About

Dr Prabir Kumar Paul did his graduation ( 1986 )  ,post graduation ( 1988 )  and Ph.D ( 1993) in Botany , from University of Delhi . During his Doctoral programme he worked on physiological and biochemical aspects of association of microfungi with tobacco leaves. Subsequently he was selected by CSIR , New Delhi for the position of research associate . In his post – doctoral work he worked on an newly emerging concept on induction of systemic acquired resistance in plants against fungal pathogens. He demonstrated that inate resistance of plants could be activated by plant extracts which could lead to establishment of  broad spectrum  intrinsic biochemical  defence in host plants against a range of microbial pathogens . Thereafter in 1999  he joined Department of Botany ,University of Delhi as lecturer ( Adhoc ) . Subsequently he was appointed as Professor of Biotechnology  in Rai University ,Delhi. In 2005 Dr Paul joined Amity University Uttar Pradesh ,Noida Campus as Associate Professor of Biotechnology . Here he held   several distinguished administrative positions as  Head ( Biotechnology department ) , Dean ( Faculty of Biotechnology and Biosciences )  , Member of BOS and DRC  ( Biotechnology ) and HOD ( Biotechnology ,Amity University ,Greater Noida Campus ) . He was associated with Amity University till January , 2020. Thereafter he headed the Biotechnology department of IMS Engineering College ,Ghaziabad  before joining Sharda University in July 2022.

His present research interests includes , understanding  the molecular aspects of colonisation of plant surfaces by human enteric pathogens.

Dr Paul has 52 publications in peer reviewed , SCOPUS and UGC-CARE listed journals  with Clarivate analytics impact factor .Till date 08 scholars have been awarded  Ph.D under his supervision . He filled 06 patents of which 01 is granted and 05 are published. He has presented his research findings in various national and international conferences in numerous countries . He is reviewer of many reputed , peer reviewed international journals. 

Experience

• 29 years

Qualification

• Ph.D
• M.Sc.

Award & Recognition

•  All India Post Graduate Scholarship ( 1986-1988 )
• JRF ( 1988-1990 ) and SRF ( 1990-93 ) after qualifying NET ( 1988 ) conducted by CSIR,New Delhi
• Awarded international travel grants by CSIR , DBT ,DST.

