Panjab University Research Scholars

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S.No.	Name of the Supervisor / Co-Supervisor	Name of the Ph.D. Scholar	Mode of Ph.D.	Registration Number	Date of Registration	Research Topic	Likely Date of Completion	Availing Fellowship	Funding Agency of Fellowship
Faculty of Science : Department of Microbiology							Updated on: 26/06/2025�
1.��	Dr. Khem Raj	Gurkeerat Kaur	Full Time	24-25/509/Ph.D/R&S	13/05/2025	yet to be decided		Yes	CSIR UGC JRF
2.��	Dr. Seema Kumari	Ridhi	Full Time	24-25/457/Ph.D/ /R&S	20/01/2025	yet to be decided		Yes	UGC-JRF
3.��	Prof. Prince Sharma	Anshika Billa	Full Time	24-25/456/Ph.D./R&S	20/01/2025	yet to be decided		Yes	UGC-JRF
4.��	Dr. Seema Kumari	Kashish Madaan	Full Time	23-24/416/Ph.D.	30/01/2024	yet to be decided		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
5.��	Prof. Deepak Kumar Rahi	Niharika Dhiman	Full Time	23-24/412/Ph.D.	29/01/2024	yet to be decided		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
6.��	Dr. Khem Raj	Kanika Multani	Full Time	23-24/413/Ph.D.	29/01/2024	yet to be decided		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
7.��	Dr. Naveen Gupta	Aditi Sharma	Full Time	23-24/415/Ph.D.	29/01/2024	yet to be decided		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
8.��	Dr. Khem Raj	Milani Sharma	Full Time	23-24/438/Ph.D.	29/01/2024	yet to be decided		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
9.��	Prof. Deepak Kumar Rahi	Mayur Mohan Sharma	Full Time	23-24/259/Ph.D.	18/01/2024	yet to be decided		Yes	CSIR-JRF
10.��	Prof. Prince Sharma	Neha	Full Time	23-24/78/Ph.D.	28/09/2023	yet to be decided		Yes	UGC JRF
11.��	Prof. Deepak Kumar Rahi	Pinki Deorari	Full Time	23-24/44/Ph.D.	25/09/2023	yet to be decided		Yes	UGC JRF
12.��	Dr. Deepak Kumar Rahi	Riya	Full Time	22-23/351/Ph.D	17/02/2023	Yet Not decided		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
13.��	Dr. Deepak Kumar Rahi	Ravinder Kaur	Full Time	22-23/350/Ph.D	17/02/2023	Yet Not decided		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
14.��	Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Soni Prof. Deepak K. Rahi, Deptt. of Microbiology, P.U., Chd, Dr. Raman Soni, Dept. of Biotechnology, D.A.V. Sec-10, Chd	Jyoti	Full Time	2022-EZ-49	21/10/2022	“PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR CONVERTING RICE STRAW INTO BIOFERTILIZER AND NANO-BIOFERTILIZER FORMULATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE”		Yes	UGC-JRF
15.��	Dr. Naveen Gupta	Sarita	Full Time	2022-EZ-50	19/09/2022	“ENZYME CATALYSED SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL DYES AND THEIR APPLICATION AS SUSTAINABLE COLORANT FOR GREENER COSMETICS		Yes	DBT
16.��	Dr. Naveen Gupta	Richa Yadav	Full Time	2021-EZ-149	24/03/2022	“ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF Trigonella foenum-graecum GUM FOR INDUSTRIAL USE AND PRODUCTION OF BIOACTIVE GALACTOMANNOOLIGOSACCHARIDES “		No
17.��	Dr. Naveen Gupta	Anupama sharma	Full Time	21-22/378/Ph.D	24/03/2022	ENZYMATIC BIOTRANSFORMATION OF NATURAL PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS: SYNTHESIS OF THERAPEUTICS WITH NOVEL BIOACTIVATE PROPERTIES.		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
18.��	Prof. Naveen Gupta	Kumud Sharma	Full Time	2021-EZ-150	22/03/2022	DEVELOPMENT OF ENZYME COCKTAILS FROM BACTERIAL CO-CULTURES: A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE PAPER MAKING		No
19.��	Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Soni	Bishakha Thakur	Full Time	21-22/382/Ph.D	21/03/2022	INTEGRATED BIOCONVERSION OF FOOD WASTE RESIDUES INTO ENZYME FORMULATIONS AND ETHANOL: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND BIOFUEL PRODUCTION		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
20.��	Dr. Seema Kumari	Ishwerpreet Kaur	Full Time	21-22/384/Ph.D	21/03/2022	PROTEOMICS-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL BIOMARKERS OF INFERTILITY INDUCED BY UROPATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS IN FEMALE MOUSE MODEL		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
21.��	Prof. Prince Sharma Prof. Neena Capalash, Dept. of Biotechnology, P.U., Chd	Annu George	Full Time	21-22/379/Ph.D	21/03/2022	“RECOMBINANT LACCASE MEDIATED BIO-MELANIN SYNTHESIS AND MELANIN DEGRADATION FOR COSMECEUTICAL APPLICATIONS.”		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
22.��	Prof. Prince Sharma	Simran Gagneja	Full Time	21-22/35/Ph.D	21/03/2022	HYALURONIC ACID PRODUCTION FROM A GRAS BACTERIAL SOIL ISOLATE: METABOLIC ENGINEERING AND APPLICATION IN COSMECEUTICAL FORMULATION FOR ANTI-MELANOGENIC AND ANTI-WRINKLE EFFECTS		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
23.��	Dr. Deepak Kumar Rahi	Indu Wala	Full Time	21-22/40/Ph.D	02/07/2021	PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR NANO-LIGNIN BASED VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM INDUSTRIAL BLACK LIQUOR AND OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS EMPLOYING FUNGAL LACCASES		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
24.��	Prof. Geeta Shukla	Siloni Patial	Full Time	21-22/39/Ph.D	14/06/2021	“ANTI-ATHEROSCLEROTIC POTENTIAL OF INDIGENOUS PROBIOTIC, PREBIOTIC AND SYNBIOTIC IN MURINE ATHEROSCLEROSIS.”		Yes	PU, Ph.D.
25.��	Dr. Seema Kumari Dr. Khem Raj	Preeti Negi	Full Time	21-22/36/Ph.D	12/04/2021	“GREEN SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITE USING Trillium govanianum DERIVED PHYTOCONSTITUENTS AND ITS ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY AGAINST Candida auris.”		Yes	CSIR
26.��	Prof. Kusum Harjai	Lavanya Khullar	Full Time	20-21/127/Ph.D	18/01/2021	“EVALUATING THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF ANTIBACTERIAL BIOCOMPATIBLE DRESSINGS AGAINST BURN WOUND INFECTIONS CAUSED BY Staphylococcus aureus”		Yes	ICMR SRF
27.��	Prof. Kusum Harjai	Jatin Chadha	Full Time	20-21/79/Ph.D	22/10/2020	“EXPLORING THE ANTI-FOULING POTENTIAL OF CINNAMALDEHYDE-GENTAMICIN COATED SILICONE URINARY CATHETERS IN PREVENTING CATHETER-ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (CAUTI) CAUSED BY Pseudomonas aeruginosa”		Yes	ICMR SRF
28.��	Prof. Prince Sharma Prof. Neena Caplash	Shiv Nandan Sah	Full Time	19-20/453/Ph.D	14/01/2020	“DEVELOPMENT OF A BROAD-SPECTRUM VACCINE THROUGH REVERSE VACCINOLOGY AGAINST DRUG-RESISTANT Acinetobacter baumannii AND Klebsiella pneumoniae”		No
29.��	Dr. Deepak Kumar Rahi	Devender Kumar Sharma	Full Time	19-20/311/Ph.D, 2019-EZ-143	25/09/2019	PRODUCTION OF MYCELIUM BASED VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM CONSORTIUM OF WHITE ROT FUNGI UTILIZING LINGOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS		No
30.��	Dr. Naveen Gupta	Sunena Jassal	Full Time	19-20/312/Ph.D, 2019-EZ-161	25/09/2019	“DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENZYME BASED PROCESS FOR SUSTAINABLE DENIM BLEACHING AND TEXTILE EFFLUENT TREATMENT”		Yes	UGC-NFSC
31.��	Prof. Praveen Rishi, Prof. Geeta Shukla Dr. Vijay K. Bharti, DRDO	Neha Rani Bhagat	Full Time	18-19/582/Ph.D	01/05/2019	“ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF HEALTH PROMOTING EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL PROBIOTIC BACTERIA IN CHICKENS AT HIGH ALTITUDE”		Yes	CSIR

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