FACULTY PROFILE. 15 SLET/KSET Year of Passing 2005

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1 FACULTY PROFILE 1 Name R.G. Sharathchandra 2 Present Designation Assistant Professor in Microbiology 3 Department Environmental Science 4 Date of Birth Date of entry into service in Tumkur University 6 Date of entry into the Present Designation 10 th May Residential Address # 1331, Vishweshvara, 5 th Cross, Ashokanagar, Banashankari 1 st Stage, 2 nd Block, Bangalore Mobile Number ID sharathchandra@tumkuruniversity.in, rgschandra@gmail.com 10 PAN No. AWVPR1407M 11 Aadhar Card Id No Passport No. E Academic Qualification Degree University Year of Award a Post Graduate Degree M.Sc Microbiology 1999 b M.Phil. c Ph.D. Biotechnology 2007 (Submitted 2006) Ph.D. Topic: Elicitation of Systemic Defense Responses in Peal Millet Agsinst the Downy Mildew Pathogens and The Molecular Mechanisms Guided By: Prof. H. Shekar Shetty 14 NET Year of Passing 15 SLET/KSET Year of Passing Area of Research Specialization Fungal Endophytes, Resurrection Plants, Desiccation Tolerance, Proteomics 17 Teaching Experience Designation From To Place May 2010 Till Date Tumkur University 18 Administrative Experience Designation From To Place Editor International Journal of September 2012 Till Date Tumkur University Science Research published by Tumkur University Coordinator, M.Sc Environmental Science January 2012 Till Date Tumkur University

2 19 Research Guidance A Ph.D. Name of Student Thesis Year S.S. Dakashayani Still undertaking course work Allotted during 2013 B M.Phil. Name of Student Thesis Year 20 s Presented/ rs Delivered/ s in Conference and Symposia (International) Details (May 2010 onwards) Understanding Dessiccation Tolerance in Indian Resurrection Plants: A Functional Genomic Approach at INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYTOCHEMICALS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES (ICPHD-13), Department Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram on 23rd January to 25th January on Genomics and Phytomedicine at INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYTOCHEMICALS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES (ICPHD-13), Department Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram on 23rd January to 25th January Sharathchandra, R.G. Stander, C., Ndimba, B. and Vivier, M.A. Proteomic analysis of grape berry secreted proteins. 9 th World Human Proteome Congress. Sydney, Australia, September 17 th - 23 rd 2010 Presented Selected (Tick below) Delivered The Sharathchandra, R.G. Stander, C., Ndimba, B. and Vivier, M.A. Optimising a proteomics approach to evaluate grapevine berry suspension cultures. 15 th Ausatralasian Proteomics Conference. Melbourne, Australia, February 2 nd - 7 th Selected on Functional omic approaches towards characterization of Indian Resurrection plants at the International workshop on resurrection plants held at University of Rouen, France. 1 st and 2 nd February, 2011

3 21 s Presented/ rs Delivered/ s in Conference and Symposia (National) Details (May 2010 onwards) on Understanding Dessiccation Tolerance in Indian Resurrection Plants: A Functional Genomic Approach at National Conference on Dissecting Complexities of Plant Biotechnology in the Post-Genomic Era organised by Centre for Bioinformation and Department of Biotechnology, Tumkur University, 21 st September on Proteomics of Grape Berry Cell Cultures reveals that Developmentally Regulated Ripening Related Processes Result in Expression of Anti-Microbial Peptides with Therapuetic Properties in National Conference on Perspectives on health benefits of therapuetic molecules held at Karnataka State Higher Education Council on 6 th January at University Science Education - an Interdisciplinary Approach at Davanagere University on 29 th March 2012 on Proteomics-an analytical tool at the forefront of biological discovery on Mass spectrometry based proteomics for detection of plant pathogens the National Conference on Recent Discoveries in Protein Science. 31 st January Organized by Centre s for Bio information/bioscience and Innovation. Tumkur University and Karnataka State Higher Education Council. 22 Books Presented (Tick below) Delivered S.C. Sharma, K.S. Girish, T.N. Ramesh, R.G. Sharathchandra, H. Nagabhsushana and S. Devaraja Materials: Design, Synthesis and Applications. Karnataka State Higher Education Council PP 281. ISBN Book Chapters R.G. Sharathchandra, Pathogenesis Related Proteins in Plant Defense Response in Plant Defence: Biological Control, Progress in Biological Control (eds.) Mérillon and K.G. Ramawat, Volume 12, Part 4, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., DOI / _17. R. G. Sharathchandra, S.S. Dakshayani and M. Jayaramu Novel Biomaterials for production of second generation of biofuels (in) Collection of s on Discovery and Applications of Innovative materials. (Eds) K.M. Kaveriappa and S.C. Sharma. PP (Pubs) Karnataka State Higher Education Council. ISBN R. G. Sharathchandra, S.S. Dakshayani and M. Jayaramu Perspectives on health benefits of probiotic bacteria (in) Recent Trends in Food Science and Technology (Eds) P. Sadananda Maiya. PP (Pubs) Tumkur University. ISBN S.S. Dakshayani and R.G. Sharathchandra Diversity of complex hydrocarbon degrading endophytic fungi from Azadirectha indica and its effects on food borne pathogens. Proceedings of Second National Conference on Recent Trends in Food Science and Nutrition Research. 30 th October Organized by Tumkur University Tumkur and Dr. P. Sadananda Maiya Centre for Food Science and Research. PP ISBN

