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Dr. Ashutosh Kumar

Assistant Professor
Date of Birth :  
Contact Numbers : 9-6-5-0-7-8-7-5-0-8
E-mails : ashutoshkumar[at]tripurauniv.ac.in
Qualifications : Postdoctoral Fellow (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and TIFR-National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore), Ph.D. Biotechnology (University of Hyderabad) , M.Sc. Biotechnology (University of Hyderabad)
Topics Taught : Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics, Microbial Biofilms, Biological Methods, Microbial adaptation, Biophysics and Instrumentation, Microbial physiology and metabolism
 

Area of Research

To understand the adaptation mechanisms of various extremophilic proteins to explore their basic biology, use in industries,  bioremediation and health care.

Also involve in the study of different virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria.

Career Profile

Dr. Kumar has specialization in the field of cell and molecular biology, microbial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. He has made significant contributions to the study of virulence mechanisms and strategies of survival, adaptation and persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis can exist in an active form or in a dormant state in lungs after forming granuloma where it can prolong its persistence. To survive under such unfavorable conditions of high nitric oxide, low oxygen and absence of nutrients in the granulomas, M. tuberculosis might have evolved a machinery wherein it decreases growth rate to conserve its cellular resources. Bacteria may regulate their growth for adaptation to stress/dormancy at the level of replication, transcription or/and translation. In every organism, ribosomes play important roles in translation of the genetic information into functional proteins. Much of the cellular energy is directed at ribosome and protein synthesis. The Rv0079 encoded mycobacterial protein is involved with the regulation of translation through its interaction with bacterial ribosomal subunits. The protein appears to arrest protein synthesis as evident from in-silico docking simulation followed by in vitro translation experiments and growth curve analysis involving recombinant E. coli expressing Rv0079. Bacille Calmette Gue´rin (BCG) overexpressing Rv0079 induces secretion of proinflammatory cytokine (IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL- 1β and IL-8) upon infection of macrophages and PBMCs. In-silico analyses pointed to an interaction of Rv0079 with TLR2 and this was confirmed by the observed interaction of recombinant Rv0079 with TLR2 expressedby HEK293 cells. In summary, the interaction with ribosomes are very supportive of the predicted role of Rv0079 protein in translation regulation and the immune functions point to the role of this protein in the maintenance of latency.

Disease relapse occurs due to incomplete clearance of the pathogen and reactivation of the antibiotic tolerant bacilli. M.tb, like other bacterial pathogens, creates an ecosystem of biofilm formed by several proteins including the cyclophilins. Dr. Kumar was involved in identification of an enzyme, PpiB, from M. tuberculosis that promoted biofilm formation and tolerance to anti-mycobacterial drugs. PpiB interacts with several drugs that are currently used to treat diabetes, immunological diseases and cancer. These drugs destabilise M. tuberculosis biofilms in culture and enhanced the potency of two current anti-tuberculosis antibiotics. Comparison of the drugs binding sites in PpiB homologues of other biofilm forming infectious pathogens revealed that these have largely remained unaltered across bacterial species. Targeting bacterial biofilms could be a generic strategy for intervention against bacterial pathogens.

Presently, he works in the area of research such as bacterial adaptation mechanisms to stress conditions, drug tolerance/resistance mechanisms, drug repurposing, host pathways modulation by intracellular pathogens and overlapping host pathways modulated in lysosomal disorders and microbial infections.

Five Best Publications

  1. Kumar A, Alam A, Grover S, Pandey S, Tripathi D, Kumari M, Rani M, Singh A, Akhter Y, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. (2019) Peptidyl-prolyl isomerase-B is involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilm formation and a generic target for drug repurposing-based intervention. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. (Impact Factor = 9.2) Dowload PDF
  2. Kumar A, Alam A, Tripathi D, Rani M, Khatoon H, Pandey S, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. (2018) Protein adaptations in extremophiles: An insight into extremophilic connection of mycobacterial proteome. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2018 Jan 16. pii: S1084-9521(17)30144-1. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2018.01.003. (Impact Factor: 7.3)
  3. Kumar A, Alam A, Rani M, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. (2017) Biofilms: survival and defense strategy for pathogens. Int J Med Microbiol. 2017, 307 (8):481-9. (Impact Factor: 4.1)
  4. Kumar A, Lewin A, Rani PS, Qureshi IA, Devi S, Majid M, Kamal E, Marek S, Hasnain SE, Ahmed N.: Dormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis interacts with TLR2 and induces proinflammatory cytokine expression. Cytokine. 2013 Oct;64(1):258-64. (Impact Factor: 3.8)
  5. Kumar A, Majid M, Kunisch R, Rani PS, Qureshi IA, Lewin A, Hasnain SE, Ahmed N: Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR Regulon Gene Rv0079 Encodes a Putative, ‘Dormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN)’. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38709. (Impact Factor: 3.7)

Publications

Google scholar profile

Citation: 957     h-index: 12    i10-index: 13

Total Impact Factor = 79.3

2023

  1. Sengupta, A., Das, K., Jha, N., Akhter, Y., and Kumar, A., 2023. Molecular evolution steered structural adaptations in the DNA Polymerase III α subunit of halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber. Extremophiles. (Impact Factor: 2.9)
  2. Sarma, J., Sengupta, A., Laskar, M.K., Sengupta, S., Tenguria, S. and Kumar, A., 2023. Microbial adaptations in extreme environmental conditions. In Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment (pp. 193-206). Academic Press.
  3.  Rakshit, R., Bahl, A., Kumar, A., Tripathi, D. and Pandey, S., 2023. Biofilm: a coordinated response of bacteria against stresses. In Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment (pp. 149-162). Academic Press.
  4. Sengupta, S., Sengupta, A., Hussain, A., Sarma, J., Banerjee, A., Pandey, S., Tripathi, D., Peddireddy, V. and Kumar, A., 2023. Modulation of host pathways by Mycobacterium tuberculosis for survival. In Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment (pp. 15-33). Academic Press.
  5. Banerjee, A., Sengupta, S., Nandanwar, N., Pandey, M., Tripathi, D., Pandey, S., Kumar, A. and Peddireddy, V., 2023. Mycobacterium tuberculosis adaptation to host environment. In Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment (pp. 1-14). Academic Press.
  6. Pati, S., Banerjee, S., Sengupta, A., Sarma, J., Shaheen, S., Tenguria, S. and Kumar, A., 2023. Adaptation strategies of thermophilic microbes. In Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment (pp. 231-249). Academic Press.
  7. Ghosh, S., Banerjee, S., Sengupta, A., Peddireddy, V., Mamillapalli, A., Banerjee, A., Sharma, B.K. and Kumar, A., 2023. Survival and adaptation strategies of microorganisms in the extreme radiation. In Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment (pp. 219-229). Academic Press.
  8. Banerjee, S., Pati, S., Sengupta, A., Shaheen, S., Sarma, J., Sulakshana, P.M., Tenguria, S. and Kumar, A., 2023. Adaptation strategies of piezophilic microbes. In Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment (pp. 207-218). Academic Press.
  9.  Bacterial Survival in the Hostile Environment , Editors: Ashutosh Kumar, Shivendra Tenguria, Book: Academic Press/Elsevier, ISBN: 9780323918060 

2022

  1. Bhattacharjee, A., Khadgawat, P., Suresh, A., Thomas, J., Brahmandam, G., Singh, P. and Kumar, A., 2022. Microbial biofilms for waste treatment and sustainable development. In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes (pp. 451-465). Elsevier.
  2. Bhattacharjee, A., Sengupta, A., Basu, S., Singh, P. and Kumar, A., 2022. Role of halophiles in xenobiotic bioremediation. In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes (pp. 45-60). Elsevier.
  3. Somok Banerjee, Swatilekha Pati, Mary Sulakshana Palla, Aveepsa Sengupta, Ashutosh Kumar. 2022. Microbes and Microbial Enzymes in the Microbial Remediation of Azo Dyes with Prokaryotes. CRC Press
  4. Das, K., Chetri, S., Khadgawat, P., Minocha, S., Sengupta, A., Sharma, B.K. and Kumar, A., 2022. An ecofriendly approach toward waste management and environmental safety through microorganisms. In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes (pp. 401-417). Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85657-7.00021-3 (Book Chapter).
  5. Basu, S., Banerjee, P., Banerjee, S., Ghosh, B., Bhattacharjee, A., Roy, D., Singh, P. and Kumar, A., 2022. Bioremediation strategies to overcome heavy metals and radionuclides from the environment. In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes (pp. 287-302). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85657-7.00010-9 (Book Chapter).
  6. Rani, M., Bhattacharjee, A., Singh, P., Basu, S., Das, K., Goswami, K., Pandey, S., Tripathi, D. and Kumar, A.,. Antimicrobial activities of different nanoparticles concerning to wastewater treatment. In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes (pp. 501-514). Elsevier. (Book Chapter).
  7. Rani, M., Paul, B., Bhattacharjee, A., Das, K., Singh, P., Basu, S., Pandey, S., Tripathi, D. and Kumar, A.,. Detection and removal of pathogenic bacteria from wastewater using various nanoparticles. In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes (pp. 311-322). Elsevier.(Book Chapter).

2021

  1. Pati S, Banerjee S,  Kumar A (2021) Different Approaches for Bioremediation of Harmful Pollutants In book: An Innovative Approach of Advanced Oxidation Processes in Wastewater Treatment, Publisher: Nova Science Publisher, ISBN: 978-1-68507-235-3 (book Chapter)
  2. Borthakur, D., Rani, M., Das, K., Shah, M.P., Sharma, B.K. and Kumar, A., 2021. Bioremediation: an alternative approach for detoxification of polymers from the contaminated environment. Letters in Applied Microbiology.(Impact Factor: 2.4)
  3. Minocha, S., Khadgawat, P., Bhattacharjee, A., Kumar, A., Tripathi, T., Pandey, S. and Tripathi, D., 2021. Role of Microbial Nanotechnology in Diagnostics. In Microbial Nanotechnology: Green Synthesis and Applications (pp. 237-274). Springer. (Book Chapter).
  4. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri, Basant Kumar Agarwala, Sunil K Sett, Priyasankar Chaudhuri, Piyali Paul, Gourav Bhattacharjee, Sumona Deb, Sukanya Chowdhury, Purnasree Devi, Sinchini Barman, Mandakini Gogoi, Tethi Biswas, Purabi Baidya, Abhispa Bora, Amrita Chakraborty, Chaitali Chanda, Saurav Saha, Ajoy Modak, Gautam Das, Priya Sarkar, Ronald Jamatia, Amitava Mukherjee, Ashutosh Kumar, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, Mathumal Sudarshan, Rajib Nath, Leena Mishra, Indranil Mukherjee, Gautam Bose, Amarpreet Singh, Ranjan Kumar Naik. 2021. Self-sustained ramie cultivation: an alternative livelihood option. In the book Bioresource Utilization in Therapeutics, Biofuel, Agriculture and Environmental Protection, book edited by Thatoi, Das and Mahapatra. Apple Academic Press (AAP), Inc., Canada, a Taylor & Francis group. (Book Chapter).
  5. Pranami Bharadwaj, Deeksha Tripathi, Saurabh Pandey, Sharmistha Tapadar, Arunima Bhattacharjee, Dimpal Das, Espita Palwan, Mamta Rani and Ashutosh Kumar (2021) Molecular biology techniques for the detection of contaminants in wastewater, in the book entitled “Wastewater Treatment: Cutting Edge Molecular Tools, Techniques and Applied Aspects" by Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128218815 (Book Chapter).
  6. Sharmistha Tapadar, Deeksha Tripathi, Saurabh Pandey, Khyati Goswami, Arunima Bhattacharjee, Kunwali Das, Espita Palwan, Mamta Rani, and Ashutosh Kumar: Role of Extremophiles and Extremophilic Proteins in Industrial Waste Treatment, in the book entitled " Removal of Emerging Contaminants through Microbial Processes " Springer Nature, ISBN 978-981-15-5900-6, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5901-3_11 (Book Chapter)

2019

  1. Alam A, Kumar A, Tripathi  P, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE (2019) Biofilms: A Phenotypic Mechanism  of Bacteria Conferring Tolerance Against  Stress and Antibiotics  in the book entitled "Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Molecular Infection Biology, Pathogenesis, Diagnostics and New Interventions" Springer Nature, ISBN 978-981-329-413-4 (Book Chapter)
  2. Kumar A, Alam A, Bharadwaj P, Tapadar S, Rani M, Hasnain SE (2019) Toxin-Antitoxin (TA) Systems in Stress Survival and Pathogenesis in the book entitled "Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Molecular Infection Biology, Pathogenesis, Diagnostics and New Interventions" Springer Nature, ISBN 978-981-329-413-4 (Book Chapter)
  3. Kumar A, Alam A, Grover S, Pandey S, Tripathi D, Kumari M, Rani M, Singh A, Akhter Y, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. (2019) Peptidyl-prolyl isomerase-B is involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilm formation and a generic target for drug repurposing-based intervention. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. (Impact Factor = 9.2)

2018

  1. Azam M, Jan AT, Kumar A, Siddiqui K, Mondal AH, Haq QMR. Study of pandrug and heavy metal resistance among E. coli from anthropogenically influenced Delhi stretch of river Yamuna. Braz J Microbiol. 2018 Feb 12. pii: S1517-8382(16)30975-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2017.11.001.(Impact Factor =2.2)
  2. Alam A, Kumar A, Kohli S, Singh Y, Sharma K, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE (2018) “Functional Characterization of Mycobacterial Protein PE18/Rv1788 and its ortholog MIP_03868: A comparative study” in Molecular Medicine: Bench to Benchside; Indian Society for the study of Reproduction and Fertility, ISBN: 978-81-936756-0-1,  2018;107-116 (Book Chapter)
  3. Kumar A, Alam A, Tripathi D, Rani M, Khatoon H, Pandey S, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. (2018) Protein adaptations in extremophiles: An insight into extremophilic connection of mycobacterial proteome. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2018 Jan 16. pii: S1084-9521(17)30144-1. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2018.01.003. (Impact Factor: 7.3)

