Dr. Vikash Babu

Dr. Vikash Babu

Sr. Scientist

Fermentation and Microbial Biotechnology Division

CSIR – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,Canal Road, Jammu – 180001
Email: vikash@iiim.res.in

Profile

Bio Sketch

Vikash Babu is a Senior Scientist & Assistant Professor (Fermentation Technology) at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, the constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. He received Ph.D. in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He has joined as a scientist in fermentation technology division at Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine in 2013 and has experience in biotransformation and upscaling of industrial processes for pharmaceutically important compounds and involved in technology development and transfer to various industries.

His laboratory focuses on the synthesis of pharamaceutically important compounds using enzymes, biotransformation of low-value monoterpenes to high value products, process development for microbial production of immunosupressants and development of new fermentation based ayurvedic formulations.

Education

Degree Subjects University Qualifying Year
Ph.D Biotechnology IIT Roorkee 2011
M.Sc Biotechnology Kumaun University 2005
B.Sc Zoology, Botany, Chemistry CCS University 2002

 

 

Position Held

Position Held

Position Held Period Organization
Senior Scientist 11.06.2018-till date CSIR-IIIM
Scientist 11.06.2013-10.06.2018 CSIR-IIIM
Assistant Professor 07.02.2012-31.05.2013 Graphic Era University

 

 

 

Area of Expertise

Area of Expertise

  • Fermentation Technology
  • Biotransformation
  • Enzyme Technology
  • Microbial production of pharmaceutically important products.

Project Involved / Ongoing Projects

Projects

  • Development and validation of fermentation based immunomodulatory AYUSH kwath formulation, Funding agency- Ministry of AYUSH, Total amount- ≈69 lakhs
  • Bioprospecting microbial species from unexplored ecological niches for novel molecules and enzymes. Major lab project of the Institute (MLP)-Ongoing. Funding Agency-CSIR
  • Fermentation based process development for the production of tacrolimus drug. (Project Id– 2018-2851). Total cost-45.886 Lakhs (10th August 2019- ongoing). Funding Agency-ICMR
  • Development of zine gluconate – Vitamin C formulation for immunity improvement and management of coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Funding agency-CSIR

 

 

Publications and Patents

Publications

Authors Title Journal
Rahul Vikram Singh, Hitesh Sharma, Amit Kumar, Vikash Babu Novel enzymatic process for the synthesis of Vorinostat drug Journal of Applied Microbiology. (2020).
Kanika Sharma , Sanjay Guleria, Vijay K. Razdan and Vikash Babu Synergistic antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential oils of some selected medicinal plants in combination and with synthetic compounds Industrial Crops and Products 154 (2020): 112569
Hitesh Sharma, Rahul Vikram Singh, Chand Raina and Vikash Babu Amide hydrolyzing potential of amidase from halophilic bacterium Brevibacterium sp. IIIMB2706 Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 37 (1) 59-65. (2019)
Singh, Rahul Vikram, Hitesh Sharma, Prasoon Gupta, Amit Kumar, and Vikash Babu “Green synthesis of acetohydroxamic acid by thermophilic amidase of Bacillus smithii IIIMB2907 Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics 56(5), 373-377. (2019)
Rahul Vikram Singh, Hitesh Sharma, Ansheela Koul and Vikash Babu Exploring a broad spectrum nitrilase from moderately halophilic bacterium Halomonas sp. IIIMB2797 isolated from saline lake J Basic Microbiol. 58(10), 867-874. (2018)
Bikarma Singh, Sumit Singh, Bishander Singh, Surinder Kitchlu, Vikash Babu Assessing Ethnic Traditional Knowledge, Biology and Chemistry of Lepidium didymum L., Lesser-Known Wild Plants of Western Himalaya. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci, 1-8. (2018)

 
Vikash Babu, Syed Khalid Pasha, Govind Gupta, C. B. Majumdar, and Bijan Choudhury Enzymatic surface modification of polyacrylonitrile and its copolymers: Effects of polymer surface area and protein adsorption Fibers and Polymers 15 (1) 24-29. (2014)

 

 
Vikash Babu, and Bijan Choudhury Methods of cell lysis and effect of detergents for the recovery of nitrile metabolizing enzyme from Amycolatopsis sp. IITR215 Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 11(2)117-122. (2013)

 
Ashish Deep Gupta, Vipin Kumar Bansal, Vikash Babu, Nishi Maithil Chemistry, antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 11, 25-31.(2013)
Vikash Babu and Bijan Choudhury Competitive adsorptions of nitrile hydratase and amidase on polyacrylonitrile and its effect on surface modification Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 89 (2012) 277– 282. (2012)

 
Inventors/ Contributors Title Description Year
Vikash Babu, Rahul Vikram Singh, Hitesh Sharma, Amit Kumar, Shaista Sultan, Varun Pratap Singh, Bhahwal Ali Shah, Parvinder Pal Singh Enzymatic Process for the Preparation of Vorinostat Filed (IN 201911047261) 2019

Awards / Honours

Awards and Honours

  • Awarded start-up research grant for young investigators ( 2014) from Science and Engineering research Board, Delhi
  • DBT-Rapid Grants for Young Investigator (RGYI) Award 2012, Department of Biotechnology Govt. of India.
  • Awarded Dr. D. S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship (2012) from University Grants Commission, Delhi
  • Senior Research Fellowship Award by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. Of India, New Delhi, 2007-2010
  • Junior Research Fellowship Award by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. Of India, New Delhi 2005-2007
  • Qualified CSIR-UGC Net for Lecturership (DEC 2004 & June 2005)
  • Awarded M.Sc. Scholarship from DBT (Department of Biotechnology), Govt. of India (July 2003-June 2005).

Group

Students

Photo Name Area of Interest  Position
Hitesh Sharma Amidase catalyzed synthesis of hydroxamic acids GATE-SRF
Ananta Ganjoo Development of biotransformation processes for hydroxamic acid production ICMR-SRF
Manzoor Ahmed Development of fermentation based ayurvedic formulations CSIR-UGC JRF
Nargis Ayoub Bhat Biotranformation of limonene to high value compounds Project Associate –I
Nitika sharma Solid state fermentation for Mushroom cultivation Project Associate –I
Haseena Shafeeq Biotransformation of Geraniol to high value compounds Project Associate –I
Ajay Kumar Process development for Tacrolimus production Project Assistant-II