Sumit G. Gandhi · Sumit G Gandhi P a g e | 3 Research Output Cumulative Impact Factor # 142.743 Average Impact Factor# 4.325 Number of SCI Publications 33 Number of Patents 1 (US,

Research

Interests

Molecular elucidation of Secondary Metabolite Pathways

Functions of Secondary Metabolites

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Endophytes

Metabolic Engineering, Functional Genomics, Gene Silencing Expertise/Experience: Microbiology, Drosophila, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Research

Experience

Junior Research Fellow, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad

Senior Research Fellow, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad Research Assistant, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad

Scientist, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu Senior Scientist, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu Principal Scientist, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

2 years

3 years

1 year

4 years 4 years 3 years

1st Aug 2002 – 31st July 2004

1st Aug 2004 – 31st July 2007

1st Aug 2007 – 31st July 2008

8th Aug 2008 – 7th Aug 2012 8th Aug 2012 – 7th Aug 2016 8th Aug 2016 – continuing

Education B.Sc. Microbiology 1st Class Sardar Patel University (SPU), Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, India

M.Sc. Microbiology 1st Class MS University (MSU), Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Ph.D. Life Sciences CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, Telangana, India Ph.D. registration from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India Thesis Topic: Interrelationship between gene silencing phenomena in Drosophila melanogaster

Awards

Honors

Fellowships

Minaxi Lalit Science Academy Award of Gujarat Science Academy (state level exam in B.Sc.) (First position – Bioscience)

Minaxi Lalit Science Academy Award of Gujarat Science Academy (state level exam in B.Sc.) (First position – Botany)

Minaxi Lalit Science Academy Award of Gujarat Science Academy (state level exam in M.Sc.) (Third position – Microbiology)

‘Gaurav Ratna’ by CVM trust, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat

Gold Medal in B.Sc. by NV Patel College of Pure & Applied Science, VVNagar, Gujarat

Qualified Gujarat State Level Eligibility Test (GSLET) for lecturership

Qualified CSIR-National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET) with Fellowship and eligbility for lecturership

Qualified CSIR-NET JRF in top 20% slot and invited for SPM examination

Best Paper Presentation at Indo-French Confernece on RNAi and Genome Control at CCMB, Hyderabad from 12-14 Dec, 2007

Sumit G. Gandhi Molecular Biologist, Biotechnologist

Principal Scientist, Plant Biotechnology Division,

Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine

(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, DSIR, MoS&T, GOI)

Canal Road, Jammu – 180 001, INDIA

Phone : +91 94191 18730

Fax : +91 191 2585333

Email : [email protected], [email protected]

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Job

Experience

Scientist, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu 4 years 8th Aug 2008 – 7th Aug 2012 (6CPC, Payband III, Grade Pay Rs. 6600/-)

Senior Scientist, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu 4 years 8th Aug 2012 – 7th Aug 2016 (6CPC, Payband III, Grade Pay Rs. 7600/-)

Principal Scientist, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu 3 years 7th Aug 2016 – continuing

(7CPC, Level 13)

Assistant Professor, AcSIR 5 yr 7 months January 2011 – 7th Aug 2016 (Honorary position)

Associate Professor, AcSIR 3 years 8th Aug 2016 – continuing

(Honorary position)

Externally

Funded

Projects

Assessment of pharmacological activities associated with aqueous extracts of Ocimum sanctum (Co-PI)

Identification and cloning of Cytochrome P450 gene sequences from Coleus forskohlii (PI)

Transcriptome sequencing and Gene Annotation in Coleus forskohlii: A step towards understanding forskolin biosynthetic pathway (PI)

Plant Microbe and Soil Interactions (PI, IIIM component)

Bioprospection of plant resources & other natural products (Co-PI)

Domestication, introduction & cultivation of economically important plants (Co-I)

Med Chem for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine (Co-I)

IND filing of anti-cancer lead IIIM(N)-290/13 (Cdk inhibitor) (Co-PI)

Phytopharma Mission (Co-PI – Vertical incharge)

Aroma Mission (Co-I)

Demonstration of Cultivation, Processing & Value Addition of Selected Aromatic Crops in Bundelkhand region (Co-PI)

Rs. 29 Lakhs Rs. 8.64 Lakhs Rs. 18.95 Lakhs Rs. 5.92 Crores

Rs. 2.82 Crores Rs. 7.55 Crores

Rs. 15.68 Crores

Rs. 7.55 Crores

Rs. 9.88 Crores

Rs. 23.27 Crores Rs. 2.41 Crores

National Medicinal Plant Board, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi (NMPB) Department of Science & Technology, Govt of Jammu & Kashmir (JK-DST) Department of Science & Technology, MoS&T, Govt of India (DST)

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, DSIR, MoS&T, Govt of India (CSIR) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, , Govt of India (CSIR) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, , Govt of India (CSIR) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, , Govt of India (CSIR) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, , Govt of India (CSIR) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, , Govt of India (CSIR) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, , Govt of India (CSIR) Department of Biotechnology, MoS&T, Govt of India (DBT)

