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Title Dr. First Name

Indrakant K. Last Name

Singh Photograph

Designation Assistant Professor

Address

Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi-110019

Phone No. Office

+91-11-26485525

Residence +91-9868426787 Mobile +91-9310071333 Email [email protected] Web-Page https://www.deshbandhucollege.ac.in/ Educational Qualifications Degree Institution Year Ph.D. Department of Zoology, University of Delhi 2008

M.Phil. Department of Zoology, University of Delhi 2001

M.Sc. Hans Raj College, University of Delhi 2000

B.Sc. (H) Zoology Hans Raj College, University of Delhi 1998

M.Sc. Bioinformatics Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 2012

Career Profile

Assistant Professor, Zoology (2005- ) Visiting Faculty, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky,

Lexington, USA (2016-17) Visiting Faculty, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2013-) Visiting Faculty, Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, Dwarka, New Delhi

(2013-14)

Administrative Assignments Additional Responsibility:

S.No. College Position/Status Period 1. Deshbandhu College Public Information Officer

(Under RTI act 2005) May, 2012 – onwards

2. Deshbandhu College Coordinator DST-Inspire Internship Progrm

October 2012 – onwards

3. Deshbandhu College Coordinator-Science-Setu (DBT-NII initiative)

January 2016 – onwards

4. Deshbandhu College

Central Evaluation Centre Dy. Coordinator

2016, 2018 (For Even Sem Exam.)

DESHBANDHU COLLEGE (UNIVERSITY OF DELHI)

KALKAJI, NEW DELHI - 110019 Faculty Details Proforma for College Website

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(b) Corporate and Cultural life in the College/University:

College/Institutional Committee Position/Responsibility Period 1 • Building and Furniture

Maintainance • Purchase • Cultural

Member Member Member

2011-12

2 • Building and Furniture Maintainance

• Purchase • Cultural • Prospectus

Member Member Member Member

2012-13

3 • Purchase • Proctorial

Convenor Member

2013-14

4 • Purchase • Canteen • Student Grievances (Admission) • Prospectus

Convenor Member Member Member

2014-15

5 • National Workshop on Genomics and Proteomics for UG faculty

Coordinator 2014-15 (March 12-14, 2014)

6 • Student Grievances (Admission) • Building and Furniture

Maintainance • Purchase • Annual Day Celeberation • Student Union Election

Member Member Member Member Member

2015-16

7. • Cental Evaluation Centre-DBC • Prospectus

Dy. Cordinator Member

2016(Even sem.) 2016-17

8 • Proctorial Committee • Student Union Election

Convenor Member

2017-2018

9 • Proctorial Committee • Prospectus Committee • Development fund committee • Student Union Election

Convenor Member Member Member

2018-2019

(c) Special Recognitions:

Member of Quality Improvement Programme Cell, NSIT, Delhi for selecting candidates for Ph.D. Admission.

Referee for the grant proposals from Science for Equity Empowerment and Development Division, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Member of the Standing committee for Implementation ‘Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) component of INSPIRE, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Member of committee for M.Sc. Bioinformatics Major Project Evaluation and Examination, Department of Computer Science, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. (2013-2016)

Member course-committee UG and PG up to December 2019.

Member Departmental Research committee up to May 2020.



Areas of Interest/Specialization Applied Entomology, Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics and In-Silico Drug Discovery Subjects Taught

Biology, Ecology, Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Parasitology

Bioinformatics & Biostatistics.

Research Guidance List against each head (If applicable):

[1] Supervision of Post-Doctoral Fellow Research: Two (2) [2] Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress: Two (2) [3] Supervision of awarded M.Sc. dissertations: Three (3) [4] Supervision of awarded B.Tech. dissertations: Two (2) [5] Supervision of B.Sc. Innovation Project: Twenty (20) [6] Inspire Scholarship Project: One (1)

Publications Profile

[1] Books/Monographs/ Chapter (Authored/Edited)

[2] Singh A and Singh I. K. (eds.) (2018) MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF PLANT-PATHOGEN INTERACTION” (ISBN 978-981-10-7370-0) www.springer.com/us/book/9789811073700

[3] Singh, I. K. (2016) e-lesson in Molecular Cell Biology (P-15) on cell cycle part-I (Mitosis) in epg pathsala Zoology by UGC, under an MHRD project (NME-ICT) http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=35

[4] Singh, I. K. (2016) Manual of Higher Secondary Biology Lab Kit- by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) (Team Member and Contributor) (ISBN 978-93-5007-142-7).

[5] Kapinder and Singh, I. K. (2013)* co-authored e-lesson on “Ecosystem Development” for ILLL, University of Delhi (available online). (ISSN/ISBN: 2349-154X).

