Curriculum Vitae

Name : Dr. Prashakha Jyotiprakash Shukla

Designation : Assistant Professor of Microbiology

(DST INSPIRE FELLOW)

Father’s name : Jyotiprakash Anatray Shukla

Date of birth : 3rd

November 1991

Nationality : Indian

Religion : Hindu-Brahmin

Discipline : Life Sciences

Field of Specialization : Marine Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Languages known : English, Hindi and Gujarati

Permanent Address : E-103, Dev residency, Near Vandemataram Icon, Gota- Ahmedabad

E-mail :adez5d@r.postjobfree.com

adez5d@r.postjobfree.com

Contact No. : +91-942*******, +91-635*******

Educational Qualification

1. Doctoral Programme: Microbiology (DST INSPIRE FELLOW, IF140644) Institution : Department of Life Sciences,

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Research supervisor : Dr. Bharti P. Dave,

Professor& Head

Department of Life Sciences,

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Bhavnagar-364001, Gujarat, India

Topic of research : Exopolysaccharides of Marine Bacteria: Production and Characterization

2. Post Graduation(Gold medalist): M. Sc., Microbiology (2011-13) Institution : Department of Life Sciences

University : Bhavnagar University

Class obtained : Distinction (80.00%)

Under Graduation (Silver Medalist) : B. Sc., Microbiology (2009-11) Institution : Sir P.P. Institute of Science

University : Bhavnagar University

Class obtained : First (62.00 %)

Higher Secondary Schooling: Biology, Chemistry & Physics (2007-08) Institution : Shri Vishudhdhanand Vidhyamandir

Board : Gujarat Higher Secondary Education Board

Class obtained : 46.56%

Secondary Schooling (2006):

Institution : T.J.B.S. Girls High school

Board : Gujarat Secondary Education Board

Class obtained : Distinction (86.85%)

3. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS& RECOGNITIONS

Awarded with DST-INSPIRE Fellowship (2014) for pursuing Doctoral studies

(Roll No. : IF140644).

Awarded with Gold Medal for University 1st

rank in Master of Life Sciences

Obtained second rank in Bachelor of Science –Microbiology 4. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

DST INSPIRE FELLOW: Research entitled“Exopolysaccharides of Marine Bacteria: Production and Characterization”funded by Department of Life Sciences, Maharaja Krishnakumrsinhji Bhavnagar University Bhavnagar- 364001, Gujarat, India.

Project Assistant: work entitled “Isolation and maintenance of microalgae, diatoms and bacteria, Different enzyme producing bacteria, its activity and lipid extraction. CSIR-CSMCRI Bhavnagar -364001, Gujarat India 5. PUBLICATIONS

Prashakha J. Shukla, Bharti P. Dave. Screening and molecular identification of potential exopolysaccharides (EPSs) producing marine bacteria from the Bhavnagar coast, Gujarat 2017. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

Prashakha J. Shukla, Neelam M. Nathani and Bharti P. Dave. Marine Bacterial Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) from Extreme Environments and their Biotechnological Applications, 2017. International Journal of Research in Biosciences

Prashakha J Shukla, Vaibhav D Bhatt, Jayaraman Suriya and Chandra Shekar Mootapally. Marine extremophiles: Adaptions and biotechnological applications 2018. Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology. (Book Chapter Accepted- Under printing process) 6. Oral/Poster Presentations

Prashakha J. Shukla (2014). UGC-SAP National Conference on Biological Tools for Sustainable Environment (BTSE 2014) organized by Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad south Gujarat University, Surat on11th

October-2014.

Prashakha J. Shukla, Dr(Ms) Bharti P. Dave (2015). Isolation and screening of expolysaccharides (EPSs) producing bacteria from Bhavnagar coast. UGC-CAS National Conference on Biodiversity and Bioresource Utilization organized by Department of Biosciences, Saurastra University, Rajkot on 17-18 march, 2015.

Prashakha J. Shukla, Dr(Ms) Bharti P. Dave(2015). Production of Exopolysaccharides (EPS) in Response to Polycyclic Aeromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) by Marine Bacteria. 56th

Annual Conference of

Association of Microbiology of India (AMI-2015) & International symposium on “Emerging Discoveries in Microbiology” 7-10 December 2015- New-Delhi.

Prashakha J. Shukla, Dr(Ms) Bharti P. Dave(2017). Effects of organic pollutants on the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs) of marine bacterium Terribacillus saccharophilus PS 47 from Bhavnagar coast- Gujarat, India. 2nd

UGC Natinal Conference on Current Trends in Biological Sciences, Vallabh Vidhyanagar on 20-21 January-2017.