Research

• Research :
• Ashutosh Khaswal, Neha Chaturvedi, Santosh Kumar Mishra Priya Ranjan Kumar,  Prabir Kumar Paul . 2022. Current status and applications of genera Geobacillus in the production of industrially important products – a Review. Folia Microbiologica . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-022-00961-w                                                                    
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• Susmita Goswami, Prabir Kumar Paul, Navodit Goel and Rita Singh (Majumdar) .2021.  Impact of phylloplane microbe on the cell wall and cytoplasmic protein of tomato leaves .  Plant Archives . 21 (1 ) 709-714
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• Navodit Goel and P.K Paul . 2021 .Drechslera graminea  downregulates RuBisCo expression in Barley. Archives of  Phytopathology and Plant Protection. 53 (11-12) 540-551 
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• Shilpi , Neha Bhadauria , P.D Sharma and P.K Paul . 2019 . Biofilm formation and survival of Serratia fonticola , Klebsiella pneumonia and Chryseobacterium  jejuense  on tomato phylloplane . Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science . 42 (3)1097-1110
• Susmita  Goswami , P.D Sharma and P.K Paul .2019.  Aspergillus niger  a dominant phylloplane coloniser influences activity of defence enzymes in Solanum lycoperscicum.Journal of Plant Protection Research DOI:10.24425/jppr.2019.131265.59 (4)  
• Joyeeta Mitra , P.D Sharma and P.K Paul .2019.  Do Phylloplane  microfungi influence activity of Rubisco and Carbonic anhydrase. South African Journal of Botany.124 , 118-126.
• Neha Bhadauria , Shilpi , P.D Sharma and  P.K Paul . 2019.  Interaction between Serratia fonticola  and Chryseobacterium  jejuense on tomato phylloplane influences the cellular protein profile . Research Journal of Biotechnology . 14 ( 5 ) 36-43.
• Neha Bhadauria , Shilpi , P.D Sharma and Prabir K Paul  . 2019. Colonization of Serratia fonticola  on phylloplane of tomato and its impact on leaf cytoplasmic protein profile . Journal of Environmental Biology . 40 , 607-612 .
• Shilpi , Neha Bhadauria , P.D Sharma and  P.K Paul . 2019 . Comparaitive  study  of colonization of different  human  enteric  pathogens on  phylloplane of  Solanum lycopersicum . Plant Archives .               19 , 941 – 945 .                                                                      
• Navodit Goel, Gaurav Jaiswal , Abhinav Kr Srivastava, P.K Paul and Anukrati Goel  . 2018. Effect of Dreschlera gaminea  on total soluble proteins and defense enzymes of barley. Journal of Plant Protection Research. 58 ( 3 ) 220-226 
• Navodit Goel , Anukrati Goel and Prabir Kumar Paul.2018.  A strategy to control human enteric pathogens on farm fresh tomatoes. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 11 ( 6 ), 2408-2417.                                                                        
• Indu Gaur, P.D Sharma and P.K Paul. 2017. Effect of Klebsiella pneumoniae on speck disease              development in Solanum lycopersicum. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research .51(5)431-436.          
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• Navodit Goel and P.K Paul. 2017.  Biocontrol of bacterial speck of tomato by aqueous extracts of Tagetes erecta. Journal of Plant Protection Research. 57(4),361-369                                                                                     
• Joyeeta Mitra, Priyanka Narad , Abhishek Sengupta , P.D Sharma and P.K. Paul. 2016 .In silico identification of ergesterol as a novel fungal metabolite enhancing RuBisCo activity in Lycoperscicum esculentum. Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences.8(3):229–240 
• Joyeeta Mitra and P.K Paul. 2016.  A potent biocide formulation inducing SAR in plants. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. 124 (2) 163-175.
• Indu Gaur , P.D Sharma  and P.K Paul. 2016. Human pathogenic bacteria associated with field grown Tomato and Radish. Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences. 18 (3), 755 – 763.
• Beenish Saleem and  P. K. Paul. 2016 .  Microbial colonization of tomato phylloplane is influenced by leaf age. Journal of Functional and Environmental Botany. 6 (1), 1-8 .
• Joyeeta Mitra, P . Narad and P.K. Paul. 2016 .  Insilico, Invivo and Invitro approach in understanding the functional relationship between ergosterol and RuBisCo. Photosynthetica . 54 (4), 517–523.
•  Navodit Goel, Kumari Anukrati and P.K Paul . 2016. Anti – phytopathogenic and SAR inducing properties of Neem: a review. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 9 (4) , 2547 – 2555.                                                                           
• V. Bhuvaneshwari, R. Amsaveni , M.Kalaiselvi , V. Rajeshwari and P.K. Paul. 2015. Induced resistance by neem extracts in plants . International Journal of Biosciences and Nanosciences. 2 (12) 221-224. 
• Beenish Saleem and P.K Paul . 2015. Antifungal activity of bacteria on phylloplane of tomato. Journal of functional and environmental botany. 5 (2). 116-127.
• Beenish Saleem and P.K Paul. 2015 . Phytohormones from Phylloplane microbes – a review. Trends in Biosciences. 8 (17). 4450-4458.
• Navodit Goel, Kumari Anukrati, Ankita Singh and Prabir Kumar Paul. 2015.  Tagetes erecta leaf extract induces defence enzymes in Solanum lycopersicum . Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical  Research .7 (7) 466 – 475.
• Archana Yadav, T. Theivasanthi , P.K. Paul and K.C Upadhyaya . 2015 .  Extracellular biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from plant growth promoting rhizobacteria Pseudomonas sp. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 4 (8)
• Onkar Grover, Indu Gaur, Joyeeta Mitra and P.K Paul . 2015 . Effect of salicylic acid on germination of Phaseolus vulgaris and Cicer arietenum under salt stress. Trends in Biosciences.8(16) 4142-4147..
• Archana Yadav , Indu Gaur, Navodit Goel, Joyeeta Mitra , Beenish Saleem, Susmita Goswami, P.K, Paul and K.C. Upadhyaya. 2015 .  Rhizospheric microbes are excellent growth promoters.  Indian Journal of Natural Sciences. 30 (5). 6584 – 6595.
• Joyeeta Mitra and P.K. Paul . 2015. Phylloplane microfungal metabolites as crop protectants. Plant Cell Biotechnology and Molecular Biology. 16 (1)84-92
• Navodit Goel and P.K. Paul . 2015 .  Polyphenol oxidase and lysozyme mediate induction of systemic resistance in tomato when a bioelicitor is used. Journal of Plant Protection Research. 55 (4)               343 – 350.
• V. Bhuvaneshwari, Navodit Goel and P.K Paul. 2015.  Protein - protein and DNA - protein interactions mediate induction of defense genes by fruit extract of Azadirachta indica A Juss. in Solanum          lycopersicum. Plant Cell Reports. 34 (10) .1735 -1745
• Navodit Goel and P.K Paul. 2015.  Induction and expression of peroxidase is age depended. Archieves of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. 48 (7) 555 – 568.
• Navodit Goel and P.K Paul . 2015 . Plant age influences elicitation of Polyphenol Oxidase activity by Neem extract in  Solanum lycoperscicum  against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Israel            Journal of Plant Sciences. 62 (4) 283-293.  
• V.Bhuvaneshwari , Navodit Goel and Prabir Kumar Paul. 2015 . Bioelicitors induce association of defence enzymes with cell walls of Lycopersicum esculentum. Journal of Phytopathology.163 (11-12) 886-897.
• Navodit Goel and Prabir Kumar Paul. 2014. Neem fruit extract induces peroxidase and lipoxygenase in tomato. Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences. 3 (3): 189-194.
• Navodit Goel and Prabir Kumar Paul. 2014. Induction of systemic resistance in tomato by fruit extracts of Azadirachta indica. Reviews of Literature. 2 (2) :12-27.
• Reetika Kapoor, Bikash Mandal, Prabir Kumar Paul, Phaneendra Chigurupati and Rakesh Kumar Jain . 2014. Production of cocktail of polyclonal antibodies using bacterial expressed recombinant protein for multiple virus detection. Journal of Virological Methods. 196 : 7-14
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• Reetika Kapoor, Bikash Mandal, Prabir Kumar Paul &Rakesh Kumar Jain. 2014.   Simultaneous detection of potato viruses Yand X by DAC-ELISA using polyclonal antibodies raised against fused coat proteins expressed in Escherichia coli. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. DOI 10.1007/s13562-013-0251-5 