[6] Kapinder and Singh, I. K. (2013)* co-authored e-lesson on “Phylum: Ctenophora” for ILLL, University of Delhi

(available online). ISSN/ISBN: 2349-154X. [7] Singh, I. K. and Singh, A. (2014) “Evolution” (Unit 5) in the text book of XII for new CBSE-international (CBSE-i)

which is available online for CBSE-i schools only”. [8] Singh, A. and Singh I. K. (2014) “Molecular Basis of Inheritance” (Unit 4) in the text book of XII for new CBSE-

international (CBSE-i) which is available online for CBSE-i schools only”. [9] Singh, A. and Singh I. K. (2014) “Heredity and Variation” (Unit 3) in the text book of XII for new CBSE-

international (CBSE-i) which is available online for CBSE-i schools only”. Article:

Singh, I. K. and Singh, A. (2008). The southern green stinkbug, Nezara viridula (L): A polyphagous pest. Agrobios Newsletter Vol. 6(8): 45-46. (ISSN: 0972-7027).


http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811073700

http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ahl.php?csrno=35


GenBank submissions

Singh A, Singh IK, and Verma PK 2007. Molecular responses of Cicer arietinum genes in response to insect attack. 64 unique cDNA sequences isolated by Suppression subtractive Library. Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed /International Journals

[1] Sinha R., Singh P., Singh I. K.,* Mangangcha I. R., and Saini N. K. (2018)* Expression analysis of genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv under stress condition. Gene Reports (doi: org/10.1016/j.genrep.2018.08.006) *Corresponding author.

[2] Singh A., Jain D., Tyagi C, Singh S., Kumar S., and Singh I. K. (2018)* In- silico prediction of active site and in vitro DNase and RNase activities of Helicoverpa-inducible Pathogenesis Related-4 protein from Cicer arietinum. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 113: 869-880 (doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.03.027) *Corresponding author.

[3] Singh A., Tyagi C, Nath O., and Singh I. K. (2018)* Helicoverpa-inducible Thioredoxin h from Cicer arietinum: structural modeling and potential targets. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 109: 231–243 (doi: org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.12.079) *Corresponding author.

[4] Singh A., Nath O., Singh S., Kumar S., and Singh I. K. (2018)* Genome-Wide Identification of the MAPK Gene Family in Chickpea and Expression Analysis during Development and Stress Response. Plant Gene 13: 25-35. (doi:org/10.1016/j.plgene.2017.12.001) *Corresponding author.

[5] Singh I. K., Singh S., Mogilicherla K., Shukla J. N. and Palli S. R. (2017). Comparative analysis of double-stranded RNA degradation and processing in insects. Scientific Reports 7: 17059 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17134-2)

[6] Singh, I. K., Kumar, S., Singh, S. and Singh, A. (2017) Expression profiling of mitogen-activated protein kinase genes from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in response to Helicoverpa armigera, wounding and signaling compounds. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.07.003)

[7] Nath, O., Singh, A. and Singh I. K.* (2017). In-Silico Drug Discovery Approach Targeting receptor tyrosine

kinase-like orphan receptor 1 for Cancer Treatment. Scientific Reports 7:1029 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01254-w) *Corresponding author.

[8] Tyagi, C., Singh, A. and Singh I. K.* (2016). Mechanistic insights into mode of action of rice allene oxide synthase

on hydroxyperoxides: an intermediate step in herbivory-induced jasmonate pathway. Computational Biology and Chemistry 64: 227–236 (doi:10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2016.07.002) *Corresponding author.

[9] Singh, A. Singh, S. and Singh I. K. * (2016). Recent insights into the molecular mechanism of Jasmonate signaling

during Insect-Plant Interaction. Australasian Plant Pathology 45:123–133 (doi: 10.1007/s13313-015-0392-1) *Corresponding author

[10] Singh, A., Singal, B., Nath, O. and Singh, I. K.* (2015). Functional Annotation and classification of the Hypothetical Proteins of Neisseria meningitidis H44/76. American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 3(5):57-64. (doi: 10.11648/j.bio.20150305.16) *Corresponding author.

[11] Singh, A., Singh, I. K. * and Verma, P. K. (2008). Differential Transcript Accumulation in Cicer arietinum L. in Response to Chewing Insect Helicoverpa armigera, Mechanical Damage and Signaling Molecules Correlates with Feeding/Dispersal Behavior. Journal of Experimental Botany (U.K.), 59(9): 2379-2392. (https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern111)(*Equal contribution).


https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2018.08.006

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2018.08.006


Research papers published in Peer Reviewed /national Journals

[12] Singh I. K*., Ragesh, P. R., Ganta, S. and Singh, A. K. (2015) Oviposition behaviour of tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different host plants. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2015; 3 (3): 50-54. (ISSN: 2320-7078) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.22271/j.ento) *Corresponding author.

