RAVENSHAW ,

Title Dr First Name NIHAR RANJAN Last Name SINGH Photograph Designation Assistant Professor in Botany

Department Department of Botany Address (Campus) Department of Botany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack Address (Residence) Ranihat, Sagadia Sahi, Cuttack Ph. (Campus) Mobile 9439938581 Fax Email [email protected] [email protected] Web-Page Education Subject Institution Year Details B.Sc. (Hons.) Christ College, Cuttack 2001 CBZ with Botany (Hons.) M.Sc. Ravenshaw Auto. College, Cuttack 2003 Spl. Paper: Biochemsitry PG Diploma IBAB, Bangalore 2005 Bioinformatics Ph.D. Universite de la Reunion, France 2008 Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Career Profile Organisation/Institution Designation Duration Role 1. Stellenbosch University, RSA Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-2010 Postdoc Researcher

2. Ravenshaw University, Assistant Professor 2010 - Contd. Teaching and Research

Research Interests / Specialization  Molecular Biology and Biochemistry  Multiomics (Proteomics and Bioinformatics)  Ethnobotany and Plant Diversity  Physiological Sciences  Crop Biology Teaching Experience (Subjects /Course Taught) Research Guidance Research Experience: 12 years Teaching Experience: 10 years (Botany/ Biochemistry)  M.Phil - 07 Students  Ph.D. - 02 Students Honors / Awards and Administrative Assignments

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1. Received Young Scientist Award at International conference on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development: Future perspectives at NC College, Jajpur, 2. Awarded in recognition of excellence in poster presentation at 7th International Conference of the Society for Free Radical Research-Africa, 14-17 July 2008, Mauritius 3. Awarded Government of France sponsored Réunion regional counsel fellowship for doctoral studies at Université de la Réunion, France 4. Qualified the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research CSIR/UGC-NET (Lectureship), India 5. Gold medal for the best science graduate of the college Got first prize in various inter-college quiz competitions

Publications Profile: Research Papers (Numbers only) Number of Publications: 30 During 2015 -2020: 21 Research papers: 18 Reviews: 07 Book chapters: 05 Books/ Monographs: 02 Publications (List best 10 papers)

1. Singh, N.R., Rondeau, P., Hoareau, L., Bourdon, E. (2007) “Identification of preferential protein targets for carbonylation in human mature adipocytes treated with glycated albumin” Free Radical Research, 41(10):1078-88. 2. Rondeau, P., Singh, N.R., Caillens, H., Bourdon, E. (2008) “Oxidative stresses induced by glycated human or bovine serum albumin on Human monocytes” Free Radical Biology and Medicine 45:799-812. 3. Singh, N.R., Rondeau, P., Bourdon, E. (2009) “Identification of up-regulated low molecular weight proteins in human adipocytes treated with glycoxidized albumin” The Open Obesity Journal, 2009, 2, 00-00 4. Mohapatra, P.K., Singh, N.R. (2014) “Teaching the Z-Scheme of Electron Transport in Photosynthesis by Govindjee” Photosynthesis Research, Volume 123, Issue 1, pp 105–114 5. Mohanty, R., Das, S. K., Singh, N. R.,& Patri, M. (2016). Withania somnifera leaf extract ameliorates benzo [a] pyrene-induced behavioral and neuromorphological alterations by improving brain antioxidant status in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish, 13(3), 188-196. 6. Swain, C.K., Bhattacharyya, P., Singh, N.R., Neogi, S., Sahoo, R.K., Nayak, A.K., Zhang, G., and Leclerc, M.Y. (2016) “Net ecosystem methane and carbon dioxide exchange in relation to heat and carbon balance in lowland tropical rice” Ecological Engineering, 95, page 364–374 7. Swain, C. K., Bhattacharyya, P., Nayak, A. K., Singh, N. R., Neogi, S., Chatterjee, D., & Pathak, H. (2018) “Dynamics of net ecosystem methane exchanges on temporal scale in tropical lowland rice” Atmospheric Environment, 191, 291-301 8. Swain, C. K., Nayak, A.K., Bhattacharyya, P., Chatterjee, D., Chatterjee, S., Tripathi, R., Singh, N.R., and Dhal, B (2018) “Greenhouse gas emissions and energy exchange in wet and dry season rice: eddy covariance-based approach” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 190:423, 1-17 9. Pradhan, S. K., Singh, N. R., Dehury, B., Panda, D., Modi, M. K., & Thatoi, H. (2019). “Insights into the mode of flavin mononucleotide binding and catalytic mechanism of bacterial chromate reductases: a molecular dynamics simulation studies” Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 120(10), 16990-17005. 10. Pradhan, S.K., Singh, N. R., Kumar, U., Mishra, R.S., Perumal, R.C., Benny, J., Thatoi, H. (2020) “Illumina MiSeq based assessment of bacterial community structure and diversity along the heavy metal concentration gradient in Sukinda chromite mine area soils, India” Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 15, p.100054.

