Chandresh Kumari
Assistant Professor
PhD Biotechnology (Shoolini University); Bachelors in Biotechnology (HPU)
Chandresh Kumari is an Assistant Professor at the School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Applied Sciences, Shoolini University. She holds a PhD in Biotechnology from Shoolini University and completed her Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.
Her research interests include Plant Molecular Biology, Phytochemistry, and Plant Tissue Culture, with a special focus on secondary metabolite enhancement. Asst Prof Chandresh has published several research articles in Scopus- and SCIE-indexed journals and has actively participated in numerous national and international conferences.
She is a Gold Medalist in MSc Biotechnology and has received notable recognitions, including First Prize at Start-up Manthan 2017, a national-level business plan competition organised by NITTTR, Chandigarh. She was also selected among the Top 20 teams in the 8th edition of ABLE-BEST INDIA 2016, organised by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
With over 9 years of teaching and research experience, Asst Prof Chandresh has delivered talks on topics such as Genomics, DNA decoding, and the nutritional significance of Moringa oleifera. She has also conducted hands-on training sessions in molecular biology techniques and has been associated with academic initiatives of SCERT, Himachal Pradesh.
In addition to her academic responsibilities, she actively contributes to departmental activities, including workshops, training programs, and conferences.
Publications
- Kaur T, Devi R, Negi R, Kour H, Singh S, Khan SS, Kumari C, Kour D, Chowdhury S, Kapoor M, Rai AK. Macronutrients-availing microbiomes: biodiversity, mechanisms, and biotechnological applications for agricultural sustainability. Folia Microbiologica. 2025 Apr;70(2):293-319.
- Gangta V, Sharma MD, Kumari C, Kumar P, Kulshrestha S. Molecular Identification and Characterization of Bacteria Exhibiting Resistance to Different Metal isolated from Industrial Effluents, CETP, and Sirsa River, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
- Bhatia N, Tiwari JK, Kumari C, Zinta R, Sharma S, Buckseth T, Thakur AK, Singh RK, Kumar V. Transcriptome analysis reveals genes associated with late blight resistance in potato. Scientific Reports. 2024 Jul 5;14(1):15501.
- Khan SS, Kour D, Kaur T, Sharma A, Kumar S, Kumari S, Ramniwas S, Singh S, Negi R, Sharma B, Devi T. Microbial nanotechnology for precision nanobiosynthesis: innovations, current opportunitiesand future perspectives for industrial sustainability. Current Microbiology. 2024 Aug;81(8):251.
- Bhatia N, Tiwari JK, Kumari C, Zinta R, Sharma S, Thakur AK, Buckseth T, Dalamu D, Singh RK, Kumar V. Screening of wild species and transcriptome profiling to identify differentially regulated genes in response to late blight resistance in potato. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2023;14.
- Kumari C, Chauhan P, Kulshrestha S. Nutritional characterization of Moringa oleifera leaves collected from North Indian habitat. InAIP Conference Proceedings 2022 May 9 (Vol. 2357, No. 1, p. 030006). AIP Publishing LLC.
- Kumari C, Virk AK, Kumari S, Gupta T, Rolta R, Li X, Kulshrestha S. Identification of Potential Targets for Thymidylate Synthase and Amp-C β-lactamase from Non-alkaloidal Fractions of Moringa oleifera Leaves. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 2021 Dec 1;22(15):2085-93.
- Kumari S, Kumari C, Narayanan S P, Dev K and Julka J M. Phylogenetic Relatedness of Drawida japonica (Michaelsen, 1892) and Drawida nepalensis Michaelsen, 1907 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from the Western Himalaya, India. Annals of Biology. June 2021 37(1):36-
- Gupta T, Kumari C, Kulshrestha S. First Report of Mycovirus Infected Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Cauliflower from Sirmaur District of Himachal Pradesh. Recent Patents on Biotechnology. 2020 Dec 1;14(4):283-94.
Book Chapters:
- Khistaria¹ Hi, Pal T. Nittan Sharma¹, Chandresh Kumari'. Plant-Microbial Interactions for Sustainable Agriculture. 2024 Nov 13:252.
- Nitika Thakur, Chandresh Kumari and Vanshika Tyagi. A nano-agro formulation strategy: Combatting plant stresses via linking agri sustainability and environmental safety. January 2021. In book: Microbial Management of Plant Stresses. pp.73-83. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-85193-0.00015-2.
Conferences:
- DST-STUTI training program on “Molecular Techniques in Biotechnology” held at Shoolini University in collaboration with SAIF/CIL, Punjab University, Chandigarh on 21-27 July, 2022.
- National Conference on the “Role of Science and Technology in the Sustainable Development of the Himalayan region (HistCon-2023)” held at Shoolini University on 20-21, May 2023.
- Workshop on “Food for a Healthy Planet” hosted by Shoolini University and University of Melbourne on 19th September, 2023.
- National Seminar on “Plant Biodiversity for food, Nutrition and Health Security in North-West Himalayas” held at Shoolini University on 27-28 November, 2023.
- Event on “Distinguished Lectures on Nobel Prize Discoveries and Seminar on Translational Sciences” organised by School of Biotechnology and Agriculture at Shoolini University, Solan, India on 24thFeb, 2025.
Contact Details:
E mail id: chandreshkumari@shooliniuniversity.com
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