He served as a Professor and Head (Retired) of the School of Biotechnology at Devi Ahilya University (DAVV), Indore, India from June 20, 1991 to December 31, 2018. He has about 48 years of Research Experience, 40 years of Teaching Experience. He Procured doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in biochemistry in 1983. In 1985, he joined Prof. Jack Preiss lab at the Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA as a visiting research associate. Since 1988, he has been working in teaching, research, and administrative domains and serving the nation. His area of expertise are enzyme technology, molecular biology, and genetic engineering. An internationally acclaimed scientist more than 195 full-length research papers, 13 books, and 32 chapters in various edited books. He successfully guided nearly 30 Ph.D. students. He is a Foremost scientist to deduce the amino acid sequence of glycogen synthase, a study published in J. Biol. Chem. in 1986 and the work was humbly dedicated to Dr. Luis F. Leloir on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He authored books are published by various national and international publishers, such as Horizon Scientific Press (UK), Nova Science Publishers (USA), Anamaya Publishers (India), MV Learning (UK), Viva Books Pvt Ltd. (India), etc. He Authored number of chapters for many books, including Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine, which has an editorial board comprising 14 members, 10 of which are Nobel laureates. In 2012, the chapter on Regulation of Gene Expression was published in Epigenetic Regulation and Epigenomics (a two-volume series from Wiley VCH). An updated version of the same chapter was published in RNA Regulation from Wiley VCH itself in 2014. This chapter was again published in Synthetic Biology- Advances in Molecular Biology and Medicine (Ed. Robert A Meyers, Wiley- VCH) in 2015. He is a Fellow of many societies, including World Society of Cellular & Molecular Biology, France where 21 of the colleague fellows are Noble laureates. Editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Biotechnology, Associate Editor of the Journal of Cell & Tissue Research. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of many journals, such as Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics, Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology, Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology Reviews, Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, British Biotechnology Journal, etc. Honorary Advisor of HS Counseling, Canada. He Presented research work at a number of International Conferences, Hosted and chaired a symposium at the 4th World Congress of Cellular & Molecular Biology held at Poitiers, France in 2005, Hosted and organized 5th World Congress of Cellular & Molecular Biology (November 02–06, 2009) & was the Congress President. He Worked as an acting Vice-Chancellor of DAVV numerous times. He is a Founder member of the School of Biotechnology at DAVV.
He Served as the head of the entire department from 1991 to 2018, Served as an officer-in-charge of the Bioinformatics Sub Center, DAVV from 1993 to 2018, Served as a director of International Institute of Professional Studies at DAVV in 2004, and Appointed as a chairman of several university committees. He received several funded projects by various funding agencies. He Received Several Honors And Awards: Distinguished Leadership award of American Biographical Institute and nominated as Deputy Governor in their Board, Awarded Biotechnology Overseas Associateship from DBT. Availed the Associateship from Oct. 2003 to Jan. 2004 (in Jack Preiss Lab, Michigan State University, USA), Honorary Fellowship of World Society of Cellular & Molecular Biology, France, Felicitations from CIMAP Lucknow (an organization of CSIR, New Delhi) for the valuable contributions in the field of Biotechnology, Awarded Fellow of the Year 2000 by the Society of Plant Research, and Honorary Advisor of HS Counseling, Canada (since Apr 2016). He published more than 190 full-length research papers, 12 books, and 32 chapters in various edited books. He organized various conferences and workshops. Some of his recent publication: He served as a Professor and Head (Retired) of the School of Biotechnology at Devi Ahilya University (DAVV), Indore, India from June 20, 1991 to December 31, 2018. He has about 48 years of Research Experience, 40 years of Teaching Experience. He Procured doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in biochemistry in 1983. In 1985, he joined Prof. Jack Preiss lab at the Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA as a visiting research associate. Since 1988, he has been working in teaching, research, and administrative domains and serving the nation. His area of expertise are enzyme technology, molecular biology, and genetic engineering. An internationally acclaimed scientist more than 195 full-length research papers, 13 books, and 32 chapters in various edited books. He successfully guided nearly 30 Ph.D. students. He is a Foremost scientist to deduce the amino acid sequence of glycogen synthase, a study published in J. Biol. Chem. in 1986 and the work was humbly dedicated to Dr. Luis F. Leloir on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He authored books are published by various national and international publishers, such as Horizon Scientific Press (UK), Nova Science Publishers (USA), Anamaya Publishers (India), MV Learning (UK), Viva Books Pvt Ltd. (India), etc. He Authored number of chapters for many books, including Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine, which has an editorial board comprising 14 members, 10 of which are Nobel laureates. In 2012, the chapter on Regulation of Gene Expression was published in Epigenetic Regulation and Epigenomics (a two-volume series from Wiley VCH). An updated version of the same chapter was published in RNA Regulation from Wiley VCH itself in 2014. This chapter was again published in Synthetic Biology- Advances in Molecular Biology and Medicine (Ed. Robert A Meyers, Wiley- VCH) in 2015. He is a Fellow of many societies, including World Society of Cellular & Molecular Biology, France where 21 of the colleague fellows are Noble laureates. Editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Biotechnology, Associate Editor of the Journal of Cell & Tissue Research. He is a Member of the Editorial Board of many journals, such as Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics, Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology, Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology Reviews, Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, British Biotechnology Journal, etc. Honorary Advisor of HS Counseling, Canada. He Presented research work at a number of International Conferences, Hosted and chaired a symposium at the 4th World Congress of Cellular & Molecular Biology held at Poitiers, France in 2005, Hosted and organized 5th World Congress of Cellular & Molecular Biology (November 02–06, 2009) & was the Congress President. He Worked as an acting Vice-Chancellor of DAVV numerous times. He is a Founder member of the School of Biotechnology at DAVV. He Served as the head of the entire department from 1991 to 2018, Served as an officer-in-charge of the Bioinformatics Sub Center, DAVV from 1993 to 2018, Served as a director of International Institute of Professional Studies at DAVV in 2004, and Appointed as a chairman of several university committees. He received several funded projects by various funding agencies. He Received Several Honors And Awards: Distinguished Leadership award of American Biographical Institute and nominated as Deputy Governor in their Board, Awarded Biotechnology Overseas Associateship from DBT. Availed the Associateship from Oct. 2003 to Jan. 2004 (in Jack Preiss Lab, Michigan State University, USA), Honorary Fellowship of World Society of Cellular & Molecular Biology, France, Felicitations from CIMAP Lucknow (an organization of CSIR, New Delhi) for the valuable contributions in the field of Biotechnology, Awarded Fellow of the Year 2000 by the Society of Plant Research, and Honorary Advisor of HS Counseling, Canada (since Apr 2016). He published more than 190 full-length research papers, 12 books, and 32 chapters in various edited books. He organized various conferences and workshops.
