Faculty

Dr Akhilesh Kumar Singh

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Department:

Department of Biotech

Email Address:

akhileshsingh@mgcub.ac.in
akhiliit@gmail.com

Educational Qualification:

(1) M.Tech (Agricultural Biotechnology), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India (Year: 2002); (2) M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India (Year: 2000). Ph.D. (Polyhydroxyalkanoate Bioplastic, 2009), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India (Year: 2009)

Teaching/Research Experience:

17 Year

Qualification details:

(1) Qualified ASRB-NET (Agricultural Biotechnology) September 2014. Indian Council ofAgricultural Research (ICAR), India.

(2) Qualified CSIR–JRF (NET) (Life Sciences) June 2002. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.

(3) Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) (Life Science) 2001 (Percentile:95.06), All India Rank: 94 out of 2206 students (within top 4.2 % of students).

Research Interest/Specialization:

Polyhydroxyalkanoate Bioplastic; Nanobiotechnology and Applied Microbiology

Publications:

• 1. Biswal M, Ray M, Dash SS, Goswami S, Sharma S, Singh AK, Sarangi PK, Prasad R (2025) Exploring the impact of membrane transporters in abiotic stress mitigation: Advances and applications in plant resilience. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 229:110334 (IF: 5.7; Publisher: Elsevier).
• 2. Himanshu JK, Lakshmi GBVS, Singh AK, Solanki PR (2024) Reduced graphene oxide-gadolinium oxide-functionalized paper based immunosensor for electrochemical detection of gentamicin. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X 17:100442 (IF: Awaited; Publisher: Elsevier).
• 3. Singh MP, Gazali A, Prakash O, Pal P, *Singh AK, Prakash A, Sarangi PK, Sahoo UK, Prasad R, Sonkar, S. (2025). Harnessing carbon nanotubes for enhanced plant growth and sustainable agriculture: Opportunities and challenges. Plant Nano Biology 13:100178 (IF: 7.7; Publisher: Elsevier).
• 4. Parveen A, Sonkar S, Sarangi PK, *Singh AK, Sahoo UK, Gupta R, Prus P, Imbrea F, Șmuleac L, Pașcalău R (2023) Harnessing the Eco-Friendly Potential of Asparagus racemosus Leaf Extract Fabricated Ni/Ni(OH)2 Nanoparticles for Sustainable Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Vigna radiata. Agronomy 13:2073 (IF: 3.4; Publisher: MDPI).
• 5. Rani H, Singh SP, Yadav TP, Khan MS, Ansari MI, *Singh AK (2020) In-vitro catalytic, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of bioengineered copper quantum dots using Mangifera indica (L.) leaf extract. Materials Chemistry and Physics 239:122052 (Impact Factor: 4.7; Publisher: Elsevier).
• 6. Singh AK, Pal P, Sahoo UK, Sharma L, Pandey B, Prakash A, Sarangi PK, Prus P, Pașcalău R, Imbrea F (2024) Enhancing Crop Resilience: The Role of Plant Genetics, Transcription Factors, and Next-Generation Sequencing in Addressing Salt Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25: 12537 (IF: 3.2; Publisher: MDPI).
• 7. Himanshu JK, Lakshmi DVGBVS, *Singh AK, Solank PR (2024) Electrochemical Detection of Gentamicin Using a Reduced Graphene Oxide-Yttria Oxide (rGO@Y2O3) Nanocomposite-Based Biosensor. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 171: 127510 (IF: 3.3; Publisher: IOP).
• 8. Singh AK, Srivastava RK, Pal P, Mandal S, Sahoo UK, Prakash A, Sridhar K, Sharma M, Sarangi PK, Inbaraj BS (2024) Microalgal biorefinery as a sustainable and cost-effective platform for co-production of high-value-added products/metabolites: An insight into emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 58: 103192 (IF: 3.8; Publisher: Elsevier).
• 9. Rodrigues Reis CE, Milessi TS, Ramos MDN, Singh AK, Mohanakrishna G, Aminabhavi TM, Kumar PS, Chandel, A. K. (2023) Lignocellulosic biomass-based glycoconjugates for diverse biotechnological applications. Biotechnology Advances (IF: 12.5; Publisher: Elsevier).
• 10. Parveen A, Sonkar S, Yadav TP, Sarangi PK, *Singh AK, Singh SP, Gupta R (2024) Asparagus racemosus leaf extract mediated bioconversion of nickel sulfate into nickel/nickel hydroxide nanoparticles: In vitro catalytic, antibacterial, and antioxidant activities. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 14: 6865–6885 (IF: 4.1; Publisher: Springer).

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