About
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Professor and Head (Retired) of the School of Biotechnology at Devi Ahilya University (DAVV), Indore, India from June 20, 1991 to December 31, 2018 (up to the last day of retirement). Procured doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in biochemistry in 1983. In 1985, joined Prof. Jack Preiss lab at the Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA as a visiting research associate. After three years of hard work, returned to India with a sole intention to serve the birth country. Since 1988, constantly working in teaching, research, and administrative domains and serving the nation.
Areas of expertise are enzyme technology, molecular biology, and genetic engineering. An internationally acclaimed scientist more than 190 full-length research papers, 13 books, and 32 chapters in various edited books. Successfully guided nearly 30 Ph.D. students. Foremost scientist to deduce the amino acid sequence of glycogen synthase, a study published in J. Biol. Chem. in 1986 and the work was humbly dedicated to Dr. Luis F. Leloir on the occasion of his 80 th birthday.
Authored books are published by various national and international publishers, such as Horizon Scientific Press (UK), Nova Science Publishers (USA), Anamaya Publishers (India), MV Learning (UK), Viva Books Pvt Ltd. (India), etc. Authored number of chapters for many books, including Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine, which has an editorial board comprising 14 members, 10 of which are Nobel laureates. In 2012, the chapter on Regulation of Gene Expression was published in Epigenetic Regulation and Epigenomics (a two-volume series from Wiley VCH). An updated version of the same chapter was published in RNA Regulation from Wiley VCH itself in 2014. This chapter was again published in Synthetic Biology- Advances in
Molecular Biology and Medicine (Ed. Robert A Meyers, Wiley- VCH) in 2015. Fellow of many societies, including World Society of Cellular & Molecular Biology, France where 21 of the colleague fellows are Noble laureates. Editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Biotechnology. Associate Editor of the Journal of Cell & Tissue Research. Member of the Editorial Board of many journals, such as Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics, Journal of Computer Science & Systems Biology, Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy, Biotechnology & Molecular Biology Reviews, Nano Biomedicine and Engineering, British Biotechnology Journal, etc. Honorary Advisor of HS Counseling, Canada.
Presented research work at a number of International Conferences. Hosted and chaired a symposium at the 4th World Congress of Cellular & Molecular Biology held at Poitiers, France in 2005. Hosted and organized 5th World Congress of Cellular & Molecular Biology (November 02–06, 2009) & was the Congress President.
The research laboratory is of international standards where students of different origins conduct their research work. Although the lab specializes in enzyme technology, the students work in many diversified areas.
Apart from the teaching and research, have immense administrative experience and equipped with leadership skills. Worked as an acting Vice-Chancellor of DAVV numerous times. Founder member of the School of Biotechnology at DAVV. Served as the head of the entire department from 1991 to 2018. Served as an officer- in-charge of the Bioinformatics Sub Center, DAVV from 1993 to 2018. Served as a director of International Institute of Professional Studies at DAVV in 2004. Appointed as a chairman of several university committees.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. Lucknow University, India Biochemistry | Completed: 1983
Publications (169)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Elephant foot yam peels as substrate for the production of alkaline xylanase from Aspergillus terreus using solid state fermentation.
Anil Kumar
2022
Genomic regions governing the biosynthesis of sucrose and raffinose family oligosaccharides in soybean.
Anil Kumar
2022
Correction to: Production and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates from industrial waste using soil bacterial isolates
2021
Cellulase: Distribution, production, characterization and industrial applications.
Anil Kumar
2021
Investigation on the genetic variability of soybean seed sucrose content in germplasm accessions from different countries of origin.
Anil Kumar
2021
Production and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoates from industrial waste using soil bacterial isolates.
Anil Kumar
2021
Optimization and statistical modeling of microbial cellulase production using submerged culture.
Anil Kumar
2021
Distribution and biotechnological applications of Chitinase: A review.
Anil Kumar
2020
Distribution, importance and diseases of soybean and common bean: A review.
Anil Kumar
2020
Production of polygalacturonase using Carica papaya peel biowaste and its application for pomegranate juice clarification.
Anil Kumar
2020
Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Advances in the synthesis of sustainable bio-plastics.
Anil Kumar
2020
Chitinase production from locally isolated Bacillus cereus GS02 from chitinous waste enriched soil.
