Dr. Vinod Kumar

Dr. Vinod Kumar

Scientist

Fermentation and Microbial Biotechnology Division

CSIR – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,Canal Road, Jammu – 180001
Email: vinod[dot]udsc[at]iiim[dot]res[dot]in

Profile

Bio Sketch

He has significantly contributed in the area of Fermentation technology and bioprocess technology for the production of value-added biomolecules.  He has developed a prototype for pilot-scale production of bacterial cellulose using liquid whey. Expertise in research and technological development efforts focus on Industrial microbiology and fermentation technology, focusing on biomass to chemicals (xylitol, biofuel, etc.), waste to wealth (bacterial cellulose), industrial enzymes, and platform chemicals. Expert in separation technique, detoxification of lignocellulose hydrolysate using membrane filtration. Expert in screening, process development/engineering (shake flask to fermenter).  He has visited Korea, China, and Switzerland.

Education

Degree Subjects University Qualifying Year
Ph.D Microbiology University of Delhi, New Delhi 2014
M.Sc. Microbiology Allahabad Agricultural institute – Deemed University, Prayagraj 2007
B.Sc. Biology Bundelkhand University 2003

 

 

Position Held

Position Held

Position Held Period Organization
Scientist 30-06-2020- CSIR-IIIM
Technical Officer (Microbial Technology) 09-02-2016 to 24/06/2020 Center of innovative and applied bioprocessing, Mohali
Young Scientist 26/10/2015 to 08/02/2020 Center of innovative and applied bioprocessing, Mohali
Research Associate 07/04/2014 to 25/-10/2015 Center of innovative and applied bioprocessing, Mohali

Area of Expertise

Area of Expertise

  • Valorization of agro-industrial waste and biomass processing to produce high-value functional biomolecules.
  • Fermentation Technology (along with process of recovery and purification from fermentation broth), worked on Bacterial cellulose, Xylitol, Ethanol, D-allulose.
  • Production of industrially important enzymes (Lipase, Protease, L-Asparaginase, etc.).
  • Bioprocess for Detoxification and separation of sugars from lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate.
  • Currently working on production of secondary metabolites and low calories sugar alcohol.

 

Project Involved / Ongoing Projects

Projects

  • MLP 1008 – Bioprospecting microbial species from unexplored ecological niches for novel molecules and enzymes. (IIIM/MLP/2012/00505)
  • Efficient Production of a novel and robust L-asparaginase with low glutaminase activity: optimization, scale up and evaluation of anti-cancerous properties (Complete; SERB: YSS/2014/000015/LS).

 

 

 

Publications and Patents

Publications

Authors Title Journal
Anu Radha, Vivek Ahluwalia, Amit Kumar Rai, Sunita Varjani, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Raveendran Sindhu, Parameswaran Binod, Saurabh Saran, Vinod Kumar*. The way forward to produce nutraceuticals from agri‑food processing residues: obstacle, solution, and possibility J Food Sci Technol (2023). 
Kumar, M., Kumar, V.* & Saran, S* Efficient production of bacterial cellulose-based composites using zein protein extracted from corn gluten meal. J Food Sci Technol (2022).
Vinod Kumar, Vasudha Bansal, Aravind Madhavan, Manoj Kumar, Raveendran Sindhu, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Parameswaran Binod & Saurabh Saran. Active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) chemicals: a critical review of current biotechnological approaches.  Bioengineered, (2022) 13:2, 4309-4327.
Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Raveendran Sindhu, Ranjna Sirohi, Vinod Kumar, Vivek Ahluwalia, Parameswaran Binod, Ankita Juneja, Deepak Kumar, Binghua Yan, Surendra Sarsaiya, Zengqiang  Zhang,  Ashok Pandey, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh. Agricultural waste biorefinery development towards circular bio economy”. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.2022, 158, 112122.  
Diksha Raina, Vinod Kumar* A critical review on exploitation of agro-industrial biomass as substrates for the therapeutic microbial enzymes production and implemented protein purification techniques, Chemosphere, 294, 2022, 133712.  
Vinod Kumar, D. K. Sharma, P. P. Sandhu, J. Jadaun, R. S. Sangwan., Sudesh Kumar Yadav Scale-up process for the sustainable production of bacterial cellulose by an Acetobacter pasteurianus RSV-4 (MTCC 25117) on whey medium Cellulose 2020 (Accepted)
Karnika Thakur, Vinod Kumar, Varun Kumar, Sudesh Kumar Yadav. Genomic characterization provides genetic evidence for bacterial cellulose synthesis by Acetobacter pasteurianus RSV-4 strain. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2020, (156), 598-607.
Karnika Thakur, Manisha Chownk, Varun Kumar, Anjali Purohit, Alokika Vashisht, Vinod Kumar & Sudesh Kumar Yadav Bioprospecting potential of microbial communities in solid waste landfills for novel enzymes through metagenomic approach World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2020 (36).
Vinod Kumar, Pankaj Preet Sandhu, Vivek Ahluwalia, Bhuwan Bushan Mishra, S. K Yadav. Improved upstream processing for Detoxification and recovery of xylitol produced from corncob Bioresource Technology. 291 (2019), 121931.
Alokika Vashisht, Karnika Thakur, Baljinder S. Kauldhar, Vinod Kumar, Sudesh Kumar Yadav. Waste valorization: Identification of an ethanol tolerant bacterium Acetobacter pasteurianus SKYAA25 for acetic acid production from apple pomace. Science of The Total Environment. 690 (2019), 956-964.

