I have worked on Nitrate Assimilatory Mechanism in Spirulina Platensis, a well known Cyanobacteria. At present I am interested in characterizing the Alkalinity Tolerance Mechanism of the Cyanobacteria Arthrospira Platensis NIES 39 and the role of Na+/H+ antiporters in imparting alkaline tolerance.
Study Oriented Projects supervised
Nishtha Pareek - 2019B1A81044P : Vertical farming, May 2021.
Anushka Jain - 2019B1PS0904P : Microbial fuel cells, May 2021.
Siddharth Goel - 2018B1A40628P: Role of cyanobacteria in low input sustainable agriculture. Dec 2020.
Ayushi Agrawal – 2016B3PS0951P and Yash Laturiya – 2016B1A40829P: Bio-based resources and value chain for future, May 2020.
2014B1A2755P - Abhinav Singh. Cyanobacteria, Osmotic stress and responses. May 2019
2015A1PS0592P - Debolina Chakrabarty. Application of nanotechnology in water treatment. December 2018
2014B1A80472P -Mihir Deshmukh. Effect of heat stress on cyanobacteria and higher plants: A comparative study on effect of high temperature stress on cyanobacteria and angiosperms.2018
ID 2015B1A80867- Vijaylaxmi Wankhede. Alkaline pH induced alterations in Arthrospira platensis NIES - 39 : A proteomics approach. 2018.
2014B1A20811- Meghani Imran Iqbal – To study the habitat features of organisms in various environmental conditions to mimic/ get insired to suggest a suitable one for human population - 2017.
2014B1A30466 – Siddhant Thakuria – Role of Nano materials in waste water treatment - 2017.
2014B1A3222P – Dhruval Rana – Effect of high temperature on Rubisco activity - 2017.
2013B1A2235 – Akshay Jhamb – Effect of high temperature stress on photosynthetic mechanism in cyanobacteria - 2016.
2014B1A2889 – Kshitiz Gupta – Evolution of communication behavior of mammals - 2016.
2014B1AB058 – Atul Jala – Evolution of Aggressive behavior in mammals - 2016.
2015A1PS517 – Satyaki Roy – Potential biotechnological strategies for the clean up of heavy metals and metalloids - 2016.
2012B1A2806 – Mayank Kumar – Suggesting the design of a green building for the Indian climatic conditions - 2016.
Dissertation/Thesis/Professional Practice I and II/Research Practice supervised
2014B1A20655P- Sanyukta Singhal - FDTS. Study of high temperature induced responses in wheat plant. May 2019.
2018H1290003P - Shreya Banerjee and 2018H1290004P - Rajeshwari Pokharkar, Research Practice. Study of Na+/H+ antiporters in Arthrospira platensis. May 2019
2017H1290020P - Gayathri. S. - Effect of NaCl stress on photosynthesis and osmolytes accumulation in Arthrospira platensis NIES 39. December 2018
2017 H1290020P - Gayathri.S - Research practice. " Analysis of various biochemical pathways upregulated under alkaline pH stress in Arthrospira platensis as obtained from the proteome profile using LC MS/MS. 2018.
2012B1A2829P - Masoom Desai - Modified Ghee Residue Protein as a Novel Biosorbent for Water Purification.- NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE - 2016.
2012B1A3817P – Geetika Garg –Study of the effect of high pH on growth of Cyanobacteria – Synechocystis Spp. PCC6803 and Arthrospira platensis NIES- 39 - 2016.
2012B1A3805P – Akshay Jadiya – Comparative study of the effect of pH on growth of Cyanobacteria Synechocystis spp. PCC6803 and Arthrospira platensis PCC7345 - 2016.
2010B1A4339P - Shilpa Sheshadri Naik - Investigating the mechanism enabling a one-wing flap in dipterans. - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 2015.
2013H129008P – Deepankar Chodhary – Isolation and characterization of zinc tolerant bacteria from Zawar Mines Udaipur - 2013.
2009H129013P – Priya Munjal – Nitrate assimilation and signaling in cyanobacteria Spirulina Platensis - 2011.
2008H129012 – Vinky Kohli – Effect of calcium inhibitors on nitrate signaling pathway and identification of differentially expressed genes in cyanobacterium Spirulina Platensis - 2009. PPII
2008H129012 – Vinky Kohli – To study the effects of nitrate signaling on primary metabolism: photosynthetic functions in Spirulina Platensis - 2008. PPI
2006H129006 – K.Krithika – Nitrate signaling and assimilation in cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis - 2008.
2005H129105 – Anjali Awasthi and 2005H129098 – Asim Bikas Das – Effect of temperature stress on expression of proteins and photosynthetic activity of Spirulina platensis - 2006.