Assistant Professor in Microbiology
Resume:
RESUME
Dr. AJAY KUMAR,
V.P.O: Chachian, Teh: Palampur,
Distt: Kangra (H.P), Pin: 176059.
INDIA.
Contact No.: +919*********,
E.Mail: ***********@*****.***
micro_1978@ rediffmail.com
OBJECTIVES:
Looking for challenging and help rewarding opportunity which exploits my inner, enhance my skills
and provide me a working environment that can help me in emerging as a competitive professional.
To use best of my knowledge and talent to serve the organization to achieve its objectives and goal.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
Standard/Degree Board/Institution Grade/Class Marks Year Subjects Matric CBSE (AISSE) First 61.8 1996 English, Science, Maths,
India Social science, Hindi
Senior secondary CBSE (AISSE) Second 59.0 1998 English, Biology, Physics,
(10+2) India Chemistry, Hindi
Bachelor of HP University First 66.58 2001 Botany, Zoology, Chemistry,
Science (B.Sc.) Shimla, India English, Hindi
Major: MICROBIOLOGY
M.Sc. CSK HP First 69.50 2003
Minor: BIOCHEMISTRY
(Microbiology) Agricultural Uni.
Palampur, India
Major: MICROBIOLOGY
Ph.D. CSK HP First 75.40 Oct.
Minor: (1)BIOCHEMISTRY
(Microbiology) Agricultural Uni. 2010
Palampur, India (2) BIOTECHNOLOGY
Title of Ph.D. thesis: Development of liquid biofertilizer with indigenous microbial strains of Himachal
Pradesh.
Title of M.Sc. thesis: Studies on augmentation of nitrogen in phosphocompost through Rhizobium-
Sunnhemp symbiosis and its evaluation in paddy crop.
EXPERIENECE:
Currently, working as Assistant Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology at Shoolini Institute of
Life Sciences and Business Management, Solan (H.P), India, since 18th April, 2011. Teaching courses
like Molecular Biology & Microbial Genetics, Industrial Microbiology, Microbial Metabolism,
Immunology & Immunotechnology, General Microbiology to under-graduate & postgraduate
students of Microbiology. Besides teaching, I have also guided sixteen M.Sc. Microbiology students
for their “Research Project” work. Currently, there are three M.Sc. Microbiology students pursuing
their “Research Project” under my supervision.
Worked as Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in the Department of Microbiology, COBS, CSK
Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur (India) under adhoc project entitled
“Development of liquid biofertilizers and biofertilizers based integrated nutrient management for
districts of Kangra, Bilaspur and Hamirpur” from 21st January, 2010 to 15th April, 2011.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION:
1. Soil Microbiology
2. Molecular Biology
3. Food Microbiology
4. Medical Microbiology
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM (IELTS):
Scored overall 6.0 band (Reading: 6.0, Writing: 6.0, Listening: 6.0, Speaking: 6.5) in IELTS on
April 2011.
FOREIGN VISIT:
Presented research paper at 7th International Conference on Genomics & Bio-IT APAC 2012 at Hong
Kong, China from 28th Nov.-1st Dec., 2012.
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
Awarded prestigious Summer Research Fellowship-2014 by combined Academy of Sciences of
India i.e. Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), The
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) as a Summer Research Fellow to work on project entitled
“Microbial community structure of green cabbage head purchased from the local market of Pune”
using techniques like DNA sequencer, MALDI-TOF, FAME, DGGE under the supervision of Dr.
Yogesh Shouche at National Center for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India from 01st April to 26th
May 2014.
Obtained Financial Assistance under ITS scheme from SERB, Dept. of Science & Technology to
attend the 7th International Conference on Genomics & Bio-IT APAC 2012 at Hong Kong, China
from 28th Nov.-1st Dec., 2012.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Life member of “Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI)” (Membership no.
AMI/LM312/2012).
BOOK CHAPTER:
Kanwar S.S and Kumar Ajay. 2010. Liquid Bioinoculants: A Technology for Sustainable
Agriculture. In: Agricultural Microbiology (P.C. Trivedi ed.), Pointer Publishers, Jaipur (Raj.), 25-
38.
PATENT:
Filed application for patenting liquid biofertilizer formulation developed with longer shelf life to
National Research Development Centre (NRDC), New Delhi, India.