[13] Ragesh, P. R*., Ganta, S., Singh, I. K. and Singh, A. K. (2015) Attraction of neonate Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae to different host plant volatiles. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2015; 3 (3): 94-97. (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.22271/j.ento) (ISSN: 2320-7078)

[14] Singh, A., Sanjay, Kawatra, V. K. and Singh, I. K*. (2014). Structural and functional analysis of Hevein-like

Protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. IJBBR 5(1) 65-75. (ISSN: 2231-1238) *Corresponding author.

[15] Nath, O., Singal, B. and Singh I. K*. (2014). In Silico Structural and Functional Analysis of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase from Brugia pahangi. JCIB 7(1) 19-36. (ISSN: 0973-385X)*Corresponding author.

[16] Singh, I. K*, Singh, A., Rai, P., and Mangangcha, I. R. (2012). Role of mitochondrial antioxidants in tolerance

against radiation stress in plants. J Nat Sc Biol Med; 2:156. (ISSN: 2229-7707). *Corresponding author.

[17] Mangangcha, I. R., Rathore V. S, Singh, I. K, and Bidyarani, O. (2012). Metabolic characteristics of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its associated genetic polymorphisms in North Indian women. J Nat Sc Biol Med; 2:138. (ISSN: 2229-7707). Extended Abstracts published:

[18] Singh, I. K. and Singh, A. K. (2003). Deleterious effects of karanj leave on the development and survival of Spodoptera litura. Proc. Natl. Symp. From. Areas Entomol. IARI New Delhi. pp. 587-588.

[19] Singh, I. K.,* Sanjay and Arora, A. K. (2014). Emergence of Nanotherapeutic agents in Cancer. In: Proc. of T-NANO Ahmedabad University, pp.172-175. *Corresponding author.

[20] Singal, B., Singh, A., Singh, S., Nath, O., Sanjay and Singh, I. K.,* (2015) Functional annotation of the hypothetical

proteins of Neisseria meningitidis H44/76. In: Proc. International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biology IIT, Kanpur pp. 34-35. *Corresponding author.

[21] Nath, O., Singh, A., Singh, S., Singal B., Sanjay and Singh, I. K*. (2015) Structural Homology modeling of Aspartate

transaminase [Bacillus Halodurans c-125]. In: Proc. International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biology IIT, Kanpur pp. 44-45. *Corresponding author.

[22] Singh, I. K*., Nath O., Singh A., Singal B., Singh S. and Sanjay (2015) Identification of probable lead compounds for inhibition of CRY protein in Pisum sativum by structure modeling and pharmacophore designing. Journal of Proteins and Proteomics 6(1):24. (ISSN: 0975-8151) *Corresponding author.

[23] Mangangcha, I. R. , Singh, P., Singh, I. K. and Sinha, R. (2017) Mycobacterium tuberculosis stress induced proteins as drug targets against tuberculosis. Journal of Proteins and Proteomics 8(4):54-55. (ISSN: 0975-8151)

[24] Singh, A., Tyagi, C., Nath, O., Mangangcha, I. R., and Singh, I. K.* (2017) Structural and Functional characterization of Helicoverpa-inducible Thioredoxin h from Cicer arietinum. Journal of Proteins and Proteomics 8(4):54(ISSN: 0975-8151) *Corresponding author.



List of papers presented in conferences-oral & poster/abstract published in proceedings:

[1] Singh I. K., Nath, O., and Singh, A. (2018). In-Silico Drug Discovery Approach for Cancer Treatment. In “National Conference on Disease and Drugs: Emerging Trends and Challenges” held on January 31- February 1, 2018 at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, INDIA.

[2] Singh, I. K., Jain, D., Tyagi, C., Singh, S., Kumar, S. and Singh, A. (2017) In-silico prediction of active site of Pathogenesis Related-4 protein from Cicer arietinum displaying RNase and DNase activities. In National Conference on Protein Structure and Dynamics in Health and Agriculture held on November 3-4, 2017 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, INDIA.

[3] Singh, A., Tyagi, C., Nath, O., Mangangcha, I. R., and Singh, I. K. (2017) Structural and Functional

characterization of Helicoverpa-inducible Thioredoxin h from Cicer arietinum. In National Conference on Protein Structure and Dynamics in Health and Agriculture held on November 3-4, 2017 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, INDIA.

[4] Mangangcha, I. R., Pooja Singh, P., Singh, I. K. and Rajesh Sinha (2017) Mycobacterium tuberculosis stress

induced proteins as drug targets against tuberculosis. In National Conference on Protein Structure and Dynamics in Health and Agriculture held on November 3-4, 2017 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, INDIA.

[5] Singh, I. K.*, Singh, A., Singh, S. and Kumar, S. (2017) Genome-wide expression profiling of Maize in response to

polyphagous herbivore Spodoptera litura. In Maize Genetics Conference held on March 9-12, 2017 at St. Louise, Missouri, USA.

