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PROF. (DR) MANOJ KUMAR

Professor & Head, Department of Life Sciences

Dean, School of Natural Sciences

Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India


Department of Life Sciences

Full Name
PROF. (DR) MANOJ KUMAR
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PROFESSOR, HEAD & DEAN

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manoj@cuj.ac.in
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80+
PUBLICATIONS
3
PROJECTS
15
Books and Book Chapters

Brief Profile

Prof. Manoj Kumar, currently a Professor at the Central University of Jharkhand, holds an MSc in Botany and a PhD /JRF/SRF in Plant Developmental Biology from TMBU and JNU (1996-2005). He completed prestigious postdoctoral fellowships at NIPGR, New Delhi, and the University of Pretoria, South Africa (2006-2009), focusing on plant stress physiology and tissue culture. His research includes in vitro regeneration and molecular marker-based genetic fidelity of Lychee crop. Prof. Kumar has led DBT, DRDO, and international collaborations, and actively guides PhD/postdoctoral scholars. He serves as an editor with Springer Nature, has published extensively, and contributes to academic councils, expert committees, and global research consultancy in plant biotechnology.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

  1. Ph.D/ JRF/SRF in Plant Developmental Biology (2000-2006)
  2. MSc in Botany (1996-1999)

EXPERTISE INFORMATION


Areas of Interest

Plant Developmental Biology: Plant Tissue Culture and Genetic Transformation, Plant-Microbe Interaction, secondary metabolism in medicinal plants, Feedstock-Enzyme Characterization for Bioenergy, Phytoremediation.

PROJECTS

  1. Support to establish DBT-Boost to Central University of Jharkhand Interdisciplinary Life Science Departments for Education and Research (BUILDER) Programme. Sanction No. BT/PR9028/INF/22/193/2013; Cost: 4.77 crores (USD = 637596); Funding Agency: DBT-Min. of Sci & Technology, Govt. of India; Duration: 2017-2020; Principle Investigator / Program coordinator

  2. Study of micro-fauna in the rhizosphere of Hippophaerhamnoides L. (Sea-buckthorn) growing at different altitudes of Himalaya region; Sanction No. 1.2 of INM 311/2009 Cost:9.8 lakhs (USD =13099); Funding: DRDO, Min. Of Defence, Govt. Of India; Duration: 2010- 2013; Principle Investigator

PATENTS

  1. AI-enabled biomedical device for hearing impairment checkup (Registration Number: L-113541/2022; Diary Number: 23982/2021-CO/L)

  2. Expression construct for secretion of biologically active cellulase from Bacillus aerius CUJN21 in Escherichia coli DH5a strain (provisionally accepted on 28/03/2024)

Additional roles/ responsibility

  1. DEAN, School of Natural Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi -835 222
  2. Head, Deptt. of Life Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi-835 222

