcare and

Environment (KAVAASTHA) organized by Department of Microbiology and

Biotechnology, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore from 13-14th March 2013

Mr. Vineet Meshram, got Dr. M.J. Thirumalachar Merit Award for best poster

presentation at 38th Annual meeting of the Mycological society of India along with

National Conference on Mycodiversity with its Sustainable Exploration and

Biotechnological Applications" organized by Botany Department, Shri Shivaji Science

College, Amravati-444603, Maharashtra, India in collaboration with Department of

Botany, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University on 6-7 Feb.2012

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Students: Mr Jatin Sharma, B.Tech (Biotechnology) was selected (2014) to pursue two

years Masters programme in Food Science and Management at Catholic University,

Lille, by ROQUETTE, the multinational European Food Giant.

Mr Aditya, 3rd year (B.Tech) Biotechnology (2014) was offered 6 months internship at

IGBMC, Strasbourg, France

30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national

/international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.

Sr. No.

Date Title of Workshop/Conference/Seminar Source of Funding and Participants

1 September 9-10, 2010

Technique, operation and performance of High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

Self-Financed and attended by UG, PG, Doctoral students and by scientist and academicians

2 August. 16-21 2011

Short term training programme on “Recent Trends in Plant Biotechnology & Transgenics” sponsored by State Biotechnology Department, Government of Uttarakhand

-do-

3 February. 11-16 2013

Short term training programme on “Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Transgenic Technologies” sponsored by State Biotechnology Department, Government of Uttarakhand

-do-

4 January., 23-29 2012

Short term training programme on “Recent Trends in Plant Biotechnology & Transgenics” sponsored by State Biotechnology Department, Government of Uttarakhand,

-do-

5 November 21-22, 2011

Technique, operation and performance of High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

-do-

6 July 4-5, 2012 Technique, operation and performance of High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography

-do-

7 May 24 – June 04, 2010

Microbiological Techniques, Bioreactor, Batch Fermentation, Design & control of fermentor & Upstream & Downstream processing

-do-

8 January 03 – 14, 2011

Microbiological Techniques, Bioreactor, Batch Fermentation, Design & control of fermentor & Upstream & Downstream processing

-do-

9 June 01 – 30, 2011

Microbiological Techniques, Bioreactor, Batch Fermentation, Design & control of fermentor, Upstream & Downstream processing, Mushroom cultivation & Spirulina Production Technology

-do-

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Sr. No.

Date Title of Workshop/Conference/Seminar Source of Funding and Participants

10 May 25 – 29, 2009

Nutritional & health benefits of soy, soy based products, soy food business and demonstration of soy nuts with American Soybean Association

-do-

11 February 25, 2010

Development & optimization of soy milk, soy paneer and soy ready to serve drink

-do-

12 November 26, 2010

One day workshop on soy milk and soy paneer for students of Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala

-do-

13 March 17, 2012 One day workshop on soy milk and soy paneer for the students of Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala

-do-

14 June 8 – July 3, 2009

Business development programme in Agro-Biotechnology

-do-

15 June 7 – July 9, 2010

Summer Training Programme on Biotechnology & Entrepreneurship

-do-

16 June 6 – July 8, 2011

Summer Training Programme on Biotechnology & Entrepreneurship

-do-

17 June 4 – July 6, 2012

Summer Training Programme in Industrial Biotechnology

-do-

18 February 11-13, 2013

Fermentative production of non-alcoholic beverages and vinegar

-do-

19 April 12, 2013 Workshop on Intellectual property rights -do-

20 April 24-26, 2013

Fermentative production of non-alcoholic beverages and vinegar

-do-

21 April 26, 2013 National workshop on production of natural vinegar and naturally carbonated beverage

-do-

22 June 3– July 12, 2013

Summer Training Programme in Industrial Biotechnology

-do-

23 November 6-7, 2009

National Conférence on Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship (IME-09)

-do-

24 August 25, 2010 Workshop on Crop Biotechnology -do-

25 October 01, 2010

AIMA Workshop on Management Skills to Source Financing and Management of Technologies by SME‟s