2010 – 2013 2011 – 2014

2012 – 2015

2012 – 2017

2012 – 2017

2012 – 2017

2012 – 2017

2016 – 2018

2017 – 2020

2017 – 2020

2018– 2021


Research Output

Cumulative Impact Factor# 142.743

Average Impact Factor# 4.325

Number of SCI Publications 33

Number of Patents 1 (US, CA, EP, IN)

Number of non-SCI Publications 5

Number of Books 3

Number of Book Chapters 5

Corresponding Author Publications^ 29 # for SCI Journal only

^included books and book chapters

PhD Thesis Supervised

Praveen Awasthi Sept 2009 – May 2016 (Registration: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra; Thesis title: Identification, Cloning and Characterization of Cytochrome P450 gene sequences from Coleus forskohlii (Wild.) Briq.) (Present position: Scientist fellow, National Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Chandigarh, India)

Irshad Ahmad Rather April 2010 – June 2015 (Registration: Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar; Thesis title: Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Stress Related Genes from Ocimum basilicum) (Present position: SERB National Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, SKUAST, Srinagar)

Vidushi Mahajan Jan 2011 – May 2016 (Registration: Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi; Thesis title: Transcriptome sequencing and annotation in Dysoxylum binectariferum: A step towards understanding the rohitukine biosynthetic pathway)

Nitika Kapoor Jan 2016 – continuing (Registration: Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi; Thesis title: Study on regulatory aspects of rohitukine biosynthesis in Dysoxylum binectariferum)

Sheikh Gulfam Jan 2016 – continuing (Registration: Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi; Thesis title: Study on metabolite transport in Coleus forskohlii)

Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal Jan 2016 – continuing (Registration: Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi; Thesis title: Study on regulatory aspects of forksolin biosynthesis in Coleus forskohlii)

Rekha Chauhan Jan 2017 – continuing (Registration: Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar; Thesis title: Studies on ABC transporters in Cannabis sativa)

Sajad Ahmad June 2017 – continuing (Registration: Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar; Thesis title: Studies towards understanding the physiological role of rohitukine in Dysoxylum binectariferum)

B.Tech, M.Tech,

M.Sc. Dissertation

Thesis Supervised

2010-2011

2011-2012

Abhishek Sharma

Vidu Sharma

Ashish Singh

Oorja Minj

Vasundhera Gupta

Premnath P.

Saqib Hussain

Susheela Behera

Sumreen Anjum

B.Tech

B.Tech

M.Tech

M.Sc.

M.Sc.

M.Sc.

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Industrial Micro

M.Sc. Bioresource & Biotech

HNB Garwal University

SOA University

Baba Gulam Shah University


B.Tech, M.Tech,

M.Sc. Dissertation Thesis Supervised

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2015-2016

2016-2017

2017-2018

2018-2019

2019-2020

Renu Thappa

Suresh Kumar

Neha Salaria

Munish Shorie

Sumit Sharma

Bhavna

Kaushik D Dubey

Saloni Sharma

Prashant Nath

Ramesh Kumar

Neeru Bhat

Arun Kumar

Aishani Wadhawan

Subashni Koul

Shweta Srivastava

Muntazir Mehdi

Pooja Pal

Priya Pandita

Divya Sanan

Shruti Jasrotia

Sunniya Gupta

Subha Lakshmi Saikia

Kirti Devi Sharma

Diksha Bhadwal

Shagun Bali

Kanika Khanna

Krishi Mehta

Yasmeen Akhtar

Sanjana Rajput

Devansh

Gazanfer Rashid

Nancy Manocha

Pooja Bhat

Arushi Thakur

Bhumika

Jaspreet Kaur

Priyank Upadhayay

Sachin Bali

Najm U Saqib

M.Sc. Bioresource & Biotech

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

B.Tech Biotechnology

M.Tech Biotechnology




M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology






M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

Ph.D. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

Ph.D. Botany

Ph. D. Botany

B.Sc. Biotechnology

B.Sc. Biotechnology

B.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Botany

B.Tech. Biotechnology

B.Tech. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Sc. Biotechnology


Arni University

Arni University

Punjab Technical University

Punjab Technical University

Beant College of Eng. Tech.

GB Pant Engineering College

Shaheed Udham Singh

College of Eng. & tech.

University of Rajasthan

SM Vaishno Devi University

Sh. Guru Ram Rai College

Sh. Udham S. Col. Eng. Tech

Shoolini University

Amity University

Amity University

Inst. Applied Med & Res.


Guru Nanak Dev University

Guru Nanak Dev University

DAV College, Punjab Uni

Shere Kashmir UAST Jammu


SKUAST-Jammu

GNDU, Amritsar

GNDU, Amritsar

Chandigarh University






Fergusson College, Pune


Delhi Technological University

GNDU, Amritsar

GNDU, Amritsar


Jiwaji University, Gwalior

Conference

Posters

(1) Perturbation of global gene expression by maleless mutation in Drosophila. Gandhi, S.G., Balyan, M.K., Hariharan, R., Bhadra, U* & Pal-Bhadra, M.* Presented at International EMBO meeting titled “Upstream & Downstream of Hox Genes” held at CCMB, Hyderabad from 14th -


Conference

Posters

17th Dec 2005.