RESEARCH PUBLICATION
Published
1. Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit and Pratush Amit. 2014. Molecular diversity and functional variability
of environmental isolates of Bacillus species. SpringerPlus 3:312.
2. Sharma Divya, Kumar Ajay and Kumar Amit. 2014. Probiotic and alcohol producing microbial
diversity from the traditional fermented foods and beverages of Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Pure
and Applied Microbiology 8(3): 2473-2484.
3. Kumar Amit, Sharma PC, Kumar Ajay and Negi Vishwanand. 2014. Studies on phenotypic traits of
Candida species and in vitro susceptibility to fluconazole. Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences
7(1): 83-91.
4. Kumar Ajay, Sharma Mamta and Kumar Amit. 2013. Characterization of potential oil degrading
and plant growth promoting bacteria from the soils of Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Pure and
Applied Microbiology 7(3): 2287-2294.
5. Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit and Pratush Amit. 2013. Phosphate solubilizing bacterial diversity from
the rhizospheric soils of sub-temperate region of Himachal Pradesh. Vegetos 26(1): 143-150.
6. Prabhakar C.S., Sood Pankaj, Kanwar S.S, Sharma P.N., Kumar Ajay and Mehta PK. 2013.
Isolation and characterization of gut bacteria of fruit fly, Bactrocera tau (Walker). Phytoparasitica
41(2): 193-201.
7. Pratush Amit, Gupta Anupama and Kumar Ajay. 2013. Purification and characterization of
bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus lactis AP2 and its antimicrobial potential against food spoilage
organisms. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences 3(2): 149-154.
8. Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit, Patil Sandip, Pratush Amit and Kumari Anuradha. 2012. Bacteriological
examination of food samples and evaluation of contaminating factors for the persistence of
pathogenic microorganisms. International Journal of Pharmacology and Biological Sciences 6(1):
31-37.
9. Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit, Kumari Ranjana, Patil Sandip, Kumar Anil and Negi Sushila. 2012.
Application of a rapid serological VDRL test for detection of anti Treponema pallidum antibodies in
serum of suspected syphilis patients. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review
and Research 12(2):80-82.
10. Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit, Patil Sandip, Payal Chandani and Negi Sushila. 2011. Isolation,
screening and characterization of bacteria from rhizospheric soils for different plant growth
promotion (PGP) activities: an in vitro study. Recent Research in Science and Technology 4(1):01-
05.
11. Singh Surjeet, Kumar Amit and Kumar Ajay. 2013. Species identification, antifungal susceptibility
testing and genetic variability among Candida species isolated from clinical samples. Journal of
Drug Discovery and Therapeutics 1(3): 1-11.
12. Kumar Amit, Kumar Ajay, Sharma Kanchan, Patil Sandip, Chauhan Varun, Pratush Amit and
Sharma P.C. 2012. Smear and culture examination of clinical samples from suspected patients for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and
Research 12(2):83-85.
13. Kumar Amit, Kumar Ajay, Kaushal Vandna, Patil Sandip, Payal Chandani and Kumar Anil. 2011.
Antibacterial potential of some natural food preservatives against Staphylococcus aureus isolated
from various food samples of Himachal Pradesh (India). World Journal of Science and Technology
1(10):48-53.
14. Kumar Amit, Kumar Ajay, Patil Sandip, Payal Chandani, Negi Sushila, Sharma Pooja and Kumar
Anil. 2011. Anti-bacterial activity of green tea (Camellia sinensis) against bacteria isolated from
environmental sources. Recent Research in Science and Technology 4(1):19-23.
15. Kumar Amit, Kumar Ajay, Kumar Pawan and Patil Sandip. 2011. Antibacterial activity of Triphala
and Triphala mashi extracts against bacteria isolated from wound infection. Asian Journal of
Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Research 4(1):142-148.
16. Ruchi, Kapoor Ritika, Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit, Patil Sandip, Thapa Shobit and Kaur Mohinder.
2012. Evaluation of plant growth promoting attributes and lytic enzyme production by fluorescent
Pseudomonas diversity associated with apple and pear. International Journal of Scientific and
Research Publications 2(2):1-8.
17. Pratush Amit, Gupta Anupama, Kumar Ajay and Vyas Geetanjali. 2012. Application of purified
bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus lactis AP2 as food biopreservative in acidic foods. Annals,
Food Science and Technology 13(1): 82-87.