Some of his recent publication:
1. Ninava, R., Nighojkar, S., Patidar, M., Kumar, A. and Nighojkar, A. (2022) Elephant foot yam peels as substrate for the production of alkaline xylanase from Aspergillus terreus using solid state fermentation. Biosci. Biotechnol. Res. Commun. 15 (2): 905-916. http://dx.doi.org/10.21786/bbrc/.
2. Ninava, R., Nighojkar, S., Patidar, M., Kumar, A. and Nighojkar, A. (2021) Purification and characterization of thermostable alkaline xylanase from Aspergillus terreus from elephant dung. J. Adv. Biol. Biotechnol. 24(12): 1-12. DOI: 10.9734/JABB/2021/v24i123054.
3. Jha, P., Kumar, V., Rani, A. and Kumar, A. (2021) Genomic regions governing the biosynthesis of sucrose and raffinose family oligosaccharides in soybean. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. In press.
4. Maravi, P. and Kumar, A. (2021) Cellulase: Distribution, Purification, Characterization and Industrial Applications. Biotechnol. J. International 25(3): 36-71. DOI: 10.9734/BJI/2021/v25i330143.
5. Jha, P., Kumar, V., Rani, A. and Kumar, A. (2021) Mapping QTLs controlling the biosynthesis of maltose in soybean. Romanian Biotechnol. Letters 26(5): 2936-2941. DOI: 10. 25083/rbl/26.5/2936.2941.
6. Jha, P., Kumar, V., Rani, A. and Kumar, A. (2021) Investigation on the Genetic Variability of Soybean Seed Sucrose Content in Germplasm Accessions from Different Countries of Origin. Biosci. Biotechnol. Res. Commun. 14 (2): 704-707. http://dx.doi.org/10.21786/bbrc/14.2.40
7. Matkawala, F., Nighojkar, S., Kumar, A. and Nighojkar, A. (2021) Microbial alkaline serine proteases: Production, properties and applications. World J Microbiol. Biotechnol. 37: 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-021-03036-z
8. Shah, S. and Kumar, A. (2021) Production and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates from industrial waste using soil bacterial isolates. Brazilian J. Microbiol. 52 (2): 715-726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-021-00452-z
9. Maravi, P. and Kumar, A. (2021) Optimization and statistical modeling of microbial cellulase production using submerged culture. J. Appl. Biol. Biotechnol. 9 (2): 142-152. DOI: 10.7324/JABB.2021.9213
10. Dukariya, G. and Kumar, A. (2021) Statistical Optimization of Chitinase Production by Box-Behnken Design in Submerged Fermentation using Bacillus cereus GS02. J. Appl. Biol. Biotechnol. 9 (2): 60-66. DOI: 10.7324/JABB.2021.9205.
11. Singh, G., Dukariya, G. and Kumar, A. (2020) Distribution, Importance and Diseases of Soybean and Common Bean: A Review. Biotechnol. J. International 24(6): 86-98. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/BJI/2020/v24i630125.
12. Shah, S., Dukariya, G. and Kumar, A. (2020) Potential of Ginger as a cure to incurable diseases. J. Nutr. Biol. 6 (1): 412-419.
13. Patidar, M., Nighojkar, S., Kumar, A. and Nighojkar, A. (2020) Production of polygalacturonase using Carica papaya peel biowaste and its application for pomegranate juice clarification. Environmental Sustainability 3: 509-520. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-020-00138-6
14. Shah, S. and Kumar, A. (2020) Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Advances in the synthesis of sustainable bio-plastic. Eur. J. Environ. Sci. 10 (2): 76-88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23361964.2020.9
15. Shah, S. and Kumar, A. (2020) Advances in Multiple Sclerosis. J. Clin. Case Report Online. 1 (1): 1002.