(2) MSL complex in Drosophila male favors to counteract changes of gene expression in evolutionary divergence. Pal-Bhadra, M., Gandhi, S.G., Balyan, M.K., Hariharan, R. & Bhadra, U.* Presented at International meeting on Insect Genetics & Genomics held at CDFD, Hyderabad from 9th – 11th Jan 2006

(3) A novel gene that interconnects Heterochromatic silencing and miRNA processing in Drosophila melanogaster. Sumit Gandhi & Utpal Bhadra*. Presented at International symposium on Chromosomes to Genomes, held at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, from 3rd-5th July 2007.

(4) Drosophila Gas41 gene interconnects RNAi, miRNA & heterochromatic silencing pathways. Sumit Gandhi & Utpal Bhadra*. Presented at Indo-French Conference on RNAi in Genome control, held at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, from 12th –14th Dec 2007.

(5) dGas41: A genetic suppressor of RNAi, microRNA and Heterochromatin silencing in Drosophila melanogaster. Sumit Gandhi* & Utpal Bhadra Presented at BIOmics Hands-on Workshop and Conference at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel from 30th Aug to 4th Sept 2009.

(6) Molecular Phylogeny in Ocimum spp. Praveen Awasthi, Sumit G. Gandhi*, Suphla Gupta and Yashbir S. Bedi. Presented at International Symposium at Jaipur National University, Jaipur, titled “New Biology and Plant Engineering” from 31st Nov to 2nd Dec 2009.

(7) Development of EST-SSR markers for Zingiber officinale with transferability to other species of Zingiberaceae. Praveen Awasthi, Irshad Ahmad, Pankaj Pandotra, Gandhi Ram, Suphla Gupta*, Yashbir S. Bedi and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at Symposium on Genomics & Biodiversity during the ADNAT convention at CCMB, Hyderabad from 23-25th Feb 2011.

(8) Co-assesment of variation in genic microsatellites and essential oil composition in Ocimum species. Irshad Ahmad, Praveen Awasthi, Vidushi Mahajan, Suresh Chandra, Yashbir S. Bedi and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at Symposium on Genomics & Biodiversity during the ADNAT convention at CCMB, Hyderabad from 23-25th Feb 2011.

(9) In silico analysis of SSR dynamics in chloroplast genomes of Brassicaceae. Sandeep Singh Pagoch, Praveen Awasthi, Yashbir S. Bedi and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at Symposium on Genomics & Biodiversity during the ADNAT convention at CCMB, Hyderabad from 23-25th Feb 2011.

(10) Prediction of microRNA targets in genes encoding enzymes of plant secondary metabolite pathways. Vidushi Mahajan, Ashish Singh, Yashbir S. Bedi and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at Symposium on Genomics & Biodiversity during the ADNAT convention at CCMB, Hyderabad from 23-25th Feb 2011.

(11) microRNA mediated regulation of Plant Secondary Metabolism: An In Silico analysis. Vidushi Mahajan, Anuj Mahajan, Sandeep Singh Pagoch, Yashbir S. Bedi & Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at International Interdisciplinary Science Conference -2011 on Bioinformatics: An interface between Computer Science & Biology, held at Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi from 15-17 Nov 2011

(12) Cloning and characterization of an anti-fungal protein gene from Ocimum basilicum. Irshad Ahmad Rather, Praveen Awasthi, Vidushi Mahajan, Yashbir S. Bedi, Ram A. Vishwakarma & Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at Indo-US conference on Botanical Drug Development, held at Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, on 13-14 Dec 2013.

(13) Isolation, Identification and Expression analysis of p450 Sequences from Coleus forskohlii. Praveen Awasthi, Irshad Ahmad^, Y.S Bedi, Ram Vishwakarma, Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at Indo-US conference on Botanical Drug Development, held at Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, on 13-14 Dec 2013.

(14) miR34 may regulate flavonoid biosynthesis in Coleus forskohlii via post-transcriptional control of chalcone synthase gene. Praveen Awasthi, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Nitika Kapoor, Vidushi Mahajan, Yashbir S Bedi and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at National Seminar on Recent Trends in Genomics and Metabolomics, held at School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu on 17-18 March 2017.

(15) Isolation, identification and study of bioactive potential of endophytes of Cissampelos pareirai. Gowhar Rashid Lone, Nitika Kapoor, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Sajad Ahmed and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at National Conference cum Industry-Academia met on Opportunities and Challenges in Fermentation Based Industrial Processes, held at CSIR-Indian Institute of


