Dr. Rajiv Ranjan
Associate Professor
Dean, Outreach (Agriculture)
 
Education Qualification - 
B.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. (Agricultural Biotechnology), Ph.D. in Biotechnology (Institute of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, Bhubaneswar)
CONTACT
Department of Botony
Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed to be University)
Dayalbagjh, Agra 282 005(UP), India
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PhD Thesis details: Studies on some plant pararetrovirus promoters for the development of hybrid synthetic promoters with enhanced activities.

Area of Research:

  • Synthetic Biology
  • Genomics and Transcriptomics of Medicinal Plant
  • Promoter Engineering
  • Sustainable Agriculture

Awards and fellowships

  • iGEM-2017 Award by DBT to visit MIT, Boston, USA
  • Summer Research Fellowship-2014 organized by IASc-INSA-NASI
  • Young Scientist Travel Award by DST for Canada (2011)
  • CSIR fellowship (Senior Research Fellow) from 2010-2012
  • CSIR fellowship (Junior Research Fellow) from 2007-2009
  • ICAR (ARS) NET in Agricultural Biotechnology
  • CSIR- UGC (NET) Lectureship in Life Sciences
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Life Sciences
  • Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Scholarship during M. Sc. Study
  • I.C.A.R (National Talent Scholarship) during B.Sc (Agriculture) study
  • Winner of State Level Orissa Biotech Olympiad-2006

Project sanctioned/ Completed

  • UGC-BSR Start-up-grant for newly recruited faculty (6.0 Lakhs) “Evaluation of novel hybrid promoter for its stress inducibility in plants. Letter no-F-20-16(15)/2013(BSR)
  • Major project from DAE-BRNS (28.00 Lakhs) on the topic entitled “Development of heterologous stress inducible strong-hybrid synthetic promoters suitable for both monocot and dicot plants. (Letter No-37 (I)/14/40/2014-BRNS/1423
  • Biochip for removing heavy metal toxicity from Industrial Effluents by Department of Biotechnology (10 Lakhs), DBT, Govt. of India
  • Socio-economic empowerment of the in the Rajaborari estate Madhya Pradesh through scientific and technological interventions (DST-SEED, Amount 2,19,22,599) as Co-PI
  • Development of steel slag-based cost-effective eco-friendly fertilizers for sustainable agriculture and inclusive growth (Amount 78.23 Lakh, Ministry of Steel) as Co-PI

Patent Granted

  1. Title: Novel sub-genomic transcript promoter DNA fragments and a method for   obtaining sub-genomic promoter DNA fragments from figwort mosaic virus. Inventors:  Nrisingha Dey, Rajiv Ranjan, Alok Kumar and I. B. Maiti Patent No-292986, Award Date: 16/02/2018
  2. Vascular and stress inducible hybrid promoter ideal for plant derived pharmaceutical production. Inventors: Nrisingha Dey, Rajiv Ranjan, Sunita Patro and I. B. Maiti, Patent No. 334895, Award Date 17/03/2020

Patent Applied and published

  1. Title:A Novel Synthetic Promoter and its Application, Inventors: Rajiv Ranjan, Dipinte Gupta and Nrisingha Dey, Patent Application No. 0562022/DEL/2020

