Dr. Arun Dev Sharma

Head of Department, Associate Professor

Dr Arun dev Sharma did MSC IN BIOTECHNOLOGY from GNDU and PhD biotechnology from GNDU on “Changes On PPPIase Activity In Drought Tolerant Ands Susceptible Cultivars Of Sorghum”. He has done 5 major and 1 minor research project being sanctioned by various agencies like DBT, DST, UGC, ICMR etc. he has 16 yrs of teaching and research experience.

 16 Years in Teaching

Plant Biotechnology

M.Sc (Biotechnology) (Gold medalist)

Ph.D. (Biotechnology)

 

Books:

Book:

 rDNA Technology: Hemaliyan Publication House Pvt Litd, Mumbai. 

Book Article: 

  • Arun Dev Sharma. Advances in microbial inulinases. Its production and properties in “Progress in Food Engineering Research and Development” (ed) Jerrod M Cantor, Nova Publishers, USA.
  • Arun Dev Sharma. Text Book of Biochemistry, Lakahanpal Publishesr, ASR, Punjab

Publication Details

INTERNATIONAL: 

  • Rakhra G, Kaur, T, Vyas, D, Arun Dev Sharma, Singh J. Ram G. 2017. Molecular cloning, characterization, heterologous expression and in- silico analysis of disordered boiling soluble stress-responsive wBsSRP protein from drought tolerant wheat cv.PBW 175. Plant Physiology Biochemistry, 112, 29-44 (Elsevier)

  • Mamik S, Arun Dev Sharma. 2016. Protective role of boiling stable antioxidant enzymes in invasive alien species of lantana exposed to natural abiotic stress like conditions. Russian J of Biological Invasions. 8, 75-86. (Springer).

  • Mamik S, Arun Dev Sharma. 2016. The antioxidant response of invasive alien species of Parthenium hysterophorus under abiotic stress conditions with the special emphasis on the boiling stable antioxidant enzymes. Botanica Serbica , 41, 25-36.

  • Rakhra G, Arun Dev Sharma, Singh J. 2015. Anti-oxidative potential of boiling soluble antioxidant enzymes in amelioration of drought- induced oxidative stress in tolerant and sensitive cultivars of Triticum aestivum. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 15,18,103-122 (Springer).

  • Gurmeen Rakhra Arun Dev Sharma, Dhiraj Vyas. 2015. RT-PCR amplification and in-silico analysis of some putative boiling soluble proteins (hydrophilins) related genes from Triticum aestivum, Journal of Wheat Research (ICAR) 7, 64-67.

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Ram G. 2015. In-silico analysis, annotation and characterization of putative ESTs from Sorghum bicolor associated with heat stress. International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications,11, 6, 506-564.

  • Rakhra G,Arun Dev Sharma, Singh J. 2015. Drought-induced changes in the accumulation of boiling soluble proteins (p40, GST, HSP90) in the grains of drought tolerant and sensitive cultivars of Triticum aestivum. Crop and Pauster Science, 66, 9, 904-911(CSIRO publications).

  • Rakhra G, Arun Dev Sharma and Vyas D. 2015. Triticum aestivum mRNA for boiling stable proteins. Accession numbers: LN832555-58, LN813033-37 EMBL, UK.

  • Rakhra G, Arun Dev Sharma and Vyas D. 2015. Triticum aestivum mRNA for boiling stable proteins. Accession numbers: NCBI GenBank: JZ948345-46.

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Ram G, Kaur I, Kocher GS. 2015. Molecular modeling and in-silico characterization of Alkaline Protease from Bacillus circulans MTCC 7906. Online J of Bioinformatics, 61-87

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Dhuria N, Rakhra G, Mamik S. 2014. Accumulation of water stress-responsive class-III type of boiling stable peroxidases (BsPOD) in different cultivars of wheat (Triticum aestivum ). Acta Biologia Szegediensis, 58, 1115-122

  • Ram G and Arun Dev Sharma. 2015 Molecular modeling and in-silico characterization of TaPase, a stress-modulated acid phosphatase gene from wheat (Triticum aestivum). J. Food Agric. 2015. 27 (1): xx-xx doi: 10.9755/ejfa.v27i1.17980.