2017

  1. Kumar A, Alam A, Rani M, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. (2017) Biofilms: survival and defense strategy for pathogens. Int J Med Microbiol. 2017, 307 (8):481-9. (Impact Factor: 4.1)
  2. Kumar A, Rani M, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE (2017) Commentary:Modification of host responses by Mycobacteria. Front. Immunol. 8:466. (Impact Factor: 7.3)
  3. Pandey S, Tripathi D, Khubaib M, Kumar A, Sheikh JA, Sumanlatha G, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE (2017) Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerases Are Immunogenic, Alter Cytokine Profile and Aid in Intracellular Survival. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 7:38. (Impact Factor: 5.7)

2016

  1. Subramaniam M, Lionel LA In, Kumar A, Ahmed N, Nagoor NH: Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of heat killed Mycobacterium indicus pranii (MIP) on various human cancer cell lines. Scientific Reports. 2016 Jan 28;6:19833. (Impact Factor: 4.6)
  2. Pandey S, Sharma A, Tripathi D, Kumar A, Khubaib M, Bhuwan M, Chaudhuri TK, Hasnain SE, Ehtesham NZ: Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptidyl-prolyl isomerases also exhibit chaperone like activity in-vitro and in-vivo. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 16;11(3):e0150288. (Impact Factor: 3.7)

2014

  1. Rani PS, Doddam SN, Agrawal S, Hasnain SE, Sechi LA, Kumar A, Ahmed N: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is not discerned in diabetes mellitus patients in Hyderabad, India. Int J Med Microbiol. 2014 Jul;304(5-6):620-5. (Impact Factor: 4.1)
  2. Ansari SA, Devi S, Tenguria S, Kumar A, Ahmed N: Helicobacter pylori protein HP0986 (TieA) interacts with mouse TNFR1 and triggers proin flammatory andproapoptotic signaling pathways in cultured macrophage cells (RAW 264.7). Cytokine. 2014 Aug;68(2):110-7. (Impact Factor: 3.8)
  3. Majid M, Kumar N, Qureshi A, Yerra P, Kumar A, Kumar MK, Tiruvayipati S, Baddam R, Shaik S, Srikantam A, Ahmed N: Genomes of Two Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Odisha, India. Genome Announc. 2014 Mar 20;2(2).

2013

  1. Kumar A, Lewin A, Rani PS, Qureshi IA, Devi S, Majid M, Kamal E, Marek S, Hasnain SE, Ahmed N.: Dormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis interacts with TLR2 and induces proinflammatory cytokine expression. Cytokine. 2013 Oct;64(1):258-64. (Impact Factor: 3.8)
  2. Rani PS, Babajan B, Tulsian NK, Begum M, Kumar A, Ahmed N: Mycobacterial Hsp65 potentially cross react with autoantibodies of diabetic sera and also induces (in vitro) cytokine responses relevant to diabetes mellitus. Mol Biosyst. 2013 Nov;9(11):2932-41. (Impact Factor: 2.9)

2012

  1. Kumar A, Majid M, Kunisch R, Rani PS, Qureshi IA, Lewin A, Hasnain SE, Ahmed N: Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR Regulon Gene Rv0079 Encodes a Putative, ‘Dormancy Associated Translation Inhibitor (DATIN)’. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38709. (Impact Factor: 3.7)
  2. Khattak FA, Kumar A, Kamal E, Kunisch R, Lewin A: Illegitimate recombination: An efficient method for random mutagenesis in Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis. BMC Microbiol. 2012 Sep 11;12:204. (Impact Factor: 4.2)

2011

  1. Thomas SK, Iravatham CC, Moni BH, Kumar A, Archana BV, Majid M, Priyadarshini Y, Rani PS, Valluri V, Hasnain SE, Ahmed N: Modern and Ancestral Genotypes of Mycobacetrium tuberculosis from Andhra Pradesh, India. PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27584. (Impact Factor: 3.7)
  2. Jadhav S, Hussain A, Devi S, Kumar A, Parveen S, Gandham N, Wieler LH, Ewers C, Ahmed N: Virulence Characteristics and Genetic Affinities of Multiple Drug Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli from Semi Urban Locality in India. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 25;6(3):e18063. (Impact Factor: 3.7)

List of patents

Title: “A Medicament For The Treatment Of Diseases By Biofilm Forming Microorganisms”,  Pub No: WO/2018/193477, Application No: PCT/IN2018/050238, Publication date: 25.10.2018, International Filing Date: 20.04.2018.