[6] Singh, A., Singh, I. K., Kumar, S. and Singh, S. (2017) Microarray analysis of Maize’s early response to mechanical wounding and its comparison to Insect Attack. In Maize Genetics Conference held on March 9-12, 2017 at St. Louise, Missouri, USA.

[7] Singh, I. K.*, Singh, A., Singh, S. and Kumar, S. (2017) Expression profiling of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase

(MAPK) genes from Cicer arietinum in response to Helicoverpa armigera, Wounding and Signaling compounds. In American Society of Plant Biologists (Annual Meeting), Midwestern Section held on February 4 – 5, 2017 at Purdue Memorial Union, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. USA.

[8] Singh, A., Singh, I. K., Nath, O., Kumar, S. and Singh, S. (2017) Genome-Wide Identification of MAPK Gene Family

in Chickpea and Expression Analysis during Development and Stress Response. In American Society of Plant Biologists (Annual Meeting), Midwestern Section held on February 4–5, 2017 at Purdue Memorial Union, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. USA.

[9] Singh, A., Singh, I. K. and Jain, D. (2015) “Functional characterization of Helicoverpa-inducible pathogenesis-related protein 4A (PR-4A) from chickpea” in the PLANT BIOLOGY 2015 (The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists) held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA from 26th -30th July 2015.

[10] Singh, I. K., Tyagi, C. and Singh, A. (2015) “Mechanistic insights into mode of action of rice allene oxide synthase

on hydroxyperoxides: an intermediate step in herbivory-induced jasmonate pathway”, presented in the PLANT BIOLOGY 2015 (The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists) from 26th -30th July 2015 held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA.

[11] Shefali and Singh, I. K. (2014) “Mobile Phones ‘Mini Radiators’ Affecting Human Health” in International Conference on Radiation Biology 2014, Organized by Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and hosted by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), Delhi from November 11-13, 2014.

[12] Singh, I. K. and Singh, A. (2012) “Induced Plant defense in Cicer arietinum L. in Response to a Chewing Insect

Helicoverpa armigera” presented in “International Conference on Chemical Ecology 2012” held from 7-8th December 2012 at Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.



[13] Singh, I. K. and Nath, O. (2011) “In Silico Structural and Functional Analysis of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase from

Brugia pahangi” in I-ISC 2011 on Bioinformatics: An Interface between Computer Science and Biology organized by CIRBS, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India from November 15-17, 2011.

[14] Singh, I. K., Singh, A. and Singh, A. K. (2010). Structural and functional analysis of Hevein-like Protein in

Chickpea, presented in The 7th Indo-Australia Biotechnology Conference” held from 25–27 October 2010 at Queensland Medical Research Institute (QIMR), Brisbane, Australia.

[15] Singh, A., Singh, I. K., Kwatra, V. K. and Chandrasekharan, H. (2010). Genome wide analysis of Ankyrin repeat

proteins in Arabidopsis and Rice, presented in The 7th Indo-Australia Biotechnology Conference” held from 25–27 October 2010 at Queensland Medical Research Institute (QIMR), Brisbane, Australia.

[16] Singh, I. K. and Singh, A. (2009). In silico structure and function prediction of Hevein-like Protein of Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc. Natl. Conf. Biodiversity& Agribiotechnology. at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT) University, Noida on April 25, 2009.

Conference Organization/ Presentations

1. Organization of a Conference/Workshop: 7

2. Participation in Conferences and workshops: Profession Training/International Course/Workshop:

[1] “UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Life Sciences & Biotechnology” held from October 08 -November 02, 2018 at Human Resource Development Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

[2] Successfully completed “The 2017 Essential Skills for Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis Workshop” conducted by University of Kentucky and Bluegrass Community & Technical College, sponsored by the Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network on July 10-14, 2017.

[3] Successfully completed the Pest Control Short Course held on November 8-10, 2016 Organized by College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

[4] Completed Training Program on Biosafety, Autoclave, Hazardous Waste and Chemical Hygiene Plan from July 18-22, 2016 at College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

[5] Participated in “1st Plant Proteomics Workshop/ Training Program” December 26-30, 2013 Organized by Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

[6] Participated in International course on Chemical Ecology “ICE-12” held from 20th November -7th December 2012 at Max-Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.

[7] “UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Interdisciplinary Science” held from May 03 to May 23, 2012 at UGC Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

[8] “UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme” held from September 30 to November 01, 2011 at UGC Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

[9] Workshop entitled “Fundamental of Bioinformatics for Faculty of Life Sciences” jointly organized by Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL) and Ramjas College, University of Delhi held from September 26-30, 2011.

[10] National Training Program on “Genomics, Proteomics, Drug Design, and High Performance Computing” held from September 30, 2009 to October 06, 2009 at Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics (SCFBio), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.