-do-

26 March 18, 2011 Workshop on „INNOVATION-LINKING THE WORLD‟

-do-

27 March 30, 2011 Interactive Meet to Mobilize Submission of Projects from Punjab under S&T for Women & State Science & Technology Programmes of DST, GOI

-do-

28 October 31, 2013

National Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

-do-

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31 Code of ethics for research followed by the departments:

The Department of Biotechnology and its annexe laboratories such as CORE and STEP

follows ethical and safety aspects as per the Guidelines and Handbook for Institutional

Biosafety Committee issued by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and Good

Laboratory Practices (GLP) and other safety norms issued by PPCB etc. from time to time

and University guidelines with regard to containment of biohazard, field trials and safe

disposal and handling of liquid and solid wastes and medical related research respectively.

CODE OF ETHICS FOR RESEARCH

Departmental Code of Ethics for research is based on the following:

1. Respect for the Rights and Dignity of the Person 2. Competence 3. Responsibility 4. Integrity

I. Respect for the Rights and Dignity of the Person

School ensures that the faculty

1. Undertake the interests of the community in particular and the country in general.

2. Take care not to infringe, in research or service activities.

3. Share confidential information with others only with the informed consent of those

involved, or in a manner that the individuals involved cannot be identified, except as

required or justified by law.

4. Store, handle, transfer and dispose of all records, both written and unwritten (for

example, computer files, video tapes), in a way that attends to the needs for privacy and

security and which is in accordance with the law.

5. Respect the rights of research participants and others to safeguard their own dignity.

6. Respect the right of individuals to discontinue participation in research at any time, and

be responsive to non-verbal indications of a desire to discontinue if individuals have

difficulty in verbally communicating such a desire.

7. That the research will contribute to the well-being of the group.

II. Competence


1. Engaged in research is appropriately qualified.

2. Keep up to date with relevant knowledge, research methods, and techniques, through

the reading of relevant literature, peer consultation, and continuing education activities,

in order that research activities and conclusions shall benefit and not harm others.

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III. Responsibility


1. Engaged in research be aware of their professional responsibilities to institute including research participants.

2. Be sensitive to the needs, current issues, and problems of society. 3. Maintains the highest standards of integrity.

4. Be sensitive to, and knowledgeable about, individual differences and vulnerabilities to discern what will benefit and not harm persons involved in research activities.

5. Not contribute to, nor engage in, research which promotes or is intended for use in deliberate impairment of an individual's psychological integrity.

6. Act to minimize the impact of research activities on research participants‟ personality or their mental or physical integrity.

7. Screen research participants and select those not likely to be harmed, if risk or harm to some research participants is possible.

IV. Integrity


1. Promotes integrity in the undertaking of its research. 2. Conduct research in a way that is consistent with a commitment to honest, open

inquiry, and to clear communication of any research aims, sponsorship, social context, personal values, or financial interests that may affect or appear to affect the research.

3. Give publication credit to others (as appropriate) in proportion to the professional contribution that they have made.

4. Not exploit any professional relationship to further personal, political or business interests.

5. Be acutely aware of the problematic nature of dual relationships and recognize that it is not always possible to avoid them. Where it is possible, avoid such relationships; where it is not, steps should be taken to safeguard research participants‟ interests.

32 Student profile programme-wise: Name of the

Programme

(refer to question no. 4)

Applications

Received*

Selected Pass percentage

Male Female Male Female

M.Sc. Biotechnology 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

8

5

6

4

2

0

19

26

24

17

16

17

29.6

16.3

20

NA

NA

70.3

83.8

80.0

NA

NA

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Name of the

Programme

(refer to question no. 4)

Applications

Received*

Selected Pass percentage

Male Female Male Female

M.Sc. Microbiology 2011

2012

8

3

14

10

36.3

NA

63.6

NA

M.Tech. Biotechnology 2012

2013

2014

5

2

2

22

15

22

NA

NA

NA

NA

B.Tech. Biotechnology 2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

11

16

30

16

1

25

18

15

23

4

30.5

NA

NA

NA

NA

69.4

NA

NA

NA

NA

B.Tech. Bio-Chemical 2014 24 7

33. Diversity of students

Name of the % of % of students % of students % of

Programme students from other from students

(refer to question from the universities universities from

no. 4) same within the outside the other

university State State countries

M.Tech. Biotechnology 0 8 16 0

M.Sc. Biotechnology 0 10 7 0

34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defence Services examinations,

NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise.

