Prof. S Krishna Sundar
Professor
Biotechnology
Jaypee University of Information Technology
India
Biography
S. Krishna Sundari, Professor, Biotechnology Department, JIIT, NOIDA, has eight years of research experience, working at places of National & International repute such as Teri (The Energy and Resources institute), New Delhi; Institute Nationale Recherche Agronomie (INRA), Champenoux, France; and brief work assignments at ENSAIA, France; Universitae Henrie Poincare, France, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. She has been in academics for the last sixteen years. Educational institutes where worked earlier include Institute of Applied Medicines and Research (IAMR), Ghaziabad,Institute of Home Economics (IHE), New Delhi, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi and Teri – SAS, New Delhi. Krishna Sundari has distinction throughout her academics (National merit Scholarship received from 1985-1987, Ranked first in the college from 1985 through 1991). She has earned Masters in Life Sciences (specialization in Plant sciences) from Hyderabad Central University (HCU), Hyderabad. Having qualified CSIR-NET, she started her research career as Research associate with Teri (The Energy and Resources Institute, Lodi Road, New Delhi) and obtained Doctorate in Microbiology from Barkatullah University, Bhopal. She has done her Post Doctoral research at the Europe’s top agricultural research institute and the world’s number two centre for the agricultural sciences, INRA. She harbours research Interest in the area of Microbial & Environmental Biotechnology. Specific works of interest include Plant-Microbe interactions, developing bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture, Mycorrhizae research, Bioactive compounds from fungi, microbial biodiversity profiling, Bioremediation of organic pollutants including pesticides applying PGPMs - Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms. Dr. Krishna holds membership in international scientific societies such as: International Mycorrhiza Society (CMR, Teri, New Delhi), American Society of Microbiology (ASM, Washington DC), Asian PGPR Society and Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI).
Research Interest
Microbial & Environmental Biotechnology. Specific works of interest include Plant-Microbe interactions, developing bioinoculants for sustainable agriculture, Mycorrhizae research, Bioactive compounds from fungi, microbial biodiversity profiling, Bioremediation of organic pollutants including pesticides applying PGPMs - Plant Growth Promoting Microorganisms.
Publications
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S Krishna Sundari, Singh, J, Raizada, D, Jamisho, N, Goel, M. (2016). Saprolegniasis: Ubiquitous fungal disease in freshwater fishes and biotechnological remedies, Int. Journal of Biotechnol & Biomed sci. 2(1), 78-82.
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Nandini K.E and S Krishna Sundari (2016). Synthesis of value added tea products by enzymatic treatment employing FAR derived tannase, Int. Journal of Biotechnol & Biomed sci. 2(1), 69-72.
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Mishra N, Sundari SK (2016). Designing Low Cost SSF Strategy for Mass Production of Bioinoculant Trichoderma harzianum KSNM with Longer Shelf Life. Asian J Microbiol Biotechnol Environ Sci. 18 (2): 447-458. [Indexing: SCOPUS, NAAS Rating: 3.07, H Index: 11]
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Mishra N, Khan S S and Sundari S K (2016). Native isolate Trichoderma harzianum – a biocontrol agent with unique abiotic stress tolerance properties. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 32(8), 1-23. [Indexing: SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters IF: 1.532, H Index: 57, H5 Index: 31]
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Mishra N and Sundari S K (2017). A ‘Six-Step-Strategy’ to evaluate competence of plant growth promoting microbial consortia. Current Science (Accepted February 2017). [Indexing: SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters IF: .967, H Index: 84].
