IAR University

Faculty Details

Dr. Abhishek Sharma

Assistant Professor

Department

School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Contact Info

Work Experience

  • 8 Years

  • Ph.D.: Plant Biotechnology (Title of the Thesis: Terpenoid indole alkaloids pathway modulation studies in Catharanthus roseus via in vitro cell culture strategies), CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow – Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2018).
  • M.Sc.: Biotechnology, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India (2010).
  • B.Sc.: Biotechnology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, India (2008).

  • Secondary metabolites Pathway Metabolic Engineering of Catharanthus roseus and other medicinal plants.
  • Identification of Plant Transcription factors and their role for spatial-temporal developmental regulation of plants.
  • Plant Tissue Culture of Recalcitrant Plant Species (especially, Catharanthus roseus, Vinca minor, and Papaver somniferum) for Direct Regeneration for Stable Whole Plant Transgenic Production.
  • Agrobacterium Mediated Genetic Transformation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for Enhanced Metabolites Production.
  • Conservation of Endangered and High Trade Medicinal Tree.
  • Plant Regeneration and Metabolic Engineering

  1. Swapnil Ombale, Mansi Bhatt, Anand Krishna Tiwari, Abhishek Sharma*, Budhi Sagar Tiwari* (2025) Nitro-Oxidative burden in the Plants and their Survival through Regulated Cell Death. Protoplasma, 10.1007/s00709-025-02071-z. (IF:2.50, Q1)
  2. Vyoma Mistry, Sapna Chandwani, Natarajan Amaresan, Deepti Kaushik, Ramar Krishnamurthy, Abhishek Sharma* (2025) Biopriming with Siderophore-Producing Bacteria: A Strategy to Enhance Growth and Alkaloid Content in Catharanthus roseus. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 41, 42 (2025) 10.1007/s11274-025-04257-2. (IF:4.00, Q2)
  3. Anushree Kamath, Abhishek Sharma, Arpit Shukla, Paritosh Parmar, and Dhara Patel (2025) Fortifying Plant Fortresses: Siderophores in Defense Against Cercospora canescens in Vigna radiata L. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1492139. (IF:4.00, Q1)
  4. Amisha Patel, Saswati Mohapatra, Ashok Bishoyi, Abhishek Sharma, Abhijit Makwana, Tripti Swarnkar, Anubha Gupta, Prasenkumar Sahoo, Sejal Shah (2024) Authentication of differentially expressed genes in OSCC using machine learning approach. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, and Oral Radiology. Doi. 139: 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2024.10.075. (IF:1.60, Q4)
    1. Pragya Tiwari, Abhishek Sharma, Subir Kumar Bose, Keyung-II Park (2024) Advances in Orchid Biology: Biotechnological achievements, Translational success, and Commercial outcomes. Horticulture, 2024, 10(2), 152  (IF: 3.11, Q1)

Research Grant Received “As Principal Investigator”

  1. Department of Science and Technology, Science and Engineering Research Board (DST SERB) Start Up Research Grant (SRG/2019/000130)
    • Grant: INR 26,10,897/-
    • Duration: 2 Years 3 Months (19 November 2019 – 18 January 2022).
    • “Identification of genetic architecture, generating natural variation in antihypertensive and antineoplastic monoterpenoid indole alkaloids production in Catharanthus roseus via metabolome-genome wide association studies (mGWAS)”.
  2. Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM DST, Gov. of Gujarat) GRANT (GSBTM/JD(R&D)/620/20-21/354)
    • Grant: INR 14,99,686/-
    • Duration: 2 Years (June 2011- Feb 2022).
    • “Antifungal Protein production and expression analysis in bacteria as a prerequisite to obtain fungal resistant fennel”.
  3. Research Promotion Scheme, Uka Tarsadia University (UTU/RPS/1431-5/2019)
    • Grant: INR 50,000/-
    • Duration: 1.5 Years (September 2019 – March 2021).
    • “Mutational Breeding of Catharanthus roseus to enhance the production of anticancerous phytomolecules vinblastine and vincristine.”

Research Grant Received “As Co-Principal Investigator”

  1. Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM DST, Gov. of Gujarat) GRANT (GSBTM/JD(R&D)/620/20-21/355).
  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Gopal Jee Gopal (Assist. Professor Uka Tarsadia University)
  • Grant: INR 14,99,686/-
  • Duration: 2 Years (June 2021- May 2023).
  • “Production of recombinant enzyme for the degradation of plastic (Polyethylene terephthalate)”.

Achievements

  • German DAAD PRIME Fellowship Reviewer for Plant Biotechnology (2020-21).
  • DST SERB START UP Young Scientist (19 November 2019 – 18 January 2022).
  • “GSBTM Research Support Scheme Grant (June 2011- Feb 2022).
  • “DST-INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP” for Ph.D. from “Department of Science and Technology, Government of India” (Jan. 2012 – Dec. 2016).
  • “DBT-BCIL FELLOWSHIP” “Department of Biotechnology, Government of India” under “Industrial Training Program” (December 2010-May 2011).
  • “GATE-Biotechnology” (All India Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering – 2010)

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Mentor at Gujarat Technical University – Atal Incubation Centre for Start-ups.
  • Reviewer for Nature “Scientific Reports”, ISSN 2045-2322.
  • Reviewer for Springer “Acta Physiologiae Planterum”, Journal ISSN 1861-1664.
  • Reviewer for Springer “Biotechnology Letters”, Journal ISSN 0141-5492.
  • Reviewer for Springer “Vegetos”, Journal ISSN 2229-4473.

  1. Mahendrana G, Savith Ashraf T, Khalifa YZ, Abhishek Sharma, Sankaranarayanan A, (2022) Evaluation of environment by microbial sensors. In Pradeep Verma, Maulin P. Shah, Bioprospecting of Microbial Diversity, Elsevier, pp 407-424. ISBN 978-0-323-90958-7.
  2. Dhuti Amin, Sanket Ray, and Abhishek Sharma (2021) “Gibberellin” in N Amaresan, Prittesh Patel, Dhruti Amin (Eds) Practical Handbook on Agriculture Microbiology. Humana Press, Springer Protocol Book, pp 273-276, ISBN 978-1-0716-1724-3.
  3. Dhruti Amin, Abhishek Sharma and Sanket Ray (2021) “Cyanobacteria” in N Amaresan, Prittesh Patel, Dhruti Amin (Eds) Practical Handbook on Agriculture Microbiology.  Humana Press, Springer Protocol Book, pp 85-91, ISBN 978-1-0716-1724-3.
  4. Prittesh Patel, Ami Naik, and Abhishek Sharma (2021) “Isolation and identification of Nitrite oxidizing microbes” in N Amaresan, Prittesh Patel, Dhruti Amin (Eds) Practical Handbook on Agriculture Microbiology. Humana Press, Springer Protocol Book, pp 219-221, ISBN 978-1-0716-1724-3.
  5. Sankaranarayanan A, Khalifa AYZ, Amaresan N and Abhishek Sharma (2021) “Soil Microbiome to maximize the benefits to crop plants – a special reference to rhizosphere microbiome”. 125-140 In: Microbiome stimulants for crops: Mechanisms and applications.  James White, Ajay Kumar and Samir Droby, Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier publications), Oxford, U.K. pp. 125-140. ISBN 978-0-12-822122-8.
  6. Abhishek Sharma, Dhruti Amin, Rajesh Arora, Ajay Kumar Mathur (2020) “Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Gene Mediated Biological Pest Management in Grain Legumes” In Amaresan N, Kumar S, Kumar K, Sankaranarayanan A (Eds.) Microbial mitigation of stress responses of food legume plants, pp 245-256, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, ISBN 978-0-367-46024-2.

Book Edited/Written/Published

  1. ‘The Future of Metabolic Engineering’ with Nova Science Publishers, USA, Edited by Dr. Abhishek Sharma and Dr. Dhruti Amin; DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/VEAH4499
  2. Special Issue of MDPI LIFE “Antimicrobial and Antibody Development in Plants: From Basic Research to Translational Applications”. Eds. Pragya Tiwari and Abhishek Sharma (ISSN 2075-1729)

  • ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-6892
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-sharma-20440231/
  • Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SP1CbssAAAAJ&hl=en
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