PUBLICATIONS

Total Publications: 80+

A. Edited Books


1. Kumar V., Prasad R., Kumar M. (Eds.). Rhizobiont in bioremediation of hazardous waste. 2021. Springer; ISBN 978-981-16-0601-4.
2. Kumar M., Kumar V., Prasad R. (Eds.). Phyto-microbiome in stress regulation, environmental and microbial biotechnology. 2020. Springer; ISBN 978-981-15-2576-6.
3. Kumar M., Muthusamy A., Kumar V., Bhalla-Sarin N. (Eds.). In vitro plant breeding towards novel agronomic traits, Biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. 2020. Springer; ISBN 978-981-329-824-8.
4. Kumar V., Prasad R., Kumar M., Choudhary D.K. (Eds.). Microbiome in plant health and disease, challenges and opportunities. 2019. Springer; ISBN 978-981-13-8495-0.
5.Kumar M., Etesami H., Kumar V. (Eds.). Saline soil-based agriculture by halotolerant microorganisms. 2019. Sringer; ISBN 978-981-13-8335-9.
6. Kumar V., Kumar M., Prasad R. (Eds.). Microbial action on hydrocarbons; Biomedical sciences. 2018. Springer; ISBN 978-981-13-1840-5.
7.Kumar V., Kumar M., Prasad R. (Eds.). Phytobiont and ecosystem restitution; Biomedical sciences. 2018. Springer; ISBN978-981-13-1187-1.
8. Prasad R., Kumar V., Kumar M., Wang S. (Eds.). Fungal nanobionics: Principles and applications; Agriculture. 2018. Springer; ISBN 978-981-10-8666-3.
9.Choudhary D.K., Kumar M., Prasad R., Kumar V. (Eds.). In silico approach for sustainable agriculture; Life sciences-Plant sciences. 2018. Springer; ISBN 978-981-13-0347-0.
10. Kumar V., Kumar M., Sharma S., Prasad R. (Eds.). Probiotics in agroecosystem; Life Sciences-Microbiology. 2017. Springer; ISBN 978-981-10-4059-7.
11. Prasad R., Kumar V., Kumar M. (Eds.). Nanotechnology (Vol-I) - Food and environmental Paradigm; Life sciences-Agriculture. 2017. Springer; ISBN 978-981-10-4678-0.
12.Kumar V., Kumar M., Sharma S., Prasad R. (Eds.). Probiotics and plant health; Life sciences-Microbiology. 2017. Springer; ISBN 978-981-10-3473-2.
13. Prasad R., Kumar M., Kumar V. (Eds.). Nanotechnology (Vol-II) - An Agricultural Paradigm; Life sciences-Agriculture. 2017. Springer; ISBN 978-981-10-4573-8.
14. Kumar M., Kumar V., Prasad R., Varma A. (Eds.). The lychee biotechnology; Life sciences-Plant sciences. 2017. Springer; ISBN 978-981-10-3644-6.
15. Kumar M., Kumar V., Bhalla-Sarin N., Varma A. (Eds.). Lychee disease management; Life sciences-Plant sciences. 2017. Springer; ISBN 978-981-10-4247-8.

B. NCBI BIO SAMPLES DATABASE

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C. Review and Research papers

