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Completed orientation (Faculty Induction Program) from UGC-HRDC AMU Aligarh

1. Workshop/FDP Attended: Successfully completed NAHEP-CAAST sponsored students winter school on “Genomics Of Plant Pathogens And Agriculturally Important Microbes”

1. Papers presented: Paper/poster presented in National/International conferences: 06

i. Lead Lecture paper presentation in XIX International plant protection congress 2019 (IPPC2019) Crop Protection to Outsmart Climate Change for Food Security & Environmental Conservationon topic “Structural and functional characterization of rice endophytic microbiome” Abstract book_IPPC2019 pp. 230

ii. Poster presentation in 4th National Conference on PGPRAE 2018 by Indian Chapter of Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture on topic “Endophytic bacterial association in basmati rice plant: isolation, characterization and evaluation against rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae” Abstract book: pp. 58-59

iii. Poster Presentation in 6th International Conference (2016) on Plant Pathogens and People Challenges in Plant Pathology to Benefit Humankind on topic “Host Surface Response of Rice and Pearl Millet Isolates of Blast Fungus Causing Blast Disease in Rice and Pearl Millet”  Abstract book: P/S4/157/81-7019-527-2

The other paper/poster presentation as co-presenter are

iv. Poster Presentation in ICMR National Centre For Microbial Resource International Conferecne On Microbiome Research on topic “Structural Functional Mechanisms of Rice Phyllosphare Microbiome”

v. Poster Presentation in International Conference on Microbiome Research Agriculture Science Congress: Innovation for Agricultural Transformation on topic “Effect of bacterial volatile, Pyrazine, mediated seed priming on rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae”

vi. Paper Presentation in 4th National Conference on PGPRAE 2018 by Indian Chapter of Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture on topic “Phyllosphere bacterial communities in basmati rice: isolation, characterization and evaluation against rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae” Abstract book: (pp. 78-79)

1. Papers published: A total of 07 research articles listed below are published in High Impact Factor, Prestigious research journals in fields of Agriculture and allied sciences and listed in Scopus and Web of Science

i. Kumar, M., Kumar, A., Sahu, K.P., Patel, A., Reddy, B., Sheoran, N., Krishnappa, C., Rajashekara, H., Bhagat, S. and Rathour, R., 2021. Deciphering core-microbiome of rice leaf endosphere: revelation by metagenomic and microbiological analysis of aromatic and non-aromatic genotypes grown in three geographical zones. Microbiological Research, 246, p.126704.

ii. Kumar, M., Charishma, K., Sahu, K.P., Sheoran, N., Patel, A., Kundu, A. and Kumar, A., 2021. Rice leaf associated Chryseobacterium species: An untapped antagonistic flavobacterium displays volatile mediated suppression of rice blast disease. Biological Control, 161, p.104703.

iii. Sahu, K.P., Kumar, A., Patel, A., Kumar, M., Gopalakrishnan, S., Prakash, G., Rathour, R. and Gogoi, R., 2021. Rice blast lesions: An Unexplored phyllosphere microhabitat for novel antagonistic bacterial species against Magnaporthe oryzae. Microbial Ecology, 81(3), pp.731-745.

iv. Sahu, K.P., Patel, A., Kumar, M., Sheoran, N., Mehta, S., Reddy, B., Eke, P., Prabhakaran, N. and Kumar, A., 2021. Integrated Metabarcoding and Culturomic-Based Microbiome Profiling of Rice Phyllosphere Reveal Diverse and Functional Bacterial Communities for Blast Disease Suppression. Frontiers in microbiology, 12.

v. Patel, A., Kumar, A., Sheoran, N., Kumar, M., Sahu, K.P., Ganeshan, P., Ashajyothi, M., Gopalakrishnan, S. and Gogoi, R., 2021. Antifungal and defense elicitor activities of pyrazines identified in endophytic Pseudomonas putida BP25 against fungal blast incited by Magnaporthe oryzae in rice. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, 128(1), pp.261-272.

vi. Viswanath, K., Sharma, T., Sinha, P. and Kumar, M., 2015. Influence of temperature on appressorial formation in M. grisea in relation to cAMP-dependent PKA activity. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 9(4), pp.2903-2913.

vii. Kumbharthi, V., Sharma, T., Sinha, P., Kumar, M. and Saxena, S., 2018. Temperature Influenced Regulation of Adenosine 3′, 5′-cyclic Monophosphate Dependent Protein Kinase A in Magnaporthe grisea (TT Hebert), ME Barr. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 88(3), pp.1101-1109.

1. Membership of Academic Bodies: Lifetime Member of Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS)

Recipient from the APS (American Phytopathological Society) Global Membership Fund and membership of American Phytopathological Society

1. Fellowships of Academic Bodies: i. Recipient of UP Mandi Parishad Fellowship

ii. ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship

iii. UGC-Rajeev Gandhi National Fellowship