Anil Kumar
2020
Food poisoning: Causes, precautions, diagnosis and treatment: A brief review.
Anil Kumar
2020
2020
Soybean and its products: Nutritional and health benefits.
Anil Kumar
2020
Antidiabetic effect of Viburnum foetidum bark in cell lines and Wistar rats.
Anil Kumar
2019
Comparative analysis of transposable elements from Glycine max, Cajanus cajan and Phaseolus vulgaris.
Anil Kumar
2019
Synteny analysis of glycine max and phaseolus vulgaris revealing conserved regions of NBS-LRR coding genes.
Anil Kumar
2019
2019
Synteny analysis of glycine max and phaseolus vulgaris revealing conserved regions of NBS-LRR coding genes.
Anil Kumar
2019
Comparative analysis of transposable elements from Glycine max, Cajanus cajan and Phaseolus vulgaris.
Anil Kumar
2019
2019
Antimicrobial peptides in plants: Classes, databases, and importance.
Anil Kumar
2019
Some physical, chemical and biological contaminants which are dangerous to food safety.
Anil Kumar
2019
Post-traumatic stress disorder: Symptoms, screening and treatment.
Anil Kumar
2019
2019
Antioxidant and antidiabetic properties of Mimosa pudica seeds in streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats.
Anil Kumar
2019
Antidiabetic effect of Asparagus adscendens Roxb. in RIN-5F cells, HepG2 cells and Wistar rats.
Anil Kumar
2019
Antioxidant activities of Asparagus adscendens root ethanolic extract and fractions using in vitro models.
Anil Kumar
2019
Comparative analysis of transposable elements from Glycine max, cajanus cajan and phaseolus vulgaris.
Anil Kumar
2019
RNA as a drug target and its tools and databases.
Anil Kumar
2019
Petroleum contaminated oil sludge degradation by defined consortium: Influence of biosurfactant production.
Anil Kumar
2018
Study of microbial diversity in plant-microbe interaction system with oil sludge contamination.
Anil Kumar
2018
Assessment of hydrocarbon degradation potentials in a plant-microbe interaction system with oil sludge contamination: A sustainable solution.
Anil Kumar
2017
Design and optimization of enzymatic saccharification for bioethanol production from parthenium hysterophorus biomass using response surface methodology.
Anil Kumar
2017
Purification and characterization of polygalacturonase produced by Aspergillus niger AN07 in solid state fermentation.
Anil Kumar
2017
Identification of drug target properties and its validation on helicobacter pylori.
Anil Kumar
2017
Inhibition of Aβ (1-42) oligomerization, fibrillization and acetylcholinesterase activity by some anti-inflammatory drugs: An in vitro study.
Anil Kumar
2016
Comparison of various pretreatments of biomass for increased enzymatic saccharification for the production of biofuel.
Anil Kumar
2016
Papaya peel valorization for production of acidic pectin methylesterase by Aspergillus tubingensis and its application for fruit juice clarification.
Anil Kumar
2016
Statistical optimization of enzymatic saccharification of acid pre-treated parthenium hysterophorus biomass using response surface methodology.
Anil Kumar
2016
Purification and characterization of pectin methylesterase produced in solid state fermentation by Aspergillus tubingensis.
Anil Kumar
2016
Strain engineering for improved bio-fuel production.
Anil Kumar
2016
Anti-inflammatory role of thyroid hormones on rat air pouch model of inflammation.
Anil Kumar
2015
Identification of targetable virulence factor and drug screening for bacterial pneumonia.
Anil Kumar
2015
Structural prediction, glucose-1-phosphate interaction and influence of broad leaves herbicides on spinach leaves α-glucan phosphorylase: An in silico study.
Anil Kumar
2015
Biomass pre-treatment methods and their economic viability for efficient production of biofuel.
Anil Kumar
2015
An interactomic approach for identification of putative drug targets in listeria monocytogenes.
Anil Kumar
2015
Starch phosphorylase: An overview of biochemical characterization, immobilization and peptide mapping.
Anil Kumar
2015
Purification and characterization of α-glucan phosphorylase isoform Pho 2 from spinach leaves.
