DAV University, Jalandhar, Form 2F FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE Name: Dr. Ashutosh Sharma Department: Department of Agriculture Qualification: M. Phil., Ph.D., CSIR-UGC NET(JRF), ICAR NET, CSIR-UGC NET (LS), GATE (Life Science) Designation: Assistant Professor Honours/Awards: Young Scientist Award by Punjab Academy of Sciences Positions Held: CSIR-Senior Research Fellow (July 2010-July 2013) at GNDU, Amritsar Specialization: Mycology and Plant Pathology, Plant tissue culture, Host-pathogen interaction, Plant Biotechnology Research/Publications: (Past Three Years) 1. Kaur G, Sharma A, Gurprasad K, Pati PK (2014) Versatile roles of plant NADPH oxidases and emerging concepts. Biotechnology Advances (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.02.002 (Accepted in press) (I.F. = 9.599) 2. Sharma A, Singh V, Singh G, Pati PK (2012). First Report of leaf Spot Disease in Withania coagulans Caused by Alternaria alternata in India. Plant disease 97(3), 420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-12-0559-PDN (I.F. = 2.455) 3. Sharma A, Thakur A, Kaur S, PK Pati (2012). Effect of Alternaria alternata on the coccinellid pest Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata, and its implications for biological pest management. Journal of Pest Science 85, 513–518 DOI 10.1007/s10340-012-0432-3 (I.F. = 2.174) 4. Sharma A, Vats SK, Pati PK (2014) Post-inflectional dynamics of leaf spot disease in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. Annals of Applied Biology (Accepted) (I.F. = 2.147) 5. Sharma A, Pati PK (2012) First record of the carmine spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, infesting Indian genseng, Withania somnifera, in India. Journal of Insect science 12, 50 available online: insectscience.org/12.50 (I.F. = 0.875) 6. Sharma A, Sharma I, Pati PK (2011) Post-infectional changes associated with the progression of leaf spot disease in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. Journal of Plant Pathology 93 (2), 397-405 (I.F. = 0.688) 7. Sharma A, Pati PK (2013) Record of Ashwagandha as a new host to the invasive Mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley) in India. Entomological News. 123(1): 59-62 (I.F. = 0.143) 8. Sharma A, Pati PK (2011) First Record of 28-Spotted Ladybird Beetle, Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (F.) Infesting Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal in Punjab Province of Northern India. Pest Technology 5 (1), 91-92 9. Sharma A, Pati PK (2011) First report of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, as a New Host of Cowbug (Oxyrachis tarandus, Fab.) In Plains of Punjab, Northern India. World Applied Sciences Journal 14 (9), 1344-1346 9. Sharma A, Nagar PK, Pati PK (2013). ROS modulated responses during pathogen infestation in plants (Chapter 12). In: Advances in Plant Physiol- An Int. Treatise Series Vol 14: Edited by A. Hemantaranjan, Scientific Pub., India. pp 331-347 Conferences/Seminars: (Past Three Years) 1. International Conference on Entomology”, Punjabi University Patiala, Feb. 17-19, 2012. 2. Punjab Science Congress (February, 2011). 3. National seminar on “Environmental Analysis and Remediation” at Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (March 21-22, 2011). 173 DAV University, Jalandhar, Form 2F 4. “ETMBN-2011” at ARNI University, Kathgarh, during 3-4 December, 2011. 5. International Conference on “Environment and Human Health” organized by National Environmental Science Academy in association with Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi on 28-29, 2012. 6. UGC sponsored 7 days workshop on “Analysis of biological data” held at Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (2012). 7. Two day workshop on “Bioinformatics applications in Genomics & Proteomics” held at Distributed Informatics Sub-Center (DISC), Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (2012). ……… Name: Dr. Rahul Kumar Department: Agriculture Qualification: Ph.D. Designation: Assistant Professor Honors/Awards: • CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET). • Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, HP, India. • Senior Research Fellow (SRF) at CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, HP, India. Positions Held: • Research Associate (RA) at Department of Agri Biotech, HPAU, HP. • DBT- Research Associate (RA) at NRCPB, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi. Specialization: Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Plant Biotechnology Research/ Publications: (Past Three Years) • SSR marker based DNA fingerprinting and diversity assessment in superior tea germplasm cultivated in Western Himalaya (2014). Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (PINSA) 80: 157-162. • Genomic and genic microsatellite markers for efficient genotyping in tea and related Camellia species. Plant Breeding (2013) DOI:10.1111/PBR12101. • In Vitro propagation of Dendrocalamus asper and testing the clonal fidelity using RAPD and ISSR markers. International Journal of Current Research (2013) Vol. 5, Issue, 08, 2060- 2067. • Tea applied genomics: utilizing genetic variability and current genomic tools to enhance productivity. Chapter 3 (page no. 63-87); Science of Tea Technology (2013) ISBN: 978-81- 7233-831-2. • Identification and validation of sex-linked SCAR markers in dioecious Hippophae rhamnoides L. (Elaeagnaceae) Biotechnol Lett (2012), DOI 10.1007/s10529-012-0852-4. • Evaluation of clonal fidelity of in vitro raised plants of Guadua angustifolia Kunth using DNA-based markers. Journal of Medicinal Plant Research (2011), 5(23), 5636-5641. • Amplified fragment length polymorphism of clinical and environmental Vibrio cholerae from a freshwater environment in a cholera-endemic area, India. BMC Infectious Diseases (2011), 11:249. 174 DAV University, Jalandhar, Form 2F • Identification, amplification validation and cross transferability of 112 novel unigene derived microsatellite markers in tea (Camellia sinensis). American journal of Botany (2011), 10.3732/ajb.1000525, e000–e000. • Genome mapping and testing for Quantitative trait loci in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze), Tree Genetics and Genomes (2010) 6: 915-929. • AFLP based genetic diversity assessment of commercially important tea germplasm in India. Biochemical Genetics (2010) 48: 549-564. • Identification and cross-species amplification of EST derived SSR markers in different bamboo species (2008), Conserv. Genet. (2008) 10:721-724. Conferences/Seminars: (Past Three Years) • Development and Utilization of Molecular Markers for Genome Mapping in Tea [Camellia sinensis, (L.) O. Kuntze]. VIPCA-I, 8th Feb- 11th Feb, 2012, Vienna, Austria. • Microsatellite Marker Development for efficient genotyping applications in tea. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XVIII 9th Jan- 13th Jan, 2010, SanDiego, California, USA. • SSR based genetic diversity assessment of tea collected from abandoned gardens of western Himalaya. Plant Propagation, Conservation, Modification and Characterization, National Symposium, 2009 held at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur, HP. • Phylogenetic Analysis of bamboo species using EST-SSR Markers. Plant Propagation, Conservation, Modification and Characterization, National Symposium, 2009 held at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur, HP. • Molecular marker applications in bamboo-genetic diversity, phylogenetic and taxonomic inferences. Plant Propagation, Conservation, Modification and Characterization, National Symposium, 2009 held at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology Palampur, HP. ……… Name: Dr. Sandeep Menon Department: Department of Agriculture Qualification: M.Sc. (Agronomy), Ph.D.(Agronomy), ICAR NET Designation: Assistant Professor Honours/Awards: Merit scholarship holder during B.Sc. Agriculture and Ph.D Positions Held: Agricultural Expert-Water Management in JICA Specialization: Agronomy, Weed Control Research/Publications: Nil (Past Three Years) Conferences/Seminars: Nil (Past Three Years) Name: Prof. Jaspal Singh Sawhney Department: Department of Agriculture Qualification: Ph.D. (Soils) Designation: Professor Honours/Awards: --- Positions Held: Professor in Department of soils, PAU Ludhiana up to April, 2008. 175 DAV University, Jalandhar, Form 2F Advisor to Punjab Government for Sand Mining consultancy (2011-2013) Specialization: Soil Science Research/Publications: No publication after retirement form PAU (after 2008) (Past Three Years) Conferences/Seminars: No conference attaended after retirement form PAU (after 2008) (Past Three Years) …….. FACULTY OF SCIENCES Name: SACHIN KUMAR Department: MATHEMATICS Qualification: Post-Doc, Ph. D, NET, M. Phil Designation: Assistant Professor Honours/Awards: UGC Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoc Fellowship Positions Held: 1. Mar 2013- Aug2013: Post Doc Fellow in Department of Mathematics, Punjab University, Chandigarh. 2. 2011-2013: Assistant Professor in Department of Mathematics, Bahra Group of Institutions, Patiala. 3. 2010-2011: Teaching Associate, School of Mathematics and Computer Application, Thapar University, Patiala. 4. 2007-2008: Lecturer, Public College/Collegiate School, Samana. Specialization: Partial Differential Equations, Mechanics, Soliton theorey Research/Publications: (Past Three Years) 1. E. V. Krishnan , Sachin Kumar and Anjan Biswas, Solitons and other nonlinear waves of the Boussinesq equation, Nonlinear Dynamics, 70 (2012) 1213-1221 (Springer) (Impact Factor 3.009) 2. Sachin Kumar, K. Singh and R. K. Gupta, Painleve Analysis, Lie Symmetries and Exact Solutions for (2+1) Dimensional Variable coefficients Broer-Kaup Equation, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, 17 (2012) 1529-1541 (Elsevier) (Impact Factor 2.773) 3. K. Singh, R. K.