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INVITED LECTURES/ PUBLIC LECTURES/

LECTURES DELIVERED TALKS

DELIVERED
RAGHURAM N. Sustainable Development’ at School of Environmental
Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on 02
• Delivered a talk on ‘Publishing Ethics and Misconduct:
Causes, Consequences and Prevention’ at DBT Star Mar. 2020. RAGHURAM N.
College Online course on Scientific Writing and • Delivered a talk on ‘Indian Nitrogen Assessment and
Research Ethics on 13 Jul. 2020, organized by Ramlal Improvement of Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency for
Anand College, Delhi Univ., New Delhi. Sustainable Development’ at UGC Extension Lecture Delivered a keynote address on
organized by Jiwaji University, Gwalior on 03 Feb. 2020. “Sustainable nitrogen management and
• Delivered a talk on ‘Biotechnology career: Why, What and biotechnological approach to improve
How’ organized by Manav Rachna University Webinar, nitrogen use efficiency” at the International
New Delhi on 06 June 2020. RANJITH KUMAR CT Conference on Advances in Biosciences
• Delivered a talk on ‘Nitrogen is not just the New Carbon: • Delivered a talk on ‘Antiviral Innate Immune Responses and Biotechnology (ICABB), JIIT, NOIDA,
It’s a lot worse’ at Teachers Against Climate Change and Therapeutic Interventions’ in a webinar organized by organized from 30 Jan to 01 Feb, 2020.
Webinar, New Delhi on 02 May, 2020. Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Thrissur,
• Delivered a talk on ‘Indian Nitrogen Assessment and Kerala on27 May 2020. Delivered a talk on “Investigating the
Improvement of Crop Nitrogen Use Efficiency for
Phenotype and Genotype for Nitrogen Use
Efficiency in Rice” at the Plant Genetics and
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/HONOURS Genomics Conference, 2020 organized by
SRM University, Chennai from 23rd to 24th
Jan, 2020.
N. RAGHURAM Sciences (July 2020): Plant Development and EvoDevo on
Highlights of IAB IMOSS SEB 2019 Joint Conference. S. KUMAR
1. Springer-Nature Badge for Editorial Excellence of PMBP
2. Invited as Guest Editor for special issues of Frontiers in
Plant Science, (2020) Patents; or any other important information Presented a paper on ‘Neuroprotective

3. Invited as Guest Editor for special issues of Environ. • Ankit Jain and P. C. Sharma. Method for constructing effects of Selected Phytocompounds
Res Letters (2020) microsatellite enriched genomic library and detection of against Amyloid beta peptide and Hydrogen
microsatellite location in a library DNA sequence (2523/ peroxide induced Toxicity’ in the 7th
4. Invited as Guest Editor for special issues of Environ. International Congress of Society for
Res. Commun (2020) DEL/2013) Patent No. 340797 (Indian Patent). Ethnopharmacology organized by Jamia
SURESH KUMAR Hamdard University, New Delhi from 15th
International Conferences
• Awarded ‘Certificate of Recognition’ for research paper -17th Feb, 2020.
presentation in 7th International Congress of Society for • Shagufta Yasmeen* and Promila Gupta (2020) made a
Ethno-pharmacology atJamia Hamdard University, New presentation on ‘In Silico Screening of Compounds from Attended ane-Faculty Development
Delhi on 15-17 Feb 2020. Dalbergia sissoo extracts for anti - Wrinkling Potential’
in an International Conference on Chemical, Bio & Programme on ‘Global Economy in Covid-
• Admitted as Member Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), by 19-Opportunities and challenges’’ held from
resolution of Council, London, United Kingdom (Jan 2020). Environmental Engineering (CHEMBIOEN - 2020) held May 11-15, 2020.
RANJITH KUMAR CT at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
(NIT) Jalandhar, Punjab from February 13 - 14, 2020.
• Guest Editor for the special issue on the topic “Viral (*Presenting author) Attended a seminar on ‘Taking Research
Hepatitis: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Control” for • Shanky Jindal and Kamal Krishan Aggarwal made a Forward during Pandemic’ organized by
the Journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
poster presentation on ‘Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Loyola College, Chennai.
MEENU KAPOOR Tolerance among Microbes’ at a UGC and DST INDO-UK
• Member of Plant Sciences Research Committee, Council Project sponsored International Conference on “Microbial R. Sharma and Promila Gupta made
of Scientific and Industrial Research-Human Resource Biotech Interactions for Sustainable Agriculture and a poster presentation (Abstract No:49)
Development Group (CSIR-HRDG) for 2019-2022. Societal Development” held at University School of on“In-silico Annexin A2 Inhibiting Activity
• Topic Editor for special issue of Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Gujarat University, Gujarat from 6-7 Feb, 2020. of Bioactives from Pennisetum typhoides”
in thesecond edition of International
Virtual Conference on Natural Products
III. MISCELLANEOUS and Synthetic Biology jointly organized by

School of Bio Sciences and Technology
(SBST), Vellore Institute of Technology,
• Vikas Mandal, a Ph.D. scholar of Prof. N. Raghuram, supervision of Dr. Suresh Kumar on 6th Feb 2020. Vellore & Society of Chemical and Synthetic
was awarded first prize for a scientific poster Biology (SCSB), fromJuly 4 to 5, 2020.
entitled “Genomewide role of G-protein Alpha Subunit • Sawetaji, a Ph.D. scholar of Prof. K.K. Aggarwal was
in Development and Agronomic Traits in Arabidopsis awarded third prize for a poster presentation titled
and Rice” on National Science Day organized by the “Plant based Thrombin Inhibitor to Combat Thrombosis” Sawetaji and K.K. Aggarwal made
University School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Guru in Biosangsm 2020 International Conference on a poster presentation on“Plant Based
Gobind Singh Indraprastha University on Feb 28, 2020. Thrombin Inhibitor to Combat Thrombosis”
Biotechnological Interventions for Societal Development inInternational conference on Biosangam
held at Prayagraj, U.P. on Feb. 21-23, 2020. 2020 - Biotechnological interventions for
• The PhD degree was awarded to Ms. Suman societal development held from Feb. 21-23,
Chowdhury, who wrote her doctoral thesis under the
2020.