18. Thakur Monika, Negi Sushila, Kumar Amit, Patil Sandip, Kumar Ajay and Sharma Neha. 2012.
Prevalence and characterization of water contamination indicator bacteria with special reference to
coliforms from drinking water supply in Solan city of Himachal Pradesh. Biological Forum- An
International Journal 4(1): 85-89.
19. Kapoor Ritika, Ruchi, Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit, Patil Sandip, Pratush Amit and Kaur Mohinder.
2011. Indole Acetic Acid production by fluorescent Pseudomonas isolated from the rhizospheric
soils of Malus and Pyrus. Recent Research in Science and Technology 4(1):06-09.
20. Sharma Neha, Negi Sushila, Kumar Ajay, Patil Sandip and Kumar Amit. (2012) Comparative
Antimicrobial Potential of Raw & Commercial Honey Against Various Bacteria Isolated From
Wound & Throat Samples. Asian Journal of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Research 2(2):31-
39.
21. Kumar Amit, Bhatii Vikrant, Kumar Ajay, Patil Sandip, Bhatia Vikesh and Kumar Anil. 2011.
Screening of various plant extracts for antifungal activity against Candida species. World Journal of
Science and Technology 1(10):43-47.
22. Pratush Amit, Mahajan Isha, Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit, Patil Sandip, Kumar Nivesh, Nidhi,
Kumari Pooja, Shinde Vinayak Vitthal and Bhalla Tek Chand. 2011. Anti-bacterial potential of some
native medicinal plants of Himachal Pradesh. Pharmacum Consequat 1(1):41-49.
23. Pratush Amit, Gupta Anupama, Kumar Ajay, Kumar Amit, Patil Sandip, Singh Rajinder, Kumari
Preeti and Priya. 2012. Isolation, Optimization and Purification of Acidic Nitrilase from Strain AP 5.
Advances in Life Sciences 1 (2): 147-151.
24. Kumar Sanjay, Cahuhan Pankaj Kumar, Kumar Amit, Kumar Ajay, Patil Sandip and Sharma Pooja.
2011. In Vitro Evaluation of Phytochemical, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Madhuca
indica leaf Extract. Asian Journal of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Research 4(1): 175-185.
25. Kumar Amit, Thakur Suresh, Thakur Vishal Chand, Kumar Ajay, Patil Sandip and Vohra M.P.
2012. Antifungal activity of some natural essential oils against Candida species isolated from blood
stream infection. Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University 1(1):61-66.
26. Kumar Amit, Thakur Vishal Chand, Thakur Suresh, Kumar Ajay and Patil Sandip. 2011.
Phenotypic characterization and in vitro examination of potential virulence factors of Candida
species isolated from blood stream infection. World Journal of Science and Technology 1(10):38-
42.
RESEARCH PAPERS IN CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIUM:
1. Urmila, Amit Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Tarun Kumar, Sandip Patil, Sushila Negi and Devender Kumar
Sharma (2013). Characterization and typing of Staphylococcus species recovered from food samples
procured from commercial sites and individual households at Solan City of Himachal Pradesh. 1st
International Conference on New Horizons in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences (NHPBMS-
2013), organized by Sheetal Life Sciences (P) Ltd., Dehradun and Society of Environment, Health
and Biotech., India, January 12-13, 2013.
2. Ajay Kumar, Vivek Sharma, Amit Kumar, Sandip Patil and Amit Pratush (2012). Assessment of
functional diversity and genetic variability of phosphate solubilizing Bacillus spp. isolated from the
rhizospheric soils. The 7th International Conference on Genomics & Bio-IT APAC 2012 at Hong
Kong, China, organized by Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) and co-organized by Giga Science from
28th Nov.- 1st Dec., 2012.
3. Shushila Negi, Monika Thakur, Amit Kumar, Ajay Kumar and Sandip Patil (2012). Prevalence and
characterization of water contamination indicator bacteria with special emphasis on coliforms from
drinking water supply in Solan city of Himachal Pradesh (India). National Conference on
“Environmental Problem and Their Remedial Measures (EPRM 2012)” organized by Department of
Environmental Sciences, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut (U.P.), India, from March 24-25,
2012, pp. 74.