Publications in Peer Review Journals

  1. Chaturvedi, A., Tripathi, D., & Ranjan, R. (2025). Nano-enabled biosensors in early detection of plant diseases. Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 7, 1545792.  (IF:4.1)
  2. Mathur, S., Chaturvedi, A., & Ranjan, R. (2025). Advances in RNAi-based nanoformulations: revolutionizing crop protection and stress tolerance in agriculture. Nanoscale Advances. (IF:4.6)
  3. Prasad, M., Mathur, S., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2025). De novo transcriptome profiling revealing genes involved in piperine biosynthetic pathway in Piper longum L. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 2943. (IF:3.8)
  4. Murmu, S., Rashmi, M., Nagrale, D. T., Kour, T., Singh, M. K., Chaurasia, A. & Ranjan R, S. (2025). In-silico study of E169G and F242K double mutations in leucine-rich repeats (LRR) polygalacturonase inhibiting protein (PGIP) of Gossypium barbadense and associated defense mechanism against plant pathogens. Journal of Cotton Research, 8(1), 3. (IF: 3.1)
  5. Chaturvedi, A., Gupta, D., Mandal, B. Ranjan R. A new isolate of mungbean yellow mosaic India virus in Vigna mungo L. reported from a Dayalbagh field, Agra. Virus Genes (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-024-02099-y(IF: 1.9)
  6. Gupta, A., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2024). De Novo Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Novel Insights into Secondary Metabolite Biosynthesis in Tylophora indica (Burm. f) Merrill. bioRxiv, 2024-03.
  7. Rashmi, M., Murmu, S., Nagrale, D. T., Singh, M. K., Behera, S. K., Shankar, R., & Ranjan R. (2024). Dataset on double mutation in PGIP of Glycine max improves defense to PG of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Data in Brief, 110518. (IF: 1.0)
  8. Dipite Gupta, Pooja Saraswat, Hunny Waswani, Sunil Kumar and Rajiv Ranjan (2024). In silico Identification and Characterization of WRKY Superfamily in Capsella rubella.Research Journal of Biotechnology19(4):107-122.
  9. Raghav, N., Saraswat, P., Srivastava, J. N., & Ranjan, R. (2024). Metagenomics analysis of the water sample collected from Yamuna River of Agra city. World Journal of microbiology and biotechnology. (Impact Factor: 4.2)
  10. Singh, D., Mathur, S., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2024). Next-Generation Sequencing in Medicinal Plants: Recent Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 1-17. (IF:4.8)
  11. Anamika Gupta, Deeksha Singh, and Rajiv Ranjan. (2023). GC-MS analysis of bioactive compounds present in leaves, stem, and roots extract of Tylophora indica (Burm. fil.) Merril. Biogenesis: Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi, 11, 130-143. (IF:1.2)
  12. Tyagi, P., Prasad, M., Mathur, S., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Diosgenin Biosynthesis Investigation in Medicinal Herb (Tribulus terrestris) by Transcriptome Analysis. Gene, 147937. (IF: 3.5)
  13. Saraswat, P., Singh, S., Prasad, M., Misra, R., Rajput, V. D., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Applications of bio-based nanomaterials in environment and agriculture: A review on recent progresses. Hybrid Advances, 100097.
  14. Gupta, A., Singh, D., Prasad, M., Saraswat, P., and Ranjan, R. (2023). Sustainable utilization of Tylophora indica (Burm. f) Merrill, An endangered medicinal plant. International Journal of Botany Studies, 8(4), 25-33
  15. Mathur, S., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Genetic circuits in microbial biosensors for heavy metal detection in soil and water. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. (IF-3.31)
  16. Singh, A., Tyagi, P., Ranjan, R., Sushkova, S. N., Minkina, T., Burachevskaya, M., & Rajput, V. D. (2023). Bioremediation of Hazardous Wastes Using Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles. Processes, 11(1), 141.(IF-3.352)
  17. Tyagi, P., Singh, D., Mathur, S., Singh, A., & Ranjan, R., (2022). Upcoming progress of transcriptomics studies on plants: An overview. Front. Plant Sci. 13:1030890.  (IF- 6.6)
  18. Mathur, S., Waswani, H., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Alternative Fuels for Agriculture Sustainability: Carbon Footprint and Economic Feasibility. AgriEngineering, 4(4), 993-1015. [IF: 4.6]
  19. Mathur, S., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Remediation of heavy metal (loid) contaminated soil through green nanotechnology. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6, 932424. (IF-4.7)
  20. Tyagi, P., & Ranjan, R. (2022) Phytochemical Screening of all Active Components and Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Profiling of Diosgenin of All Parts of Tribulus terrestris and Pedalium murex. Zeichen Journal