Anil Kumar
2015
Study on gluco-regulatory potential of glimepiride sulphonamide using in silico, in vitro and in vivo approaches.
Anil Kumar
2014
Immobilization of starch phosphorylase from germinating wheat seeds.
Anil Kumar
2014
Conserved host-pathogen PPIs globally conserved inter-species bacterial PPIs based conserved host-pathogen interactome derived novel target in C. pseudotuberculosis, C. diphtheriae, M. tuberculosis, C. ulcerans, Y. pestis and E. coli targeted by Piper betel compounds.
Anil Kumar
2013
Xylanase: An overview.
Anil Kumar
2013
Purification and characterization of alkaline xylanase secreted from Paenibacillus macquariensis.
Anil Kumar
2013
Bioremediation of oil sludge-present and future.
Anil Kumar
2013
Whole genome sequence of corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strain 162 isolated from camel.
Anil Kumar
2012
2D QSAR analysis of inositol derivatives as inositol monophosphatase inhibitors.
Anil Kumar
2012
Suppression of glyphosate toxicity in plants following peroxide treatment.
Anil Kumar
2012
2012
DPP-IV inhibitory potential of naringin: An in silico, in vitro and in vivo study.
Anil Kumar
2012
Optimization of xylanase secretion from Paenibacillus macquariensis.
Anil Kumar
2012
Tight controlled expression and secretion of Lactobacillus brevis SlpA in Lactobacillus lactis.
Anil Kumar
2012
In silico subtractive genomics for target identification in human bacterial pathogens.
Anil Kumar
2011
SSPred: A prediction server based on SVM for the identification and classification of proteins involved in bacterial secretion systems.
Anil Kumar
2011
A novel comparative genomics analysis for common drug and vaccine targets in Cornebacterium pseudotuberculosis and other CMN group of human pathogens.
Anil Kumar
2011
The effect of aspirin on atherogenic diet-induced diabetes mellitus.
Anil Kumar
2011
Biodegradation of chrysene by the bacterial strains isolated from oily sludge.
Anil Kumar
2010
In silico identification of dual ability of N. gonorrhoeae ddl for developing drug and vaccine against pathogenic Neisseria and other human pathogens.
Anil Kumar
2010
A novel strategy of epitope design in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Anil Kumar
2010
Xylanase production using alkalo-thermophilic Bacillus halodurans KR-1 by solid state fermentation.
Anil Kumar
2010
Production, purification and characterization of xylanase using alkalo-thermophilic Bacillus halodurans KR-1.
Anil Kumar
2010
RAPD analysis of UB-B induced variation in somaclones of Veronia cinerea.
Anil Kumar
2010
Starch phosphorylase: Role in starch metabolism and biotechnological applications.
Anil Kumar
2009
Mapping of the multifoliate pinna (mfp) leafblade morphology mutation in grain pea (Pisum sativum).
Anil Kumar
2009
Effects of MULTIFOLIATE-PINNA, AFILA, TENDRILL-LESS and UNIFOLIATA genes on leafblade architecture in Pisum sativum.
Anil Kumar
2009
In silico identification of candidate drug and vaccine targets from various pathways in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Anil Kumar
2009
Regulation of stipule development by COCHLEATA and STIPULE-REDUCED genes in peas Pisum sativum.
Anil Kumar
2009
Antimicrobial activity of Abelmoschus moschatus leaf extracts.
Anil Kumar
2009
Molecular features, markers, drug targets and prospective therapeutics in cardiac myxoma.
Anil Kumar
2009
Genomic Target Database (GTD): A database of potential targets in human pathogenic bacteria.
Anil Kumar
2009
Prophylactic and therapeutic potential of Asp f1 epitopes in Naive and sensitized BALB/c mice.
Anil Kumar
2009
Production of alkaline xylanase by an alkalo-thermophilic bacteria Bacillus halodurans MTCC 9512 isolated from Dung.
Anil Kumar
2009
Immobilization of starch phosphorylase from cabbage leaves: Production of glucose-1-phosphate.
Anil Kumar
2008
PredictBias: A server for the identification of genomic and pathogenicity islands in prokaryotes.
Anil Kumar
2008
Primer designing for Dreb1A, A cold induced gene.
Anil Kumar
2008
Taxoids: Biosynthesis and in vitro production.