Reviews published in journals and edited books:

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1. Roche, M., Rondeau, P., Singh, N.R., Tarnus, E., Bourdon, E. (2008) “The antioxidant properties of serum albumin” FEBS Letters 2008 Jun 11; 582(13):1783-7. 2. Pradhan, S.K., Singh, N.R., Rath, B.P., & Thatoi, H (2016) “Bacterial chromate reduction: A review of important genomic, proteomic, and bioinformatic analysis”, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 0, no. 0, 1–45 3. Mohapatra, D., Singh, N.R and Rath, S.K (2017) “Anti-Glycation Agents/Products from Natural Sources: A Path Unexplored” Natural Products in Food : Prospects and Applications,Studium Press LLC, USA 4. Mohapatra, D., Singh, N.R and Rath, S.K (2017) “Prospects and application of Azospirillum spp. As a natural agricultural biofertilizer” Published in Book -Advances in Microbial Biotechnology: Current Trends and Future 5. Mohapatra, D., Singh, N.R and Rath, S.K (2017) “Recent Advances in Natural Product from Macro Fungus: A Territory Unexplored” Recent Advances in Natural Products: Studium Press LLC, USA 6. Shasmita, Singh, N.R., Rath, S.K., Behera, S.K. and Naik, S.K. (2017) “In vitro Secondary Metabolite Production Through Fungal Elicitation: An Approach for Sustainability” Chapter 9, Springer: Fungal Nanobionics - Principles and Applications 7. Sahoo, B.C., Rath, S.K., and Singh, N.R. (2018) “Comparative Assessment of Protein Extraction Methods for leaf and Seed Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek Plant” Narosa Publishers

Books / Monographs

1. Sahu, S.C., Kumar, S., Singh, N.R. (2018) “Parasitic Plants of Odisha” ISBN: 978-81-935702-3-4 2. Kumar, S., Biswal, S.K., Mishra, S., Singh, N.R., Balakrishnan, P., Kumawat, N.K., and Dhal, N.K. (2019) Medico- Biowealth of Odisha. ISBN: 978-81-938861-4-4

Conference / Seminar Attended

1. Workshop attended on “Fluorescence Live Cell Imaging” at Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 23 - 24 April 2009 2. P. Parija Memorial National Conference on “Recent Advances in Plant Biotechnology” at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack 22-23 December 2012 3. Attended as Invited Speaker for the National Level Seminar on “Perspectives of Human Health, Microbial Biotechnology & Innovation” at Vidyasagar University 27-29 March 2018 4. Attended as Invited Speaker for the National Seminar on “Indigenous Knowledge & Conservation of Threatened Medicinal Plants” at Centurion University of Technology and Management30-31August 2019 5. Attended the National Seminar on “Green Technology for Environment Management, GTEM2020” under the auspices of 44th Annual Conference of Orissa Botanical Society at Dept. of Botany, North Orissa University, Baripada 22-23 January 2020 6. Attended National Conference on “Advances in Life Sciences & Biotechnology, LifeTech-2020” at Dept. of Life Sciences & Dept. of Biotechnology, Rama Devi Women’s University, Vidya Vihar, Bhubaneswar 27-28 February 2020 7. Joint Organiser of National Conference on “Emerging Trends on Plant Science Research, ETPSR2020” at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack 01-03 March 2020

Conference Presentations

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1. Roche M., Tarnus E., Singh N.R., Rondeau P., and Bourdon E. (2007). “Effects of nutritional antioxidants on oxidative stress in obesity-induced diabetes.” 2nd world congress prevention/therapies against obesity: innovations and perspectives, June 2007, Paris, France 2. Rondeau P., Armenta S., Singh N.R., Caillens H., Bourdon E. (2007). “Analyses of structural changes in native and glycated albumin by FTIR and PAGE: relations with modified antioxidant and cellular effects of the protein” International workshop on infrared spectroscopy applied to biological and biomimetic systems – from the isolated molecule to the cell – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5–7 November 2007. 3. Singh N R., Tarnus E., Roche M., Rondeau P., Bourdon E. (2008). “Glycoxidized albumin induced carbonyl modification of preferential protein targets in human mature adipocytes” 7th International Conference of the Society for Free Radical Research-Africa, 14-17 July 2008, Mauritius 4. Singh, N.R. (2015) “Phytochemcial and antimicrobial assessment of Bauhinia vahlii Wight & Arn. from Keonjhar district, Odisha” 2nd International conference on Frontiers in Biological Sciences (InCoFIBS-2015) at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India. 22-24 January, 2015. 5. Singh, N.R., (2016) “In vitro study on glycation of BSA by taking various physiochemical parameters using native PAGE” National Seminar on Science and Technology for National Development in India at KIIT, Bhubaneswar under ISCA Bhubaneswar Chapter on 12-13th December 2016

Professional Societies Memberships  Orissa Botanical Society – Life Member  Indian Science Congress – Life Member  Orissa Bigyan Academy – Life Member  Proteomics Society of India – Life Member Projects ( Major Grants / Collaborations) Projects in hand : 02 Funded by UGC, Government of India and DST-Odisha (Science & Technology Dept.) Collaborations with: • NRRI, Cuttack • OUAT, Bhubaneswar

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