  1. Shit V., Dhakar M., Kumar M. (2025) Computational Repurposing of natural compounds from Drimia indica, an underutilized medicinal plant, for targeting Src-mediated pancreatic cancer pathways. ChemistrySelect- European Chemical Sciences Publishing; 10(25)pp.e05905 (1 - 20). https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202405905
  2. Shit V., DhakarM., Kumar M. (2023) Transcriptome-wide identification and characterization of the regulatory landscape of NAC genes in Drimia indica. Genet Resour Crop Evol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-023-01814-2
  3. Kumari S., Jorge Magdaleno S.L., Grewal R.K., Rao M.P.N., Shaikh A.R., Cavallo L., Chawla M. Kumar M. (2023) High potential for biomass-degrading CAZymes revealed by pine forest soil metagenomics, JBiomol Struct Dyn. 112. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/07391102.2023.2262600
  4. Dhaka V., Singh S., Anil A.G., Naik T.S., Garg S., Samuel J., Kumar M., Ramamurthy P.C., Singh J. (2022) Occurrence, toxicity and remediation of polyethylene terephthalate plastics. A review. Environ Chem Lett. 20: 17771800. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-021-01384-8
  5. Datta S., Ramamurthy P.C., Anand U., Singh S., Singh A., Dhanjal D.S., Dhaka V., Kumar S., Kapoor D, Nandy S., Kumar M., Koshy E.P., Dey A., Prockw J., Singh J. (2021) Wonder or evil?: Multifaceted health hazards and health benefits of Cannabis sativa and its phytochemicals. Saudi J Biol Sci. 28: 72907313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.08.036
  6. Bhadrecha P., Bala M., Kaushik V., Gaur N.A., Singh S., Singh J., Kumar M. (2021) Folate-producing rhizobacteria of Hippophae rhamnoides L. from Indian trans-Himalaya low atmospheric zone. BioCell. 45: 387394. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2021.013824
  7. Singh S., Kumar V., Gill J.P.K., Datta S., Singh S., Dhaka V., Kapoor D., Wani A.B., Dhanjal D.S., Kumar M., Harikumar S.L., Singh J. (2020) Herbicide glyphosate: Toxicity and microbial degradation. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 17: 7519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207519
  8. Singh S., Dhanjal D.S., Sonali, Thotapalli S., Kumar V., Datta S., Kumar V. Kumar M., Singh J. (2020) An insight in bacteriophage based biosensors with focus on their detection methods and recent advancements. Environ Technol Innov. 20: 101081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.101081
  9. Bhadrecha P., Bala M., Khasa Y.P., Arshi A., Singh J., Kumar M. (2020). Hippophae rhamnoides L. rhizobacteria exhibit diversified cellulase and pectinase activities. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 26: 1075 1085. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-020-00778-2
  10. Jakeer S., Varma M., Sharma J., Mattoo F., Gupta D., Singh J., Kumar M., Gaur N.A. (2020) Metagenomic analysis of the fecal microbiome of an adult elephant reveals the diversity of CAZymes related to lignocellulosic biomass degradation. Symbiosis 81: 209222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-020-00695-8
  11. Singh R.M., Paul S., Choudhary D., Kumar M., Chandra A., Kharkwal A.C., Varma A. (2018) Assessment of the osmotolerant endophytic bacteria from mustard and nagphani for their plant growth promoting activities under osmotic stress. Vegetos 31: 130134. https://doi.org/ 10.5958/2229-4473.2018.00105.
  12. .Kumar M., Sharma S., Gupta S., Kumar V. (2018) Mitigation of abiotic stresses in Lycopersicon esculentum by endophytic bacteria. Environ Sustain. 1: 7180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-018-0004-4
  13. Singh S., Dhanjal D.S., Thotapalli S., Sonali, Kumar M., Singh J. (2018) Microbial assisted remediation of heavy metals: A sustainable approach. Int J Res Anal Rev. 5: 273279
  14. Kumar A., Kumar M., Singh S., Singh S., Kataria M., Singh J. (2018) Bioremediation of heavy metal and xenobiotic compound in wastewater and soil by microbes: A review. Int J Res Anal Rev. 5: 323336.
  15. Singh S., Dhanjal D.S., Thotapalli S., Sonali, Kumar M., Singh J. (2018) Microbial assisted remediation of heavy metals: A sustainable approach. Int J Res Anal Rev. 5: 273279.
  16. Bhadrecha P., Kumar V., Kumar M. (2017) Review on medicinal plant growing under sub-optimal conditions in trans-Himalaya region at high altitude. Defence Life Sci J. 02: 3745. https://doi.org/10.14429/dlsj.2.11107
  17. Sweety, Vats S., Kumar M., Sharma S., Kumar V., Garg S.K. (2017) Mycoremediation of textile dyes: Application of novel autochthonous fungal isolates. Environment Asia 10: 147161. https://doi.org/10.14456/ea.2017.30
  18. Kumar M., Kumar V., Tuteja N., Varma A. (2016) Plant microbiome in agro-ecosystem: A sustainable approach. Int J Agric Invention 1: 232240.
