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Name | : | Dr. Sumer Singh Meena |
Designation | : | Assistant Professor Grade-i |
Department | : | Bio-Technology |
Qualification | : |
Ph.D. Biotechnology (GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi) M.Tech. Biotechnology (GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi) B.Tech. Biotechnology (GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi) |
Address | : |
Room #206, First Floor, Department of Biotechnology Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Jalandhar (Punjab) - 144027 |
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Email ID | : | meenass@nitj.ac.in; dr.ssmeena@gmail.com |
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Dr. Sumer Singh Meena |
Research Interests | : |
Applied Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, Enzyme Technology, Proteomics, Metagenomics, and Bioinformatics |
Brief Research Profile: | : |
Dr. Sumer Singh Meena has joined the Department of Biotechnology, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar in 2018. He has obtained his Ph.D., M.Tech. and B.Tech degree from the University School of Biotechnology, GGS Indraprastha University Delhi. His research interests include the bioremediation of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Pesticides, and other hazardous contaminants from effluent sites, purification and characterization of microbial strains, enzyme purification, culture-independent analysis of microbial communities, establishing the role of the gut microbiome in multiple diseases, finding effective inhibitor of 5α-reductase type 1 for androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness). Dr. Meena is Principal Investigator (PI) of the Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Hub (DST-SEED funded project). The DST has granted Rs. 2.49Cr (for three years) to establish the STI Hub at NIT Jalandhar. He is an active member of various reputed societies such as the Association of Microbiologists of India, Biotechnology Research Society of India, International Society of Computational Biology, etc. |
Type | Title | Publisher | Authors | ISBN/ISSN No. | Year |
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Book Chapter | Microbial degradation of conventional polyethylene waste: current status and future prospective; Advances in Chemical, Bio and Environmental Engineering | Springer Cham | Shilpa, Nitai Basak, Sumer Singh Meena | Series ISSN 1863-5520 Series E-ISSN 1863-5539 | 2022 |
Book Chapter | Microbial adaptation to extreme temperatures: An overview of molecular mechanisms to industrial application | Elsevier | Anee Mohanty and Shilpa Sharma, and Sumer Singh Meena | ISBN: 9780323902748 | 2022 |
Book Chapter | Plant-Microbe Interactions and Its Effect on Crop Productivity | Springer | Sumer Singh Meena, Megha Mankoti, Prangya Ranjan Rout & Anee Mohanty | Print ISBN 978-981-16-9681-7 Online ISBN 978-981-16-9682-4 | 2022 |
Book Chapter | Chapter 23 - Cellulose and extracellular polymer recovery from sludge | Elsevier | Anee Mohanty, Sumer Singh Meena, Pankaj Pathak, Prangya Ranjan Rout | 978-0-323-90178-9 | 2022 |
Edited Book | Bioinformatics And Functional Genomics An Indian Adaptation 3ed (Paperback, Jonathan Pevsner) | Wiley India | (Alphabetical order) Aditya Kumar, M. Suresh Kumar, Rajbrata Bhuyan, Sumer Singh Meena, Venkata Rajesh Yella |
9789354641633 | 2022 |
Book Chapter | Ethical, Patent, and Regulatory Issues in Microbial Engineering-Engineering of Microbial Biosynthetic Pathways | Springer | Sumer Singh Meena, Anee Mohanty |
978-981-15-2603-9 | 2020 |
Role | Project Type | Title | Funding Agency | From | To | Amount | Status | Co-Investigator |
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Co-PI | Seed Grant | Production of Biogas from Kitchen waste of NITJ | NITJ under TEQIP-III | 01/01/2019 | ongoing | 300,000 | ongoing | Dr. Anee Mohanty, Dr. G.N. Nikhil |
PI | STI Hub | Establishment of Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Hub at NIT Jalandhar | DST | 01-11-2020 | Ongoing | 2.5cr | Ongoing | Dr. Anee Mohanty, Dr. Anjireddy, Dr. Nikhil G N |
Co-PI | Industry Project | Color Reduction of Effluent from ETP of Dyeing Unit | Trident Ltd | 26-04-2022 | 5.31 Lac | Ongoing |
Category | Type | Title | Venue | From | To | Designation |
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STC/FDP | International | "Intellectual Property Rights and Innovative Entrepreneurship” | NIT Jalandhar | 01/03/2019 | 05/03/2019 | Coordinator |
STC | International | Trends and Prospects in Biorefinery | NIT Jalandhar | 10-06-2020 | 14-06-2020 | Coordinator |
STC/Workshop | International | Computational Tools for Analysis of Biological Systems | NIT Jalandhar | 02-09-2020 | 06-09-2020 | Convener |
Conference | International | International Conference on Recent Advances in Biotechnology (icRAB-2022) | NIT Jalandhar | 02-12-22 | 04-12-22 | Conference Chair |
Designation | Organization |
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Life Member (Membership No. 133445) | International Association of Engineers (IAENG) |
Life Member (No. 4959-2020) | Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) |
Life Member (No. LM 2384) | THE BIOTECH RESEARCH SOCIETY, INDIA |
Member (No. 34560) | The International Society for Computational Biology, USA |
Life Membership ( 557) | Proteomics Society, India |
Full Membership | Biochemical Society, London, UK |
Full Membership | Microbiology Society, London, UK |
Scholar Name | Research Topic | Status | Year | Co-Supervisor |
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Ms. Richa Sharma | Broad Area: Environmental Biotechnology | Ongoing | Dr. Sumer Singh Meena | |
Ms. Shilpa | Bioremediation of Plastics | Ongoing | Dr. Nitai Basak | |
Mr. Ankit Kumar | Broad Area: Computational Biology | Ongoing | Dr. Anee Mohanty |
Student Name | Dissertation Title | Status | Year | Co-Supervisor |
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Mr. Simranjeet Singh Mann | Broad Area: Bioinformatics | Ongoing | 2023 | |
Ms Nisha Pandit | Broad Area: Bioinformatics | Ongoing | 2023 | |
Ms. Aanchal | Advances in Gut microbial interactions | Completed | 2022 | |
Mr. Muhil Raj Prabhakar | In silico identification of drug target and prediction of drug candidate for the treatment of Androgenic alopecia | Completed | 2020-21 | N.A. |
Ms. Aakriti Srivastav | The study of altered gut microbial dynamics and their association with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus | Completed | 2020-21 | N.A. |
Name | Reg./Ref. No. | Date of Award/Filling | Organization | Status |
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Position Held | Organization | From | To |
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Liaison Officer SC ST and Coordinator OBC/Person with Disability (PwD) | NIT Jalandhar | 01/02/19 | 05/02/19 |
Member of Campus Amenities Committee | NIT Jalandhar | 01/03/19 | 30/05/2020 |
Coordinator, Training and Placement (Biotechnology) | NIT Jalandhar | 01/02/19 | currently working |
Coordinator, Virtual Lab Coordinator (Biotechnology) | NIT Jalandhar | 10/09/2020 | currently working |
Nodal Person in EBSB 'identification of student contingent or partner state visit' | NIT Jalandhar | 01/02/19 | currently working |
Media Coordinator- Center for Continuing Education | NIT Jalandhar | 28/02/2020 | currently working |
Member, IPR committee | NIT Jalandhar | 02/03/2021 | Currently working |
Liaison Officer, ST | NIT Jalandhar | 02-03-2021 | 01-01-2023 |
Title | Activity | Given by | Year |
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International Travel Grant | International Conference on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC-2015), Bordeaux, France. | Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India | 2015 |