 
Vinod Kumar, Devendra Kumar Sharma, Vasudha Bansal, D Mehta, R. S. Sangwan, S. K. Yadav Efficient and economic process for the production of bacterial cellulose from isolated strain of Acetobacter pasteurianus of RSV-4 bacterium. Bioresource Technology. 275 (2018), 430-433.
Vinod Kumar, Meena Krishania, Pankaj Preet Sandhu, Vivek Ahluwalia, Edgard Gnansouno, Rajender S. Sangwan Efficient Detoxification of corn cob hydrolysate with ion-exchange resins for enhanced xylitol production by Candida tropicalis MTCC 6192. Bioresource Technology. 2018, (251) 416-419.
Vivek Ahluwalia, Sasikumar Elumalai, Vinod Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Rajender Singh Sangwan Nano silver particle synthesis using Swertia paniculate herbal extract and its antimicrobial activity. Microbial Pathogenesis. 2018, (114); 402-408.
Vinod Kumar, Divya Mathur, Smriti Srivastava, Shashwat Malhotra, Neha Rana, Suraj K. Singh, Brajendra K. Singh, Ashok K. Prasad, Anjani J. Varma, Christophe Len, Ramesh C. Kuhad, Rajendra K. Saxena and Virinder S. Parmar Biocatalytic Synthesis of Novel Partial Esters of a Bioactive Dihydroxy 4-Methylcoumarin by Rhizopus oryzae Lipase (ROL). Molecules. 2016, (21), 1499.

 

 
Vinod Kumar, Firdaus Jahan, Richi V. Mahajan, Rajendra Kumar Saxena (2016). Efficient regioselective acylation of quercetin using Rhizopus oryzae lipase and its potential as antioxidant Bioresource Technology 2016. (218):1246–1248.

Awards / Honours

Awards and Honours

  • Invited as speaker in International conference SWTM-2019 at Yangling, China.
  • Invited as speaker in International conference IBA-AMBERS 2018 at Tianjin, China.
  • Visiting Scientist, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (Sep. to Oct., 2016).
  • Young scientist, Research Project, SERB, DST (2015).
  • National Renewable Energy Fellowship, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), 2010-2014
  • International Travel grant, DBT (2012)
  • International Travel grant, CSIR (2012).
  • Life member in the Biotech Research Society (India)(LM-1535).
  • International travel grant (SERB- ITS) approved to attend “X Biennial International Forum on Industrial Bioprocessing – 10th International Conference of IBA-IfIBiop 2022 to be held at National Kaohsiung University of Science  and Technology, Taiwan during October 27-30, 2022″.

Group

Students

Photo Name Area of Interest
Anu Radha 

CSIR UGC JRF

 Production of bioactive molecules using Halophilic microbes
Varsha Sharma 

DST INSPIRE JRF

 Production of bioactive molecules using Halophilic microbes
Dr. ISHFAQ NABI NAJAR
DBT – RA		 Bacterial diversity and Metagenomic approach to produce industrial important enzymes