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Faculty Profile

Name	Dr. Archana Mehta
Department	Botany
Address (Off)	Department of Botany
Address (Res.)	C-3, University Campus
Phone No.	07582-265819
Mobile No.	09425436646
E-Mail	[e-mail]

Date of Appointment
First Appointment	29/05/1998
Present Position	Reader
Current Position	Reader
Ph.D. Research details
Year of Award	Ph.D. in Botany – 1983 from Sagar
Topic of Research	Biochemical studies of fruit rot of Tricosanthes diocia and Solanum melongena caused by Fusarium sp.
Research Experience	34
Teaching   Experience	15
Industrial  Experience	Nil
Field of Specialization	Mycology; Plant Pathology; Microbiology; Biotechnology
Current area of Work	Microbial enzyme, Phytochemistry, Herbal Technology

Experience Details:

SNo.	Position Held	Employer's Name & Address	Duration
1	Scientific officer	Registrar, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar	9 years (1990-1998)
2.	Lecturer	Registrar, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar	5 years (1998-2002)
3.	Sr. Lecturer	Registrar, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar	5 years (2002-2007)
4.	Reader	Registrar, Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar	6 years (2007-till to date)

Research Guidance
Research (Ph.D.) Guided - Total No	17

Research (Ph.D.) Guided:

SNo.	Name of Scholar	Topic of Ph.D. Research	Year of Award
1	Sindhu Ferosh	“Studies on Proteolytic enzymes produced by bacteria from Sagar lake”	2005
2	Archana Singh	“Isolation, identification and characterization of bacterial cellulases from Sagar lake”	2005
3	V K Agnihotri	“Studies on pollution indicator Bacteria associated with drinking water supply of Sagar city”	2006
4	S Singh Rajput	“Studies on Bacteriological and chemical analysis of municipal water supply at Sagar”	2006
5	Kalpana Sahu	“Bacterial amylases and its characterization”	2006
6	SangeetaKumari	“Isolation, identification and characterization of thermophilic protease producing bacteria”	2006
7	S.K.Venu Gopal	“Bioproduction of Docosahexaenoic Acid by the marine protist “Schizochytrium”	2008
8	Anania Arjuna	“Gama Linolinic acid production from Oleaginous fungi; Mortierella ramannaina”	2008
9	Shruti Shukla	“Isolation, characterization and evaluation of some plant constituents for immunomodulatory effects”	2009
10	Jinu John	“Phytochemical and Pharmacological evaluation of Cassia tora leaves as an herbal medicine”	2010
11	Rohini Singh	“Anti-inflammtory activity of Curcuma longa and Zingiber officinale”	2011
12	Siddhartha Singh	“Combinational effect of Andrographis paniculata and Silybum marianun with respect to hepatoprotective activity”.	2011
13	Laxmi Ahirwar	“Evaluation of Some Plant Consituents for Immunomodulatory Effect”	2011
14	Subhadip Hajra	“Pharmacological evaluation of Swietenia mahagoni seeds”.	2012
15	Pinkee Pandey	“Phyto-Pharmacological evaluation of Ruta graveolens”.	2012
16	Anand Rajoria	“Therapeutic potential of wheat grass extract.”	Submitted (Viva will be held in Oct’2013)
17	Roshan Kumar	“Exploration and characterization of some Biotechnologically important Microorganisms”.	Submitted

Dissertation /Projects (PG) Guided: Total No. 5

Agency Project Title Reference MPCST Bhopal Biotechnological approach for the production and evaluation of bioactive compounds from a potent medicinal plant “Caesalpenia bounducella”. 1238/CST/R&D/2007 dated 10/7/07 NMPB New Delhi Phytochemical evaluation of immunomodulatory activity of some medicinal plants. Z18017/187/PrGo/MP-03/06/NMPB/181207; 2007-10. MPCST Bhopal Biodeterioration of guava fruits due to Botryo sphaeria ribis and their control by chemical, natural and biological means. - UGC New Delhi Production, purification and characterization of bacterial cellulases from Sagar lake. F3-47/03/SR 2003-06 UGC New Delhi Bioproduction of Amylase. F.No.-32-398/ 2006-10

Awards/Recognitions
Unesco and Czech Republic (1983-1984). Short study invitation Fellowship by the Netherlands, France, Germany and England and Hungary (1984-1985). INSA award (INSA/German) to work at Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany (1998). INSA award (Indo/German) to work with a Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. R. Huber at Max Plank Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany (Dec. 2001- March 2002). As guest scientist visited Biotechnology Department, Daegu University, Daegu, South Korea (Oct. 2006) International Fellowship (INSA/KOSEF) to work at Biotechnology Department Daegue University, Daegue, S. Korea (2008)
Membership of Societies/Associations
Member of Indian Phytopathological Soc. Elected as Fellow member of Indian Botanical Soc. (FBS). Member of Microbiological Soc. of India. Member of Indian Science Congress. Member of Botanical Society, UTD, Sagar.
Invited Lectures
Evaluation of antimicobial activity of Ruta graveolens stem. Department of Biology, Gandhigram Rural institute, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu Gymnema sylvestre: A potent immunomodulator medicinal plant. National conference on medicinal plants, Botany department, Nirmala College for women, Coimbatore. Phenolic compounds and in vitro antioxidant activity of Swietenia mahagoni seeds extracts. National Conference on recent trends in plant diversity study and conservation strategies. Botany Department, Nagaland University, Lumami. Biological and medicinal properties of Neem (Azadirachta indica): Biotechnology of Natural and Agricutural products, 6^thInternational symposium of APRC, Daegu University, South Korea. Influence of cultural factors on α and β amylase activity of Pseudomonas mallei, Micrococcus varians and Aeromonas hydrophila. Indian Science Congress, Shillong.
Seminar/Symposium Attended/Delivered
A. Mehta and P. Mehta (1984): Role of antibiotics in synthesis of cell wall degrading enzymes. 4^th Intern. Symp. on rapid methods and automation in microbiology and immunology, Berlin, Germany. A. Mehta and P. Mehta (1984): Influence of indole and GA3 on the production of cell wall degrading enzymes by F. moniliforme and F. oxysporum. 3rd Intern. Symposium on Plant Growth Regulators, Liblice, Czechislovakia. A. Chile, V. Khare, M. kachhwaha, A. Mehta and P. Mehta (1992): A new Phoma rot of Sem (Dolichos lablab Linn). Mycol. & Plant Pathol. Udaipur. P. Mehta, V. Khare and A. Mehta (1993): Role of phenolic substances in pathogenesis of soft rot diseases. Intern. Symposium on natural phenols in plant resistance. Weihenstephan, Germany. A. Mehta and P. Mehta (1993): Inhibitory agents of cell wall degrading enzymes and biomass in vitro and disease development in vivo. Intern. Symp. on natural phenols in plant resistance, Weihenstephan, Germany. P. Mehta, V. Khare and A. Mehta (1993): Antibiotics in relation to plant disease control. 6th Intern. Congress Plant Pathology, Montreal, Canada.