  19. Kumar M., Kumar V., Varma A., Prasad R., Sharma A.K., Pal A., Arshi A., Singh J. (2016) An efficient approach towards the bioremediation of copper, cobalt and nickel contamination from environmental field samples. J Soils Sediment. 16: 2118 2127. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-016-1398-1
  20. Kumar M., Varma A., Kumar V. (2016) Review: Ecogenomics based microbial enzyme for biofuel industry. Sci Int. 4: 111. https://doi.org/10.17311/sciintl.2016.1.11
  21. Kumar D., Bisht S., Kumar V., Varma A., Kumar M. (2015) Ectopic overexpression of lectin in transgenic Brassica juncea plants exhibit resistance to fungal phytopathogen and showed alleviation to salt and drought stress. J Bioengineer Biomedical Sci. 5: 1. https:// doi.org/10.4172/2155-9538.1000147
  22. Kumar M., Kaur A., Pachoury U.C., Singh J. (2015) Growth promoting characteristics of rhizobacteria and AM fungi for biomass amelioration of Zea mays. Arch Biol Sci. 67: 877887. https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS141029047K
  23. Bilal T., Malik B., Rehman R.U., Kumar M. (2015). Influence of various parameters on cellulase and xylanase production by different strains of Trichoderma species. Austin J Anal Pharm Chem. 2: 1034.
  24. Pirzadah T., Garg S., Singh J., Vyas A., Kumar M., Gaur N., Bala M., Rehman R., Varma A., Kumar V., Kumar M. (2014) Characterization of actinomycetes and Trichoderma spp. for cellulose production utilizing crude substrates by response surface methodology. SpringerPlus 3: 622. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-622
  25. Bisht S., Sharma S., Kumar V., Kumar M., Bisht S., Nautiyal B.P. (2014) Assessment of antimicrobial efficacy of secondary metabolites of lichen species from Uttarakhand temperate Himalayas, India. J Nat Prod. 7: 168176.
  26. Vyas A., Bhardwaj P., Kumar M., Pachouri U.C., Agasthya A.S., Singh J. (2014) Biochemical characterization of plant pathogenic fungal cultures and their control through Trichoderma harzianum. Natl Acad Sci Lett. 37: 435439. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-014-0259-y
  27. Bisht S., Kumar V., Kumar M., Sharma S. (2014) Innoculant technology in Populus deltoides rhizosphere for effective bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in contaminated soils, Northern India. Emir. Food Agric. 26: 786799. https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.v26i9.18436
  28. Gupta K., Garg S., Singh J., Kumar M. (2014) Enhanced production of napthoquinone metabolite (shikonin) from cell suspension culture of Arnebia sp and its up-scaling through bioreactor. 3 Biotech 4: 263273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-013-0149-x
  29. Singh J., Kumar M., Vyas A. (2013) Healthy response from chromium survived pteridophytic plant-Ampelopteris with the interaction of mycorrhizal fungus-Glomus deserticola. Int J. Phytoremediation 16: 524535. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2013.798619
  30. Kumar M., Kaur N., Gautam K., Pathak R.K., Khasa Y.P., Gupta L.R. (2013) Reporting heavy metal resistance bacterial strains from industrially polluted sites of Northern India using fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) analysis and plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). Advance Sci Lett. 19: 33113314. https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2013.5159
  31. Kumar M., Pal A., Singh J., Garg S., Bala M., Vyas A., Khasa Y.P., Pachouri U.C. (2013) Removal of chromium from water effluent by adsorption onto Vetiveria zizanioides and Anabaena species. Natural Sci. 5: 341348. http://doi.org/10.4236/ns.2013.53047
  32. Jadon N., Devi N., Garg S., Kumar A., Khasa Y.P., Kumar M. (2012) Optimization of process parameters for the production of cellulases under solid state fermentation. J Pure Appl Microbiol 7: 653660.
  33. Kaur N., Singh J., Vyas A., Kumar M. (2012) Response of hydrogenase enzymes (ALDH and ADH) in Trapa natans under physiological stress. Adv Biosci Biotechnol. Sci Res. 3304307. http://doi.org/10.4236/abb.2012.34043
  34. Kaur G., Singh J., Arshi A., Bala M., Kumar M. (2012) Trapa natans as green drug to pathogenic Escherichia coli. Int Res J Pharm 3: 209212.
  35. Kumar M., Gupta M., Shrivastava D., Prasad M., Prasad U.S., Sarin N.B. (2006) Genetic relatedness among Indian litchi accessions by RAPD markers. Int J Agric Res. 1:390400. http://doi.org/10.3923/ijar.2006.390.400
  36. Kumar M., Prakash N.S., Prasad U.S., Sarin N.B. (2006) A novel approach of regeneration from nodal explants of mature trees of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.). J Plant Sci. 1: 240246. http://doi.org/10.3923/jps.2006.240.246
  37. Kumar M., Prakash N.S., Muthusamy A., Prasad U.S., Sarin N.B. (2004) Problems and perspective of mass scale production of litchi using in vitro cultures. Proceedings of National Seminar on Recent Advances in Production and Post Harvest Technology of Litchi for Export. BCKV, West Bengal, June 2426, 1217