Conference

Posters

Integrative Medicine, Jammu on 13-14 Sept, 2018. (16) Studies towards establishment of Cannabis sativa lines with higher CBD:THC ratio. Rekha Chouhan, Sajad Ahmed, Yadunandan Sen and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at National Conference on Recent Developments in Plant Stress Biology: Translating Laboratory Research for Human Welfare (RDPSB-2018), Organized by Central University of Jammu, Jammu on 7-8 Dec 2018 (17) Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity of Endophytic Fungi From Rumex dentatus. Ntemafack Augustin, Arem Qayum, Ravi Singh Manhas, Sheikh Gulfam, Sajad Ahmed, Shashank K. Singh, Asha Chaubey, Qazi Parvaiz Hassan* and Sumit G. Gandhi*. Presented at Golden Jubilee National Symposium on Current Interventions to Plants and Microbes for Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability (CIPME-2019). Organized by Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences and Society for Plant Research (Vegetos). Held at GNDU, Amritsar on 6-8 March, 2019 (18) Studies towards Understanding the Physiological role of Rohitukine on Plant Growth. Sajad Ahmed, RekhaChouhan, NitikaKapoor and Sumit G Gandhi* Presented at Golden Jubilee National Symposium on Current Interventions to Plants and Microbes for Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability (CIPME-2019). Organized by Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences and Society for Plant Research (Vegetos). Held at GNDU, Amritsar on 6-8 March, 2019 (19) Assessment of genetic characteristics and chemotyping of some Aconitum species of North-Western Himalaya. Sabeena Ali, Nitika Kapoor, Sumit G. Gandhi*, Qazi Parvaiz Hassan*. Presented at Golden Jubilee National Symposium on Current Interventions to Plants and Microbes for Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability (CIPME-2019). Organized by Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences and Society for Plant Research (Vegetos). Held at GNDU, Amritsar on 6-8 March, 2019

* Indicates corresponding author

Oral

Presentations

(1) Host pathogen relationship via microRNA in different complex diseases. Sumit Gandhi & Utpal Bhadra*. Platform presentation at International symposium – 10th ADNAT “RNAi & microRNA in Development and Health” held at CCMB, Hyderabad on 23rd & 24th Feb 2006.

(2) A Novel Component Interconnects RNA Interference and Heterochromatic Silencing in Drosophila melanogaster. Gandhi, Sumit G. & Bhadra Utpal*. Platform presentation at 30th All India Cell Biology Conference held at Delhi University, Delhi from 2nd – 4th Feb 2007.


Invited

Lectures

(1) RNAi: from basics to applications. At Science degree college for Girls, Lingampally, Hyderabad on 19th July 2008.

(2) RNA interference. At International symposium at Panjab University, Chandigarh, titled “ Recent Developments in Molecular Technologies” on 21st-22nd Feb 2009.

(3) RNA interference and Transcriptional Gene Silencing. At International Symposium at Jaipur National University, Jaipur, titled “New Biology and Plant Engineering” from 31st Nov to 2nd Dec 2009.

(4) Biotechnology of secondary metabolism in medicinal plants with emphasis on Coleus forskohlii and Dysoxylum binectariferum. At International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ICTEB) at JNU, New Delhi from 6th-9th Nov 2014.

(5) Biosafety guidelines in recombinant DNA research. At DBT-sponsored Short-Term Training Course (STTC) on Bioprocess engineering for young/mid-career scientists and UG/PG teachers involved in teaching Biotechnology and Life Sciences for two weeks at University of Jammu, Jammu from 10th to 24th Dec 2014.

(6) Biotechnology of secondary metabolism in medicinal plants. At National Seminar on “Innovative Trends in Plant and Microbial Sciences” at the Deparment of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu from 2-3rd March 2015

(7) Biotechnology of secondary metabolism in medicinal plants. At 10th JK Science Congress at University of Jammu from 14th-16th March 2015.

(8) NextGen Genomics: an indispensable tool in plant secondary metabolism research. At 2015 NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference, at HICC, Hyderabad from 1-3 Oct 2015


Invited

Lectures

(9) Biotechnology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. At New Horizons in Biotechnology, organized by CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivendrum and Biotech Research Society of India, from 22-25 Nov 2015

(10) Biotechnology of secondary metabolism in medicinal plants. At “International Conference on Advances in Bioprocess Technology” from 26-28 Nov 2015 at MACFAST, Tiruvalla, Kerala

(11) Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolism. At “UGC-HRDC Refresher Course” on 7th March, 2017 at School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu

(12) Genomics: an indispensable tool in understanding secondary metabolism in medicinal and aromatic plants. National Seminar on Recent Trends in Genomics and Metabolomics, held at School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu on 17-18 March 2017.

(13) Genomics for understanding secondary metabolism in medicinal and aromatic plants. 3rd International conference on Plant Genetics and Genomics, entitled “Agrigenomics India 2017”, held at Hyatt Residency, Chandigarh from 20-21 July 2017.

(14) Biotechnology of plant microbe interactions. Advanced techniques and tools for functional genomics in crops, held at School of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Jammu from 4-13 Oct 2017.

(15) Transcriptomics in biotechnology of plant secondary metabolism. Advanced techniques and tools for functional genomics in crops, held at School of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Jammu from 4-13 Oct 2017.

(16) Analysis of plant Cytochrome P450s: key players in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites and degradation of xenobiotics. Emerging Trends in Biotechnology for Waste Conversion (ETBWC-2017), held at CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur from 8-10 Oct 2017.