  • Rakhra G, Arun Dev Sharma and Vyas D. 2014. 2-D and in silico analysis of some putative drought-induced differential boiling soluble proteins (hydrophilins) of Triticum aestiv Agricultural Research 3,386-394. (Springer).

  • Shubhneet Mamik, Arun Dev Sharma. 2014. Analysis of boiling stable antioxidant enzymes in invasive alien species of Lantana under abiotic stress-like conditions. Brazilin J of Botany. DOI 10.1007/s40415-014-0060-7 (Springer).

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Bhullar A, Rakhra G, Mamik S. Analysis of hydrophilic antioxidant enzymes in Invasive alien species Parthenium hysterophrus under high temperature abiotic stress like conditions. J of Stress Physiology and Biochemistry, 10, 228-237

  • Rakhra G, Arun Dev Sharma and Singh J. 2014. Drought-Induced Changes In The Accumulation Of Boiling Soluble Proteins (Hydrophilins) At Vegetative And Reproductive Phases Of Drought Tolerant And Susceptible Cultivars Of Triticum Aestivum. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 6,225-236

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Gurmeen Rakhra, Shweta Mehta, Shubneet Mamik. 2014. Accumulation of class-III type of boling stable Peroxidases in response to plant growth hormone ABA in wheat. Plant Sci Today, 1, 3-9.

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Gurmeen Rakhra, Supreet kaur, Hardeep Kaur. 2013. Expression of Boiling-stable Peroxidase (PRX) isoenzymes under combined effect of drought and heat in different tissues of Triticum aestivum. J of Agricultural technology. , 9, 901-13

  • Gurmeen Rakhra & Arun Dev Sharma, 2013. Accumulation of Boiling Stable Proteins (Hydrophilins) in response to abiotic stresses in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of Triticum aestivum. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) 3, no 4, 161-178

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Gurmeen Rakhra. 2012. Expression analysis of some Boiling Stable proteins (Hydrophilins) Under Combined Effect Of Drought Stress And Heat Shock In Drought Tolerant And Susceptible Cultivars Of Triticum Aestivum. Agriculturala. ,1-2, 81-82

  • Arun Dev Sharma, Gurmeen Rakhra, Jatinder Singh. Expression analysis of BsAPase14 acid phosphatase, a Stress Responsive  Boiling-stable protein from Triticum aestivum. Journal  of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 15,41-45. (springer)

  • Arun Dev Sharma, and Gurmeen Rakhra, Jatinder Singh. Phosphorous (Pi) deficiency-induced studies on boiling stable acid phosphatases (Bs-APases) in Triticum aestivum. Acta Biologica Szegediensis, 56-51-55

  • Ram G, Sharma Arun Dev. 2012. In silico analysis of putative miRNAs and their target genes in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Int J Bioinformatics Research and Applications, 9,349-364

  • Gurmeen Rakhra, Arun Dev Sharma, Jatinder Singh, Dhiraj Vyas. 2011. Expression analysis of boiling-stable protein (BsCyp) in response to drought, salt and osmotic treatments in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of Triticum aestivum. J of Stress Physiology and Biochemistry, 7, 187-196.

  • Parminder Kaur, Arun Dev Sharma and Gurmeen Rakhra. Purification and characterization of a heat-stable acid phosphatase from chickpea. Research in Plant Biology, 1(4):01-06, 2011

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Rakhra G. 2011. Abiotic-stress induced studies on boiling stable acid phosphatases activities (bsA-Pases) in Triticum Asian J of Microbiology Biotechnology And Environmental Sciences (13,1-16) (Scopus, Elsevier) ( H index: 7). 

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Expression analysis and Cloning of TaPase phosphatase gene in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Emiratus Journal of Agricultural Sciences.22, 483-489. 5.28 [Index Copernicus 

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Kaur P. 2009. Combined effect of drought stress and heat shock on Cyclophilin protein expression in Triticum aestivum. General and Applied Plant Physiology,35,88-92.(IF 0.5). 

