Department: School of Biosciences

3 years Industrial and 13+ years Academic

Dr. Rishi has completed his Doctoral degree in Agricultural engineering from central university of Assam, Silchar campus. He is having post-graduation degree M. Tech.  in Agricultural Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur and M.Sc. in Microbiology. He has three years research experience in a CSIR funded project at SRIC, IIT Kharagpur. He has more than 13 years of experience in academics and taught various papers of biological sciences both at UG and PG level. He is CSIR-UGC-NET qualified in life sciences. He has published 6 research papers during his Ph. D. He also contributed two book chapters in reputed publications.

Awards & Honors-

Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (2003) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.
GATE Fellowship (2000).
Qualified NET-CSIR for lectureship Examination held on Dec 2000 and July 2001.

Areas of Interest- Microbiology, Environmental biotechnology, Cryopreservation, Tissue culture, Nano biotechnoogy and Molecular biology.

Book Chapters

[1] Sonkar, S., Sharma, L., Singh, R. K., Pandey, B., Rathore, S. S.,  Singh, A. K., Porwal, P., Singh, S. P.,   (2021) Plant Stress Hormones: Mitigation of Abiotic Stress in Plants. (Nanobiotechnology) Chapter: 15 Publisher: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73606-4_15.

[2] Sena, S. K.,  Jain, P., Singh, R. K., Singh, A. K (2022) Role of soil algae in the maintenance of soil fertility and soil health. Soil Algae: Morphology, Ecology and Biotechnological Applications: Springer. .

Research publications in National/ International Journal-

• [1]Singh, R. K., Sethi L. N. and Sarkar S. (Jul. 2021) Evaluation of Biosorption Potential of Green Microalgae for Lead and Cadmium Biosorption from Aqueous Streams, ‘International Journal of Medical and Allied Health Sciences) Volume 1, Issue-1, pp 37-43

• [2]Kumar R., Sethi L. N. and Sarkar S. (Mar. 2019) Evaluation of Green microalgae potential for the removal of Lead and Chromium Ions through Biosorption Process, ‘’Journal of Advances in Science & Technology) Volume 16, Issue-1, pp 96-101.

• [3]Kumar R., Sarkar S. and Sethi L. N. (Nov. 2015) Waste Water Treatment for Removal of Copper and Cadmium Ions through Biosorption Process (Journal of Energy Research and Environmental Technology) Volume 2 Number 1, pp 25-29.

• [4]Kumar R., Singh K., Sarkar S. and Sethi L. N. (Jun. 2014) Accumulation of Cu by microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology) Volume 8, Issue-6 Ver. I, PP 64-68.

• [5]Kumar R., Singh K., Sarkar S. and Sethi L. N. (March. 2014) An Assessment of Bio-Sorption Potential of Heavy Metals by Scenedesmus Obliquus. (ISBN: 978–93–5156–339– 6, ‘’Mangalmay Journal of Management & Technology’, MIMT, Gr Noida), pp 55-58.

• [6]Kumar R., Sethi L. N. and Sarkar S. Heavy metal ions detoxification of wastewater using Algal biomass as an Adsorbent: a green approach. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. (Communicated)

Paper presented at National/ International Conferences

• [1] Kumar, R., Sarkar S. and Sethi L. N. (Jan. 2015) Waste Water Treatment for Removal of Copper and Cadmium Ions through Biosorption Process (International Conference CEBTME-2014 at JNU, New Delhi), p. 14 (oral presentation)
• [2] Kumar, R.,Sarkar S. and Sethi L. N. (Nov. 2014) Biosorption of heavy metals from aquous streams to prevent contamination of environment(National Conference on Emerging Technology Trends in Agricultural Engineering, NERIST, Nirjuli (Itanagar)), p. 9 (oral presentation)
• [3] Kumar, R., Singh K., Sarkar S. and Sethi L. N. (March. 2014) An Assessment of Bio-Sorption Potential of Heavy Metals by Scenedesmus Obliquus. (International Conference on ‘Technological and Management Advances in the New Age Economy: An Industry perspective MIMT, Gr Noida), p. 8 (oral presentation)
• [4] Kumar, R., Singh K., Sarkar S. and Sethi L. N. (March. 2014) An Assessment of Bio-Sorption Potential of Heavy Metals by Scenedesmus Obliquus. (International Conference on ‘Technological and Management Advances in the New Age Economy: An Industry perspective MIMT, Gr Noida), p. 8 (oral presentation)
• [5] Kumar, R. and Mallick, N. (2004) Accumulation of Cu by microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus. (National Conference on Plant, Microbes and Environments: Issue and Chalanges. University of Burdwan, Burdwan), p.2 (oral presentation)

National Seminars Attended

• [1] National Conference: Medicinal Plants, its present status, prospects and conservation on 23-24 Mar 2006 at Vidya Sagar Degree College, Midnapore. WB
• [2] National Conference: Leads for futuristic biotechnological inputs, Indian context on 26-27 Mar 2010 at Institute of Applied Medicines & Research, Ghaziabad. UP

Workshops Attended-

• [1] Workshop on Role of technology and some specific tools in research, 28 June-03 July 2021, SGT University Gurugram.
• [2] Workshop on Designing and Development of e-Resources for Teaching and Learning, 22-24 june 2021, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi.
• [3] BioExcellence Workshop: Whole Genome Expression profiling Using QPCR & Miccroarray Technology on Feb 01-05, 2011 at i-Life Discoveries Pvt. Ltd.

FDP Organized/ Attended-

• [1] Faculty Develop program on Industrial Biotechnology on 16-17 Jan 2015, IMS engineering college, Adhaytmic Nagar, Ghaziabad.
• [2] Faculty Development Program: Recent Advances in Research methods and data analytical tools attended on 18-19 Oct 2010, Mangalmay Institute of Management & Technology, Gr. Noida. UP