(17) Analysis of plant Cytochrome P450s: key players in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. National Seminar on Advances in Plant Sciences, held at Department of Botany, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, from 12-13 Jan 2018 (18) Understanding Secondary Metabolism in Coleus forskohlii. National Conference on Recent Developments in Plant Stress Biology: Translating Laboratory Research for Human Welfare (RDPSB-2018), Organized by Central University of Jammu, Jammu on 7-8 Dec 2018

(19) Understanding Secondary Metabolism in Coleus forskohlii. Golden Jubilee National Symposium on Current Interventions to Plants and Microbes for Environmental & Agricultural Sustainability (CIPME-2019). Organized by Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences and Society for Plant Research (Vegetos). Held at GNDU, Amritsar on 6-8 March, 2019

Publications

(1) Pal-Bhadra M, Leibovitch BA, Gandhi SG, Chikka MR, Bhadra U*, Birchler JA*, Elgin SC*: Heterochromatic silencing and HP1 localization in Drosophila are dependent on the RNAi machinery. Science 2004, 303(5658):669-672. IF 37.205

(2) Gandhi SG, Singh SK, Chattoo BB*. Integrating the -omics. Current science. 2010, 98(6):742 IF 0.756

(3) Gandhi SG*, Awasthi P, Bedi YS: Analysis of SSR dynamics in chloroplast genomes of Brassicaceae family. Bioinformation 2010, 5(1):16-20.

(4) Vidushi Mahajan, Anuj Mahajan, Sandeep Singh Pagoch Yashbir S. Bedi and Sumit G. Gandhi*: microRNA mediated regulation of plant secondary metabolism: An in silico analysis. J. Nat. Sc. Biol. Med. 2011, 2:44-45

(5) Awasthi P, Ahmad I, Gandhi SG*, Bedi YS: Development of chloroplast microsatellite markers for phylogenetic analysis in Brassicaceae. Acta Biol Hung 2012, 63(4):463-473. IF 0.439

(6) Devari S, Jaglan S, Kumar M, Deshidi R, Guru S, Bhushan S, Kushwaha M, Gupta AP, Gandhi SG, Sharma JP et al: Capsaicin production by Alternaria alternata, an endophytic fungus from Capsicum annum; LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis. Phytochemistry 2014, 98:183-189. IF 3.186

(7) Mahajan V, Sharma N, Kumar S, Bhardwaj V, Ali A, Khajuria RK, Bedi YS, Vishwakarma RA, Gandhi SG*: Production of rohitukine in leaves and seeds of Dysoxylum binectariferum: an alternate renewable resource. Pharm Biol 2014, 53(3):446-450. IF 1.918

(8) Mahajan V, Rather IA, Awasthi P, Gairola S, Meena SR, Anand R, Bedi YS, Gandhi SG*: Development of chemical and EST-SSR markers for Ocimum genus. Ind. Crops and Prod. 2015, 63:65-70 IF 3.849

(9) Awasthi P, Mahajan V, Rather IA, Gupta AP, Rasool S, Bedi YS, Vishwakarma RA, Gandhi SG*: Plant Omics: Isolation, Identification, and Expression Analysis of Cytochrome P450 Gene


Publications

Sequences from Coleus forskohlii. OMICS 2015, 19(12):782-792. IF 2.370

(10) Gandhi SG, Bag I, Sengupta S, Pal-Bhadra M, Bhadra U*: Drosophila oncogene Gas41 is an RNA interference modulator that intersects heterochromatin and the small interfering RNA pathway. FEBS J 2015, 282(1):153-173. IF 4.530

(11) Gandhi SG*, Mahajan V, Bedi YS: Changing trends in biotechnology of secondary metabolism in medicinal and aromatic plants. Planta 2015, 241(2):303-317. IF 3.249

(12) Rather IA, Awasthi P, Mahajan V, Bedi YS, Vishwakarma RA, Gandhi SG*: Molecular cloning and functional characterization of an antifungal PR-5 protein from Ocimum basilicum. Gene 2015, 558(1):143-151. IF 2.319

(13) Yusuf F, Rather IA, Jamwal U, Gandhi SG*, Chaubey A*: Cloning and functional characterization of nitrilase from Fusarium proliferatum AUF-2 for detoxification of nitriles. Funct Integr Genomics 2015, 15(4):413-424. IF 2.889

(14) Awasthi P, Gupta AP, Bedi YS, Vishwakarma RA, Gandhi SG*: Mannitol Stress Directs Flavonoid Metabolism toward Synthesis of Flavones via Differential Regulation of Two Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases in Coleus forskohlii. Front Plant Sci 2016, 7:985. IF 4.298

(15) Awasthi P, Mahajan V, Jamwal VL, Kapoor N, Rasool S, Bedi YS, Gandhi SG*: Cloning and expression analysis of chalcone synthase gene from Coleus forskohlii. J Genet 2016, 95(3):647-657. IF 0.672

(16) Bhadra U*, Gandhi SG, Palaparthi R, Balyan MK, Pal-Bhadra M*: Drosophila maleless gene counteracts X global aneuploid effects in males. FEBS J 2016, 283(18):3457-3470. IF 4.530

(17) Kumar V, Guru SK, Jain SK, Joshi P, Gandhi SG, Bharate SB, Bhushan S, Bharate SS*, Vishwakarma RA*: A chromatography-free isolation of rohitukine from leaves of Dysoxylum binectariferum: Evaluation for in vitro cytotoxicity, Cdk inhibition and physicochemical properties. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016, 26(15):3457-3463. IF 2.442

(18) Magotra A, Kumar M, Kushwaha M, Awasthi P, Raina C, Gupta AP, Shah BA*, Gandhi SG*, Chaubey A*: Epigenetic modifier induced enhancement of fumiquinazoline C production in Aspergillus fumigatus (GA-L7): an endophytic fungus from Grewia asiatica L. AMB Express 2017, 7(1):43. IF 1.719

