PhD in Biochemistry and Agricultural Chemistry
Assistant Professor
M.S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture
 
Department: DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY & PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Phone: 7002607878
 

About Me

Enthusiastic teacher and researcher with research and teaching experience in the field of biochemistry, biotechnology and microbiology.
 
Research Fields

  • Plant Biochemistry
  • Crop Physiology
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Plant Molecular Biology
Teaching

  • Agricultural Microbiology
  • Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry

Expertise

  • Proteomics
  • Protein purification techniques (Ammonium sulfate precipitation
  • affinity chromatography
  • gel-filtration chromatography such as fast protein liquid chromatography
  • reverse-phase HPLC)
  • Enzyme assay using various natural and synthetic substrates
  • Enzyme inhibitory study using both natural and synthetic inhibitors
  • Enzyme immobilization technique (calcium alginate mediated entrapment)
  • Enzyme kinetic study (pH
  • temperature and Michaelis-Menten kinetic constant determination; Km)
  • Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) for molecular weight determination of protein
  • Staining techniques (CBB stain
  • Silver stain
  • In-gel specific activity staining)
  • Gel elution techniques for protein and DNA
  • In vitro bioassay of inhibitors against organisms (Bacteria
  • Nematodes)
  • Fermentative process of alcohol preparation and distillation
  • PCR
  • Western Blotting
  • Proximate analysis such as estimation of chemical constituents (Moisture
  • ash
  • total carbohydrate
  • reducing sugar
  • crude protein
  • total soluble protein
  • fiber content etc.

Interests

  • Plant Biochemistry
  • Crop Physiology
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Plant Molecular Biology