  21. Tyagi, P., & Ranjan, R. (2021). Comparative study of the pharmacological, phytochemical and biotechnological aspects of Tribulus terrestris Linn. and Pedalium murex Linn: An overview. Acta Ecologica Sinica. (IF-1.8)
  22. Jha, Y., Dehury, B., Kumar, S.P., Chaurasia, A., Singh, U.B., Yadav, M.K., Angadi, U.B., Ranjan, R., Tripathy, M., Subramanian, R.B. and Kumar, S., (2022). Delineation of molecular interactions of plant growth-promoting bacteria induced β-1, 3-glucanases and guanosine triphosphate ligand for antifungal response in rice: a molecular dynamics approach. Molecular biology reports, 49(4), 2579-2589. (IF-2.8)
  23. Saraswat, P., & Ranjan, R. (2022). CRISPR-Cas system: A precise tool for plant genome editing. The Nucleus, 65(1), 81-98.  (IF-1.8)
  24. Gupta, D., Sharma, G., Saraswat, P., & Ranjan, R. (2021). Synthetic Biology in Plants, a Boon for Coming Decades. Molecular Biotechnology, 63(12), 1138-1154., (IF-2.6)
  25. Gupta, D., Dey, N. Leelavathi, S., Ranjan, R. (2020) Development of efficient synthetic promoters derived from pararetrovirus suitable for translational research. Planta 253:42 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-021-03565-9(Impact factor-4.3)
  26. Gupta, D., Satpati, S., Dixit, A. Ranjan, R. (2019) Fabrication of biobeads expressing heavy metal-binding protein for removal of heavy metal from wastewater. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.103,5411–542 (Impact factor-5.56)
  27. Gupta, D., and Ranjan, R. (2020) Insilico characterization of synthetic promoters designed from Mirabilis Mosaic Virus and Rice Tungro Bacilliform Virus. Virus Disease  volume 31, pages369–373(Impact factor-0.488)
  28. Gupta,A., and Ranjan, R. (2020) Grasses as an immense source of pharmacologically active medicinal properties: An overview, Proc Indian NatnSciAcad86 No. 4 December 2020 pp. 1323-1329
  29. Prasad M, Srivastava, J. N., Dantu P.K., Ranjan R (2019) Medicinal Plant of DEI Herbal Garden: A Survey, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phyochemistry. Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 06-22.
  30. Gupta, D., Ranjan, R. (2017) In Silico comparative analysis of promoter derived from Plant Pararetroviruses. Virus Disease Volume 28, Issue 4, pp 416–421 (Impact factor-0.4)
  31. Acharya, S., Ranjan, R., Pattanaik, S., Maiti, I. B., Dey, N. (2014): Efficient chimeric plant promoters derived from plant infecting viral promoter sequences. Planta Volume 239, 381-396 (Impact factor-4.3)
  32. Ranjan, R., Patro, S., Pradhan, B., Kumar, A., Maiti, I. B., Dey, N. (2012): Development and functional analysis of novel genetic promoters using DNA shuffling, hybridization and a combination thereof. PLoS ONE 7 (3): e31931. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031931 (Impact factor- 3.7)
  33. Ranjan, R., Dey, N. (2012): Development of vascular tissue and stress inducible hybrid-synthetic promoters through Dof-1 motifs rearrangement. Cell Biochem Biophys. DOI 10.1007/s12013-012-9359-9 (Impact factor-2.6)
  34. Patro, S., Kumar, D., Ranjan, R., Maiti, I. B., Dey, N. (2012): The development of efficient plant promoters for transgene expression employing plant virus promoters. Molecular Plant.doi: 10.1093/mp/sss028 (Impact factor- 12.5)
  35. Kumar, D., Patro, S., Ranjan, R., Sahoo, D. K., Maiti, I. B., Dey, N. (2011): Development of useful recombinant promoter and its expression analysis in different plant cells using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy. PLoS ONE 6(9):e24627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024627 (Impact factor- 4.4)
  36. Ranjan, R., Patro, S., Kumari, S., Kumar, D., Dey, N. (2011): Efficient chimeric promoters derived from full-length and sub-genomic transcript promoters of Figwort mosaic virus (FMV). Journal of Biotechnology.152,1-2 (Impact factor-3.2)
  37. Sahoo, D. K., *Ranjan, R., Kumar, D., Kumar, A., Sahoo, B. S., Raha, S., Maiti, I. B., Dey, N. (2009): An alternative method of promoter assessment by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Journal of Virological Methods. 161, 114-121. *Equally contributed. (Impact factor- 2.2)
  38. Ranjan, R., and Prasad, M. (2015) Confocal Microscopy: A precise biological tool. DEI Journal of Science and Engineering Research. Vol -17/No. 1& 2/ 2014-15. (ISSN: 0970-0463)
  39. Gupta, D., Ranjan, R., Saxena, S. P. (2016) Parthenium Grass: Is it curse to the society? ASJ International journal of advances in scientific research and reviews. Vol. 2(2) 29 December, 2016, Pp. 33-50 .
  40. Ranjan, R., Gupta, D. (2016) Genetic Diversity Analysis of Chick Pea Using Seed Protein Profiling. International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Research 2 (9), 1-10.
  41. Gupta, D., and Ranjan, R. (2016) Role of Bamboo in sustainable development Vol. 2(1) 29 November, 2016, Pp. 25-32.

