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Department of Biochemistry


Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma


DESIGNATION:Professor & Head
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Molecular Biology
EMAIL:akv72[at]rediffmail[dot]com, ashok[dot]verma[at]gbpuat-cbsh[dot]co[dot]in
CONTACT NO.:+91-9412981859 (M)

Research Areas/Areas of interest

  • Liquid Bio Fuel
    • Teaching Experience and Courses Taught

    Teaching Experience and Courses Taught:   22 years

    Courses taught are as follows:

  • Elementary Plant Biochemistry BBC 261
  • Fundamentals of Biochemsitry BBC 361
  • Chemistry of Biomiolecules BBC 500
  • General Biochemistry BBC 501
  • Basic techniques in Biochemistry BBC 505
  • Biochemical techniques BBC 510
  • Food and Nutritional Biochemistry BBC 620
  • Intermediary metabolism-I BBC 641
  • Intermediary metabolism-II BBC 642
  • Plant Biochemistry BBC 645
  • Carbon and Nitrogen metabolism BBC 655
  • Advanced techniques in Biochemistry BBC 710
  • Biomembranes BBC-751
  • Current Topics in Biochemistry BBC765
    • Research Projects

    Cloning and characterization of thermostable beta-glucosidase gene(s) from bacterial isolate for future production of substrate specific glucose tolerant engineered enzyme Rs. 10.67 Lakh 2009- 2012 Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology New Delhi, India
    Development of HACCP protocol for jaggery production -- 2008 ICAR
    AICRP on PHT
    Improvement of jaggery quality during storage by application of edible coating such as composite films of glycerol, steorates and whey protein concentrate -- 2011 ICAR
    AICRP on PHT
    Covalent immobilization of β-glucosidase from Bacillus subtilis onto functionalized silicon oxide nanoparticles for industrial application” 3.0 Lakhs for research
    Plus Two year Full Salary    		 2014-2016 UGC-Research Award
    Optimization of pre-treatment of sugarcane residue method (chemical/enzymatic) for bio-oil production -- 2014-2016 ICAR
    AICRP on EAAI
    Esterification of bio-oil derived from sugarcane crop residue. -- 2016-2018 ICAR
    AICRP on EAAI
    Extraction of phenolic compounds from bio-oil for industrial application -- 2017-2018 ICAR
    AICRP on EAAI
    Exploration of application of bio-oil for resin formation and aqueous phase of bio-oil and bio-char for anti-insecticidal activity, plant growth promoting and Seed germination activity -- 2018-2020 ICAR
    AICRP on EAAI
    Evaluation of Disinfectant properties of pine needle bio-oil and aqueous phase of bio-oil -- 2019-2020 ICAR
    AICRP on EAAI
    Development of bio-oil based formulation for disease management in plants. -- 2021-23 ICAR
    AICRP on EAAI
    Selected Research Publications

    1. Agrawal, R., Verma, A. K.,&Satlewal, A. (2016). Application of nanoparticle-immobilized thermostable β-glucosidase for improving the sugarcane juice properties. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 33, 472-482..(Impact Factor:3.273) (NAAS 9.0)

    2. Chamoli, S., Kumar, P., Navani, N. K., &Verma, A. K. (2016). Secretory expression, characterization and docking study of glucose-tolerant β-glucosidase from B. subtilis. International journal of biological macromolecules, 85, 425-433.(Impact Factor: 3.096) (NAAS 9.14)

    3. Singh, G., Verma, A. K., & Kumar, V. (2016). Catalytic properties, functional attributes and industrial applications of β-glucosidases. 3 Biotech, 6(1), 3. (Impact Factor 1.361) (NAAS 6.99)

    4. Panwar, P., Dubey, A., &Verma, A. K. (2016). Evaluation of nutraceutical and antinutritional properties in barnyard and finger millet varieties grown in Himalayan region. Journal of food science and technology, 53(6), 2779-2787. (NAAS 7.5) (Impact Factor 1.241)

    5. Agrawal, R., Srivastava, A., &Verma, A. K. (2016). Immobilization of β-glucosidase onto silicon oxide nanoparticles and augment of phenolics in sugarcane juice. Journal of food science and technology, 53(7), 3002-3012.. (NAAS 7.5) (Impact Factor 1.241)

    6. Verma, A. K., Gupta, A., Keerti and Dubey, A. (2018) Impact of immobilized β-Glucosidase treatment on sugarcane juice. International Food Research Journal 25(2): 655-660 JCR with an impact factor of 0.559

    7. Gopal Singh, Vinod Kumar, Ashutosh dubey, Sanjeev Agrawal, A. K. Verma (2018) Cloning, sequencing and in silico analysis of β-Glucosidase from Bacillus subtilis strain PS. Indian Journal Of Biotechnology, 17 : 431-440.  Impact Factor  0.368  NAAS 6.29

    8. Shivangi Chamoli, Ekta Yadav, Hemansi, Jitendera Kumar Saini, Ashok Kumar Verma, Naveen Kumar Navani, Piyush Kumar (2020) Magnetically recyclable catalytic nanoparticles grafted with Bacillus subtilis β-glucosidase for efficient cellobiose hydrolysis. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.08.102. NAAS 11.16

    9. Lekhak, B., Dubey, A., & Verma, A. K. (2022). Molecular Docking of Compounds Present in Pyrolyzed Biomass Products with the Karrikin Receptor and Its Impact on Seed Germination in Triticum aestivum. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 1-16. (Impact Factor 4.2)

    10. Jahan, T., Lekhak, B., Verma, A. K., Dubey, A., & Bhattacharya, T. K. (2022). Preparation of phenol-formaldehyde resin modified with phenol-rich pine needle pyrolysis oil and assessment of bonding strength. International Wood Products Journal, 1-8. (Impact Factor 1.29)

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    Book Chapters

     
  • Verma, A. K. (2008) RNAi technology for crop improvement. Ed. G.P. Rao, Y. Zhao, V.V. Radchuk, and S. K. Bhatnagar, Book Advances in plant Biotechnology, published by Studium press. LLL P.O. Box 722200, Houstan, Texas 97272, USA Chapter 2. Page No. 39-61. (Book Chapter).