(19) Reyaz Ur Rasool, Debasis Nayak, Souneek Chakraborty, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Vidushi Mahajan, Archana Katoch, Mir Mohd Faheem, Zainab Iqra, Hina Amin, Sumit G. Gandhi, Anindya Goswami*: Differential regulation of NM23-H1 under hypoxic and serum starvation conditions in metastatic cancer cells and its implication in EMT. Eur. J. of Cell Biol. 2017 96(2):164. IF 2.939

(20) Debasis Nayak, Anmol Kumar, Souneek Chakraborty, Reyaz ur Rasool, Hina Amin, Archana Katoch, Veena Gopinath, Vidushi Mahajan, Mahesh K. Zilla, Sumit G. Gandhi, Asif Ali, Lekha Kumar and Anindya Goswami*: Inhibition of Twist1 mediated invasion by Chk2 promotes premature senescence in p53 defective cancer cells. Cell Death and Differentiation. 2017 24(7):1275 IF 8.339

(21) Sharma R, Jamwal V, Singh VP, Wazir P, Awasthi P, Singh D, Vishwakarma RA, Gandhi SG*, Chaubey A*: Revelation and cloning of valinomycin synthetase genes in Streptomyces lavendulae ACR-DA1 and their expression analysis under different fermentation and elicitation conditions. Journal of Biotechnology. 2017 253:40. IF 2.533

(22) Kumar V, Gupta M, Gandhi SG, Bharate SS, Kumar A, Vishwakarma RA, Bharate SB*: Anti-inflammatory chromone alkaloids and glycoside from Dysoxylum binectariferum. Tetrahedron Letters. 2017 58(42):3974-3978 IF 2.125

(23) Hussain MA, Mahajan V, Rather IA, Awasthi P, Chouhan R, Dutt P, Sharma YP, Bedi YS, Gandhi SG*: Isolation and identification of growth promoting endophytic fungi from Artemisia annua L. and its effects on artemisinin content. Trends in Phytochemical Research. 2017 1(4):2017-214

(24) Awasthi P, Singh A, Sheikh G, Mahajan V, Gupta AP, Gupta S, Bedi YS, Gandhi SG*: Mining and characterization of EST-SSR markers for Zingiber officinale Roscoe with transferability to other species of Zingiberaceae. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 2017 23(4):925-931 IF 1.151

(25) Kumar C, Rasool RU, Iqra Z, Nalli Y, Dutt P, Satti NK, Sharma N, Gandhi SG, Goswami A*, Ali A*: Alkyne–azide cycloaddition analogues of dehydrozingerone as potential anti-prostate cancer inhibitors via the PI3K/Akt/NF-kB pathway. Medicinal Chemistry Communications. 2017 8:2115-2124 IF 2.342

(26) Singh A*, Wazir P, Chibber P, Kapoor N, Kumar A, Nandi U, Gandhi SG, Singh S, Tikoo MK,


Publications Vishwakarma R, Singh GD*: Re-Validation of New Develop Highly Sensitive, Simple LCMS/MS Method for the Estimation of Rohitukine and its Application in ADME/Pre-Clinical Pharmacokinetics. Mass Spectrometry & Purification Techniques. 2017 3:2

(27) Shahnawaz M*, Malik SB, Dar RA, Hussain M, Tak AQ, Chauhan D, Qazi HA, Rather IA, Sirwal MY, Yaseen S, Akhtar R, Lone GR, Gandhi SG, Sangale MK, Ade AB: Allelopathic Effect of Aqueous Root Extract of Anthemis cotula L. on Some Important Crops of Chenab Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Trends in Bioscience. 2017 10:9096-9103

(28) Bharate SB*, kumar V, Jain SK, Mintoo MJ, Guru SK, Nuthakki VK, Sharma M, Bharate SS, Gandhi SG, Mondhe DM, Bhushan S, Vishwakarma RA*: Discovery and Preclinical Development of IIIM-290, an Orally Active Potent Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2018 61:1664-1687 IF 6.054

(29) Mahajan V, Chouhan R, Kitchlu S, Bindu K, Koul S, Singh B, Bedi YS, Gandhi SG*: Assessment of chemical and genetic variability in Tanacetum gracile accessions collected from cold desert of

Western Himalaya. 3 Biotech 2018 8: 284 IF 1.786

(30) Praveen Awasthi, Vidushi Mahajan, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Rekha Chouhan, Nitika Kapoor, Yashbir S. Bedi, Sumit G. Gandhi*: Characterization of the gene encoding 4-coumarate:CoA ligase in Coleus forskohlii. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 2018 28: 203–210 IF 1.038

(31) Kanika Khanna, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Sumit G. Gandhi, Puja Ohri, Renu Bhardwaj*, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Abeer Hashem, Parvaiz Ahmad* Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria induced Cd tolerance in Lycopersicon esculentum through altered antioxidative defense expression. Chemosphere 2018 217: 463-474 IF 5.108

