Dr. Ashutosh Mani

Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: amani[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 05322271239(O)

Other Academic Achievements

Keynote Address/Invited Talks in Conferences & Workshops:: Self sponsored short term course on Microbial Technology and Biofilms; Avenues and Applications,Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 12/01/2015 delivered a lecture entitled Tools in Microbial Bioinformatics; Self sponsored short term course on Biotechnology, IPR and Entrepreneurship, Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 13/01/2015 delivered a lecture entitled IPR and Bioinformatics; Self sponsored short term course on Recent Advances in Fermentation Technology,Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 18/01/2015 delivered a lecture entitled An introduction to Tools in Bioinformatics; Self sponsored short term course on Plant Tissue culture Techniques and Applications,Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 24/01/2015 delivered a lecture entitled Tools and databases in Plant Bioinformatics; Self sponsored short term course on Genomics for Crop Improvement, Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 25/12/2015 entitled Crop improvement and Bioinformatics; Self sponsored short term course on Biotechnology, Health and diagnostics,Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 27/01/2016 delivered a lecture entitled Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology Tools; Self sponsored short term course on Computer Aided Drug Designing, Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 28/05/2016 delivered a lecture entitled An Overview of Computer Aided Drug designing; Short term course on Advances in Bioscience and Bioengineering, Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 21/10/2016 delivered a lecture entitled Computational Molecular Biology Tools; Self sponsored short term course on Modelling and Optimization of chemical & Biochemical Processes, Department of Chemical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad on 20/01/2017 delivered a lecture entitled Protein structure prediction tools; Self sponsored short term course on Research Methodology, Data analysis and stress tolerance in plants, Department of Biotechnology, MNNIT Allahabad on 26/01/2017 delivered a lecture entitled Methods in Plant Bioinformatics; DBT sponsored workshop on Big Data Analysis: Introduction & Challenges in Agriculture & Healthcare held from January 29-31, 2019 at Biotech Park, Lucknow delivered a lecture entitled Introduction to NGS Data Analysis.; Workshop on “PROTEIN PURIFICATION AND ITS SUSTAINABLE APPLICATION IN DRUG DESIGNING ANDAGRIWASTEMANAGEMENT” 3rd-9th October 2018 at SHUATS Allahabad delivered a lecture entitled Computational drug discovery.; Short term course on Next Gen sequencing data analysis Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, U.P. during December 17-23, 2018 delivered a lecture entitled Introduction to RNA Seq data Analysis.; National workshop on “Biotechnological Approaches for Industrial Waste Management and Renewable Energy (IWMRE 2019), April 1-7th, 2019, Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, Invited talk titled Introduction to Tool in Computational Biology; National Conference on " National Conference on “Omics for Food, Health and Environment” (OFHE-2020) " Department of Biotechnology, DDU Gorakhpur University, Invited talk on " Applications of OMICS tools in discovering novel therapeutics against Alzheimers disease"

Chair in Conferences:

1. The Sixth International Conference on Bioinformatics of Genome Regulation and Structure (BGRS 2008) Novosibirsk, Russia. 2. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENT AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY - EBT 2014, HongKong, 2014. 3. ANGUS: Analyzing High Throughput Sequencing Data, University of California at Davis, USA, 2017. 4. NBA Accreditation: Regulations and Procedure, MNNIT Allahabad on July 27, 2019. 5. Role of Alumni in Professional Growth of students in enhancing professional competency during November 10, 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad. 6. International Conference CHEM-CONFLUX20 on ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT during February 14-16, 2020 at MNNIT Allahabad. 7. Industrial Application of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology during November 15-16, 2019 at MNNIT Allahabad.

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:: Short term training program â€˜Frontier in Biotechnologyâ€™ at MNNIT Allahabad from 28/05/2013 to 01/06/2013; Short term training program â€˜Human Health and Environment Sustainabilityâ€™ MNNIT Allahabad from 04/06/2013 to 08/06/2013; International Conference on Health, Environment and Industrial Biotechnology (BioSangam 2013) at MNNIT Allahabad from 21/11/2013 to 23/11/2013; Self financed short term course on Genomics for crop improvement at MNNIT Allahabad from 23/12/2015 to 29/12/2015; International Conference on Translational Biotechnology (BioSangam 2016) at MNNIT Allahabad from 04/02/2016 to 06/02/2016; Self financed short term course on computer aided drug designing at MNNIT Allahabad from 27/05/2016 to 02/06/2016; Short term course on Current Advances in Applied Biotechnology at MNNIT Allahabad from 13/10/2016 to 19/10/2016; International Conference on " Innovations and Translational Dimensions: Food, Health and Environmental Biotechnology” [Biosangam-2018] at MNNIT Allahabad from 09/03/2018 to 11/03/2018; Hindi worksgop on Takniki Gyan ke Sanrakshan Evam Samwardhan Me Hindi Ka Yogdan Evam Sambhavnayen at MNNIT Allahabad from 28/03/2018 to 28/03/2018; ACADEMIA-INDUSTRY CONCLAVE (AIC-2019) March 29th - March 30th, 2018 at MNNIT Allahabad from 29/03/2020 to 30/03/2020; Summer Training Program in Biotechnology (STPB-2018) at MNNIT Allahabad from 28/05/2018 to 24/06/2018; Short Term Course on Next Gen Sequencing data analysis at MNNIT Allahabad from 17/12/2018 to 23/12/2018; Summer training Summer Training Program in Biotechnology (STPB-2019) at MNNIT Allahabad from 28/05/2019 to 24/06/2019; International Conference on Biotechnological Interventions for Societal Development (Biosangam 2020) at MNNIT Allahabad from 21/02/2020 to 23/02/2020; Awareness about Precautionary Measures for Covid-19 Prevention at MNNIT Allahabad from 10/10/2020 to 10/10/2020; Short term course on Recent Advances in Structural Bioinformatics at MNNIT Allahabad from 27/02/2021 to 03/03/2021

On-going Projects:: Computational screening to identify plant-derived DPP IV inhibitors as therapeutics of diabetes type 2” SERB New Delhi (As PI); Project on Training programs in structural Bioinformatics and Drug Designing, DBT New Delhi.(as PI); ASEAN-India Collaborative research project "Plant growth-promoting bacteria as bioinoculants for combating drought stress in long bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis)" Funded by AISTDF , Science & Engineering Research Board ( as PI); "Integrated machine learning and genomics based approach to develop novel diagnostic markers for colorectal cancer " Funded by CSTUP (as PI)

Projects Completed:: Screening and identification of natural inhibitors for Î²-Secretase-1 as potential therapeutics against Alzheimers disease, SERB, New Delhi (2019- 2022) (As PI); Study of role of lactone signaling and alginate production on neutrophil interaction, apoptosis, and subsequent macrophage mediated phagocytosis against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm associated infections SERB, New Delhi (As Co-PI); Domain specific functional investigation of YB-1(a cold shock domain protein) interacting proteins as prospective therapeutic targets in adenocarcinoma of colon, SERB New Delhi(2015-2018) (As PI); Identification of novel drug targets in Aspergillus fumigatus genome prioritized by essentiality based screening and rational designing of new antifungal compounds CSTUP (2015-2018) (As PI); Comparative study on microarray based expression porfiling of trancriptome for revealing the mechanism of heavy metal toxicity tolerance in plants TEQIP II (MNNIT) (2012-2014) (As PI); In silico identification of novel drug targets against Malaria and in vitro assay of drugs MNNIT (2012-2014) (As PI)

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:: Scientific Reports, Experimental Cell Research, Journal of Bimolecular Structure and Dynamics, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Gene Reports, Computational Biology and Chemistry, Current Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, BMC Plant Biology, 3 Biotech, Frontiers in Bioscience, Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cancer, Journal of Molecular Modeling, Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, Genes and Genomics, International Journal of Biomedical Data Mining, Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, Journal of Molecular Recognition, Archives of Microbiology, Current Microbiology, Canadian Respiratory Journal, Current Pharmaceutical Design. Frontiers in Genetics, Current Microbiology, Genes and Genomics, Tumor Biology, Gene, Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Biochimie, Journal of Reproductive Health and Medicine, National Academy Science Letters, American Journal of Applied Sciences, 3 Biotech, Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling, Heliyon, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Other Significant Achievements:: Award of University Grants Commission (UGC) research fellowship for Doctoral Studies; MUR research grant from Italian Government.; CSIR travel grant for attending BGRS 2008, Novosibirsk, Russia.; SERB,ITS travel grant for attending ANGUS 2017, University of California, USA.