Examinations No. of Students cleared

examination

NET 20

SET -

GATE 50

Civil Services Examination 3

Defense Services Examination -

Others (Senior Rsearch Felloships from

National Agencies)

5

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35 Student progression

36. Diversity of staff

Percentage or Number of faculty who are

graduates of the same university 0.00

from other universities within the State 8.33

from universities of other States 83.33

from universities outside the country 8.33

37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the

assessment period

-NA-

38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to

a) Library Department avails Central Library Facilities

b) Internet facilities for staff and students: Departmental Bioinformatics Laboratory

equipped with 23 latest computers with WiFi connectivity.

c) Total number of class rooms: The classrooms are centralized at university level, however

___22_ number of classrooms are allocated to the department for conducting classes.

d) Class rooms with ICT facility Yes

e) Students’ laboratories 05

f) Research laboratories 05

Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG 35%

PG to M.Phil ---

PG to Ph.D. 30%

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 60%

Employed

Campus selection

Other than campus

recruitment

50%

20%

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g) Departmental Laboratories

S.

No.

Name of the lab Available floor area

(sq.m)

1 Practical Lab 3&4

(earlier Biochemistry Lab. )

178

2 Research Lab 3 & 4

(earlier Industrial Biotechnology Lab.)

150

3 Practical Lab 1 &2

(earlier Microbiology Lab. )

150

4 Research Lab 1

( earlier Mol Bio Lab)

177

5 Environmental Sciences Lab.

( Shifted to SEE)

265

6 Research Lab 2

( earlier Food Lab)

99

7. Animal Tissue Culture Lab 51

8. Bioinformatics Lab 35

Incubator/Shaker Room

Ultra Freezer -80° C 1

BOD Incubators 8

Incubator Shaker 6 5

Bench

Top, 1

Floor,

Autoclaving Area

Autoclave 2

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Bioinfo Lab Instrument Room

/Seminar Room

Animal Tissue Culture Lab

Computer

with Wifi-24

Ultra Sonicator Air Shower

- Lyophilizer-2 Bio Safety Cabinet Class II

- Gas Chromatography

System-2

CO2 Incubator-2

- Column

Chromatography System

Deep Freezer -20° C

- UV-Vis

Spectrophotometer

Thermal Cycler

- LCD Projector Inverted Microscope

- - Refrigerator

- - Refrigerator

- - Binocular Microscope

Practical Lab 1 Practical Lab 2 Practical Lab 3 Practical Lab 4

pH Meter-2 pH Meter - 4 - -

Weighing Balance

Open Type (2)

- - -

Weighing Balance

Close Type-2

Weighing Balance

Close Type

Weighing Balance

Close Type

Weighing

Balance Close

Type

Refrigerator - Refrigerator -

Microwave - Microwave Microwave

Magnetic Stirrer (3) - - -

Vortex -2 Vortex Vortex

Deep Freezer -20° C - - -

Ultra Freezer -80° C - - -

Incubator Shaker - Incubator Shaker -

Conductivity Meter - - -

Milli Q Water

Distillation Unit

- - -

Glass Distillation

Unit

- Glass Distillation

Unit

-

Atomic Absorption

Spectrophotometer

- - -

Refrigerated Micro Refrigerated Micro Micro Centrifuge -

277

Centrifuge Centrifuge

Binocular Microscope

- 6

- Binocular

Microscope-26

-

Computer with

Printer & Scanner

- - -

- Laminar Air Flow -

Class I

Laminar Air Flow -

Class I

Laminar Air

Flow - Class I

- Autoclave - Autoclave

- Refrigerated

Centrifuge (Hitachi)