2013

• Navodit Goel, A.N. Sahi and P.K. Paul. 2013 . Stage specific induction of  systemic acquired resistance by fruit extracts of Azadirachta indica. Archieves of Phytopathology and Plant Protection . 47 (4) : 477 – 489.
• Joyeeta Mitra, A.N. Sahi and P.K. Paul. 2013 . Phylloplane microfungal metabolite influences  activity of RuBisCO. Archieves of Phytopathology and Plant Protection. 47 (5) 584 - 590.  
• Joyeeta Mitra, V. Bhuvaneshwari and P.K. Paul. 2013 .  Broad Spectrum Management of Plant Diseases by Phylloplane Microfungal Metabolites. Archieves of Phytopathology and Plant Protection.   46  ( 16 ) : 1993 – 2001.
• Navodit Goel, A.N Sahi and P.K. Paul. 2013.  Age as a factor in induction of Systemic  acquired resistance in Tomato against bacterial speck by aqueous fruit extracts of Azadirachta indica. Archieves of Phytopathology and Plant Protection.  46 (14) : 1696-1706.                                                                                      
• V. Bhuvaneswari and  P.K.Paul. 2012.  Transcriptional and translational regulation of defence enzymes induced by neem fruit extract in tomato. Archieves  of  Phytopathology  and Plant Protection .  45 (12) : 1374-1385.
• V. Bhuvaneswari . A.K Srivastava and P.K Paul. 2012 .   Aqueous fruit extracts of Azadirachta indica  induces systemic acquired resistance in barley against Drechslera graminea. Archieves  of Phytopathology  and Plant Protection .45 (8) :898-908.
•  V. Bhuvaneswari and P.K. Paul. 2011 .Involvement of protein kinases in induction of acidic                        isopolyphenol  oxidases  in cell walls of tomato by fruit extracts of Azadirachta indica Juss . Asian Journal  of Biosciences 6(2): 232-237.
•  P.K. Paul, and P.D. Sharma.2002  Azadirachta indica leaf extract induces resistance in barley against leaf stripe disease.  Physiological and molecular plant pathology, 61, 3-13.                                                                 
• P.K .Paul, Devayani Muley and P.D. Sharma. 2001.   Effect of the insecticide monocrotophos on   hydrolytic  enzymes of leaf litter fungi of tobacco.Indian journal of plant physiology, 6 (4),           342-347. ( Impact factor : 0.289 ) Peer reviewe
• P.D. Sharma and P.K. Paul. Recent tactics of biological control. 1998.  In New trends in Mircobioal ecology, eds Bharat Rai and M.S. DKhar. Pp : 272-286
• Devyani Muley, P.K. Paul and P.D. Sharma. 1997. Uredinial state of Melampsora geniculatae Ramachar and Bhagyanarayana.  Journal of the Indian Botanical society, 76, 297-298. ( Impact factor : 0.87 )
• P.K.Paul and P.D.Sharma.1996 . Biocontrol of leaf stripe disease of barley conserving fungal biodiversity. Vasundhara 1, 19-24. 0974- 8431
• Richi Garg, P.K. Paul and P.D. Sharma. 1995.  Phylloplane mycoflora of mulberry in relation to leaf     senescence.International journal of ecology and environmental sciences,21,97-102.
• P.K. Paul, Vibaha varshney and P.D. Sharma. 1995. Monocrotophos induced changes in amino acid and monosaccharide contents of tobacco leaves.  Indian journal of experimental biology, 33, 449-455.  (Impact factor  0.818 )
• P.K. Paul, Ritu Kapoor and P.D. Sharma. 1993.  Effect of Monocil on phylloplane mycoflora of tobacco.  International journal of ecology and environmental sciences, 19, 63-72.
• P.K. Paul, N.K. Saxena and P.D. Sharma. 1990.  Mycoflora of tobacco leaves and tobacco products.  International journal of ecology and environmental sciences, 16, 179-185.

Area of Interest

• Plant- Human enteric pathogen interaction
• Molecular aspects of  SAR induction
• Functional role of  ergosterol in plants