(32) Kanika Khanna, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Sumit G. Gandhi, Puja Ohri, Renu Bhardwaj*, Leonard Wijaya, Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni, Parvaiz Ahmad*: Role of plant growth promoting Bacteria (PGPRs) as biocontrol agents of Meloidogyne incognita through

improved plant defense of Lycopersicon esculentum. Plant and Soil 2019 436: 325–345 IF 3.259

(33) Bali S, Jamwal VL, Kaur P, Kohli SK, Ohri P, Gandhi SG*, Bhardwaj R*, Al-Huqail AA, Siddiqui MH, Ahmad P*: Role of P-type ATPase metal transporters and plant immunity induced by jasmonic acid against Lead (Pb) toxicity in tomato. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2019 174: 283-294 IF 4.527

(34) Khanna K, Jamwal VL, Gandhi SG*, Ohri P, Bhardwaj R* Metal resistant PGPR lowered Cd uptake and expression of metal transporter genes with improved growth and photosynthetic

pigments in Lycopersicon esculentum under metal toxicity Scientific Reports 2019 9(1):5855 IF

4.527

(35) Khanna K, Jamwal VL, Sharma A, Gandhi SG*, Ohri P, Bhardwaj R*, Al-Huqail AA, Siddiqui MH, Ali HM, Ahmad P*: Supplementation with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) alleviates cadmium toxicity in Solanum lycopersicum by modulating the expression of secondary metabolites. Chemosphere 2019 230:628-639 IF 5.108

(36) Souneek Chakraborty, Aviral Kumar, Mir Mohd Faheem, Archana Katoch, Anmol Kumar, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Debasis Nayak, Aparna Golani, Reyaz Ur Rasool, Syed Mudabir Ahmad, Jedy Jose, Rakesh Kumar, Sumit G Gandhi, Lekha Dinesh Kumar* & Anindya Goswami*: Vimentin activation in early apoptotic cancer cells errands survival pathways during DNA damage inducer CPT treatment in colon carcinoma model. Cell Death & Disease 2019 10:467 IF 5.959

(37) Shagun Bali, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal, Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Parminder Kaur, Ruchi Tejpal, Vandana Bhalla, Puja Ohri, Sumit G.Gandhi*, Renu Bhardwaj*, Asma A.Al-Huqail, Manzer H.Siddiqui, Hayssam M.Ali, Parvaiz Ahmad* Jasmonic acid application triggers detoxification of lead (Pb) toxicity in tomato through the modifications of secondary metabolites and gene expression. Chemosphere 2019 235: 734-748 IF 5.108

(38) Nayak D, Katoch A, Sharma D, Faheem MM, Chakraborty S, Sahu PK, Chikan NA, Amin H, Gupta AP, Gandhi SG, Mukherjee D, Goswami A. Indolylkojyl methane analogue IKM5 potentially inhibits invasion of breast cancer cells via attenuation of GRP78. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 177(2):307-323 IF 3.471



Patents Sustained Release Formulations Of Dysoxylum Binectariferum. Bharate Sonali Sandip, Kumar

Vikas, Gupta Mehak, Gandhi Sumit, Kumar Ajay, Bharate Sandip Bibishan, Vishwakarma Ram. Patents filed in IN, US, CA, EP. CSIR Ref No. 0179NF2017 Dated: 15-Sept-2017

Books

Sumit G Gandhi and Utpal Bhadra: Interrelationships Between Gene Silencing in Drosophila melanogaster. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. 2017 ISBN: 978-3-330-08116-1

Bikarma Singh, Dhiraj Vyas, Narendra Kumar, PL Sangwan, Prashant Misra, Sumeet Gairola, Sumit Gandhi and Surrinder K. Lattoo (Contributors-Authors). Surrinder K. Lattoo and YS Bedi (Content Coordinators). VL Chopra and Ram A Vishwakaram (Editors). Plants for Wellness and Vigour. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. 2018 ISBN:978-9-386-54603-6

Praveen Awasthi and Sumit G. Gandhi: Secondary Metabolites Pathway Genes from Coleus forskohlii. Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. 2018 ISBN: 978-613-9-86003-6

Book Chapters

Sumit G. Gandhi* 2019 Synthetic Biology for Production of Commercially Important Natural Product Small Molecules. In Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Elsevier ISBN: 978-0-444-64085-7

Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal and Sumit G. Gandhi* 2019 Endophytes as Source of High-Value Phytochemicals: Present Scenario and Future Outlook. In Endophytes and Secondary Metabolites. Springer ISBN: 978-3-319-76900-4

Nitika Kapoor, Vijay Lakshmi Jamwal and Sumit G. Gandhi* 2019 Endophytes as a Source of High-Value, Bioactive Metabolites. In Endophytes and Secondary Metabolites. Springer ISBN: 978-3-319-76900-4

Bikarma Singh*, Sumit G. Gandhi*, Harish Chander Dutt, Abdul Rahim, Rajan Sachdev, YS Bedi* 2019 Bringing Innovation and Digitization of Web Accessible Herbarium Database to Build a National Resource in India: A Case Study of Plant Inventory Biodiversity Data of Janaki Ammal Herbarium. In Plants for Human Survival and Medicine. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. ISBN: 978-93-87973-51-0

Sabeena Ali, Sumit G. Gandhi, YS Bedi and Parvaiz Qazi* 2019 Distribution, Conservation and Pharmacological Status of Genus Aconitum L. with Special Reference to Western Himalaya. In Plants for Human Survival and Medicine. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, India. ISBN: 978-93-87973-51-0