4. Shushila Negi, Neha Sharma, Amit Kumar, Sandip Patil and Ajay Kumar (2012). Antimicrobial
activity of Honey Samples against different bacteria isolated from Wound and Throat samples.
National Conference on “Environmental Problem and Their Remedial Measures (EPRM 2012)”
organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut (U.P.),
India, from March 24-25, 2012, pp. 75.
5. Ajay Kumar, Jyoti Pathania, Amit Kumar, Sandip Patil and Mamta Sharma (2012). Screening of
bacterial isolates for bioremediation and plant growth promoting traits from the soils of Himachal
Pradesh. National conference on “Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology with Emphasis
on Biodiversity Conservation” organized by Dept. of Biotechnology and EVS, Dev Bhoomi Group
of Institutions (DBGI), Dehradun, India, from Feb. 25-26, 2012, pp 23.
6. Poonam Joshi, Amit Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Sandip Patil, Sheetal Mehta, Shushila Negi, Pooja
Sharma and D.K. Sharma (2012). Antibacterial potential of Aloe-Vera extract against pathogenic
bacteria isolated from clinical samples. National conference on “Recent Advances in Pharmaceutical
Biotechnology with Emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation” organized by Dept. of Biotechnology
and EVS, Dev Bhoomi Group of Institutions (DBGI), Dehradun, India, from Feb. 25-26, 2012, pp
27.
7. Sandip Patil, Amit Kumar, Ajay Kumar and Vinayak Shinde (2012) Antibacterial activity of
Triphala and Triphala mashi extracts against bacteria isolated from wound infection. National
symposium on “Drug Design and Combinatorial Chemistry” organized by Rajarambapu College of
Pharmacy, Kasegaon, Walwa, Sangli, Maharastra, India, from Jan. 26-27, 2012.
8. Ajay Kumar, Shobit Thapa, S.S.Kanwar and M.K.Gupta (2011). Characterization and performance
evaluation of indigenous nitrogen fixing and phosphate solubilizing rhizobacteria from the
rhizospheric soils of Himachal Pradesh. National Symposium Cum Brain Storming Workshop on
Organic Agriculture, organized by Dept. of Organic Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture, Shimla and
National Center of Organic Farming, Gaziabad from April 19-20, 2011, pp 89.
9. Rajni Devi, M.K.Gupta, S.S.Kanwar and Ajay Kumar (2011). Microbial diversity of termite mound
soil used as compost additive in organic farming. National Symposium Cum Brain Storming
Workshop on Organic Agriculture, organized by Dept. of Organic Agriculture, Dept. of Agriculture,
Shimla and National Center of Organic Farming, Gaziabad from April 19-20, 2011, pp 117.
10. Ajay Kumar, S.S.Kanwar, M.K.Gupta and Rajeev Rathour (2009). Characterization of indigenous
PGPR strains from the soils of Himachal Pradesh. Proceedings of first Asian PGPR Congress for
Sustainable Agriculture, held at Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad from June
21-24, 2009, pp 104.
11. Ajay Kumar, S.S.Kanwar and M.K.Gupta (2008). Preparation of indigenous bioinoculants of
phosphate solubilizers and Azotobacter isolated from the rhizospheric soils of Himachal Pradesh.
International Symposium on Microbial Biotechnology: Diversity, Genomics and Metagenomic
organized by Delhi University, Nov. 18-20, 2008, pp 366.
12. M.K.Gupta, T.C.Bhalla, S.S.Kanwar, Aditi Sourabh and Ajay Kumar (2008). Pseudonomas
fluorescens, a native isolate of Western Himalayas with plant growth promoting traits and its
applicability as bioinoculant on scented rose geranium. Proc. Of National Symposium on New
Biology in Agriculture organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh from Nov. 7-8, 2008, pp 50.
13. S.P. Dev, Ajay Kumar, and M.K.Gupta (2008). Studies on nitrogen enrichment of phosphocompost
through Rhizobium-Sunnhemp symbiosis. National seminar on “Policy Interventions for Promotion
of Balanced Fertilization and Integrated Nutrient Management” held at CSK Himachal Pradesh
Agricultural University, April 10-11, 2008.
WORKSHOPS/TRAININGS ATTENDED:
1. Attended National training program on “Metagenomics: Methods and Applications in
Microbiology” organized by National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms,
Kusmaur, Mau Nath Bhanjan, Uttar Pradesh, India, from 11-20 Jan. 2011.
