DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCE SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY, RAJKOT-360005 FACULTY PROFILE May - 2020 1 Name : Dr. Ramesh K. Kothari 2 Designation : Professor 3 Date of Birth : 10.01.1971 4 Address : “ISHA VASYAM”, A-6, Neel’s Green Avenue, Sanjayraj Estate, Near Saurashtra University Gate, Rajkot-360005, Gujarat-INDIA 5 E-mail ID & Web Links E-mail ID : [email protected] (Personal) [email protected] (Institutional) Webpage Link : https://sites.google.com/sauuni.ernet.in/subioscience Research Gate Link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ramesh_Kothari Vidwan Database Link : https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/49004 Orcid Id : 0000-0003-1814-1787 Scopus Id : 8977062300 PubFacts : https://www.pubfacts.com/author_manage/addPublications/Ramesh +Kothari : Google Scholar Id https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=iRBdqakAAAAJ&hl=en 6 Contact Numbers Mobile : +91 9428598941 Office : +91 282 2578502-12 Ext.: 409/410 Home : +91 9428598941 7 Qualifications (Year & University) B.Sc. : Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat-INDIA M.Sc. : Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat-INDIA Saurashtra Ph.D. : University, Rajkot, Gujarat-INDIA PDF : Rutger’s University, Newark, New Jersey, United States 8 Date of Joining as Asst. Professor : 16.06.2000 Professor : 16.06.2014 9 Subjects Teaching in PG M.Sc. : Environmental Microbiology, Metagenomics, Fermentation Technology, Microbial Diversity, Extremophiles M. Phil : Metagenomics, Microbial Evolution, and Phylogeny M.Phil. / Ph.D. Coursework : Bioinformatics, Research methodology 10 Research Specializations : Microbiology, Bioremediation and Metagenomics 11 M.Sc. Dissertation Students : 23 Guided Currently : Working 04 12 M.Phil. M.Phil. Guided : 07 Currently Working : 01 13 Ph.D. Ph.D. Guided : 08 Currently Working : 08 14 PDF / RA PDF / RA Guided : 01 Currently Working : 00 15 Conference / Seminars / Workshop /Presentations State Level : 01 (Oral presentation); 04 (Poster presentations) National Level : 20 (Oral presentations); 70 (Poster presentations) International Level : 05 (Attended and presented); 22 (Poster presentations as co-author) Articles in conference proceedings : 13 Invited talks : 03 (International); 08 (National); 03 (State); 10 (Local) 16 Research Publications Peer-Reviewed Journals (National) : 00 Peer reviewed Journals (International) : 41 Books : 04 Book Chapters : 07 17 Impact Factor (till 2020) Cumulative Impact Factor : 59.184 Highest Impact Factor : 7.823 ( Gut Microbes) Lowest Impact Factor : 0.162 (Indian Journal of Agricultural Research) 18 Google Scholar Citations Citations (all) : 537 Citations (since 2015) : 432 h-Index (all) : 13 h-Index (since 2015) : 12 i10-Index (all) : 17 i10-Index (since 2015) : 14 No. of papers with > 10 citations : 17 19 Research Gate Score : 23.08 20 Research Awards International 2019: International Travel Award ▪ Sfam international travel Grant to attend an international conference organized by Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS-2019) held at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, during July 07-11, 2019 2017: Award ▪ “Best Educationist Award" and a "Certificate of Education Excellence". By International Institute of Education & Management, New Delhi, on June 03, 2017. 2015: International Travel Award ▪ DST-SERB international travel Grant to attend an international conference organized by Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS-2015) held at Maastricht, The Netherland during June 07-11, 2015 ▪ Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS), INSA- CSIR-DAE/BRNS International travel fellowship to attend an international conference organized by Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS-2015) held at Maastricht, The Netherland during June 07-11, 2015 2011: International Travel Award ▪ UGC international travel Grant to attend an international conference organized by Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS-2011) held at Geneva, Switzerland during June 26-30, 2011 21 Research Projects Projects completed : Major Project:03 1. “Microbiome Study of Healthy and Infected Phyllosphere of Vegetable Crop” (UGC, Govt. of India, under Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship -2016) 2. “Air monitoring to Build a Basic Database for Microflora in and Around Rajkot, Gujarat” (Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE, DRDO, Govt. of India-2015) 3. Qualitative Analysis of Drinking Water Reservoirs of Rajkot City: Microbiological & Physicochemical Approach (IQAC, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India) 4. Creation of E-Contents on Fermentation Technology under NMEICT-MHRD, Gov. of India 5. Development of E-Contents on Pharmaceutical Microbiology, under NMEICT-MHRD, Gov. of India 6. Development of E-Contents on Biochemistry (Metabolism of Carbohydrates) under