Paper published in conference proceedings

  1. Mrinalini Prasad, Ambika Chaturvedi, Pooja Saraswat, PK Dantu,Rajiv Ranjan Genome wide in silico analysis of AP2/ERF transcription factor in Arachis duranensis (2018)., IEEE, International Conference on Bioinformatics and System Biology,182-188             
  2. Anamika Gupta, Parul Tyagi and Rajiv Ranjan (2019) In silico characterization of stress related transcription factor in Oscimum tenuiflorum L: A System Biology Approach.  Bioprospecting and Bioactive Compounds from Microbes and Plants. ISBN – 978-93-81778-71-5) pg: 90-110.
  3. Anamika Gupta and Rajiv Ranjan (2019) In silico characterization of stress related transcription factor in Artimisia annua L: A System Biology Approach.  Bioprospecting and Bioactive Compounds from Microbes and Plants. ISBN – 978-93-81778-71-5) pg: 148-166.
  4. Dipinte Gupta, Deeksha Lodhi, Nidhi Saraswat and Rajiv Ranjan (2019) In silico characterization of DREB transcription factor in some economically important plants.  Bioprospecting and Bioactive Compounds from Microbes and Plants. ISBN – 978-93-81778-71-5) pg: 1-9
  5. Kritika Yadav, Amit Kumar, Ranjan Rajiv, Akhilesh Kumar Assessment of ground water quality and contaminants: Geochemistry of Agra, National Conference on Bioprospecting and Bioactive compounds from microbes and plants, March 28-29, 2019 Pg. 193-204, ISBN: 978-93-81778-71-5

Book published

Rajiv Ranjanand Dipinte Gupta (2015) Introduction to Plant Promoter ((ISBN 978-3-659-82081-6) LAP LAMBERT Academic Publication, Omni Scriptum GmbH & Co. KG Bahnhofstraße 28, D-66111 Saarbrücken.

Book Chapter Published

  1. Singh, D., Mathur, S., Kumar, A., & Ranjan. R. (2025) Green Technologies in the Extraction of Medicinal Plant Bioactive Compounds, Taylor & Francis
  2. Vikas & Ranjan, R. (2024) The Ecosystem Approach and Environmental Justice Nexus in Natural Resource Management. Environmental Nexus for Resource Management, CRC press.
  3. Jain, R., Rohatgi, S., Singh, D., Mathur, S., & Ranjan, R. (2024) Proteomics Approaches in Medicinal Plant Research and Pharmacological Studies. In Plant Proteomics (pp. 197-225). CRC Press.
  4. Singh, D., Mathur, S., & Ranjan, R. (2024). Pattern recognition receptors as potential therapeutic targets for developing immunological engineered plants.
  5. Mathur, S., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2024). Recent advances in plant translational genomics for crop improvement. Advanvces in Protein Chemistry and structural Biology.
  6. Saraswat, P., Singh, D., Singh, A., Mathur, S., Waswani, H., & Ranjan, R. (2024). CRISPR/Cas techniques used in plant disease management. In Biocontrol Agents for Improved Agriculture (pp. 331-351). Academic Press.
  7. Mathur, S., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2024). Production of phenolic secondary metabolites by fungal endophytes: importance and implication. In Fungal Secondary Metabolites (pp. 537-556). Elsevier.
  8. Vikas, & Ranjan, R. (2023). Biofertilizers and Biofortification in Future Agriculture. In Climate-Resilient Agriculture, Vol 1: Crop Responses and Agroecological Perspectives (pp. 363-377). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  9. Rohatgi, S., Jain, R., Mathur, S., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Cross Talk of Biostimulants with Other Signaling Molecules Under Abiotic Stress. In Climate-Resilient Agriculture, Vol 2: Agro-Biotechnological Advancement for Crop Production (pp. 295-317). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  10. Saraswat, P., Chaturvedi, A., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFNs) and Transcription Activator-like Effector Nucleases (TALENs) Based Genome Editing in Enhancement of Anticancer Activity of Plants. In Plant-Derived Anticancer Drugs in the OMICS Era (pp. 281-293). Apple Academic Press.
  11. Waswani, H., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Phytohormones as Stress Mitigators in Plants. In Mineral Biofortification in Crop Plants for Ensuring Food Security (pp. 319-338). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  12. Singh, J., Soni, S. K., & Ranjan, R. (2023). China Root (Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns). Mushrooms: Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods.
  13. Singh, J., Soni, S. K., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Biochar for the Improvement of Crop Production. In Mineral Biofortification in Crop Plants for Ensuring Food Security (pp. 297-317). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
  14. Singh, D., Mathur, S. and Ranjan, R. (2023). Roles of Strigolactone in Plant Growth and Development. Strigolactones, Alkamides and Karrikins in Plants. CRC Press.
  15. Tyagi, P., Singh, A., Saraswat, P., Chaturvedi, A. and Ranjan, R. (2023). Sustainable agricultural approach to study interaction of plants and microbes. Plant-Microbe Interaction - Recent Advances in Molecular and Biochemical Approaches Agricultural Aspects of Microbiome Leading to Plant Defence. Vol 2 :331-361.
  16. Singh, S., Saraswat, P., Ranjan, R.(2023). Microbial Waste Biomass as a Resource of Renewable Energy. In: Pal, D.B. (eds) Recent Technologies for Waste to Clean Energy and its Utilization. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3784-2_4
  17. Saraswat, P., Chaturvedi, A. & Ranjan, R. (2023). CRISPR/Cas-mediated Genome editing for improvement of plant traits. OMICS analysis of plants under abiotic stress (pp. 305-320). CRC press.
  18. Singh, A., Tyagi, P., Saraswat, P.& Ranjan, R. (2023). Role of Nanoparticles in Tolerance against Different Environmental Stresses.Taylor and Francis group, CRC press.
  19. Saraswat, P.,Waswani, H.& Ranjan, R. (2023). Genome-Wide Association Studies and Next-Generation Sequencing in Plant Response to Environmental Stress. Taylor and Francis group, CRC press.
  20. Tyagi, P., Singh, A., Saraswat, P., Chaturvedi, A. and Ranjan, R.  (2023). Transposable Elements and Polyploidy in Plants. Plant Transposable Elements. Apple Academic Press.
  21. Saraswat, P., Chaturvedi, A. Singh, A., Tyagi, P., and Ranjan, R.  (2023). Genome Engineering in Plants via Transposable Elements. Plant Transposable Elements. Apple Academic Press.
  22. Gupta, A., Saraswat, P., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Molecular Mechanism and Adaptation Strategies of Plants Under Nutrient Deficiency/Toxicity Conditions. In Omics Analysis of Plants Under Abiotic Stress (pp. 153-178). Apple Academic Press.
  23. Saraswat, P., Prasad, M., Gupta, A., & Ranjan, R. (2023). Genome Editing Applications in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. In Omics Analysis of Plants Under Abiotic Stress (pp. 55-90). Apple Academic Press.
  24. Tyagi, P., Singh, A., Gupta, A., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Mechanism and function of salicylate in plant toward biotic stress tolerance. In Emerging Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture (pp. 131-164). Academic Press.
  25. Tyagi, P., Singh, A., Ranjan, R. (2022). Hazardous elements in plants: sources, effect and management. In Hazardous and Trace Materials in Soil and Plants (pp. 113-128). Academic Press.
  26. Raghav, N., Nigam, R., Mathur, S., Singh, D., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Microbial Degradation of Wastewater. In Recent Trends in Wastewater Treatment (pp. 145-170). Springer, Cham.
  27. Chaturvedi, A., Saraswat, P., Gupta, A., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2022) System Biology Approaches Used for Climate Change Resilient Crops. In Omics Analysis of Plants Under Abiotic Stress (pp. 207-239). Apple Academic Press.
  28. Chaturvedi, A., Saraswat, P., Singh, A., Tyagi, P., & Ranjan, R. (2022). 10 Biostimulants: An Alternative to Chemical Pesticides for Crop Protection. Biostimulants for Crop Production and Sustainable Agriculture, 139.
  29. Waswani, H., Gupta, A., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Role of Insect Pest Management in Agriculture Conservation. In Agrochemicals in Soil and Environment (pp. 231-250). Springer, Singapore.
  30. Singh, S., Gupta, A., Waswani, H., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Impact of pesticides on the ecosystem. In Agrochemicals in soil and environment (pp. 157-181). Springer, Singapore.
  31. Saraswat, P., Gupta, D., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Increase the Ability of Transgenic Plant Expressing the Bacterial Enzyme to Accumulate Heavy Metals. In Managing Plant Production Under Changing Environment (pp. 459-477). Springer, Singapore.
  32. Chaturvedi, A., Saraswat, P., Gupta, A., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2022). Detoxification of Sewage Sludge by Natural Attenuation and Application as a Fertilizer. In Sustainable Management and Utilization of Sewage Sludge (pp. 263-280). Springer, Cham.
  33. Saraswat, P., Yadav, K., Gupta, A., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2021). Physiological and molecular basis for remediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons. In Handbook of Bioremediation (pp. 535-550). Academic Press.
  34. Gupta, A., Saraswat, P., Yadav, K., Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2021). Physiological and molecular basis for remediation of pesticides. In Handbook of Bioremediation (pp. 551-568). Academic Press.
  35. Prasad, M., Saraswat, P., Gupta, A., & Ranjan, R. (2021). Molecular basis of plant-microbe interaction in remediating organic pollutants. In Handbook of Bioremediation (pp. 603-623). Academic Press. Elsevier (603-623)
  36. Gupta, D., Gupta, A., Yadav, K., & Ranjan, R.(2020). Molecular mechanism of plant adaptation and tolerance to cold stress. In Plant Ecophysiology and Adaptation under Climate Change: Mechanisms and Perspectives II (pp. 61-87). Springer, Singapore.
  37. Prasad, M., Gupta, A., & Ranjan, R.(2020). Nano-contaminants: Sources and Impact on Agriculture. In Contaminants in Agriculture (pp. 175-199). Springer, Cham.
  38. Prasad, M., Ranjan, R., Ali, A., Goyal, D., Yadav, A., Singh, T.B., Shrivastav, P. and Dantu, P.K.(2020). Efficient transformation of agricultural waste in India. In Contaminants in Agriculture (pp. 271-287). Springer, Cham.
  39. Prasad, M., & Ranjan, R. (2020). Brassicaceae Plants Response and Tolerance to Waterlogging and Flood. In The Plant Family Brassicaceae (pp. 311-335). Springer, Singapore.
  40. Mishra, S., Gupta, D., & Ranjan, R. (2019). Molecular approaches for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in plants. In Approaches for Enhancing Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants (pp. 405-422). CRC Press.