- Refrigerated

Centrifuge

- - - Centrifuge

- UV-Vis

Spectrophotometer

UV-Vis

Spectrophotometer

-

- Water Bath Water Bath Water Bath

- Hot Air oven - -

- Fume Hood - -

- Turbidity Meter - -

- - Metal Distillation

Unit

-

- Fermenter - -

- Peristaltic Pump - -

- - - Temperature

Controller

Research lab 1 Research lab 2 Research lab 3 Research lab 4

pH Meter pH Meter pH Meter -

- Weighing Balance

Open Type

- -

Weighing Balance

Close Type

Weighing Balance

Close Type

- -

Refrigerator-2 Refrigerator Refrigerator Refrigerator

Microwave - Microwave -

- - - Magnetic Stirrer

- - - Vortex

Deep Freezer -20°

C

Deep Freezer -20° C

- 2

- -

- Incubator Shaker Incubator Shaker Incubator Shaker

- - Conductivity Meter -

278


- - Millipore System -

Double Glass

Distillation Unit

- Glass Disitllation

Unit

-

Microfuge Microfuge - -

- - Epiflurescent

Microscope

-

- - Computer With

Printer & Scanner

-

Biosafety Cabinet

Class II

Laminar Air Flow -

2 - Class I

Laminar Air Flow -

Class I

Laminar Air Flow

- Class I

Autoclave - - Autoclave

Refrigerated

Centrifuge-2

- - -

UV-Vis

Spectrophotometer

- - UV-Vis

Spectrophotometer

Shaking Waterbath Water Bath - -

Hot Air Oven - - -

- - - Fermenter

- - Peristaltic Pump -

U.V

Transilluminator

-3 - U.V

Transilluminator

Thermomixer - - -

Thermal Cycler - 4 - - -

Gel

Documentation

System

- - -

Open Shaker-2

(Growth Room)

- - -

Nanodrop - -

- - - High Growth

Throughput

Analyzer

- - Orbital Shaker -

Ice Flaking

Machine

- - -

- - - Visible Light

Transilluminator

- - Density Graded Gel

Electrophoresis

-

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- - - Hybridization

Chamber

- - - Ozonizer

- - Hot Plate -

- BOD Incubator -4 - -

- - - Lyophilizer

- - - Digital Turbidity

Meter

- - - Eppendorf

Waterbath

- - - Digital Colony

Counter

- - Elisa Microplate

Reader

Temperature

Controller

- - -

39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates

S. No.

Name of Student

Doctoral/ postdoc/ RA

Research topic Year Host institution/ University OR other institutions / universities

1. Navdeep Kaur Dhami

Doctoral Calcifying bacteria mediated cementation for improvement of building materials

2014 Thapar Institute of Engineering &

Technology University

2. Gurdeep Kaur Doctoral Studies on microbial phosphate solubilization and development of inoculum formulations



3. Sanjog Garyali Doctoral Diversity of taxol producing endophytic fungi from Taxus baccata and process optimization for taxol production



4. Mahima Bansal Doctoral Evaluation and production of bacosides from selected clones of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.



5. Dhakshi Taneja

Doctoral Molecular cloning, characterization and inhibition studies on sucrose-phosphate synthase (SPS) gene functions in the Indian potato cultivars



6. Misha Bhatia Doctoral Studies on rhizospheric bacteria 2014 Thapar Institute of

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S. No.

Name of Student



of Phragmites in

constructed wetlands (Submitted)

Engineering & Technology University

7. Mopsy Dhiman Doctoral Investigations of Sensorial Properties of Indian Black Tea using Impedometric Techniques



8. Seema Doctoral Microbial transformation of starch to Lactic acid and its derivatives from potato processing industries (Submitted)



9. Jasmine Brar Doctoral Micropropagation of some edible Bamboo species and molecular characterization of regenerated plants



10. Diwakar Aggarwal

Doctoral Molecular cloning of korrigan and sucrose synthase genes and genetic transformation of Eucalyptus for cellulose enhancement



11. Mahima Bansal Doctoral Evaluation and production of bacosides from selected clones of Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst



12. Sanjog Garyali Doctoral Diversity of taxol producing endophytic fungi from Taxus baccata and process optimization for taxol production