Prashakha J. Shukla, Dr(Ms) Bharti P. Dave(2017). Novel Fibrinolytic activity of partially purified Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) of marine bacterium Terribacillus saccharophilus PS 47. 23rd ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2017) Interface of Chemical Biology in Drug Research 8th-10th February, 2017 Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists, SRM University, Chennai, India.

7. Seminar/Workshop/Short term Course

National Seminar on Consevation of Bidiversity and Ecosystem of Coastal Region, BhavnagarUniversity, Bhavnagar on 11-12th

January-2011.

Workshop on Marine Biology of Gujarat Coast Sponsored by MOES, GOI, New- Delhi. At 28th

October-2015 Department of Life-Sciences, M K Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar-364002.

Short term Course on Metaginomics and Microbiomes, Global initiatives of Academic Networks, Saurastra University Campus Rajkot-360005, Gujarat- India. 20-25th

February 2017.

State Level Short Term Training Programme on Relevance Of Statistics and Research Methodology, C U Shah University Campus- Surendranagar, Gujarat India. 18th

to 22th Feb-2019.

University level one day faculty development programme on “Self Assessment through Case Method in Teaching”, C U Shah University Campus- Surendranagar, Gujarat India. 21th of December-2019.

State level training programme on “Next generation sequencing: Ion S5 & Illimina Miseq” Organised by Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre- Gandhinagar, Gujarat India. 20-24th

of January 2020.

Webinar on “CoVid-19: Virology, Epidemiology, Diagnostics and Prophylaxis” Organised by Indian Institute of Teacher Education Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, 12-13th

April-2020.

8. GenBank Sequence Submission

Sr.No.

Name of the

loci

Organism Accession numbers

Number of

sequences

1 16S rRNA

Terribacillus

saccharophilus PS 47

KX788920

1

9. Other Skill

• Currently I am working as AISHE nodal officer of Department of Life Sciences, C U Shah University.

• Recently, dated 31st

December-2019, I obtained PhD Supervisor approval.

• I have a co-coordinator experience of organizing national science day-2020 which was funded by GUJCOST-DST.

• Currently, I have total 09 dissertation students under my supervision (M.SC. Life sciences).

• I have also experience of organizing sports week which was organized by C U Shah University PNS-2019 and 2020.

• I have certificates of mimicry, drama and other co-curriculum activities.

• Learning and Teaching are the two part of academic field so I want to learn more and more with positive co operation of other faculties for buildup my teaching skill. I can teach through the power point presentation methodology.

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10. Research Experience:

DST INSPIRE FELLOW: Research entitled“Exopolysaccharides of Marine Bacteria: Production and Characterization”funded by Department of Life Sciences, Maharaja Krishnakumrsinhji Bhavnagar University Bhavnagar-364001, Gujarat, India. Project Assistant: work entitled “Isolation and maintenance of microalgae, diatoms and bacteria, Different enzyme producing bacteria, its activity and lipid extraction. CSIR-CSMCRI Bhavnagar -364001, Gujarat India

With this I have experience of handle instruments such as: GPSC, HPLC, Refrigerator centrifuge, UV- Spectrophotometer and Microscope 11. Teaching Experience (from 2014 )

• Working as visiting faculty in M.Sc. Microbiology (From 2014 to 2018) Department of Life Sciences

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Bhavnagar-364002

• Working as Assistant professor of Microbiology (From June 2018 to Nov 2018)

At DVP Science College

Affiliated with Saurastra University

Devka, Rajula-365560

• Currently Working as In charge HOD and Assistant Professor of Microbiology (In B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. Guide)

Department of Life sciences

At C U Shah University

Surendranagar-363030

Reference

1. Dr Ashish Shukla,

Professor and Head,

Department of Zoology,

Sir P.P. Institute of Science

M K Bhavnagar University,

Bhavnagar-364002.

Mobile :-+91-982*******

2. Dr. Mahendrasinh Parmar

Professor and Head,

Department of Gujarati

M K Bhavnagar University,

Bhavnagar-364002.

Mobile :-+91-942*******

3. Dr. Bharatsinh Gohil,

Professor and Head

Department of Life Sciences,

MK Bhavnagar University,

Bhavnagar - 364002,

Mobile: +91-942*******

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the above given information is true to me and best of my knowledge. Place : Surendranagar, Gujarat

Date : 08-06-2020

Dr. Prashakha Jyotiprakash Shukla

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