Anil Kumar
2008
PCR primer design: DREB Genes.
Anil Kumar
2008
Primer designing for Endo-1, 4-β-xylanase gene.
Anil Kumar
2007
Xylanase: A biotechnological perspective.
Anil Kumar
2007
Immobilization of starch phosphorylase from seeds of Indian millet (Pennisetum typhoides) variety KB 560.
Anil Kumar
2007
Alkaloid production in Vernonia cinerea: Callus, cell suspension and root cultures.
Anil Kumar
2007
Effect of Mass on Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient During Onion Flakes Drying
2006
In vitro high frequency of shoot regeneration in Abelmoschus moschatus.
Anil Kumar
2006
Primer designing of DREB2A, a drought resistant gene in Glycine max.
Anil Kumar
2006
Organogenesis, shoot regeneration and flowering response of Vernonia cinerea to different auxin / cytokinin combinations.
Anil Kumar
2006
Production of polygalacturonase by immobilized cells of Aspergillus niger using orange peel as inducer.
Anil Kumar
2006
Reversal of experimental diabetes by multiple bone marrow
Anil Kumar
2005
Tryptophan residue is essential for immunoreactivity of a diagnostically relevant peptide epitope of A. fumigatus.
Anil Kumar
2005
Carbochips- a new energy for old biobuilder.
Anil Kumar
2004
B-cells activated by lipopolysaccharide, but not by anti-Ig and anti-CD40 antibody, induce anergy in CD8+ T cells: Role of TGF-1.
Anil Kumar
2003
In vitro resistance of leukaemic blasts to prednisolone in bcr-abl positive childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Anil Kumar
2002
Evidence That Glycoprotein 96 (B2), a stress protein, functions as Th2 specific costimulatory molecule.
Anil Kumar
2002
Resistance of bcr-abl positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia to daunorubicin is not mediated by mdr 1 gene expression .
Anil Kumar
2002
The Th1-specific costimulatory molecule, M150, is a posttranslational isoform of LAMP-1.
Anil Kumar
2002
Mentha species: In vitro regeneration and genetic transformation.
Anil Kumar
2002
TAXON: A software for management of plant database using visual basic.
Anil Kumar
2001
PCR primer design.
Anil Kumar
2001
Universal primers can amplify tumor necrosis factor gene across species.
Anil Kumar
2001
Photoregulation of adventitious and axillary shoot proliferation in menthol mint, Mentha arvensis.
Anil Kumar
2001
Gluconobacter oxydans: Its biotechnological applications.
Anil Kumar
2001
Production of bilobalide in cultures of clone GBC-1 of Ginkgo biloba.
Anil Kumar
2000
2000
PCR recipe: A program for setting up PCR reactions.
Anil Kumar
2000
The pyrroloquinoline quinone synthesis genes of Gluconobacter oxydans.
Anil Kumar
2000
The effect of hairpin structure on PCR amplification efficiency.
Anil Kumar
2000
Start-up and operational behaviour of an anaerobic fixed bed bioreactor treating pharmaceutical wastewater.
Anil Kumar
1998
Operational characteristics of anaerobic fixed bed reactors: Waste water treatment and methane production.
Anil Kumar
1998
Production and purification of an extracellular cellulase from Bacillus brevis VS-1.
Anil Kumar
1998
Effiecient biomethanation of plant materials by immobilized bacteria.
Anil Kumar
1997
Starch phosphorylase: Biochemical, molecular and biotechnological aspects.
Anil Kumar
1997
Anaerobic treatment of potato-starch wastewater using a foam bed bioreactor.
Anil Kumar
1997
A biofilm model for fixed bed anaerobic reactors: Performance analysis considering diffusional resistances and axial dispersion.
Anil Kumar
1997
Plasmid profile of Erwinia herbicola ATCC 21998.
Anil Kumar
1997
Efficient recovery of plasmid DNA from Erwinia herbicola with high nuclease activity.
Anil Kumar
1997
Pectin carbohydrates and their commercial uses.
Anil Kumar
1997
Primer premier 4.
Anil Kumar
1997
Immobilization of starch phosphorylase from Bengal gram seeds: Production of glucose-1-phosphate.