13. Minakshi Datta Doctoral Development of Biosensor for heavy metal detection



14. Harleen Kaur Doctoral In vitro clonal propagation of

some important woody Bamboos and ascertaining their clonal fidelity



15. Anshu Bansal

Doctoral Molecular studies on the starch-granule-bound protein (R1 protein) and genetic approaches for its inhibition in the potato tubers



16. Vijay Kumari

Doctoral Molecular studies on soluble acid invertases in the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers



17. Raghavendra Aminedi

Doctoral Molecular cloning and functional characterization of patatin gene promoters from


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S. No.

Name of Student



potato cultivars University

18. Rajiv Kumar Doctoral Microalgae for metal removal from waste water



19. Harmanjit Kaur Doctoral Micropropagation of medicinal plants and extraction of secondary metabolites



20. Richu Singla Doctoral Prevalence of High Risk Bacterial Pathogens in Indian Fresh Vegetables and Novel strategies for their inactivation



21. Mukesh Kumar Doctoral Characterization of Lactobacilli isolated from indigenous fermented foods and human gut with special reference to their probiotic attributes



22. Meenakshi Malik

Doctoral Development of Metabolic and molecular insights on Limonin biotransformation by Pseudomonas putida



23. Purnima Khanna

Doctoral Diversity of pyrene degrading microbes and molecular analysis of pyrene degrading pathway



24. Honey Aggarwal

Doctoral Microbial inoculants and industrial solid wastes as soil amendments in agroforestry



25. Deepika Kumari

Doctoral Studies on the genetic diversity and nutritional properties of Cantharellaceae in Western Himalayas



26. Harpreet Kaur

Doctoral Studies on the diversity and physiological characterization of the morels of western himalayan region



27. Giridhar Babu

Doctoral Studies on rehabilitation of red mud and fly ash ponds using Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi



28. Santosh Kumar Karn

Doctoral Studies on biodegradation of some chlorophenolic compounds in secondary sludge of paper and pulp industry



29. Himani Singh Doctoral Enhancement of fertilizer value 2011 Thapar Institute of

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Name of Student



of phosphate rocks by phosphate solubilizing microbes

Engineering & Technology University

30. Santosh Pathak Doctoral Studies on microbial prospecting for exobiopolymeric flocculants



31. Indu Sharma Doctoral Chromium removal from tannery effluent by microbial biomass



32. Bella Devassey Doctoral Microbial decolourization of textile dye effluent



40 Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university.

41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology. Based on the feedback from industry new programme such as M.Sc in Microbiology was initiated in 2011. The feed back from industry and alumni also helps in revising the course curricula. Similarly the Department has planned to initiate B Tech in Biochemical Engg. from 2014 in place of BTech Biotechnology. This was done based on feedback from students, industry and faculty. 42. Does the department obtain feedback from

i. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize the feedback?

The Department has Board of Studies comprising of faculty members and experts from academia and industry from outside university. Courses are revised every two year based on latest developments in biotechnology

ii. students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the

S.No Year No. of PG

Fellowships from

university

1 2009-10 3

2 2010-11 3

3 2011-12 6

4 2012-13 24

5 2013-14 24

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department utilize the feedback?

Student response survey for each course provides accurately towards teaching-learning evaluation in that particular subject

iii. alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department utilize the feedback?

It is done as mentioned above

43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

Dr. Charu Gomber Mutreja, (Ph.D. Biotech, 2011) Senior Scientific Analyst. BioXcel Corporation, Gurgaon.

Lokesh Gambhir (M.Sc. Biotech, 2010, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology University) Pursuing Ph.D from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai in area of Radioprotection.

Neha Vaid (M.Sc. Biotech, 2008, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology University), Post Doc at Max Planck Institute of Plant Molecular Physiology, Germany.

Rupinder Sayal (M.Sc. Biotech student) did Ph.D. from Michigan State University, USA on Drosophilla genetics. He is currently a faculty in DAV University, Jalandhar

Pawan Kumar (B.Tech. Biotech student), did MBA, and currently looking after a number of privately managed academic institutions in Madhya Pradesh in the capacity of a major executive.

