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Teaching :
To impart teaching in Biochemistry in UG/PG programme of the University.
Research :
To conduct basic and strategic research for the growth of agriculture and allied fields.
Extension :
Transfer of innovative technologies to the farmers through KVKs
The flagship areas :-
- Carry out basic and strategic research in the frontier areas of Biochemistry for the development of novel plant types with improved productivity, nutrition and enhanced resistance towards biotic and abiotic stresses
- Biochemical prospecting of medicinal and aromatic plants for bioactive natural products having antioxidant, antifungal and anticancer activities.
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Name : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Designation : | Professor & Head | |
| Area of Specialization : | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | |
| E mail : | moniguptaskuast@gmail .com | |
| Contact No : | +91-9469160994 | |
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Name : | Dr. Sanjay Guleria |
| Designation : | Professor | |
| Area of Specialization : | Biochemistry of induced resistance in plants, Isolation and characterization of bioactive molecules from medicinal plants | |
| E mail : | guleria71@gmail.com | |
| Contact No : | +91-9469211245 | |
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Name : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Designation : | Professor | |
| Area of Specialization : | Natural Products | |
| E mail : | vikas.skuast@gmail.com | |
| Contact No : | +91-9419634588, 9469752697 | |
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Name : | Dr. Vinod Kumar |
| Designation : | Associate Professor cum Senior Scientist | |
| Area of Specialization : | Plant Biochemistry and Enzymology | |
| E mail : | vinod32@skuastj.org | |
| Contact No : | 9548057828 | |
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| Name of Project | Principal Investigator | Funding Agency | Duration and start of date | Remarks |
| Free radical scavenger and antioxidant activities of selected north-western Himalayan medicinal plants | Dr. Sanjay Guleria | DST, GoI, New Delhi | Three Years | - |
| Factors affecting the olive oil quality and characterization of olive oil using standard protocols for technology transfer for effective marketing of the oil | Dr. A.K. Tiku / Dr. Sanjay Guleria | ICAR, New Delhi | Three Years | - |
| Biochemical prospecting of some traditionally used north western Himalayan medicinal plant for antifungal metabolites | Dr. Sanjay Guleria | DBT, GoI, New Delhi | Three Years | - |
| Expression profiling of dof genes for accumulation of seed storage proteins and nitrogen metabolism in common beans (Rajmash) | Dr. Moni Gupta | DBT, GoI, New Delhi | Three Years | - |
| Developing cultivationtechnology of Keeda jadi mushroom (Cordyceps militaris) for enhanced nutraceutical potential | Dr. Moni Gupta | JKST&IC | 2024-2026 | - |
| Name : | Asmat Farooq |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF COMMON BEAN UNDER MINERAL STRESS |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2024 |
| Name : | Aasiya Majeed |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | STUDIES ON POLYMER BASED NANO STRUCTURES FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF ESSENTIAL OILS, THEIR CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES |
| Major : | Dr.Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2023 |
| Name : | Arjumand Zahoor |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | BIOAUGMENTATION OF MUSHROOMS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOACTIVE PROTEINS |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2023 |
| Name : | Saiyana Sharma |
| Degree : | M.Sc. |
| Topic : | EXPLORING ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM KANDI BELT OF JAMMU REGION |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2023 |
| Name : | Proloy Sankar Dev Roy |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | BIOFORTIFICATION OF FRUIT JUICES USING PROBIOTICS AND ITS EFFECT ON BIOCHEMICAL,PHYSICO-CHEMICAL,FUNCTIONALAND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2023 |
| Name : | Chandan Thappa |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | EXPLORING ANTICANCER,ANTIOXIDENT AND ANTIBACTERIAL POTENTIAL OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS OF BHADERWAH REGION OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2023 |
| Name : | Amrinder Singh |
| Degree : | PhD |
| Topic : | BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF ANTHOCYANINS IN COMMON BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Tabassum Un Nissa |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES FROM EDIBLE MUSHROOMS |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Neha Sharma |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | STUDIES ON NANO-ENCAPSULATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR IMPROVED ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES. |
| Major : | Dr.Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Khalid Hussain Salaria |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF FERMENTATION BASED BIOTRANSFORMATION ON BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS |
| Major : | Dr. Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Tenzin Topgyal |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | PHYSIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS IN RHIZOBACTERIA COMMON BEAN INTERACTIONS. |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Sumit Sharma |
| Degree : | M.Sc. |
| Topic : | BROMATOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF FABA BEAN SEEDS FOR APPLICATION IN FOOD INDUSTRY |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Faiqa Aiman |
| Degree : | M.Sc. |
| Topic : | STUDIES ON THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS AS BIOAVAILABILITY ENHANCER OF SYNTHETIC ANTIBIOTIC COMPOUNDS |
| Major : | Dr.Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Shubam Kailas Padekar |
| Degree : | M.Sc. |
| Topic : | STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PROBIOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION ON PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILE AND BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS. |
| Major : | Dr. Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Nitika Jojra |
| Degree : | M.Sc. |
| Topic : | BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FABA BEAN (Vicia faba L.) |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Thombre Mahadeo Uttamrao |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR CHANGES IN COMMON BEAN DURING ANTHRACNOSE DISEASE DEVELOPMENT |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Manoj B.S. |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | "ENHANCEMENT OF DROUGHT RESILIENCE IN RED KIDNEY BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) THROUGH BIO-PRIMING" |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2022 |
| Name : | Shilpa Raina |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | EVALUATION OF SOME BOTANICALS FROM J&K: POSSIBLE ANTICANCER ROLE USING IN VITRO CYTOTOXIC ASSAYS. |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2021 |
| Name : | Rashmi Chalotra |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EFFECT OF ELICITATION ON BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES AND POLYPHENOL METABOLISM IN SOME EDIBLE SPROUTS. |
| Major : | Dr. Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2021 |
| Name : | Zahid Nabi Sheikh |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF Prunus armeniaca (APRICOT) BY MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL APPROACHES. |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2021 |
| Name : | Sweeta Manhas |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | BIOPROSPECTATION OF MICROORGANISMS FROM NORTH WESTERN HIMALAYAS FOR ASPARAGINASE ENZYME. |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2021 |
| Name : | Risha Bharti |
| Degree : | M.Sc. |
| Topic : | IN VITRO CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF INDIAN SPICES AGAINST HUMAN CANCER CELL LINES |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2021 |
| Name : | Sonam |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | STUDIES ON BIOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING OF VARIOUS EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS. |
| Major : | Dr. Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2021 |
| Name : | Navneet Kour |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | EVALUATION OF SOME FRUITS FROM JAMMU SUBTROPICS: POSSIBLE ANTICANCER ROLE USING IN VITRO CYTOTOXICITY ASSAYS. |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2020 |
| Name : | Sheikh Mansoor Shafi |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | DNA BARCODING OF DIFFERENT Venturia inaequalis STRAINS AND THEIR EFFECT ON PAL BIOCHEMISTRY PATHWAY OF malus domistica BORKH |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2020 |
| Name : | Anshu Wali |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | PESTICIDE DEGRADATION POTENTIAL OF WHITE ROT FUNGI USING BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2020 |
| Name : | Kanika Sharma |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | STUDIES ON PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILE, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF EXTRACTS/ESSENTIAL OILS AND SILVER NANO- PARTICLES SYNTHESIZED FROM SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS |
| Major : | Dr. Sanjay Guleria |
| Year : | 2019 |
| Name : | Asima Hamid Mir |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | EVALUATION OF GLUTEN PROTEIN FRACTIONS IN INDIAN WHEAT CULTIVARS (TRITICUM AESTIVUM) FOR THEIR ANTIGENIC PROPERTIES. |
| Major : | Dr. S.A. Mallick |
| Year : | 2018 |
| Name : | Arti Heer |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | DETERMINATION OF IN VITRO ANTICANCER AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM JAMMU REGION |
| Major : | Dr. Vikas Sharma |
| Year : | 2017 |
| Name : | Deepika Sharma |
| Degree : | Ph.D |
| Topic : | EXPRESSION PROFILING SECONDARY METABOLITE GENES OF Pseudomonas fluorescens AND Fusarium oxysporum INTERACTION |
| Major : | Dr. Moni Gupta |
| Year : | 2017 |