Other major activities at institute level

  1. Coordinator, UGC-SAP (Botany)
  2. Coordinator, B.Sc. Applied Botany Science
  3. Coordinator, B.Sc. (Agriculture)
  4. Programme Officer, N.S.S. (Science Faculty)
  5. Coordinator, Hindi DEI News (Science Faculty)
  6. Coordinator, DEI Herbal Garden
  7. IQAC Auditor

Editorial Board Member and Reviewer

Life Membership

  • Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata
  • Bamboo Society of India
  • Mangrove Society of India

PhD thesis Examiner

  • “Enhancement of aquaculture production by using engineered dietary selenium nanoparticle” from the Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT- Bhuvneshwar).
  • “Studies on effect of brick kilns from soil of Madhepura district, Bihar” from the Department of Botany, B.N. Mangal University, Madhepura.

Invited Speaker at the Conference/Workshop

  1. Delivered an invited talk at the International Conference on 8th March 2025, entitled “National E Conference on Frontier I Agricultural Veterinary and Biological Sciences, organized bythe Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences, Prayagraj, India.
  2. Delivered an invited talk at the International Conference on 06- 8th Feb 2025, entitled “International Conference on Ecosystem Functioning and Sustainability in Changing Environment”, organized byBanaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
  3. Delivered an invited talk at the International Conference on 25- 26th May 2024, entitled “Exploring Innovation in Agricultural, Biological, Chemical, Environmental, and Forensic Science”, organized by Paliwal PG College, Shikhoabaad.
  4. Delivered a lecture entitled “Shaping the future through Synthetic Biology as a resource person in the Refresher Course on Interdisciplinary Sciences organized by UGC-HRDC of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur on 07/07/2023.
  5. Delivered an invited talk in National Conference (NCDBCS-2023) on 21st March 2023 entitled Depletion of Biodiversity & Conservation Strategies, organized by Department of Zoology, Agra College, Agra
  6. Delivered an invited talk in International Conference (MAESASS-2023) on 4th June 2023 organized by Council of Research & Sustainable development at Department of Biochemistry SLS, Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra National Conference on Microbes in extreme environment: Diversity and Translational Application during October 30-31, 2015  Organized by Department of Botany & Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand.
  7. National Conference on Microbes in extreme environment: Diversity and Translational Application during October 30-31, 2015, Organized by Department of Botany & Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Uttarakhand.
  8. HCST-DBT sponsored VIGS 2016 (A Tool to study Gene Function in Plants) and National Workshop on Tools and Techniques in Biotechnology held at Hindustan College of Science & Technology, Mathura during Jan 20 to Feb.02 ,2016
  9. International Conference on Biotechnology & Health care held during October 26-27, 2017 at PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India
  10. National Workshop on “Application of Geoinformatics in Geographical and Botanical studies” held on 30th and 31st January, 2017.
  11. International Conference on Bioinformatics and System Biology at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad on October 26-28th 2018.
  12. India International Science-2018 held on Indira Gandhi Pratishtan, Lucknow from 5th -8th October 2018 organized by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.
  13. UGC-sponsored National Conference on Biodiversity: Management Issues and Conservation  Strategies on 21-22nd December 2018,Organized by Department of Zoology, Gokhale Centenary College, Ankola, Karnataka
  14. UGC-SAP Sponsored Seminar on Advances in Nano & Bioscience on March 27, 2019 organized by Department of Physics and Computer Science Integrated East-West Forum (TSC-2019) on 25-28th June 2019 at Interlaken, Switzerland organized by DEI and Center for consciousness Studies, University of Arizona

