Prof. (Dr.) Rajiv Kant

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY EXPERTISE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROJECTS PUBLICATIONS CONFERENCES TEACHING EXPERIENCE OTHER

Professor

+91-+91-974598300

rajiv.kant@shuats.edu.in

Additional Responsibilities

Head, Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Contact Details

+91-+91-974598300

rajiv.kant@shuats.edu.in

Department of Molecular & Cellular Engineering

Educational Details

Doctorate

Ph.D

AIIMS,
New Delhi

Graduated in 1996

PG

M.Sc

IVRI,
Izatnagar

Graduated in 1989

UG

B.Sc

Meeut University,
Meerut

Graduated in 1985

Professional Summary

DR Rajiv Kant joined the department of Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, in 2015 as Associate Professor. He has completed Master of Science in Biotechnology in 1989, was awarded Doctor of Philosophy in 1996 from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is currently teaching and guiding under-graduate, postgraduate and Doctoral students for their project work/dissertation/thesis. He was awarded with junior merit scholarship during master’s degree by DBT. DR Rajiv Kant has qualified NET (UGC/CSIR) thrice, and was awarded with Junior and Senior Research fellowships during Doctoral Studies by UGC. Dr Rajiv has also served as Post Doctoral Fellow at Bar Ilan University, Israel; Michigan State University, USA, and University of Michigan, USA. He was a recipient of Post Doctoral Fellowship awarded by Department of Defence, USA. He has also served in pharmaceutical industry (Ranbaxy Research Laboratories), as Group leader for six years. He has also worked as Professor of Biotechnology at Karunya University, Coimbatore, India from 2011 to 2013. Currently, he has twenty one publications including two patents and seven gene bank submissions. He has also participated in national and international conferences

Area of Specialization

Molecular biology, cell biology, animal cell culture, drug discovery and recombinant protein production.

Expertise

I have long experience in the area of molecular and cellular biology. I have worked in the area of molecular endocrinology, molecular parasitology, developmental biology, cancer biology, basic nephrology and drug discovery. Post Ph. D. I have about 17 years of research experience both in academic institutions and industry. I have 4 years of teaching experience, teaching undergraduate and post graduate classes. Courses that I have taught are like Basics of Molecular Genetics, Gene Cloning and Gene therapy, Recombinant DNA technology, Introduction to Animal Biotechnology, Molecular Genetics, Animal tissue culture, Immunology and Medical Biotechnology etc. Most of my research experience is in the wet lab but I also have experince in the area of bioinformatics and admininstration.

Intellectual Property

"PCR based insertion method to fix a mutated gene". Rajiv Kant, Winny Singh, Sindhuja Sundaram, Kulvinder Singh Saini. Indian application no: 252/DEL/2008.
Cloning and expression of active human 12 Lipoxygenase. Rajiv Kant, Winny Singh, Sindhuja Sundaram, Sulakshana Jain, Sudhir Sahdev, Suman Gupta and Kulvinder Singh Saini (2010).

Projects

A number of projects in pharmaceutical industry in the area of metabolic disorder. Established a new under graduate course at Karunya University.

Publications

Selection of Discriminatory Gene Set for Type II Diabetes Using Fisher Linear Discriminant. Atul Kumar, D. JeyaSundara Sharmila, Rajiv Kant. International Journal of Advanced Computer and Mathematical Sciences. 2014, 5(2), pp36-42

Gene Interaction Map: A Paradigm for identifying Significant Pathways Responsible for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Sachidanand Singh, J. Jannet Vennila and Rajiv Kant. Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics. 2014, 3:62.

A Fluorescent based Enzyme Assay for Recombinant Human Lipoxygenase Enzyme Isoforms.Singh RK, Gupta S, Tiwari P, Saini S, Malik R, Kant R, Dasidar SG and Ray A. Pharmacologia 2012, 3(9): 387-396.

“RBx-0597, A Potent, Selective and Slow-Binding Inhibitor of Di-peptidyl Peptidase-IV for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes.” Davis JA, Singh S, Roy S, Sethi S, Benjamin B, Patra AK, Sundaram S, Khanna V, Kandalkar SR, Pal C, Kant R, Rayasam G V, Mittra S, Saini KS, Paliwal J, Chugh A, Ahmed S, Sattigeri J, Cliffe IA, Ray A, Bansal VS and Bhatnagar PK. European Journal of Pharmacology 2011 Feb 10;652(1-3):(157-63).
“Identification of Berberine as a Novel Agonist of Fatty Acid Receptor GPR 40.” Geetha Vani Rayasam, Vamshi Krishna Tulasi, Sindhuja Sundaram, Winny Singh, Rajiv Kant, Joseph Alex Davis, Kulvinder Singh Saini and Abhijit Ray. Phytotherapy Research. 2010 Aug;24(8):1260-3.
"Baculovirus Expression System: An Alternative for Producing Catalytically Active Human PTP-1B." Sindhuja Sundaram, Prabhakar Tiwari, Shalini Saini, Rajiv Kant, Joseph Alex Davis, Sudhir Sahdev, Kulvinder Singh Saini. Molecular Biology Journal (Molekularnaya Biologiya) Vol. 44, No. 3, 2010.
“Concordant Copy Number and Transcriptional Activity of Genes Mapping to Derivative Chromosomes 8 During Cellular Immortalization In-vitro.” Begley L, Keeney D, Beheshti B, Squire J A, Kant R, Chaib H, MacDonald J W, Rhim J, Macoska J A. Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 2006 Feb;45(2):136-46.
“Evolution of 8p Loss in Transformed Human Prostate Epithelial Cells.” Macoska J A, Paris P, Collins C, Andaya A, Beheshti B, Chaib H, Kant R, Begley L, MacDonald J W, Squire J A, Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 2004 Oct 1;154(1);36-43.
“Plasticity of Axial Identity Among Somites: Cranial Somites can Generate Vertebrate without Expressing HOX Genes Appropriate to the Trunk.” Kant R, Goldstein R S, Dev Biol. 1999 Dec 15; 216(2):207-20 (Front Cover of the Journal).
“Allelic Forms of the Knob Associated Histidine-Rich Protein Gene of Plasmodium falciparum.” Kant R, Sharma Y D. FEBS Lett. 1996 Feb 12; 380(1-2); 147-52.
“Cerebral Malaria.” Sharma Y D, Kant R, Pillai C R, Ansari M A, Pillai U, Nature, 1995 Aug 3; 376(6539);380. No abstract available.
“Parasite Molecules in Cerebral Malaria.” Sharma Y D and Kant R, Natl. Med J India. 1995 May-June; 8(3); 102-4. No abstract available.

Conferences

International conference on "Green Nanotechnology and its Role in Sustainable Agriculture" (2015)

National conference Bioinformatics Panorama in Agriculture and Health (NCBPAH-2015)

International Conference on "Advancing Frontiers in Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture and Health" (2016)

Teaching Experience

4 years (Undergraduate and postgraduate)

Other

Awarded with National Level Junior Merit Scholarship by:
- ICAR in 1985.
- DBT / DST in 1996-1989.
Qualified National Level test thrice for Research Fellowship / Lecturership in 1990-1992.
Felicitated with Post Doctoral Fellowship by Department of Defence, USA (2000).
Trained more than 1000 scientists in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunoflouresence and Histo-Chemistry.
Participated in training number of scientists in safe handling and use of radionuclide.
Trained in handling of laboratory animals (both nude and normal mice).

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