C. Book Chapters

  1. Kumari, S., Shah, S., Kumar, M. (2025). Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Tool for Environmental Waste Management and Second-Generation Biofuel Production. In: Pandey, A., Suthar, S.S., T.T. Amesho, K. (eds) Solid Waste Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78420-0_5
  2. Rahul R., Sharma P., Singh A., Singh J., Kumar M. (2022). Soil enzymes and their role in soil health improvement. In: Nayak S.K., Baliyarsingh, B., Mannazzu I., Singh A., Mishra B.B. (Eds.) Advances in Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8918-5_3
  3. Jain N., Kumar, M. (2021) Advances in applied microbiology for sustainable development. In: Banuchandar (Ed.) COVID-19 and its Impact, ESN Publications, India. ISSN 978-81-947019-4-1.
    43. Teotia P., Kumar M., Kumar V. (2019) Microbial potential and biofuel production. In: Shah S., Venkatramanan V., Prasad R. (Eds.) Sustainable Green Technologies for Environmental Management, Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2772-8_12
  4. Teotia P., Kumar V., Kumar M., Prasad R., Sharma S. (2018) Probiotic microbiome: Potassium solubilization and plant productivity. In: Kumar V., Kumar M., Sharma S., Prasad R. (Eds.). Probiotics in Agroecosystem, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4059-7_24
  5. Kumar M., Teotia P., Prasad R., Varma A., Kumar V. (2017) The lychee fruit: Post harvest handling techniques. In: Kumar M., Kumar V., Prasad R., Varma A. (Eds.) The Lychee Biotechnology, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3644-6_6
  6. Javeria S., Kumar V., Sharma P., Prasad L., Kumar M., Varma A. (2017) Mycorrhizal symbiosis: Ways underlying plant-fungus interactions. In: Varma A., Prasad R., Tuteja N (Eds.) Mycorrhiza - Eco-physiology, Secondary Metabolite Nanomaterials, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57849-1_10
  7. Kumar V., Teotia P., Prasad R., Varma A., Sarin N.B., Kumar M. (2017) Regeneration from nodal explants of field-grown litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) fruit trees. In: Kumar M., Kumar V., Prasad R., Varma A. (Eds.) The Lychee Biotechnology, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3644-6_6
  8. Agnihotri A., Kumar M., Kilam D., Aneja J.K. (2017) Genomic and transcriptomic approaches for quality improvement in oilseed Brassicas. In: Zargar S.M., Rai, V. (Eds.) Plant Omics and Crop Breeding (1st ed.). Apple Academic Press, New York. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315365930
  9. Kumar M., Prasad R., Goyal P., Teotia P., Tuteja N., Varma A., Kumar V. (2016) Environmental biodegradation of Xenobiotics: Role of potential microflora. In: Hashmi, M., Kumar V., Varma A. (Eds.) Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment. Soil Biology, vol. 49. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47744-2_21
  10. Basniwal K.R., Singh N.J., Kumar M., Kumar V., Tuteja N., Varma A., Goyal P. (2017) Biotransformation of xenobiotic compounds: Microbial approach. In: Hashmi M., Kumar V., Varma A. (Eds.) Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment. Soil Biology, vol. 49. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47744-2_22
  11. Kumar V., Prasad R., Goyal P., Tuteja P., Singh J., Varma A., Kumar M. (2017) Prominences on xenobiotic degradation underneath of ecological sanitary. In: Hashmi M., Kumar V., Varma A. (Eds.) Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment. Soil Biology, vol. 49. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47744-2_24
  12. Kumar M., Shrivastava N., Teotia P., Goyal P., Varma A., Sharma S., Tuteja N., Kumar V. (2017) Omics: Tools for assessing environmental microbial diversity and composition. In: Varma A., Sharma A. (Eds.) Modern Tools and Techniques to Understand Microbes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49197-4_18
  13. Kumar V., Teotia P., Tuteja N., Prasad R., Goyal P., Varma A., Bisht S., Singh J., Kumar M. (2017) Metabolomics-mediated characterization of endophytic species in recalcitrant tree species. In: Varma A., Sharma A. (Eds.) Modern Tools and Techniques to Understand Microbes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49197-4_16
  14. Goyal P., Singh N.J., Basniwal R.K., Kumar M., Kumar V., Tuteja N., Varma A. (2017) Approaches for determining antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria: The way ahead. In: Varma A., Sharma A. (Eds.) Modern Tools and Techniques to Understand. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49197-4_13
  15. Shrivastava N., Kumar V., Kumar M., Lou B., Varma A., Kamal S. (2017) Polyphasic approaches to characterize mushroom species. In: Varma A., Sharma A. (Eds.) Modern Tools and Techniques to Understand Microbes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49197-4_6
  16. Teotia P., Kumar V., Kumar M., Shrivastava N., Varma A. (2016) Rhizosphere microbes: Potassium solubilization and crop productivity Present and future aspects. In: Meena V., Maurya B., Verma J., Meena R. (Eds.) Potassium Solubilizing Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2776-2_22
  17. Kumar V., Kumar M., Shrivastava N., Bisht S., Sharma S., Varma A. (2016) Interaction among rhizospheric microbes, soil, and plant roots: Influence on micronutrient uptake and bioavailability. In: Hakeem K.R., Akhtar M.S. (Eds.) Plant, Soil and Microbes, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29573-2_8
  18. .Kumar V., Varma A., Tuteja N., Arshi A., Kumar M. (2016) Combinations of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for initiation of systemic resistance against tree diseases: A glimpse. In: Choudhary D.K., Varma A. (Eds.) Microbial-mediated Induced Systemic Resistance in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0388-2_14
  19. Kumar M., Teotia P., Varma A., Tuteja N., Kumar V. (2016) Induced systemic resistance by rhizospheric microbes. In: Choudhary D.K. and Varma A. (Eds.) Microbial-mediated Induced Systemic Resistance in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0388-2_13
  20. Prasad R., Upadhyaya C.P., Kumar M., Bagde U.S., Twumasi P., Thangadurai D., Varma A. (2016) Evolutionary history of microbiology. In: Prasad R. (Ed.) Environmental Microbiology, IK International, New Delhi, India. ISBN 9789384588526
  21. Kumar M., Bhadrecha P., Pirzadah T.B., Malik B., Verma A., Kumar V., Prasad R., Pachouri U.C. Rehman R.U. (2015) Power reservoirs of jumble-based biomass in Asia. In: Hakeem K., Jawaid M., Y. Alothman O. (Eds.) Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Material, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13847-3_21
  22. Malik B., Pirzadah T.B., Islam S.T., Tahir I., Kumar M., Rehman R.U. (2015) Biomass pellet technology: A green approach for sustainable development. In: Hakeem K. Jawaid M., Y. Alothman O. (Eds.) Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Material. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13847-3_19
  23. Prasad R., Kumar M., Varma A. (2015) Role of PGPR in soil fertility and plant health. In: Egamberdieva D. Shrivastava S., Varma A. (Eds.) Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Medicinal Plants. Soil Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13401-7_12
  24. Pirzadah T.B., Malik B., Kumar M., Rehman R.U. (2014) Lignocellulosic biomass: As future alternative for bioethanol production. In: Hakeem K., Jawaid M., Rashid U. (Eds.) Biomass and Bioenergy: Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07578-5_8
  25. Pirzadah T.B., Malik B., Tahir I., Kumar M., Varma A., Rehman R.U. (2014) Phytoremediation: An eco-friendly green technology for pollution prevention, control and remediation. In: Hakeem K.R., Mnir M.S., ztrk A., Mermut R. (Eds.) Soil Remediation and Plants. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-799937-1.00005-X
  26. Sarin N.B., Prasad U.S., Kumar M., Jain S.M. (2009) Litchi breeding for genetic improvement. In: Jain S.M. Priyadarshan P.M. (Eds.) Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Tropical Species. Springer, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71201-7_7