2. Attended workshop on “National workshop on microbial diversity database” organized by Dept.
of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, sponsored by Dept.
of Information technology, Govt. of India from Oct. 29-30, 2009.
3. Attended training program on mushroom production under project entitled, “Experiential learning-
setting up of facilities for hands on training in mushroom production”, organized by Deptt. of
Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, CSK HPKV, Palampur, sponsored by ICAR, New Delhi
from 2-4 July, 2009.
4. Attended a training course on “Blue green algae and Azolla biofertilizers” organized by Centre for
conservation and utilization of blue green algae, IARI, New Delhi, sponsered by Deptt. of Science
and Technology, Govt. of India from 23-29 Feb. 2008.
5. Attended training on “Hands on training on roles of computers in Bioinformatics” organized by
Advanced centre of Hill Bioresources and Biotechnology, COA, CSK HPKV, Palampur, sponsored
by the Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India from March 17-18, 2007.
SUBMISSIONS OF GENE SEQUENCES AT NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION (NCBI), GENBANK USA
Submitted 16S nucleotide sequences (partial) of ribosomal gene of thirty four microorganisms viz.,
Stenotrophomonas sp. (GU371215); Bacillus licheniformis (GU371216); Azospirillum brasilense
(GU371217); Azospirillum brasilense (GU371218); Pseudomonas sp. (GU371219); Burkholderia
cepacia (GU371220); Bacillus subtilis (JF772826); Delftia acidovorans (HQ446523); Pseudomonas
putida (HQ446524); Flavobacterium sp. (HQ446525); Defluvibacter sp. (HQ446526), Ochrobactrum
sp. (HQ446527), Pseudomonas fluorescens (JN709477), Micrococcus luteus (JN709478), Lactococcus
lactis (JQ284016), Bacillus subtilis (JQ910867), Pseudomonas putida (JQ910868), Bacillus
megaterium (JQ963633), Bacillus megaterium (JQ963634), Bacillus megaterium (JQ963635), Bacillus
pumilus (JQ963636), Bacillus pumilus (JQ963637), Bacillus subtilis (JQ963638), Bacillus subtilis
(JQ963639), Bacillus subtilis (JQ963640), Bacillus subtilis (JQ963641), Bacillus subtilis (JQ963642),
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (JQ963643), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (JQ963644), Staphylococcus
saprophyticus (KC862292), Staphylococcus succinus (KC862293), Staphylococcus sp. (KC862294),
Bacillus subtilis (KF550055), Bacillus spp. (KF550056) at National Centre for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI), GenBank USA.
Submitted ACC deaminase gene (acdS) partial sequence of Bacillus subtilis (JQ995371).
Submitted ITS region partial sequence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (KF568896).
USE OF COMPUTERS:
Complete working knowledge of MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, Internet.
PERSONEL PROFILE:
Father’s Name : Ex. Capt. Sita Ram Samkria.
Date of Birth : 07th January 1980.
Category : General
Gender : Male.
Marital Status : Married.
Nationality : Indian.
Passport No. : L8588222
Languages Known : English and Hindi.
Permanent Address : VPO: Chachian, Teh: Palampur, Distt: Kangra (H.P), Zip code: 176059.
India.
Phone No. : +91-941*******, +91-941*******, +91-189*-******.
REFERENCES:
1. Dr. S.S. Kanwar,
Professor & Head,
Department of Microbiology,
College of Basic Sciences,
CSK HP Agricultural University,
Teh: Palampur, Distt: Kangra HP, India, Zip code: 176062.
Mobile No. +91-941*******
E. Mail: ************@*****.***
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2. Dr. Rajeev Rathour,
Assistant Scientist,
Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology,
College of Agriculture,
CSK HP Agricultural University,
Teh: Palampur, Distt: Kangra HP, India, Zip code: 176062.
Mobile No. +91-941*******
E. Mail: *********@*****.***
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3. Dr. T.K. Bhat,
Principal Scientist,
Regional Station, IVRI (Indian Veterinary Research Institute),
Teh: Palampur, Distt: Kangra HP, India, Zip code: 176061.
Mobile No. +91-941*******
E. Mail: ********@*****.***
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