Participation: Conference/Symposia/Workshop

[1] Participated in “International Right to Information Day and Convention 2018” held on September 28 at India International Centre, New Delhi, India

[2] Participated in “National Conference on Ancient Indian Knowledge: Science and Technology ” July 17-19, 2018 Organized by NCERT, NIE campus, New Delhi-110016, India

[3] Participated in “Group Monitoring Workshop for Inspire Internship Science Camp Organizer” June 25-26, 2018 Organized by University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya and Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

[4] Participated in workshop on “Skill Development to Build a Clean India” June 7-8, 2018 Organized by Deshbandhu College in association with ONGC Ltd. New Delhi.

[5] Participated in “National Right to Information Summit 2018” held on March 16, 2018 at Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, India

[6] Participated in workshop on “Technical Terminology in Science and Technology” October 26-17, 2017 Organized by Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, MHRD, Department of Higher Education and Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi.

[7] Participated in “Ohio Valley Entomological Association 29th Annual forum symposium” on November 4, 2016 Organized by Department of Entomology, Purdue University at The Beck Agricultural Center, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA.

[8] Participated in “2nd National Symposium on Environment: Greener Future and Awareness” on March 19, 2016 Organized by Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

[9] Participated in “National Meet for Organizers of DST Inspire–Science Camps” March 12-13, 2016 Organized by Department of Marine Biotechnology, Goa University, Goa and Department of Science & Technology, Government of India.

[10] Participated in workshop on “Bioinformatics and Biostatistics: An Introduction” organized by Department of

Zoology, Miranda House, University of Delhi, from February 24 to February 25, 2016 under DBT Star College Scheme.

[11] Participated in “National Symposium on Reproductive Health in India: Concern and Awareness” on February 12,

2016 Organized by Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

[12] Participated in workshop on “DNA FINGERPRINTING” organized by Hindu College, University of Delhi, on January 22, 2016 under SCIENCE SETU a DBT and NII Initiatives.

[13] Participated in “India International Science Festival (IISF) in Young Scientists’ Conference at IIT Delhi”

December 4-8, 2015 Organized by Ministry of Science & Technology and earth Sciences Government of India.

[14] Participated in “An Introduction to Educational Institutes for Responsible Science” held from May 5-6, 2015 at National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi sponsored by U. S. national Academy of Sciences in Collaboration with THSTI, (DBT), Government of India.

[15] Participated in “International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biology” February 28- March 3,

2015 under NNMCB, Organized by IIT Kanpur, India.

[16] Participated in “National Symposium on Biophysics” February 14-17, 2015 Organized by CIRBS, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.



[17] Participated in “National Symposium on Vector Biology and Vector Management” February 12, 2015 Organized

by Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

[18] Participated in “Field Trial and Finalization of Training Package in Biology at Hr. Secondary Stage” February 2-10, 2015 Organized by DESM, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[19] Participated in “International Conference on Translational Nanomedicine (T-Nano-2014)” December 15-17,

2014 Organized held at the Institute of Life sciences, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India.

[20] Participated in “Field Trial and Finalization of Training Package in Biology at Hr. Secondary Stage” December 3-5, 2014 Organized by DESM, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[21] Participated in “National Symposium on Environment: Challenges and Awareness” November 5, 2014 Organized

by Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

[22] Participated in “Field Trial and Finalization of Training Package in Biology at Hr. Secondary Stage” August 11-13, 2014 Organized by DESM, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[23] Participated in “National Meet for Organizers of DST Inspire–Science Camps” May 29-30, 2014 Organized by KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, and Dept. of Science & Technology, Government of India.

[24] Participated in “National Symposium on Vector Biology and Vector Management” June 21, 2013 Organized by

Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.

[25] Participated in “3rd Workshop of Organizers of DST Inspire–Science Camps” April 11-12, 2013 Organized by Pondicherry University, Port Blair, A & N Islands, India and Dept. of Science & Technology, Government of India.

[26] Participated in an “International Interdisciplinary Science Conference (I-ISC-2012) On Protein Folding and

Diseases” December 9-10, 2012 Organized by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, India.

[27] Participated in an “The Academic Congress Enabling the Young: Redefining Education” on September 6-7, 2012

Organized by the University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

[28] Participated in a National Conference on “New Trends in Bioinformatics” July 30-31, 2012 at Supercomputing Facility for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Organized Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi India.

[29] Workshop entitled “Food, Nutrition and Health (Course code: LSPP 203) for B.Sc. (Programme) Life Sciences I

year” at Lady Irwin College, jointly organized by Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL) and Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi held from February 10-12, 2011.

[30] Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB) International Conference “Recent trends in Developing Bioremediation Strategies for Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) & Other Chlorinated Contaminants” on February 9, 2011 at University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

[31] International Interdisciplinary Science Conference (I-ISC 2010) organized by Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India held from December 2-4, 2010.

[32] “Basic Training Workshop in Drosophila Genetics” at Drosophila Stock Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India on November 13-14, 2010.



