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Dr. Sumer Singh Meena

Name : Dr. Sumer Singh Meena
Designation : Assistant Professor
Department : Bio-Technology
Qualification : Ph.D. Biotechnology (GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi)
M.Tech. Biotechnology (GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi)
B.Tech. Biotechnology (GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi)
Address : Room #206, First Floor, Department of Biotechnology
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar,
Jalandhar (Punjab) - 144011
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Email ID : meenass@nitj.ac.in; dr.ssmeena@gmail.com
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Research Interests : Detection and Bioremediation of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from effluent contaminated sites. Purification and characterization of PAHs degrading bacterial strains, Enzyme purification, Metagenomics, and Bioinformatics.
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Journal Publications

Year Journal Publication
2016 Journal of Basic Microbiology, 56(4), 369-378. Sumer Singh Meena, Radhey Shyam Sharma, Priti Gupta, Swagata Karmakar, and Kamal Krishan Aggarwal. Isolation and identification of Bacillus megaterium YB3 from an effluent contaminated site efficiently degrades pyrene
2015 Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci 4(11), 740-752 Sumer Singh Meena, Sayan Chatterjee and Kamal Krishan Aggarwal. “Structural Modelling of α-subunit of Ring-hydroxylating Dioxygenases (RHDs) from Microbial Sources”

Conference Publications

Year Conference Publication
2020 ChemBioEn-2020 Nigam Kumar, Shilpa, Sumer Singh Meena. "“Computational drug design using Flavonoids”
2020 ChemBioEn-2020 Rakesh, Amandeep, Sumer Singh Meena. “Design of potent PI3Kα Inhibitors using In-Silico studies”
2019 Applications of Biotechnology in Industry and Society Shilpa, Nitai Basak, Sumer Singh Meena. "Deterioration of polyethylene by microbial consortia isolated from a dumpsite waste.""
2018 Chemcon-2018, NITJ Shilpa, Nitai Basak, Sumer Singh Meena. "Microbial degradation of plastic waste materials: a step towards plastic free environment.""
2017 "Strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change: steps towards sustainable development” MAU, Baddi, India Sumer Singh Meena, and K. K. Aggarwal. Screening and isolation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degrading microbes for effective bioremediation.
2015 International Conference on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC-2015), Bordeaux, France. Sumer Singh Meena, Radhey Shyam Sharma, Swagata Karmakar and Kamal Krishan Aggarwal. “Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ID1 purified from waste dumping site effectively degrades pyrene into non-toxic metabolites”

Book/Chapter Publications

Type Title Publisher Authors ISBN/ISSN No. Year
Book Chapter Ethical, Patent, and Regulatory Issues in Microbial Engineering-Engineering of Microbial Biosynthetic Pathways Springer Sumer Singh Meena,
Anee Mohanty		 978-981-15-2603-9 2020

Research Projects

Role Project Type Title Funding Agency From To Amount Status Co-Investigator
Co-PI Seed Grant Production of Biogas from Kitchen waste of NITJ NITJ under TEQIP-III 01/01/2019 ongoing 300,000 ongoing Dr. Anee Mohanty, Dr. G.N. Nikhil
Co-PI STI Hub Establishment of Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Hub at NIT Jalandhar DST 01-11-2020 Ongoing 2.5cr Ongoing Prof. L. K. Awasthi, Dr. S. K. Mishra, Dr. Anee Mohanty, Dr. Nonita, Dr. Anjireddy, Dr. Nikhil G N

Events Organized

Category Type Title Venue From To Designation
STC/FDP International "Intellectual Property Rights and Innovative Entrepreneurship” NIT Jalandhar 01/03/2019 05/03/2019 Coordinator
STC International Trends and Prospects in Biorefinery NIT Jalandhar 10-06-2020 14-06-2020 Coordinator
STC/Workshop International Computational Tools for Analysis of Biological Systems NIT Jalandhar 02-09-2020 06-09-2020 Convener

Professional Affilation

Designation Organization
Life Member (Membership No. 133445) International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
Life Member (No. 4959-2020) Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)
Life Member (No. LM 2384) THE BIOTECH RESEARCH SOCIETY, INDIA
Member (No. 34560) The International Society for Computational Biology, USA

PhD Supervised

Scholar Name Research Topic Status Year Co-Supervisor
Mr. Vijay Bharat (B.Tech.) Computational novel drug design for Psychiatric disease with help of interaction between receptor and their antagonists Completed 2019 N.A.
Mr. Naresh Budda (B.Tech.) Molecular Docking Analysis For Predicting The Potential Drug Against Cyclooxygenase-2 in The Treatment Of Cancer. Completed 2019 N.A.
Mr. Nigam Kumar (B.Tech.) Computational drug design by using flavonoids. Completed 2019 N.A.
Ms. Emandeep Kaur (B.Tech.) In-silico studies of interaction between integrin and cell adhesion molecule Completed 2019 N.A.
Mr. Yashwant (B.Tech.) To find a potent peptide agonist to adiponectin receptor using computational drug design. Completed 2019 N.A.
Ms. Manvi Katia (B.Tech.) Isolation of Azo dye degrading microbes from the dye contaminated site. Completed 2018 N.A.
Mr. Ravjot Singh (B.Tech.), Mr. Hitesh Rana (B.Tech.) The study of the binding interactions of the modelled structure of Glycine max urease with urea. Completed 2018 N.A.
Mr. Ujjwal Kapil (B.Tech.), Mr. Shreyansh Saran (B.Tech.) Identification of basic fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 as potential protein target for eugenol. Completed 2018 N.A.
Ms. Shilpa (PhD) Broad area of research-Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology (title yet to be decide) Ongoing -- Dr. Nitai Basak

PG Dissertation Guided

Student Name Dissertation Title Status Year Co-Supervisor

Patents

Name Reg./Ref. No. Date of Award/Filling Organization Status

Admin. Responsiblities

Position Held Organization From To
Liaison Officer SC ST and Coordinator OBC/Person with Disability (PwD) NIT Jalandhar 01/02/19 05/02/19
Member of Campus Amenities Committee NIT Jalandhar 01/03/19 30/05/2020
Coordinator, Training and Placement (Biotechnology) NIT Jalandhar 01/02/19 currently working
Coordinator, Virtual Lab Coordinator (Biotechnology) NIT Jalandhar 10/09/2020 currently working
Nodal Person in EBSB 'identification of student contingent or partner state visit' NIT Jalandhar 01/02/19 currently working
Media Coordinator- Center for Continuing Education NIT Jalandhar 28/02/2020 currently working

Award and Honours

Title Activity Given by Year
International Travel Grant International Conference at Bordeaux, France DST 2015