4 S.S. Dakshayani and R. G. Sharathchandra Differential ability of endophytic fungi isolated from Azadirectha indica to degrade cellulose and chitin. Proceedings of the National Conference of Biotechnological Approaches for Sustainable Environmental Management. 22 nd January Organized by Centre s for Bio information/bioscience and Innovation, Tumkur University and Karnataka State Higher Education Council. PP ISBN R.G. Sharathchandra, S.S. Dakshayani, M. Jayaramu and H. Shekar Shetty Exogenous trehalose treatment enhances pearl millet resistance to downy mildew disease. Proceedings of the National Conference of Biotechnological Approaches for Sustainable Environmental Management. 22 nd January Organized by Centre s for Bio- information/bioscience and Innovation, Tumkur University and Karnataka State Higher Education Council. PP ISBN R.G. Sharathchandra, S.S. Dakshayani and M. Jayaramu Mass spectrometry based proteomics for the detection of plant pathogens. Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Discoveries in Protein Science. 31 st January Organized by Centre s for Bio information/bioscience and Innovation. Tumkur University and Karnataka State Higher Education Council. PP ISBN R.G. Sharathchandra and H. Shekar Shetty Rapid Detection of Sclerospora graminicola pathotypes by MALDI-TOF Mass spectrometry. Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Discoveries in Protein Science. 31 st January Organized by Centre s for Bio information/bioscience and Innovation, Tumkur University and Karnataka State Higher Education Council. PP ISBN Research Publications in Refereed Journals Sharathchandra, R.G Systems biology-based approaches towards understanding drought tolerance in food crops. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2012; Early Online: DOI: / Sharathchandra, R.G Proteomic Analysis of Grape Berry Cell Cultures Reveals That Developmentally Regulated Ripening Related Processes Can be Studied Using Suspension Cultures. PLoS ONE 6(2): e doi: /journal.pone Achar, P.N., Hermertz, K., Rao, S., Apkarian, R. and Taylor, J Microscopic studies on the Aspergillus flavus infected kernels of commercial peanuts in Georgia. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 72: Roopa, K.S., Geetha, N.P., Sharathchandra, R.G., Amruthesh. K.N., Prakash, H.S. and Shetty, H.S Osmopriming enhances pearl millet growth and induces downy mildew disease resistance. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 42: Pushpalatha, H.G., Mythrashree, S.R., Shetty, R., Geetha, N.P., Sharathchandra, R.G., Amruthesh, K.N. and Shetty, H.S Crop Protection 26: Sharathchandra, R.G., Geetha, N., Amruthesh, K.N., Kini, K.R., Sarosh, B.R., Shetty, N.P. and Shetty, H.S Isolation of a protein elicitor from S. graminicola and elicitor mediated induction of defense responses in cultured cells of Pennistem glaucum. Functional Plant Biology 33: Geetha, N.P., Amruthesh, K.N. Sharathchandra, R.G. and Shetty, H.S Resistance to Downy Mildew in Pearl Millet is Associated with Increased Phenylalanine ammonia lyase Activity. Functional Plant Biology. 32: Sharathchandra, R. G., Niranjanraj, S., Shetty, N. P., Amruthesh, K. N. and Shetty, H. S Elexa TM - A chitosan formulation induces growth promotion and downy

5 24 Research Projects A On going Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Amount Sanctioned B Completed Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Amount Sanctioned Funds for Improvement of VGST LAKHS Science and Technology (K- FIST) Level I Functional omic SERB LAKHS approaches towards understanding desiccation tolerance in Indian resurrection plants. Biomining and functional UGC LAKHS diversity characterization of lignocellulose degrading endopytes from the litter wood deteriorating zones of Western Ghats Discovery based Bio-fuel and VGST LAKHS agricultural applications of microbial endophytes Conversion of Lignocellulosic biomass to endophytic fungi Karnataka State Biofuel Board LAKHS 25 Membership of Professional Organizations Human Proteome Organisation Association of Microbiologists of India Indian Society of Plant Physiologists Proteome Society of India 26 Official Foreign Visits Australia, France, South Africa