e-PG Pathashala of UGC, Govt. of India (https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in) 22 Recognitions : • Member, Technical Committee for Climate change projects, Climate change department, Government of Gujarat • Member, Project review committee, National Science Centre, Poland • Member, Board of studies of faculty of basic and applied sciences, Department of Microbiology, Atmiya University, Rajkot, Gujarat-India • Ph.D. Guide in Microbiology@Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat • Editorial Board Member, Journal of New Science Biotechnology, USA • Editorial Board Member, Aperito Journal of Bacteriology, Virology and Parasitology, USA • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environment and Social Sciences, India • Peer reviewer for 3Biotechnology (Springer) • Peer reviewer for Bioresources Technology (Elsevier) • Peer reviewer for BMC Research Notes (Springer Nature) • Peer reviewer for British Biotechnology (Science Domain International) • Peer reviewer for British Microbiology Research Journal (Science Domain International) • Peer reviewer for Defence Science Journal (DRDO) • Peer reviewer for Progress in Applied Microbiology (Whioce publication) • Peer reviewer for Journal of Biological Science (Science Alert publication) • Peer reviewer for Water Research (Elsevier) • Member of Interview Committee Panel, for Microbiology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics@Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat, • Member of RDC panel for Ph.D. @R.K. University, Rajkot • Member, Board of Biotechnology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot • Member, Board of Bioinformatics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot • Member, Board of Microbiology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot • Member & other than the chairman, Board of Microbiology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot (2011-2014) • Member, Ad-hoc-board of studies for M.Phil, Natural Resource Management, Saurashtra University, Rajkot • Member, Ad-hoc Board of studies, Wild Life Institute of India (WII), Dehradun 23 Research Collaboration : ▪ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), USA ▪ Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Prof. S. K. Khare), Indian Institute Technology (IIT), Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 ▪ Defense Research & Development Establishment (DRDE), Defense Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Govt. Of India, Ministry of Defence, Jhansi Road, Gwalior - 474002 ▪ Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-38 8001, Gujarat (India) ▪ Department of Biotechnology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat (India) 24 List of major Publications of last : Please see Annexure-I at the end of this document years with DOI, IF & No of Citations 25 Administrative Experience : ▪ Coordinator, Institute of Biotechnology, Saurashtra University, Rajkot (2017-till date) ▪ Member of IQAC @ Babasaheb Ambedkar Oper University, Ahmedabad (2017-2019) ▪ Member, IQAC, Christ Institute, Rajkot (2004-2014) ▪ Member, a core team of IQAC during NAAC peer team visit at Saurashtra University, Rajkot (2014) ▪ Head, Department of Microbiology, Christ Institute, Rajkot (2004-2014) ▪ An officer on Special Duty, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Saurashtra University, Rajkot (2012-2014) 26 Countries visited for academic and : ▪ USA research purpose ▪ Switzerland ▪ Australia ▪ Japan ▪ France ▪ The Netherland ▪ Belgium ▪ Germany ▪ United Kingdom 27 Membership: Professional & Social ▪ Member, Society for Microbiology, UK organizations ▪ Coordinator, Alumni Association of Saurashtra University (AASU), Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat (2019-till date) ▪ Member: American Society for Microbiologist (ASM), USA ▪ Senior Member: Institute of Research Engineers & Doctors (IRED), USA ▪ Founder Member: Swedish and South Asian Network” (SASNET) on Fermented Food ▪ Life Member: Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI) ▪ Life Member: Biotechnological Research Society of India (BRSI) ▪ Life Member: Society for Science and Environment (SSE) ▪ Life Member: Forum on Higher Education (HEF), Mumbai ▪ Life member: Indian Society of Cell Biology (ISCB) ▪ Member: DAC, Rajkot, Ministry of Non-Conv. Energy Sources, Govt. of India ▪ Member, Ph.D. Entrance Test, 2019, Saurashtra University 28 E-content developed ▪ Developed 89 modules for UG (Fermentation Technology) and PG students (Carbohydrate metabolism and molecular Biology) in the form of E-text, Audio/Video, MCQs etc. ▪ http://eacharya.inflibnet.ac.in/index.php/search?project_title[]=Creat ion%20of%20e-Contents%20on%20fermentation%20technology ▪ http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/ViewSubject?catid=2 Research publications: 1. 2020: Anjali U. Joshi, Ankit T. Hinsu, Rohitkumar J. Kotadiya, Jalpa K. Rank, Kavan N. Andharia and Ramesh K. Kothari1: