Nutritional quality evaluation and proteome profile of forage species of Western Himalaya, Rajiv Kumar*,Robin Joshi, Raman Kumar, Vidyashankar Srivatsan, Satyakam, Amit Chawla, Vikram Patial, Sanjay Kumar, Grassland Science, 2021, DOI: 10.1111/grs.12357. IF 1.6

Protein-Cloaked Nanoparticles for Enhanced Cellular Association and Controlled Pathophysiology via Immunosurveillance Escape, Aqib Iqbal Dar, Syed M. S. Abidi, Shiwani Randhawa, Robin Joshi, Rajiv Kumar, and Amitabha Acharya*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c20719 . IF 9.2

In-depth assembly of organ and development dissected Picrorhiza kurroa proteome map using mass spectrometry, Manglesh Kumari, Upendra Kumar Pradhan, Robin Joshi, Ashwani Punia, Ravi Shankar & Rajiv Kumar*, BMC Plant Biology 21: 604, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-021-03394-8. IF 4.21

Evaluating Peptides of Picrorhiza kurroa and Their Inhibitory Potential against ACE, DPP-IV, and Oxidative Stress. Shweta Thakur, Jyoti Chhimwal, Robin Joshi, Manglesh Kumari, Yogendra Padwad*, and Rajiv Kumar* Journal of Proteome Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00081 . IF 4.46

Insights from proteomics in kidney disease diagnosis and various in vitro and in vivo experimental models.Vikram Patial*, Garima Dadhich, Rajiv Kumar*. Animal Biotechnology for Livestock Production Vol.2 2021 (Accepted).

Systemic acquired resistance specific proteome of Arabidopsis thaliana. Rajiv Kumar, Pragya Barua, Niranjana Chakraborty & Ashis Kumar Nandi. Plant cell report. 2020, doi: 10.1007/s00299-020-02583-3. IF 4.57

Metabolic signatures provide novel insights to Picrorhiza kurroa adaptation along the altitude in Himalayan region. Manglesh Kumari, Robin Joshi & Rajiv Kumar*. Metabolomics. 2020; 16:77, doi: 10.1007/s11306-020-01698-8. IF 4.20

Elevated CO2 and temperature influence key proteins and metabolites associated with photosynthesis, antioxidant and carbon metabolism in Picrorhiza kurroa. Rajiv Kumar*, Robin Joshi, Manglesh Kumari, Reema Thakur, Dinesh Kumar*, Sanjay Kumar*. Journal of proteomics. 2020; 219:103755, doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.103755. IF 4.04

Unveiling Taenia solium kinome profile and its potential for new therapeutic targets. Naina Arora, Anand Raj, Farhan Anjum, Rimanpreet kaur, Suraj Singh Rawat, Rajiv Kumar, Shweta Triphati, Gagandeep Singh & Amit Prasad. Expert review of proteomics. 2020; 17:85-91, doi: 10.1080/14789450.2020.1719835. IF 3.94

Regulation of color transition in purple tea (Camellia sinensis). Manglesh Kumari, Shweta Thakur, Ajay Kumar, Robin Joshi, Prakash Kumar, Ravi Shankar, Rajiv Kumar*. Planta. 2020; 251:35, doi: 10.1007/s00425-019-03328-7. IF 4.11

Neglected Agent Eminent Disease: Linking Human Helminthic Infection, Inflammation, and Malignancy. Naina Arora, Rimanpreet Kaur, Farhan Anjum, Shweta Tripathi, Amit Mishra, Rajiv Kumar and Amit Prasad. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 2019, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00402. IF 4.83

Usnic acid modifies MRSA drug resistance through down-regulation of proteins involved in peptidoglycan and fatty acid biosynthesis. Sneha Sinha, Vivek Kumar Gupta, Parmanand Kumar1, Rajiv Kumar, Robin Joshi, Anirban Pal and Mahendra P. Darokar FEBS Open Bio. 2019; 9:2025–2040, doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.12650. IF 2.69