[33] A Workshop for Teachers entitled “Bioinformatics: Unraveling Genes and Proteins” held at the D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi, Delhi from May 10-15, 2010.

[34] Workshop entitled “Introduction to Bioinformatics” held at the Bio-Medical Informatics Centre, Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi from April 21-23, 2010.

[35] “National symposium on Current Trends in Genomics and Proteomics”, held from February 4-5, 2010 at

Deshbandhu College, Delhi University.

[36] National workshop on “Multimedia Content Development” jointly organized by ANDC, Delhi University, and Commonwealth of Educational Media Centre for Asia, held from April 20-24, 2009.

[37] Workshop entitled “Development of online quizzes in Life Sciences” at Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL),

Delhi University on April 16, 2009.

[38] National workshop on “Open Educational Resources” jointly organized by University of Delhi, South Campus and ANDC, sponsored by Commonwealth of learning, Vancouver, CANADA held from April 13-15, 2009.

[39] “International symposium on Microbial Biotechnology: Diversity, Genomics and Metagenomics” held from

November 18-20, 2008 at University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

[40] “Biology laboratory course based on B.Sc. Programme” held on September 2-4, 2008, organized by Institute of Life Long Learning and Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, Delhi.

[41] “IFTF X2 workshop on Science and Technology trends in India” held on June 12, 2008 at Sheraton New Delhi,

organized by Institute For The Future, University Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301.

[42] “National Training cum Workshop on Bioinformatics Applications in Agricultural Research” held on February 25-27, 2008 organized by Unit of simulation and informatics (IARI) and sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India.

[43] “International symposium on Ciliate biology” held on February 6-7, 2007, hosted by Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur

Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007.

[44] Actively participated in “A workshop on “Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology” (for Zoology Teacher of Delhi University college) August 10-12, 2006, organized by Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007.

[45] “Lecture workshop on Molecular Endocrinology & Gamete Biology” held on October 3-4, 2005 organized by

Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore at Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007.

[46] “Workshop on Basic Techniques in Immunology” held on August 27-29, 2005, organized by Centre for Advanced study in Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007.

[47] “Workshop in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, from April 18-22, 2005. Organized by Department of

Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi. New Delhi- 110021.

[48] “National symposium on frontier areas of entomology” from November 5-7, 2003, IARI, New Delhi- 110012.

[49] “Workshop on Biotechniques” From January 11-13, 2002, conducted by “Center for Biochemical Technology” University Campus, Mall Road, Delhi-110 007.



Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

[1] Title: ″ Identification and characterization of genes involved in defense against Spodoptera litura from Maize (Zea mays)″ (2013-16) Name of funding agencies: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST (PI) (Completed)

[2] Title: ″Cloning and functional characterization of Helicoverpa inducible hevein-like protein from chickpea″. (2013-16) Name of funding agencies: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST. (CO-PI) (Completed)

[3] Innovation Project Title: “The impact of lifestyle change during adolescence on lifestyle chronic Diseases”

2015. (Funded by UGC/ University of Delhi) (Co-PI)

[4] Title: Design and development of novel inhibitors of AKRIC1 as potential lead candidates in treatment of breast, cervical & endometrial cancer (2017-20)(Funded by DHR/ ICMR Govt. of India)

Awards and Distinctions Award/Honor/Fellowship/Financial assistance/Travel Grant:

[1] Awarded Bharat Ratna Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Memorial Grace India “Best Teacher Awards 2018” for contributions to research by Grace India Educational Charitable Trust, New Delhi, in the award ceremony held at Hans Raj College, Delhi, India on October 27, 2018.

[2] Awarded RAMAN POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP to pursue post-doctoral research work at University of Kentucky USA 2016-17 by University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of India.

[3] Awarded “Best Researcher Awards 2017” for contriburtion to research by Grace India Educational Charitable Trust, New Delhi, in the award ceremony held at Hans Raj College, Delhi, India on October 07, 2017.

[4] Nominated as an Indian Delegate for An International Program on “Reservation and Exploration of Herbal Medicine Resources for Asian Countries” funded by Ministry of Commerce, People’s Republic of China, from August 19, 2015 to September 8, 2015.

[5] Awarded International Travel Grant (University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of India) for attending the PLANT BIOLOGY 2015 (The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists) from 26th -30th July 2015 held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA.

[6] Awarded Young Scientist Scheme (Start-up Grant in 2013) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

[7] Awarded International Travel Grant from Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India) to pursue International course “ICE-12” held from 20th November -7th December 2012 at Max-Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.

[8] Awarded International Travel Grant from University of Delhi to participate in the “International Conference on Chemical Ecology 2012” held on 7th December 2012 at Max-Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.

[9] Awarded International Travel Grant from University Grant Commission, New Delhi for “The 7th Indo-Australia Biotechnology Conference” held on October 25–27, 2010 at Queensland Medical Research Institute (QIMR), Brisbane, Australia.