Prof. Society

Memberships

Life Member of Indian Science Congress Society (ISC)

Life member of Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI)

Life member of The Indian Botanical Society (IBS)

Life member of Society of Biological Chemists (SBC)

Member CSIR-IIIM

Administrative

Committees

Selection committee for Ph.D. students enrolling in AcSIR

Selection committee for project fellows and research associates

Academic Committee

NASI J&K Chapter committee

Guest House and Cafetaria Management Committee

Annual Report Publication Committee

Annual Physical Verification Committee for Stores

Technical and Purchase Committee

Organization of

Organization of

Conferences,

Symposia, Meetings,

Seminars

Organizing committee member in “Indo-US Symposium on Ayurvedic, Siddha & Unani (ASU) drugs: Development and Marketing” during 2nd-4th December 2009 at NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi

Organizating committee member of “Indo-US Symposium on Methodology of Research in Indian Systems of Medicine” during 8th – 9th December 2010, at The Atria Hotel, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Organizing committee member of training programmes for 82 Research Officers of Councils under Department of AYUSH at the CSIR-IIIM, Jammu during (a) 30th March- 2nd April, 2010 (b)


Organization of

Organization of

Conferences,

Symposia, Meetings,

Seminars

25th to 28th May, 2010 and (c) 15th to 18th June, 2010

Organizing committee member of “Chemical Research Society of India” North Zone Meeting in “International Year of Chemistry-2011” during 22nd to 24th December 2011 at the Jammu University, Jammu

Convener for organization of National Science Day under the aegis of Jammu Chapter of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (NASI) on 29th February 2015 at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

Organizing committee member of “Brainstorming on Climate Change” under the aegis of Jammu Chapter of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (NASI) during 19-20th May 2015 at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

Convener for DBT sponsored brainstorming on “New Bioresources for high value foods and nutraceutical products” on 15 Sept 2015 at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

Organizing committee member of DBT-BIRAC sponsored workshop on Bio-Entrepreneurship, Grant Writing and Intellectual Property on 23-24th June 2016 at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

Convener for organizing “Floral Painting Competition” as a part of Annual Flower Show/Kissan Mela, on 25th Feb 2018 at RRL School, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

Convener for one-day meet on “Tools and Techniques in Science” organized for celebrating National Science Day, under the aegis of Jammu Chapter of National Academy of Sciences, on 28th Feb 2018 at CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

Academic Affairs

(Course work

designing, Paper

setting, Teaching)

Active member of Course Work Committee for designing IIIM Ph.D. course work, Syllabus of AcSIR IIIM courses on ‘Genomics’, ‘Systems Biology’, ‘Plant Microbe Interactions’, ‘Plant Molecular Biology’, ‘Molecular Biology of Plant Secondary Metabolism’ and teaching components of these courses.

Setting of question papers for AcSIR course work examination

Have been paper setter for the course ‘Advances in Bioinformatics’ tought in M.Sc. Biotechnology, 3rd Semester at the Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012

Examiner (setting of question paper and checking answer sheets) for the course “Principles of Biotechnology – BIOT-313” of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Jammu (SKUAST-J) during 2013 and 2014

Served as member of selection committee for recruitment of project fellows at SKUAST-J and University of Jammu on several occassions

Examiner for evaluation of Ph.D. thesis entitled ‘Evolutionary analysis of plants using mitochondrial sequences’ by Ms. Himani Kuntal, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University during 2012

Examiner for evaluation of Ph.D. thesis entitled ‘Identificaiton and molecular characterization of drought-responsive genes in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), by Ms. Abida Parveen, Department of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Jammu (SKUAST-J) during 2016

Examiner for evaluation of Dissertation in PG Diploma Course in Bioinformatics, entitled ‘Inferring RBP-mediated miRNA regulation in thyroid cancer’, by Ms. Jaspreet Kour, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu during 2018

Examiner for evaluation of Dissertation in PG Diploma Course in Bioinformatics, entitled ‘Analysis of epigenetic and small RNA mediated regulation in Zea mays with network visualization’, by Mr. Syed Mohsin Aleem, School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu during 2018

Dr. Ram A Vishwakarma


References

Director, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi – 180 001. J & K. India. Phone +91-191-2569111 Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Dr. Ramesh Sonti Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067, India Fax: 91-11-26742267 E mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Dr. Sunit Kumar Singh Professor and Head, Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221005, India Fax: 91-9621668812 E mail: [email protected], sunitsingh2000@bhu. ac.in

Dr. Y. S. Bedi Consultant and Ex. Sci G & Head, Plant Biotechnology Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi – 180 001. J & K. India. Phone +91-191-2569030 Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Dr. Manika Pal Bhadra Senior Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India-500 007. Email: [email protected], [email protected]

The information provided above is correct to the best of my knowledge

Place: Jammu Date: 23rd Aug, 2019

(Sumit G. Gandhi)

Sumit G. Gandhi · Sumit G Gandhi P a g e | 3 Research Output Cumulative Impact Factor # 142.743 Average Impact Factor# 4.325 Number of SCI Publications 33 Number of Patents 1 (US,

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