List of data submitted to NCBI

  1. Genetic data from Soil Metagenome is submitted as PRJNA1156579 bio project, with bio sample SAMN43521424, SAMN43521433, SAMN43521473 and SAMN43521499, and accession number SRR30586547, SRR30586546, SRR30586545 andSRR30586544.
  2. Genetic data from Tribulus terrestris L. is submitted as PRJNA786412 bio project, with bio sample SAMN23711892, and accession number SRR17194540.
  3. Genetic data from Pedalium murex L. is submitted as PRJNA787916 bio project, with bio sample SAMN23887315, and accession number SRR17195333.
  4. Genetic data from Tylophora indica (Burm. F) Merrill. is submitted as PRJNA782486 bio project, with bio sample SAMN23721591 and SAMN23509861, and accession number SRR17155923 and SRR17073187.
  5. Metagenomics data from Tylophora indica is submitted as PRJNA786841 bio project, with bio sampleSAMN23772538, and accession number SRR17167236.
  6. Genetic data from Piper chaba Hunt. is submitted as PRJNA1097210 bio project, with bio sample SAMN40894061, SAMN40894052 and SAMN40893896, and accession number SRR28673946, SRR28673947 and SRR28673948.

Research Guidance:

PhD students

Scholars

Title

Status of Thesis

Ms. Dipinte Gupta

Development of efficient synthetic promoters derived from plant pararetroviruses

Awarded (2021)

Ms. Parul Tyagi

Phytochemical Analysis and Gene Expression profiling of Tribulus terrestris (L.) & Pedalium murex (L.)

Awarded (2023)

Ms. Anamika Gupta

Phytochemical and Molecular Characterization of Tylophora indica (Burm.F) Merrill

Awarded (2024)

Ms. Deeksha Singh

Study of Secondary Metabolites in _Piper chaba Hunt. – A Medicinally Important Plant Species

Awarded

(2025)

Mr. Vikas

A Study on Dynamics of Agroecology of Biodiversity Park (Anupam Upavan) Established by DEI

Awarded

(2025)

Ms. Pooja Saraswat

Development of low arsenic (As) accumulating Indica rice lines using genome editing approach

Ongoing

Ms. Ayushi Singh

Development of RNAi-based nanoformulation against few viruses

Ongoing

Ms. Ambika Chaturvedi

Development of RNAi based nanoformulation against Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus on Vigna mungo (L.)

Ongoing

Ms. Shivangi Mathur

Studies on the effect of various elicitors for enhancing secondary metabolites production in Piper longum L.

Ongoing

Ms. Hunny Waswani

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of WRKY transcription factors in Avena sativa L. under different stress conditions.

Ongoing

Mr. Harshit Mangal

Yet to be decided

Ongoing

M. Phil. Students:

S. No.

Name

Topic

Submission Year

1.

Kritika Yadav

In Silicocharacterization of transcription factors inBeta vulgaris L.

2019

2.

Hunny Waswani

In Silicoidentification and characterization of WRKY super family in Capsella rubella.

2021

MSc Dissertations

S. No.

Name of Student

Topic

Submission Year

1. 

Supriya Rana

 

Genetic Diversity Analysis of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) varieties employing SDS PAGE

2014

2. 

Sonam Rathore   

 

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Abutilon Species

2015

3. 

Deeksha Lodhi

In Silicoanalysis of DREB Transcription factor Genes and Proteins in Few Plants

2016

4. 

Nidhi Saraswat

Comparative Computational analysis of Synaptotagmin gene in plants

2016

5. 

Supriya Nidhi

Survey of Medicinal Plant developed at D.E.I Herbal Garden

2016

6. 

Kusum Dixit

Identification and Molecular Characterization of a Begomovirus isolate on Mungbean plant collected from Dayalbagh Agriculture Field.

2017

7. 

Ambika Chaturvedi

In Silico identification and characterization of WRKY superfamily in Capsella rubella

2018

8. 

Pooja Saraswat

Comparative molecular analysis of olive (Olea europaea ) Cultivars using RAPD markers

2018

9. 

Nishi Tomar

Identification and characterization of viruses isolated from Black gram (Vigna mungo).

2019

10. 

Yamini Yadav

Determination of physiological parameters of Vigna mungo by using Infrared gas analyser (IRGA)

2019

11. 

Shefali

 

In silicoanalysis of stress related bZIP Transcription factors in Beta vulgaris

2020

12. 

Hunny Waswani

In SilicoAnalysis of the GRAS gene family in Cajanus cajan

2020

13. 