  • Priyankar Panwar, Bhupendra Singh Kharayat, Vinod Kumar, Naveen C. Pant, A. K. Verma (2012) Integrated Pest Management: An Ecofriendly Approach for Crop Improvement. In: Agricultural Science Spectrum- The Cutting Edge Technology, AGROBIOS (INTERNATIONAL) Publisher, ISBN (10): 81-904309-7-1, In press

  • Chamoli Shivangi and Verma A K (2014) Targeting of Metabolic Pathways for Genetic Engineering to Combat Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants. Ed. R.K. Gaur and P. Sharma (eds.), Approaches to Plant Stress and their Management, 2014, pp 23-37

  • Verma, A. K. Nanotechnology in crop improvement. Communicated

  • A.K. Verma, 2014, Engineering for hybrid enzyme ,BIOTECHNOLOGY: RECENT ADVANCES AND DIVERSE APPLICATIONS: (Ed by Yadav, Tripathi and Yadav) Publihser: Biotech Books, New Delhi-110 002, ISBN: 978-81-7622-315-7. 153-169

  • Ashok Kumar Verma, Archana Singh and Manendra Singh Negi (2018) Nutriproteomics: An Advance Methodology of Nutrichemical Analysis Ed. Amit Verma, Kajal Srivastava, Shivom Singh, Hukum Singh , Nutraceuticals and Innovative Food Products for Healthy Living and Preventive Care Chapter 1 page 1-23.

  • Archana Singh, Manendra Singh Negi, Ashutosh Dubey, Vinod Kumar, and A. K. Verma (2018) Methods of Enzyme Immobilization and Its Applications in Food Industry Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. M. Kuddus (ed.), Enzymes in Food Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1933-4-6

  • Ashutosh Dubey and A. K. Verma (2019) Enzyme engineering for enzyme activity improvement. Elsevier M. Kuddus (ed.) Enzymes in Food Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813280-7.00039-6

  • Ashutosh Dubey and A. K. Verma (2019) “Salinity Stress-Dependent Coordination of Metabolic Networks in Relation to Salt Tolerance in Plants” Editor : Bhupendra Giri, Ajit Varma., Microorganisms in Saline Environments: Strategies and Functions Chapter 17. Page 401-422.

  • Rana, A.S., Verma, A.K., Dubey, A. (2022). Rhizospheric Metaproteomics: Current Status and Future Directions. In: Giri, B., Kapoor, R., Wu, QS., Varma, A. (eds) Structure and Functions of Pedosphere. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8770-9_12
    • Articles

    1. Verma, A.K. and Dubey, Ashutosh (2006) गुड के औषधीय गुण. किसान भारती Nov. 2006 (Popular Article)
    2. Dubey, Ashutosh, Verma, A.K. and Shishir Tandon (2007). तुलसी: रासायनिक संघटक और उपयोग, किसान भारती December 2007. 29-31 (Popular Article)
    3. Tandon Shishir, Dubey, Ashutosh, and Verma, A.K. (2009). Caroyceps sinensis (Berk.) Saac.: Amedicinal Mushroom. Farmers’ Digest. Dec.34-36.
    4. Dubey Ashutosh and Verma A.K., 2009 MILLETS: Good neutraceutical source http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/?q=content/nutraceutical-factor-millets
    5. Dubey Ashutosh and Verma A.K. 2009 Post Harvest Spoilage prevention of fruits and vegetables. http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/?q=content/Post Harvest Spoilage prevention of fruits and vegetables
    6. Ashutosh Dubey, Shishir Tandon and A. K. Verma 2013 Millets: Good neutraceutical source Farmers’ Digest March page 20-21
    7. Tyagi, Bhawna, Pashupat Vasmatkar D, Trivedi Neha, Verma A. K., Dubey Ashutosh (2014) Kaim, Mitragyna Parvifolia (Roxb.): An Endangered Medicinal Plant. Farmers’ Digest April 2014, pp 21-22.
    8. A. K. verma, Ashutosh Dubey and Shishir Tendon, (2015) Sugar Poison. Farmers’ Digest. Dec.37-38.
    9. Shishir Tandon, S.K. Shah, Ashutosh Dubey and AK Verma (2018) Castor: Cultivation, Production and Applications August, 2018 Indian Farmers' Digest 25-28
      10. Patent Filed

    10. Grease preparation from pine needle pyrolysis oil Application No. 202011010367
    11. A process of pine needle pyrolysis oil based resin for wood adhesive Application No. 202111005671
      12. e-Content

    12. Developed 26 e-content text modules for the course” BBC 361 Fundamentals of Biochemistry”
      13. Honors/Awards

      1. SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME 2011 (SRFP 2010) (8 weeks) sponsored by INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Bangalore, INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, New Delhi, THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INDIA, Allahabad worked under Dr. Anil Grover, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University Of Delhi, South Campus from 30th May 2011-24 July 2011.
      2. UGC- Research Award 2013-14
      3. Governor award for Best research paper publication 2016
      Students Guided

    13. Master’s students:   22
    14. Ph.D.: 06  
      15. Membership of the professional bodies

    15. Life member of “Society of Biological Chemists”, India.
    16. Alumni Almamater Advancement Association (4A), Pantnagar, Life Member
      17. Links

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