Seminar/Workshop/Conference Participation

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COURSES TAUGHT

Odd semester

  1. Agricultural Biotechnology (BIO716060)-MS Life Sciences
  2. Plant Tissue Culture (BIO716120)-MS Life Sciences
  3. Plant Developmental Biology (BIO32130) -MS Life Sciences
  4. Dissertation / Project work (BIO714150) MS Life Sciences
  5. Plant System Biology (BIO611030)
  6. Research Methodology (BIO911010) PhD course work


Even Semester

  1. Applied Microbiology (BIO621030) -MS Life Sciences
  2. rDNA Technology (BIO621050) -MS Life Sciences
  3. Applied Microbiology Lab (LS131040) -MS Life SciencesCell and Molecular Biology Lab 9BIO42260) -MS Life Sciences

Collaboration

  1. UGC-DAE CSR, Kolkata Centre, Sector III, LB-8, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata - 700 106
  2. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ICGEB-DBT Advanced Bioenergy Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-67
  3. Confederation of NGOs of Rural India, New Delhi
  4. School of Engineering, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
  5. Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB), ICAR, Ranchi

Program Organised

  • National Conference (06) / International Conference (4)

    • AWARDS AND HONOURS

    1. International Postdoctoral Fellow, FABI, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2007-2009)
    2. Postdoctoral, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University-New Delhi conferred by DBT Govt of India India (2006-2007)
    3. JRF/SRF at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, NewDelhi-67 (2000-2005)

    Members

     

    Indian Society of Radiation Biology  -- Executive Board Member -- ISRB/K-29/336, Govt. of India

    Academic Council -- Member -- Central University of Jharkhand