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Dr. Jatinder Kumar
Scientist
Fermentation & Microbial Biotechnology (FMB) Division
CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu-180001
Email: jatinder[at]iiim[dot]res[dot]in
Bio Sketch
At present, he is working as scientist in Fermentation & Microbial Biotechnology (FMB) Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM). His research interest is to screen out algae as well as their symbiotic forms (lichen) that inhabited hostile terrain of high-altitude for new therapeutic and nutraceutical bioresources. He obtained PhD in Life Sciences from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Earlier he has worked as a research scholar at Defense Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Leh-Ladakh. Subsequently he worked as research scholar at CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Lucknow. He began his research training at Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), DRDO.
Education
| Degree | Subjects | University | Qualifying Year |
| Ph.D | Life Science | Bharathiar University | 2016 |
| M.Sc. | Microbiology | Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya | 2008 |
| B.Sc. | Botany, Zoology, English chemistry | Govt. Degree Collage Kathua,
Jammu University |
2005 |
Position Held
| Position Held | Period | Organization |
| Scientist | 14/07/2020 continue | CSIR-IIIM |
| SPF | 07/07/2015 to 30//11/2016 | CSIR-NBRI |
| SRF | 27/11/2009 to 26/11/2011 | DIHAR, DRDO |
| JRF | 27/11/2011 to 26/11/2014 | DIHAR, DRDO |
Area of Expertise
- Screening of high-altitude inhabited algae as well as their symbiotic forms (Lichen) for their antioxidant capacities, radioprotection, anti-hypoxic potential, cytotoxic and nutraceutical as well as phytochemical evaluation.
- Diversity study and abundance, isolation and culture of lichen’s mycobiont and photobiont, extrolites induction via elicitation and their bioprospection.
- Studies pertaining to high altitude biology.
Projects
- DIHAR, DRDO: Ethnobotany and Plants of trans-Himalaya
- CSIR-NBRI: BSC-0106 (Bioprospection of plant resources and other natural products)
Publications
| Authors | Title | Journal |
| Kumar J., Shahanshah Khan S., Mandotra S.K., Dhar P., Tayade A.B., Verma S.,Toppo k., Arora R., Dalip K. Upreti D.K. & Chaurasia O.P. | Nutraceutical profile and evidence of reduction in oxidative stress by high altitude (trans-Himalaya) inhabited Spirogyra porticalis (Muell.) | Scientific Reports, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35595-x
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| Tayade A.B., Dhar P., Kumar J., Sharma M., Chaurasia O.P. & Srivastva R.B.
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Trans-Himalayan Rhodiola Imbricata Edgew. Root: a novel source of dietary amino acid, fatty acid and minerals | Journal of Food Science & Technology, 2017 |
| Prateeksha, Paliya B.S., Bajpai R., Jadaun V., Kumar J., Kumar S., Upreti D.K., Singh B.R., Nayaka S., Joshi Y. Singh B.N. | The genus Usnea: a potent phytomedicine with multifarious ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology., 6, 21672 | RSC Advances, 2016
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| Kumar J., Dhar P., Tayade A.B., Gupta D., Chaurasia O.P., Upreti D.K., Toppo K., Arora R., Suseela M.R. & Srivastava R.B.
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Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Trans-Himalayan Alga Spirogyra porticalis (Muell.) Cleve. | PLoS ONE, 2015
doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0118255 |
| Kumar J., Rai H., Khare R., Upreti D.K., Dhar P., Tayade A.B., Chaurasia O.P. & Srivastava R.B. | Elevational controls of lichen commun-ities in Zanskar valley, Ladakh, a Trans- Himalayan cold desert. | Tropical Plant Research, 2014
1(2): 48–54 |
| Kumar J., Dhar P., Tayade A.B., Gupta D., Chaurasia O.P., Upreti D.K., Arora R. & Srivastava R.B.
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Antioxidant Capacities, Phenolic Profile and Cytotoxic Effects of Saxicolous Lichen from Trans-Himalayan Cold Desert of Ladakh. | PLoS ONE, 2014
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098696 |
| Dhar P., Tayade A.B., Kumar J., Chaurasia O.P., Srivastava R.B. & Singh S.B. | Nutritional profiling of phytococktail from trans-Himalayan plants. | PLoS ONE, 2013 |
| Tayade A.B., Dhar P., Kumar J., Sharma M., Chaurasia O.P. & Srivastva R.B. | Sequential determination of fat- and water-soluble vitamins in Rhodiola imbricata root from trans-Himalaya with rapid resolution liquid chromatography /tandem mass spectrometry. | Analytica Chimica Acta, 2013
doi:10.1016/j.aca 2013.05.062 |
| Tayade A.B., Dhar P., Kumar J., Sharma M., Chauhan R.S., Chaurasia O.P., Srivastva R.B. | Chemo metric profile of root extracts of Rhodiola imbricata Edgew with hyphenated gas chromatography mass spectrometric technique. | PLOS ONE, 2013
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052797 |
| Kumar J., Khare R., Rai H., Upreti D.K., Dhar P., Tayade A.B., Hota S., Chaurasia O.P. & Srivastava R.B. | Diversity of lichens along altitudinal and land use gradients in the Trans Himalayan cold desert of Ladakh | Nature & Science, Marshland press, 2012
10(4):1-9 |
Awards and Honours
GATE – Life Science-
Students
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