[10] Selected Best participant in life science category prize (Honorarium US $200) in IFTF X2 workshops Organized by Institute For The Future, University Avenue, Palo Alto, California, June 2008 at The Sheraton, New Delhi.



Resource Person:

[1] Invited as a Resource person to conduct science activity “45th Jawaharlal Nehru National Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition 2017” November 23-27, 2018 Organized by, School Education Department Gujrat and NCERT New Delhi, at Ahmedabad (Gujrat), India.

[2] Invited as a Resource person in “Development of Syllabus and textbooks of Biotechnology for Higher Secondary Stage” September 29-October 2, 2018 organized by DESM, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[3] Invited as a Resource person in “Development of Syllabus and textbooks of Biotechnology for Higher

Secondary Stage” by DESM, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[4] Invited as a Resource person in “Development of E-resources in Biology for Higher Secondary Stage” by DESM, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[5] Invited as a Resource person in “Field Trial and Finalization of Training Package in Biology at Higher Secondary Stage” Organized by Division of Educational Kits, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[6] Invited as a Resource person in the Orientation of Key Resource Persons In Biology at Higher Secondary Stage” Organized by DESM, NCERT, NIE campus New Delhi-110016, India.

[7] Invited as a Resource person to conduct science activity “44th Jawaharlal Nehru National Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition 2017” October 10-16, 2017 Organized by, School Education Department Madhya Pradesh and NCERT New Delhi, at Bhopal (M.P.), India.

[8] Invited as a Resource person to deliver a talk in the workshop on “How to published research paper in right journal” October 07, 2017 Organized by GIEC Trust and HansRaj College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

[9] Invited as Resource Person for “practical session in Animal behaviour” for Refresher course in life Sciences, Entitled: ‘Critical Appraisal and Training on Recent Advances in Life Sciences’ organized by CPDHE, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007 on 4 June 2005.

Jury Member / Guest of Honor:

[1] Invited as Member Jury for poster presentation session in “Fourth National Symposium on Environment: Green Technology for Environmental Sustainability” from September 25, 2018 held at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

[2] Invited as Judge for the 33rd Annual Kentucky American Water- Fayette County Public Schools District Science Fair on February 11, 2017 held at Bryan Station High School, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

[3] Invited as Member Jury for INSPIRE AWARD National level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC)-2015 from December 7-8, 2015 held at IIT Delhi, organized by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

[4] Invited as Member jury for INSPIRE AWARD National level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC)-2014 from October 6-8, held at Pragati Maidan New Delhi Organized by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

[5] Invited as Guest of Honor at St. Marks School, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, in an Inter school Disciplinary Symposium - Pratidhwani on 22nd August 2014.

[6] Invited as Member Jury for INSPIRE AWARD National level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC)-2013 October 8-10 held at Pragati Maidan New Delhi Organized by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.



[7] Invited as Member Jury for the 10th CBSE Regional Level Science Exhibition 2013 held on August 29-31 at THE

INDIAN SCHOOL, New Delhi. [8] Invited as Guest of Honor at Kalka Public School, Alaknanda, New Delhi, ‘Sankalan-2012-2013-Genesis-O-

Metric’ in annual program on 15th December 2012.

[9] Invited as Member Jury for the 9th CBSE National Science Exhibition 2012 on 31st October 2012 held at St. Xeviers School, Raj Nivas Marg, New Delhi.

[10] Invited as Member Jury for INSPIRE AWARD National level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC)-2012 October 21-23 held at Pragati Maidan New Delhi Organized by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Program Coordinator/Organizer:

[1] Coordinator, for the “Inspire Internship- 2012” Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India at Deshbandhu college, University of Delhi from October 1-5, 2012.

[2] Dy. Coordinator, for the “Inspire Internship- 2012” Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India at Hans Raj college, University of Delhi from December 17-21, 2012. [3] Coordinator, for the “Inspire Internship- 2013” Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India at Deshbandhu college, University of Delhi from December 16-20, 2013. [4] Dy. Coordinator, for the “Inspire Internship- 2013” Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India at Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi from December 21-25, 2013. [5] Coordinator, for the “National workshop on Applied Genomics and Proteomics” from 12-14th March 2014

for the faculty members of various colleges from Delhi and outside at Deshbandhu College, New Delhi. [6] Coordinator, for the “Inspire Internship- 2014” Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India at Deshbandhu college, University of Delhi from October 8-12, 2014. [7] Coordinator, for the “Inspire Internship- 2015” Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India at Deshbandhu college, University of Delhi from December 14-18, 2015. [8] Worked as Coordinator and organizes an Invited talk under edges of SCIENCE-SETU title "Green Engines of

Change: Plants that Influenced India and the World" by Dr. S. Natesh, Consultant Advisor, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi on January 25, 2016.