Grant Received:

2019: UGC Startup grant -08 Lakh

Vacancies

Vacancies are available in the lab for hosting PhD students through TU RET Exam/JRF/NET and postdoctoral fellows/research associates who are having their own fellowships. Applicants may send: Proposal for Post doc/RA and complete CV to ashu.mtb[at]gmail.com

PhD Students

  1. Aveepsa Sengupta
  2. Kunwali Das

Msc Project Students (2023-24)

  1. Halok Debbarma
  2. Bharat Bhushan
  3. Nandita Das
  4. Tanushree Debnath
  5. Supriya Das
  6. Anisha Debnath
  7. Andrew Debbarma
  8. Arghaparna Roy

Seminar/Conference/Workshop/Refresher/Orientations etc. Participated

 

  1. Refresher Course on Life Sciences organized by the Human Resource Development Centre, University of Hyderabad from 13-25 September, 2021.

  2. Attended Online Coursera Conference 2021: Building a More Just World Together from April 19-21, 2021. The agenda of conference were to teach: How higher education, business, and government institutions are bridging the skill gap, How to leverage the power of the Coursera platform to integrate online learning and improve student employability, How to prepare students and citizens for the economy of tomorrow.

  3. Completed Online Training Programme on the theme Teaching Effectively organized by CALEM, at the UGC HRDC, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh from 16 February 2021 to 22 February 2021

  4. Participated in the four week orientation course organized by HRDC, JNU New Delhi during February 04, 2019 to March 01, 2019
  5. EMBO Laboratory Management Course: The art of leadership-fewer conflict, more results, March 19-22, 2018, New Delhi 
  6. International Congress of Cell Biology 2018, The Dynamic Cell from Molecule and Networks to Form and Function, during January 27-31, 2018  
  7. TWAS-ROCASA Young Scientists Conference on the topic "Infectious Diseases: Biology to Intervention Strategies" September 07-09, 2017 at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
  8. 56th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, December 07-10, 2015, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Oral talk
  9. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Society of Biological Chemists (India) and International Conference on Genomes: Mechanism of Function, December 02-05, 2013, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
  10. BioWorld 2013: Computational Biology in Disease and Disorder, December 09-11, 2013, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  11. ZIBI Summer Symposium 2012 on Global Challenges of chronic tropical infections, June 18-19, 2012, ZIBI Graduate School Berlin, Germany, Poster presentation
  12. Indo-German Symposium on System Biology, November 27-29, 2012, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Poster presentation
  13. BioWorld 2012: Proteins in Disease and Disorder, December 08-10, 2012, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Poster presentation
  14. XXXIII All India Cell Biology Conference & International Workshop on Cell Cycle Regulation, December 10-13, 2009, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Other Academic Achievements

  1. 2018: Oral talk in the International Congress of Cell Biology (ICCB), organised by CSIR-Cntre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India.
  2. 2015: Selected for presenting my research work for Young scientist Award at the 56th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India
  3. 2014: Invited to the DFG on-site evaluation meeting of the Indo-German Research Training Group on “Functional Molecular Infection Epidemiology” (IRTG 1673) at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  4. 2013: Awarded DBT (Department of Biotechnology) and DST (Department of Science and Technology) Travel Grant to attend the 15th International Congress of Immunology in Milan , Italy (Declined)
  5. 2012: Selected for a 6 month research stay within the framework of International Research Training Group (GRK1673) “Functional Molecular Infection Epidemiology” and hosted at the Robert Koch Institute Berlin
  6. 2011: Visiting Research Scientist at Robert Koch Institute Berlin for 3 month
  7. 2009: Qualified ICMR-JRF
  8. 2008: Qualified CSIR-UGC NET/JRF
  9. 2007: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)
  10. 2006: Qualified Jawaharlal Nehru University Combined Entrance Exam for Biotechnology (CEEB 2006) and awarded DBT Fellowship during M.Sc. (Biotechnology) at University of Hyderabad.

Journal Reviewer

Scientific Reports (a nature reserarch journal), Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, BMC Microbiology, BMC Genomics, Molecular Biotechnology, PloS One, Archives of Microbiology, Gut Pathogens, Cogent Biology, Environmental Sustainability, Microbiology and Immunology; Infection, Genetics, Evolution; Microbiological Research