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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 | Document |
| 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 |