Adaptive mechanisms of medicinal plants along altitude gradient: contribution of proteomics. Kumar, R*. & Kumari, M. Biologia Plantarum 2018; 62(4):630-640, DOI: 10.1007/s10535-018-0817-0. IF 1.74

Nuclear phosphoproteome of developing chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and Protein-Kinase interaction network. Kumar R, Kumar A, Subba P, Gayali S, Barua P, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. J Proteomics. 2014 13; 105:58-73, doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.04.002. IF 4.04

Comparative proteomics of dehydration response in the rice nucleus: new insights into the molecular basis of genotype-specific adaptation. Jaiswal DK, Ray D, Choudhary MK, Subba P, Kumar A, Verma J, Kumar R, Datta A, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Proteomics. 2013;13(23-24):3478-97, doi: 10.1002/pmic.201300284. IF 4.0

Characterization of the nuclear proteome of a dehydration-sensitive cultivar of chickpea and comparative proteomic analysis with a tolerant cultivar. Subba P, Kumar R, Gayali S, Shekhar S, Parveen S, Pandey A, Datta A, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Proteomics. 2013,12-13,1973-92, doi: 10.1002/pmic.201200380. IF 4.0

Phosphoproteomic Dynamics of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Reveals Shared and Distinct Components of Dehydration Response. Subba P, Barua P, Kumar R, Datta A, Soni KK, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. J Proteome Res. 2013;12(11):5025-47, doi: 10.1021/pr400628j. IF 4.46

Analysis of the grass pea proteome and identification of stress-responsive proteins upon exposure to high salinity, low temperature, and abscisic acid treatment. Chattopadhyay A, Subba P, Pandey A, Bhushan D, Kumar R, Datta A, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Photochemistry. 2011,72,1293-307, doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.01.024. IF 4.07

Citation: http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=wmI_PAYAAAAJ&hl=en

A technical expert review committee member

AWSAR (DST, New Delhi)

Editorial Board Member:

BMC Plant Biology and BMC Biotechnology

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Awards/recognition

• Shiv rattan, Ashish R. Warghat* got 2nd prize in poster presentation Entitled “In vitro propagation of Rhodiola imbricata (Edgew.): a high value rare medicinal herb” in International conference on conservation and sustainable use of high altitude medicinal and aromatic plants for the socio-economic development, Dehradun (29th-30th Nov., 2020).
• Kanika Thakur, Ashish R Warghat* awarded as Best research scholar award for the paper presented entitled “Enhancement of picrosides content in Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. mediated through nutrient feeding approach under aeroponic and hydroponic system” in Recent advances in Agricultural, environmental and applied Sciences for Global development, Nauni University, Solan (27th-29th Sept., 2019).
• Research Associate ship, DIHAR (DRDO), Chandigarh, 2014
• Travel grant received from Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Human Resource Development Group, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to attend World Orchid Conference, at Singapore, 2011.
• JRF and SRF- DIHAR (DRDO), Leh, 2009 and 2011.

MOU Signed:

• Amar Exports, Hyderabad-Tissue culture protocol & hydroponic cultivation of P. kurroa and V. jatamansi.
• HYDROCROPS INDIA PVT LTD, Jalandhar-Cultivation and production of Kutki and Jatamansi plants under hydroponic system.
• Sh. Akshat Goel, New Delhi-Establishment of hydroponic facility for production of Lilium and Tulip plants.

Lab members

• Miss Manglesh kumari (UGC JRF)
• Miss Shweta Thakur (SRF)
• Mr. Satyakam (UGC JRF)
• Mr. Ashwani (CSIR JRF)
• Mr. Vishal Saini (CSIR JRF)
• Miss Monika Chouhan (CSIR JRF)
• Dr. Robin Joshi (STO)
• Mr. Sonu (Lab attendent)