44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshops: /seminar) involving external experts. The following persons delivered expert talks on various frontier areas of biotechnology. Our UG/PG students were hugely benefited by these expert talks.

S No

Name of Expert and Organisation Date of Seminar

Title

1 Dr Sanjeev Ganguly, Director, Nestle Asia, Gurgaon

6.2.2012 Probiotics and Immunomodulatory of foods

2 Dr Gautam Bannerjee, Expertise Director, Unilever, Bangalore

17.8.2013 Technology Development for foods

3 Mr K. Verma, Director, Life Technologies, Delhi

23.11.2013 Novel technologies for disinfection

4 Ms Nidhi Chopra, Head, Edu France, Alliance Francaise, Chandigarh

23.6.2012 Short workshops for advanced education/research opportunities in France

5 Dr Emmanualle Martin, Head Food Science group, Catholic University, Lille, France

19.2.2013 Opportunities for higher studies in France

6 Dr Sesha Sailamvenkateshwaran, University of Edinburgh, UK

15.1.2014 Green polymer based microarrays for industrial applications

7 Dr. R. Srinivasan Principal Scientist NRC on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi Dr Anil Sirohi Principal Scientist

25.08.2010 Transgenics and Crop Improvement RNAi and its role in crop biotechnology

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Division of Nematology, IARI, New Delhi

8 Kumar A. (2013). 6th National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical & Environmental Sciences, held at Multani Mal Modi College, Patiala

13-14 November,

2013.

On the role of some lesser known factors in plant tissue culture

45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

The following teaching methods are used by the faculty for teaching of all UG and PG courses: (a) Classroom lecture using black board, (b) Use of Multimedia (c) Power point presentations, (d) Assignments (e) Summer training (f) Project dissertation (g) Seminar and its evaluation (h) Paper presentation

46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored?

The programme objectives and learning outcomes are regularly monitored by conducting seminars for the students. Secondly, through project training for 6months for B.tech, M.tech and Msc students. Thirdly, through seminars. 47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.

Pratigya Society-students teach the underprivileged and poor students in this society

Paryavaran Society In this society students are involved in creating awareness about environment. They help in planting saplings, they also help in cleanliness drives.

Farmer‟s Interaction for their confidence building in biofertilizers and biopesticides. In this activity conducted by STEP biofertilizers which are preperaed inhouse in STEP are given to farmers for their cultivation process. To make them aware about the role of using chemical based fertilizers and need to shift to biofertilizers.

48. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

Debates on various topics of contemporary issues/interests B Plan competition Art and Literary works Industrial visits Involvement of students in research activities, innovations of their

choice and guiding them to a national international platform. Motivating and following them for their endeavours to interact with their counterparts from across the globe in scientific and technological issues and effective teaching knowledge delivery systems. Real time demonstration of applicability wherever possible through short industrial visits.

49 State whether the programme/ department is accredited/graded by other agencies? If yes, give details.

Our B. Tech. Biotechnology Program is NBA-Accredited for five years since 2011.

50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge,

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basic or applied.

New Knowledge

Basic

1. Development of bacterial cultures for bioremediation of pyrene contaminated soils

and gave new metabolic pathway for its degradation by Bacillus sp. Bacillus sp. (PK-

6) MTCC 1005 showed 56.4 % utilization of pyrene (C16H10) (50 μg ml-1) in four

days with growth associated biosurfactant activity and resulted in the formation of

five new intermediates, phenanthrene (C14H10), 9,10-Diphenylphenanthrene

(C26H18), 9-Methoxyphenanthrene (C15H12O), 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-1-naphthoic acid

(C11H12O2) and 1,6,7-trimethyl-Naphthalene (C13H14).

2. Development of package of practices for utilization of flyash in agro-forestry as soil

amending agent to improve soil fertility and biomass production on degraded soils.

3. We developed strategies for isolation of a number of tuber-specific genes from potato

by facile molecular techniques for further functional characterization.

4. Development of high value functional traditional foods with specific

hypocholeasteromic activities, cognitive functions and extended preservative

activities.

5. Whole cell based bioprocess for citrus juice debitterring and development of

antimicrobial biopolymeric flocculants for treating water.

6. Identification of metal resistant genes, metallothioneins and phytochelatins, and

remediation of cracks in the building materials using microbes (microbial concrete).

Applied

1. Developed flyash based microbial inoculants and such products such as nitrofix,

phosul, BGA for paddy, Neem compost etc.for end users for validation at more than

500 acres of farmer’s field in Patiala District.

2. Developed cultures and process for organic waste recycling such as Biodegrader B

and T products.

3. Developed a biosorbent from the microbial wastes from pharma industry for the

removal of Cr from waste water (Indian Patent Granted).

4. Development of technology for the removal of Cr VI from industrial effluents by

using microbial waste biomass from pharmaceutical fermentation industry for which

an Indian patent has been granted. The process has been demonstrated at industrial

scale.

51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the

department.

Strengths 1 Strong faculty with rich teaching and research experience

2 Laboratories (CORE and STEP) with state of the art infrastructure for

research, training and inculcation of entrepreneurial activities

3 Wide coverage in the diverse field of biotechnology; Core competence in

microbiology, plant biotechnology and environmental biotechnology,

plant-microbe interactions

4 Research-based PG programmes and updating of syllabi based on

developments and market needs

5 Large number of sponsored research projects and publications in peer

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reviewed journals

Weaknesses 1 We still fail to attract bright students

2 Lack of well-trained technicians

3 Week relationships with industry

4 No dedicated research labs.

5 Placement in core biotech industry is low

Opportunities 1 The capabilities of the PG students could be properly explored for research

purposes

2 Scope of collaborative research with national and international

organisations

3 Student exchange programmes with foreign universities

4 Interdepartmental collaborative academic programs

5 New academic programmes and Govt. initiative to promote biotech sector

Challenges 1 To improve intake of students in academic programmes

2 Improving placement scenario

3 Weak governance on biosafety and bioethics

4 Growth of biotech industry and adaptation of biotech products and

processes

5 Sustain in competitive scenario

52. Future plans of the department.

1. Focus of the Department is primarily to excel both in academics and research in the

frontier areas of modern biotechnology and related fields. The core competence of the

faculty is in the areas of agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology and

further to develop competencies in bioinformatics, biochemical and food engineering as

well as medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology.

2. The Department is currently having 13 faculty and is running four academic

programmes B.Tech. in Biotechnology, M.Sc in Biotechnology, M.Sc in Microbiology and

M.Tech in Biotechnology alongwith Ph.D programme. The Department of Biotechnology

plans to start course on BTech in Biochemical Engineering from 2014 considering its

potential in current scenario. The focus of these academic programs is to provide

excellent environment and state-of-the-art infrastructure for hands on training with

industrial exposure.

3. The focus of research is in applied microbiology and biotechnology, crop improvement

and plant tissue culture, bioremediation, pollution abatement and natural products and

bioactive molecules from microbial and plant sources with the aim such that fruits of

knowledge reach the society in shortest possible time.

4. Technologies on fly ash utilization in forestry plantation, biofertiliser production, neem

insecticide production, biowaste recyling through vermi composting and microbial

decomposition, bioherbicides, clonal propagation of Jatropha, Poplar, Eucalyptus, and

micropropagation of Potato and some medicinal plants, removal of heavy metals from

waste water using biowaste from fermentation industry has been demonstrated and

transferred to industries.

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5. Another focus is on biodiversity of different fungi using molecular approaches,

identification of metal resistant genes, metallothioneins and phytochelatins,

solubilization of insoluble phosphates (rock phosphates) by phosphate solubilizing

microorganisms and remediation of cracks in the building materials using microbes

(microbial concrete).

6. We are also in the process of creating excellence in the areas of animal biotechnology,

immunotechnology, bioprocess engineering and nanobiotechnology synergising with

TIFAC-CORE and STEP in technology development and demonstration through

business incubation and promotion of entrepreneurship and new start ups from amongst

the students.

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