Shiwani Singh

In silicocharacterization of AP2 Transcription Factor family in Beta vulgaris (Beet root)

2020

14. 

Krati Rajput

In Silicoanalysis of MYB Transcription Factors in Ricinus communis

2020

15.

Parnika Jindal

In SilicoIdentification and characterization of WRKY Transcription Factor in Hordeum

vulgare(Barley)

2021

16.

Sheetal Jadaun

In silicoCharacterization of Stress – Related MYB Transcription Factors in Vitis vinifera

L.

2021

17.

Urvashi Chauhan

Effect of Moringa leaf extract on some vegetable crops

2021

18.

Mukta Singh

Comparative molecular analysis of Opuntia spp. using RAPD markers

2021

19.

Shweta Tomar

Analysis of Various Secondary Metabolites of Costus igneus

2021

20.

Apurva

Nucellar embryo rescue of Citrus limetta

2021

21.

Dipti Rajput

Effect of organic manure on growth and physiological parameters

2021

22.

Kaushal Sharma

A survey on plant biodiversity of seminar hall complex- Anupam Bagh of DEI and Digitalization of plants

2021

23.

Riya Jain

Study on the effect of abiotic elicitors on the piperine production in Piper longum L.

2022

24.

Shruti Rohtagi

Effects of Biostimulants on yield and growth parameters of Abelmoschus esculentus L.(Okra) & Capsicum annuum L. (Chili)

2022

25.

Soniya

In silicoidentification of Arsenate Reductase gene in Hordeum vulgare. L

2023

26.

Deepti Tripathi

Characterisation and development of siRNA-based therapeutics for MYMIV Dayalbagh

2024

Students Achievements

Ms. Dipinte Gupta (PhD Scholar)

Post Doc. at the University of Washington, USA

Ms. Parul Tyagi (PhD Scholar)

Assistant Professor at BBD University, Lucknow

Ms. Supriya Rana (Postgraduate Student)

Pursuing a PhD at CIMAP, Lucknow

Ms. Krati Rajput (Postgraduate Student)

Pursuing a PhD at ICGEB, New Delhi

Ms. Simran Singh (Undergraduate Student)

Pursuing a PhD at IIT Kanpur

Ms. Kritika Yadav (M. Phil. student)

PGT in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jabalpur

Ms. Supriya Nidhi (Postgraduate Student)

PGT in Govt School, Agra

Training/ Workshop attended

  1. Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-III on Microbial Diversity for Human Welfare from 9-11th April 2018 organized by Indian Institute of Technology, HauzKhas, New Delhi
  2.  Expression Profiling of RNAi Pathway Components in Nicotiana benthamiana during May-July 2014 as a Summer Research Fellow under of Prof. Indranil Dasgupta, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi jointly sponsored by IASc (Bangalore), INSA (New Delhi) and NASI (Allahabad)
  3. Molecular Analysis of Plants infected with Begomovirus during 02.06.2017- 19.06.2017 at Advanced Center of Plant Virology, Division of Plant Pathology, IARI, New Delhi
  4. Programme Officer Training for seven days NSS Training and Orientation Programme from 28th February to 05th March, 2016 at St. John’s College, Agra
  5. UGC sponsored Orientation Course during 06-04-2015 to 01.05.2015 organized by Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  6. UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Life Science & Biotechnology during 03-10-2016 to 28.10.2016 organized by Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
  7. One Week Practical Training Programme on High Pressure Liquid Chromatography from 19th to 23rd September, 2016 organized by Small & Medium Pharmaceutical Industry Centre, NIPER, Mohali (Punjab)
  8. Smart Metabolic Engineering for Plants for Drugs Biosynthesis during 16-17 March, 2018 organized by ICGEB, New Delhi
  9. Workshop on Application of Bioinformatics in Modern Molecular Biology held at ICGEB, New Delhi from 21-25 October, 2013.
  10. Indo-US CRISPR/Cas mediated genome Editing: Applications, tools and experimental design Workshop held at May 27-31, 2019 organized by Department of Genetics, South Campus, Delhi University.

Foreign Country Visited

  1. Delivered an invited talk on International Gene Conference held at Montreal, Quebec, Canada during Nov 3-4, 2011
  2. Visited MIT, Boston along with 6 students (UG and PG level) to participate Global Competition called International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM-2017) during November 9-November13, 2017 funded by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.  As a result of this competition finally our team DEI-AGRA bagged “Bronze Medal”.
  3.  Delivered an ORAL Presentation at Integrated East-West Forum (TSC-2019) on 25-28th June 2019 at Interlaken, Switzerland organized by DEI and Center for consciousness.