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Kaur P. 2008. Drought-stress induced changes in the expression of acid phosphatases in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of wheat. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 4,471-475.

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Kaur R. 2007. Drought-induced changes in acid phosphatase activities in wheat in relationship with phosphorus. Emiratus Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 19, 31-38. 28 [Index Copernicus.

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Vasudeva R, and Kaur R. 2006. Expression of a boiling-stable protein (BsCyp) in response to heat shock, drought and ABA treatments in Sorghum bicolor. Plant Growth Regulation,50, 249-254. (IF 1.8).

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Singh J, Gill PK. 2007. Ethanol mediated enhancement in bacterial transformation. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, 15 Jan Issue (electronic).(IF 1.0). 

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Gill PK. 2007. Purification and characterization of heat stable inulinase from Streptomyces sp. Journal of Food Engineering 79, 1172-1178.(IF 2.6). 

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Kainth S, Gill PK. 2006. Inulinase production using garlic (Allium sativum) powder as a potential substrate in Streptomyces Journal of Food Engineering, 77, 486-491. (IF 2.6).

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Kumar S and Singh P. 2006. Expression analysis of a stress-modulated transcript in drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Journal of Plant Physiology, 163, 570-576. (IF 2.4).

  • Jain A, Sharma Arun Dev . 2005. Phytohormone effects on germination and on carbohydrate metabolism in pearl millet seeds. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences ,53,109-114. (IF 0.2).

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Singh N and Kang JK. 2005. Short-term waterlogging-induced changes in phosphatase activities in shoots and roots of sorghum seedlings: role of phosphatases during waterlogging in relationship with phosphorus. General and Applied Plant Physiology, 31,71-79.

  • Thakur M and Sharma Arun Dev. 2005. Salt Stress and Phytohormone (ABA)-induced changes in germination, sugars and enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism in Sorghum bicolor (L.) moench seeds. Journal of Agriculture and Social Sciences, 1, 89-93.

  • M Thakur, Sharma Arun Dev. 2005. Salt-stress induced-proline accumulation in germinating embryos: evidence suggesting a role of proline in seed germination. Journal of Arid Environments 62,517-523. (IF 2.0).

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Singh J. 2005. A non-enzymatic method to isolate genomic DNA from bacteria and actinomycete. Analytical Biochemistry 337, 354-356.(IF 3.3).

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Gill PK, Bhullar SS, Singh P. 2005. Improvement in inulinase production by simultaneous action of physical and chemical mutagenesis in Penicillium World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 21,929-932.(IF 1.2).

  • Hans A, Sharma Arun Dev. 2005. Production and partial characterization of invertase from actinomycete strains. Asian Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, 62,512-515. 

  • Kaur N, Sharma Arun Dev. 2005. Production, optimization and characterization of extracellular invertase by an actinomycete strain. Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 64,514-519. 

  • Sharma Arun Dev, Thakur M, Rana M, Singh K. 2004. Effect of plant growth hormones and abiotic stresses on germination, growth and phosphatase activities in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench seeds. African Journal of Biotechnology 3, 308-312.( IF 0.5).

  • Jain A, Sharma Arun Dev, Singh K. 2004. Plant growth hormones and salt stress-mediated changes in acid and alkaline phosphatase activities in the pearl millet International Journal of Agricultural Biology 6, 960-963.

NATIONAL:

  • Gulati P, Arun Dev Sharma . 2014. Effect Of Phosphorus Deficient Conditions On Expression Of Acid Phosphatase (Apase) In Wheat Tissues. Research & Reviews in Biotechnology & Biosciences, 1,21-28.

  • Rakhra G, Arun Dev Sharma, Singh J. 2015. Drought- induced oxidative stress and activities of boiling soluble antioxidants in seedlings of drought tolerant and susceptible cultivars of Triticum aestivum, Research & Reviews in Biotechnology & Biosciences ½, 42-57.