Biography

Dr. Nishant Rai is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Biotechnology Graphic Era University, Dehradun, (UK), India. He has research experience of more than four years and post doc teaching experience of nine years. He has received the Bachelor of Science degree from MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly in 1998. He received M.Sc. (Microbiology) and PhD (Microbiology) degrees from Gurukula Kangri University, Hardwar in 2000 and 2004 respectively. He was gold Medalist in M.Sc. He worked in the area of r-DNA Vaccine Development as Research Associate under NATP TOE VVT project at IVRI for more than four years. He has published 36 National and International research papers, 12 GenBank submissions and 05 book chapters. He is Chief Editor of Biotechnology International Journal. He is life member of Indian Virological Society (IVS), Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Biotech Society (BTS). He has taught several courses including B.Sc. Biotechnology, B.Sc. Medical Microbiology, B.Sc. Medical lab Technology, B.Tech Biotechnology, M.Sc. Microbiology, M.Sc. Biotechnology etc. and PhD courses. He is supervising eight Ph.D. students and guided more than fifteen dissertation/project students. He has attended 24 seminars/conferences/symposia and four training courses. He has also organized four workshop/training courses. He is working on USBD sponsored research project entitled To Develop Novel Monoclonal Antibody against a Specific Membrane Protein of Salmonella Species.

Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences

100%

Biotechnology

62%

Pharmacy

90%

Microbial Biotechnology

75%

Genetics

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

Tiwari, U., K. Agarwal, A. Rai, N. Rai and P. Pal, 2013. Expression of human erythropoietin gene in hela cells. Int. J. Pharma Bio Sci., 4: 1129-1137.
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Ruwali, P., N. Rai, N. Kumar and P. Gautam, 2013. Antiviral potential of medicinal plants: An overview. Int. Res. J. Pharm., 4: 8-16.
Pant, R., S. Nirwal and N. Rai, 2013. Prevalence of antibiotic resistant bacteria and analysis of microbial quality of raw milk samples collected from different regions of dehradun. Prevalence, 5: 804-810.
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Nirwal, S., R. Pant and N. Rai, 2013. Analysis of milk quality, adulteration and mastitis in milk samples collected from different regions of dehradun. Analysis, 5: 359-364.
Kumar, A., N. Rai, N. Kumar, P. Gautam and J.S. Kumar, 2013. Mechanisms involved in hepatoprotection of different herbal products: A Review. Int. J. Res. Pharm. Sci., 4: 112-117.
Sharma, T., N. Kumar and N. Rai, 2012. Isolation, screening and characterization of pgpr isolates from rhizosphere of rice plants in kashipur region (Tarai region). Biotechnol. Int., 5: 69-84.
Rai, N., N. Kumar, P. Gautam and P. Rawat, 2012. Herbal plants as potent candidate for anti-ulcer drug development. Environ. Conserv. J., 13: 187-189.
Joshi, S., P. Gupta, N. Kumar, N. Rai, P. Gautama and A. Thapliyal, 2012. A comprehensive report on therapeutic potential of Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb. (Rudraksha). Environ. Conserv. J., 13: 147-150.
Jigisha, A., R. Nishant, K. Navin and G. Pankaj, 2012. Green tea: A magical herb with miraculous outcomes. Int. Res. J. Pharm., 3: 139-148.
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Gupta, P., P. Gautam, N. Rai and N. Kumar, 2012. An emerging hope to combat candida albicans: Plant based therapeutics. Biotechnol. Int., 5: 85-114.
Grover, A., B.S. Bhandari and N. Rai, 2011. Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants-Azadirachta indica A. Juss, Allium cepa L. and Aloe vera L. Int. J. PharmTech Res., 3: 1059-1065.
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