Dr. Gurudayal Ram Guru is presently working as Associate Professor in Centre for Tissue Culture Technology, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, SHUATS. He did B. Sc. Agriculture from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, M. Sc. (Agri.) Biotechnology from Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Ph. D. Biotechnology from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He is recipient of ICAR merit and DBT scholarships during UG and PG studies respectively and has qualified UGC-CSIR NET. He was a BCIL trainee at Bejosheetal Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Jalna, Maharashtra and worked on "Development of Transgenic Chilli for resistance against insect pest". He is currently teaching and guiding Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral students for their project work/dissertation/thesis. He has published several research papers and articles in national and international peer reviewed journals. He is member of Editorial Board and Reviewer of several national and international journals. He has also participated in several National and International conferences/seminars/symposia. He has been conferred various awards viz. Distinguished Achievement, Excellence in Teaching, Young Scientist and Best Oral Presentation etc. He is life member of several National and International societies.
He is teaching Plant Tissue Culture Technology, Plant Biotechnology, Introductory Biotechnology, Biotechnology for Crop improvement, Genomics, Advanced Plant Biotechnology, etc. to UG, PG and Ph.D. students. His research work is focused on Plant tissue culture and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria. He has worked at Bejosheetal Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Jalna, Maharashtra on Development of Transgenic plants and has attended hands-on-training programme during winter training programmes on “Plant Tissue Culture Applications” held at Networking Resource Centre, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, “Viral Genomics and Transgenic Development” at Centre of Advanced Faculty Training, Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, and "Transgenic development in crop plants" held at National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology (IARI), New Delhi.
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Awards/Scholarships:
- Distinguished Achievement Award: conferred during 2nd International conference on “Food, Health and Agriculture Innovations-2020” held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 5th to 9th March 2020.
- Excellence in Teaching Award: conferred on the occasion of International Conference on “Trends in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology for sustainable development” organized by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Technology and Sciences, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir on 12th-13th September, 2017.
- Young Scientist Award: Conferred on the occasion of “Bioinformatics Panorama in Agriculture and Health” held at Jacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, SHIATS, Allahabad during 5th and 6th October 2015.
- Young Scientist Award: Conferred on the occasion of 16th Indian Agricultural Scientists and Farmers' Congress on Nanobiotechnological Approaches for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development held on 22-23 February, 2014 at Integral University, Lucknow.
- Best Oral Presentation Award: Presentation of the paper titled "Molecular characterization and computational analysis of highly efficient PGPR isolate from Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)" in National symposium on Innovative and Modern technologies for Sustainable agriculture and Rural development, organized by Society of Biological Sciences and Rural Development, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on October, 19th-20th, 2013.
- National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET) organized by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India.
- DBT Scholarship provided by Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India during Postgraduate study.
- ICAR Merit Scholarship provided by Indian Council of Agricultural Research during Undergraduate study.
Professional affiliations:
- Treasurer: Society of Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences, SHUATS, Allahabad
- Treasurer: Society of Biotechnology, SHUATS, Allahabad
- Life member: Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture, USA
- Member: European Federation of Biotechnology, Spain
- Member: International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)
- Member: International Association for Ecology
- Life member: The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Life member: Society of Biotechnology, SHUATS, Allahabad
- Life member: Progressive Research: An International Journal, Jhansi, India
- Life member: Society of Biological Sciences and Rural Development, Allahabad, India
- Life member: Green Agri Professional Society, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
- Life member: Bioved Research Society, Allahabad, India
Reviewer of journals:
- African Journal of Agricultural Research
- Key Research Journal of Biotechnology
- Journal of Investigational Biochemistry
- Journals of Medicinal Plants Research
Theses/Projects guided:
- Under graduate students (B. Sc. and B. Tech. Biotechnology) - 78 students
- Post graduate students (M. Sc. / M. Sc. (Ag.)/Integrated M. Sc. Biotechnology) –Advisor (20), Co-advisor (22)
- PhD Biotechnology: Advisor (02), Co-advisor (02)
Member of Editorial / Advisory Board:
- Editorial Board Member: International Journal of Life Sciences and Applied Sciences
- Founder Associate Editor: International Journal of Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences
DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank database submission:
- Pseudomonas sp. (PGPR-RBJ2): Accession number- KF220407
- Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus strain PSAS1: Accession number- OQ654080
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PSAS4: Accession number- OQ654078
Departmental/Institutional responsibilities:
- Staff advisor of UG and PG students
- Semester Coordinator: B. Tech. Biotechnology (2017-2021) and B. Sc. Biotechnology (2021-2023).
- Course Coordinator: B. Tech. Biotechnology (2018).
- Coordinator, Innovation, Project and Consultancy (IPC), Centre for Tissue Culture Technology (November, 2022 till date).
- In-charge, Imprest money, Department of Tissue Engineering (2010-2021).
- In-charge, Imprest money, Centre for Tissue Culture Technology (2022-2023).
- In-charge, Imprest money, Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering (2016-2023).
- Member, Teaching Time-table of College (2016).
- In-Charge, Department of Tissue Engineering, JIBB, SHUATS from (July 16, 2013 to June, 2016).
- Member, College Examination Committee (2017, 2018, 2021).
- Member, Disaster Management Committee of the University (2016).
- In-charge, External Examiner Remuneration and Accommodation, JIBB, SHUATS (2016-2019).
- Member, Evaluation of UG project work (2022, 2023).
Extra-curricular activities:
- Convener, Cultural program organizing committee of the college (2023).
- Member, Cultural Youth Fest organizing committee of the college (2023).
- Member, Cultural Youth Fest organizing committee of the college (2019).
- Core committee member, Cultural program organizing committee of the college (2018).
- Member, Sports organizing committee of the college (2018).
- Member, Cultural program organizing committee of the college (2017).