Anil Kumar
1996
Demethoxylation of pectin using immobilized Cuscuta reflexa pectin methylesterase.
Anil Kumar
1996
Endo-Polygalacturonase from germinating Vigna sinensis seeds.
Anil Kumar
1996
Immobilization of endo-polygalacturonase from germinating Vigna sinensis seeds.
Anil Kumar
1996
Immobilization of Cuscuta reflexa starch phosphorylase: Production of glucose-1-phosphate using bioreactors.
Anil Kumar
1996
1996
Production of low methoxyl pectin using immobilized pectinesterase bioreactors.
Anil Kumar
1995
Purification and characterization of Starch phosphorylase from Cuscuta reflexa filaments.
Anil Kumar
1995
Purification of starch phosphorylase from germinating Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum L.) seeds.
Anil Kumar
1995
Process for the recovery and immobilization of starch phosphorylase from starch based industrial waste-water.
Anil Kumar
1995
1994
Multiple forms of Pectin methylesterase from cuscuta reflexa filaments.
Anil Kumar
1994
Egg shell bound starch phosphorylase packed bed reactor for the continuous production of glucose 1-phosphate.
Anil Kumar
1994
Starch phosphorylase from banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves.
Anil Kumar
1991
Dissociation of purified starch phosphorylase from young banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves.
Anil Kumar
1991
Predicted secondary structure of glycogen phosphorylase from Escherichia coli as deduced using Chou-fasman model.
Anil Kumar
1991
Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen and its regulation.
Anil Kumar
1991
1990
Predicted secondary structure of maltodextrin phosphorylase from Escherichia coli as deduced using Chou-Fasman model.
Anil Kumar
1990
Starch phosphorylase in plants.
Anil Kumar
1989
Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen: Determination of the amino acid changes that alter the regulatory properties of a mutant Escherichia coli ADP-glucose synthetase.
Anil Kumar
1989
Purification and properties of goat liver catalase: Two pH optima.
Anil Kumar
1989
Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen: Use of site directed mutagenesis to probe the role of Tyrosine 114 in the catalytic mechanism of ADP-glucose synthetase from Escherichia coli.
Anil Kumar
1988
Analysis of the Escherichia coli glycogen gene cluster suggests that catabolic enzymes are encoded among the biosynthetic genes.
Anil Kumar
1988
1988
Dissociation constants and thermodynamic data of starch phosphorylase from banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves using affinity horizontal polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis.
Anil Kumar
1987
Amino acid sequence of an Escherichia coli ADPglucose synthetase allosteric mutant as deduced from the DNA sequence of the glg C gene.
Anil Kumar
1987
Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen primary structure of Escherichia coli ADP-glucose: A-1, 4-glucan,4-glucosyl transferase as deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the glgA gene.
Anil Kumar
1986
Partial purification and characterization of starch phosphorylase from cabbage (Elephantopus scabar) leaves.
Anil Kumar
1984
Starch phosphorylase from tapioca (Manihot utilissima) tuber: isolation and some physico-chemical properties.
Anil Kumar
1984
Starch phosphorylase from mature Banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves: Part II- Aromatic amino acid inhibition at pH 7.0.
Anil Kumar
1983
Starch phosphorylase from mature banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves: Part I-Kinetics and inhibition studies at optimum pH.
Anil Kumar
1983
Subcellular localization of multiple forms of Starch phosphorylase in plant leaves during development.
Anil Kumar
1982
Starch phosphorylase from tapioca leaves: Absence of pyridoxal phosphate.
Anil Kumar
1982
Purification and physico-chemical properties of starch phosphorylase from young Banana leaves.
Anil Kumar
1982
Amino acid composition of starch phosphorylase from Banana (Musa paradisiacal) leaves.
Anil Kumar
1982
Characterization of purified starch phosphorylase from mature Banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves.
Anil Kumar
1981
Intracellular localization of starch phosphorylase from Banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves.
Anil Kumar
1981
Immobilized starch phosphorylase from mature Banana (Musa paradisiaca) leaves.
Anil Kumar
1981
Polyglucan branching enzyme from banana leaves.
Anil Kumar
1979
Polyglucan branching enzyme from banana leaves.
Anil Kumar
1979
1977