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Teaching :

To impart teaching in Biochemistry in UG/PG programme of the University.


Research :

To conduct basic and strategic research for the growth of agriculture and allied fields.


Extension :

Transfer of innovative technologies to the farmers through KVKs


The flagship areas of the Division of BIOCHEMISTRY are as under:-

  • Carry out basic and strategic research in the frontier areas of Biochemistry for the development of novel plant types with improved productivity, nutrition and enhanced resistance towards biotic and abiotic stresses
  • Biochemical prospecting of medicinal and aromatic plants for bioactive natural products having antioxidant, antifungal and anticancer activities.

Name of Project Principal. Investigator Agency Duration
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Free radical scavenger and antioxidant activities of selected north-western Himalayan medicinal plants Dr. Sanjay Guleria DST, GoI, New Delhi Three Years -
Factors affecting the olive oil quality and characterization of olive oil using standard protocols for technology transfer for effective marketing of the oil Dr. A.K. Tiku / Dr. Sanjay Guleria ICAR, New Delhi Three Years -
Biochemical prospecting of some traditionally used north western Himalayan medicinal plant for antifungal metabolites Dr. Sanjay Guleria DBT, GoI, New Delhi Three Years -
Expression profiling of dof genes for accumulation of seed storage proteins and nitrogen metabolism in common beans (Rajmash) Dr. Moni Gupta DBT, GoI, New Delhi Three Years -

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Name : Dr. Sanjay Guleria
Designation : Professor & Head
Area of Specialization : Biochemistry of induced resistance in plants, Isolation and characterization of bioactive molecules from medicinal plants
E mail : guleria71@gmail.com
Contact No : +91-9469211245
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Name : Dr. Moni Gupta
Designation : Professor
Area of Specialization : Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
E mail : moniguptaskuast@gmail .com
Contact No : +91-9469160994
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Name : Dr. Vikas Sharma
Designation : Associate Professor
Area of Specialization : Natural Products
E mail : vikas.skuast@gmail.com
Contact No : +91-9419634588, 9469752697
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Name : Aasiya Majeed
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : STUDIES ON POLYMER BASED NANO STRUCTURES FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF ESSENTIAL OILS, THEIR CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES
Major : Dr.Sanjay Guleria
Year : 2023

Name : Arjumand Zahoor
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : BIOAUGMENTATION OF MUSHROOMS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOACTIVE PROTEINS
Major : Dr. Moni Gupta
Year : 2023

Name : Saiyana Sharma
Degree : M.Sc.
Topic : EXPLORING ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM KANDI BELT OF JAMMU REGION
Major : Dr. Vikas Sharma
Year : 2023

Name : Amrinder Singh
Degree : PhD
Topic : BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF ANTHOCYANINS IN COMMON BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
Major : Dr. Moni Gupta
Year : 2022

Name : Tabassum Un Nissa
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES FROM EDIBLE MUSHROOMS
Major : Dr. Moni Gupta
Year : 2022

Name : Neha Sharma
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : STUDIES ON NANO-ENCAPSULATION OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR IMPROVED ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES.
Major : Dr.Sanjay Guleria
Year : 2022

Name : Khalid Hussain Salaria
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF FERMENTATION BASED BIOTRANSFORMATION ON BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS
Major : Dr. Sanjay Guleria
Year : 2022

Name : Tenzin Topgyal
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : PHYSIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS IN RHIZOBACTERIA COMMON BEAN INTERACTIONS.
Major : Dr. Moni Gupta
Year : 2022

Name : Sumit Sharma
Degree : M.Sc.
Topic : BROMATOLOGICAL POTENTIAL OF FABA BEAN SEEDS FOR APPLICATION IN FOOD INDUSTRY
Major : Dr. Moni Gupta
Year : 2022

Name : Faiqa Aiman
Degree : M.Sc.
Topic : STUDIES ON THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS AS BIOAVAILABILITY ENHANCER OF SYNTHETIC ANTIBIOTIC COMPOUNDS
Major : Dr.Sanjay Guleria
Year : 2022

Name : Shubam Kailas Padekar
Degree : M.Sc.
Topic : STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PROBIOTIC BIOTRANSFORMATION ON PHYTOCHEMICAL PROFILE AND BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF MEDICINAL PLANT EXTRACTS.
Major : Dr. Sanjay Guleria
Year : 2022

Name : Nitika Jojra
Degree : M.Sc.
Topic : BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FABA BEAN (Vicia faba L.)
Major : Dr. Moni Gupta
Year : 2022

Name : Shilpa Raina
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : EVALUATION OF SOME BOTANICALS FROM J&K: POSSIBLE ANTICANCER ROLE USING IN VITRO CYTOTOXIC ASSAYS.
Major : Dr. Vikas Sharma
Year : 2021

Name : Rashmi Chalotra
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EFFECT OF ELICITATION ON BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES AND POLYPHENOL METABOLISM IN SOME EDIBLE SPROUTS.
Major : Dr. Sanjay Guleria
Year : 2021

Name : Zahid Nabi Sheikh
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF Prunus armeniaca (APRICOT) BY MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL APPROACHES.
Major : Dr. Vikas Sharma
Year : 2021

Name : Sweeta Manhas
Degree : Ph.D
Topic : BIOPROSPECTATION OF MICROORGANISMS FROM NORTH WESTERN HIMALAYAS FOR ASPARAGINASE ENZYME.
Major : Dr. Vikas Sharma
Year : 2021

Name : Risha Bharti
Degree : M.Sc.
Topic : IN VITRO CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF INDIAN SPICES AGAINST HUMAN CANCER CELL LINES
Major : Dr. Vikas Sharma
Year : 2021


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