Student’s Achievements in 2019
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- CSIR/ICAR NET-JRF Qualified : 04
- GATE Qualified : 06
- Ms. Hemansi, Ph.D. scholar was awarded prestigious Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge Research (B- ACER) award by Indo-US Forum for Science & Technology (IUSSTF)
- Ms. Hemansi (Ph.D. Scholar) awarded best oral presentation on International Symposium on Microbial Technologies in sustainable Development of Energy, Environment and Health (AMI-2019)
- Indonesian Scientist, Mr. Rusli Fridiyanto from Indonesian Institute of Sciences, was selected for prestigious ASEAN fellowship at Department of Microbiology, CUH, Mahendergarh for a period of 5 months (July-Nov, 2019)
Events organized in past year in 2019
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Extension lecture on “Biology of Cyanobacteria” addressed by Dr. Radha Prasanna, Principal Scientist, Division of Microbiology, ICAR- IARI, New Delhi on 26th April, 2019
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Mini-symposium on ‘Recent Developments in Microbiology’ lectures by Prof. Rup Lal, Prof. J.S Virdi and Prof. Prince Sharma on 29th July, 2019
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Organized 5 days GIAN (Global Initiative for Academic Network) program entitled ‘Integrated lignocellulosic biorefinery for sustainable development’ sponsored by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Prof. Yinbo Qu from Shandong University, China as resource person
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Organised International Symposium on Microbial Technologies in sustainable Development of Energy, Environment and Health (Association of Microbiologists of India 2019)
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Sponsored Research Grants
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Title
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Funding Agency
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Duration
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Total Amount Sanctioned
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Year of grant
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1
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Improving thermal and inhibitor stress tolerance in yeast for cost-effective second generation bioethanol production: An adaptive evolution based approach
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DST-SERB
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3 years
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50.60 lacs
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2017
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2
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Identification and cloning of siderophore biosynthetic gene cluster from Vibrio alginolyticus and heterologous expression of siderophore in E. coli for further characterization and utilization
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DST-SERB
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3 years
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45 lacs
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2017
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3
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Identification and functional characterization of G4 DNA in Helicobacter pylori: a novel therapeutic target
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DST-SERB
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3 years
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40 lacs
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2017
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4
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Isolation and characterization of bacterial strains inhibiting phytopathogenic fungi Bipolaris oryzae and Bipolaris sorokiniana for development as biocontrol agent
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UGC
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2 years
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10 lacs
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2017
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5
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Transcriptional regulation of ICAM-1 gene expression in human monocyte and macrophage cells
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DST-SERB
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3 years
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48 lacs
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2018
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6
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Diveristy of white rot fungal laccase from north-east India
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DBT
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3 years
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32.1 lacs
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2019
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7
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Waste to wealth: development of technology to utilize dietary fibers from fruit wastes in the form of nutraceutical products
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DST-FICCI
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5 months
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2.75 lacs
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2019
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8
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Dietary fibers from underutilized crops and agrowastes for application in food and feed
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AISTDF
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2 years
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30 lacs
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2020
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9
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Development of probiotic fermented foods for the prevention of childhood diarrhea against Indian diarrheal pathotypes
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Pronat SC, Spain
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3 years
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37 lacs
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2020
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Departmental Publications
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Total publications: 59
Publications in 2019: 7
Recent Publications
Poria, V., Saini, J.K., Singh, S., Nain, L. and Kuhad, R.C., 2020. Arabinofuranosidases: Characteristics, microbial production, and potential in waste valorization and industrial applications. Bioresource Technology, p.123019.
Chauhan, R., Bansal, S., Azmi, W. and Goel, G., 2020. Increased thermal tolerance in Cronobacter sakazakii strains in reconstituted milk powder due to cross protection by physiological stresses. Journal of Food Safety, p.e12810.
Singh, N., Kaur, R., Singh, B.P., Rokana, N., Goel, G., Puniya, A.K. and Panwar, H., 2020. Impairment of Cronobacter sakazakii and Listeria monocytogenes biofilms by cell-free preparations of lactobacilli of goat milk origin. Folia Microbiologica, 65(1), pp.185-196.
Abiraami, T.V., Singh, S. and Nain, L., Soil metaproteomics as a tool for monitoring functional microbial communities: promises and challenges. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, pp.1-30.
Nayak, S.L., Sethi, S., Sharma, R.R., Sharma, R.M., Singh, S. and Singh, D., 2020. Aqueous ozone controls decay and maintains quality attributes of strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa Duch.). Journal of Food Science and Technology, 57(1), pp.319-326.
Sagia, S., Sharma, A., Singh, S., Chaturvedi, S., Nain, P.K.S. and Nain, L., 2020. Single cell oil production by a novel yeast Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans for complete and ecofriendly valorization of paddy straw. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 44, pp.60-68.
Rajawat, M.V.S., Singh, R., Singh, D., Yadav, A.N., Singh, S., Kumar, M. and Saxena, A.K., 2020. Spatial distribution and identification of bacteria in stressed environments capable to weather potassium aluminosilicate mineral. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, pp.1-14.
Narwal, E., Choudhary, J., Singh, S., Nain, L., Kumar, S., Dotaniya, M.L., Panwar, A.S., Mishra, R.P., Ghasal, P.C., Meena, L.K. and Kumar, A., 2020. Microbial Biofuels: Renewable Source of Energy. Frontiers in Soil and Environmental Microbiology, pp.181-192.
National and International R&D Collaborations
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- Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
- Shangdong University, China
- National Agri- Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali
- National Dairy Research Institute (ICAR), Karnal
- Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR), New Delhi
- Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Research Institute of Food Science (CIAL), Spain