[9] Nominated as “University Coordinator for Science Ambassador Program” by Bio-Rad Laboratories (India)

and organizes its launch program “1st Science Ambassador Program 2017” is association with Deshbandhu College, DU at St. Thomas Sr, Sec. Girls School, New Delhi on October 6, 2017.

[10] Coordinator, for the “Inspire Internship- 2017” Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India at Deshbandhu college, University of Delhi from December 18-22, 2017. Association With Professional Bodies Editing/Editorial Board:

International Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry (IJBB) Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics (JCIB) International Journal of Environmental Research and Development (IJERD)



Reviewing

Computational Biology and Chemistry (Elsevier) Gene (Elsevier){Certified as Outstanding contribution as Reviewer September 2017} American Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Memberships Scientific Body:

American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) 2016-Onwards Member of Entomological Society of India. Life Member of Indian Biophysical Society. Life Member of Association of Indian Microbiologists of India.

Other Activities Invited Talks:

[1] Invited talk at The Indian School, New Delhi, Title “How DNA Has Change Our Lives?” on August 13, 2018. [2] Invited talk at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, Title “TOWARDS Achieving Creativity,

Style And Structure In Scientific Writing” on August 13, 2018. [3] Invited talk at SRM University Delhi-NCR Campus, Ghaziabad (U.P.) as Mentor, in Inspire Internship Program

on June 9, 2016. [4] Delivered invited talk at Shri Ram Murti Smarak Womens College of Engineering & Technology, Bareilly (U.P.)

as Mentor, in Inspire Internship Program on November 27, 2015. [5] Delivered talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor in Inspire Internship Program on

November 24, 2015. [6] Delivered talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor in Inspire Internship Program on July

21, 2015. [7] Delivered invited talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor, in Inspire Internship Program

on February 24, 2015. [8] Delivered invited talk at Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences, CSK HP Krishi

Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur (H.P.) as Mentor, in Inspire Internship Program on December 30, 2014. [9] Delivered talk at Shri Ram Murti Smarak Womens College of Engineering & Technology, Bareilly (U.P.) as

Mentor, in Inspire Internship Program on November 29, 2014. [10] Delivered invited talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor, in Inspire Internship Program

on November 21, 2014. [11] Delivered invited talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor, in Inspire Internship Program

on August 28, 2014. [12] Delivered invited talk at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology for Women Ghaziabad, as Mentor in Inspire

Internship Program on 3rd August 2014. [13] Delivered invited talk at KIIT College of Engineering, Gurgaon, as Mentor in Inspire Internship Program on 1st

August 2014. [14] Delivered Invited talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor in Inspire Internship Program

on 18 June 2014.



[15] Delivered invited talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor, as Mentor Ghaziabad in Inspire

Internship Program on 8th January 2014. [16] Delivered invited talk at Hi-Tech Institute of Technology, Ghaziabad as Mentor in Inspire Internship Program

on 6th November 2013. [17] Delivered invited talk at Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology for Women, Ghaziabad, as Mentor in Inspire

Internship Program on July 10, 2013. [18] Delivered invited talk at Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT) Dwarka, New Delhi, as Mentor in

annual program on February 16, 2013. [19] Delivered invited talk at DCTM, Faridabad, in Inspire Internship Program on August 12, 2012. [20] Delivered invited lecture in INSPIRE INTERNSHIP SUMMER CAMP –2011, on May 4, 2011 at Department of

Pharmaceutical Sciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot -360005, Gujarat, India.

[21] Delivered invited lecture in National workshop-cum-training on “Computational Approaches in Biological Data Mining” on March 24, 2011 at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.

[22] Invited as “Mentor” in Science Camps for CPFS Interns under the DST-INSPIRE Scheme on November 4, 2010 by Centre for Philosophy and foundations of Science (CPFS), New Delhi, India.

[23] Delivered invited lecture in National workshop-cum-training on “Bioinformatics Applications in Crop Sciences” held from December 21, 2009 at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.

[24] Delivered invited talk on “Training Program for Kabul University Faculty member in BIOLOGY” Organized by Delhi University at Hans Raj College, Delhi on June 10, 2008.

Invited Panelist/Expert on DUCR FM Radio:

Discussion panelist on “Plant – Insect Interaction” at DUCR FM 90.4 (Broadcasted on air in March 2012) in the program “VIGYAN HAMARE AAS PAS” Sponsored by DST, Govt. of India.

Discussion panelist on Topic- “Bt crop: Say Yes or No” at DUCR FM 90.4 (Broadcasted on air in April 2012) in the program “VIGYAN HAMARE AAS PAS” Sponsored by DST, Govt. of India.

Discussion panelist on Topic- “Nanotechnology and its applications” at DUCR FM 90.4 (Broadcasted on air in June 2012) in the program “VIGYAN HAMARE AAS PAS” Sponsored by DST, Govt. of India.

-Dr. Indrakant K Singh


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