Subject Taught in Undergraduate

Sem-I- PLANT DIVERSITY, MUSHROOM CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY
Sem-II- BIOFERTILIZERS AND BIOPESTICIDES, MUSHROOM CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGY
Sem-III- CC-3 (CELL BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND MICROBIOLOGY)
Sem-IV – CC10 (GENETICS), SEC-B (PLANT BREEDING), CC-4/GE (PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM)
Sem-V – CC11 (CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY), CC12 (BIOCHEMISTRY)
Sem VI – CC13 (PLANT PHYSIOLOGY), CC-14 (PLANT METABOLISM)

Specialization: Molecular Genetics, Advanced Cell Biology, Applied Plant Breeding and Plant Tissue Culture

Ph. D. Thesis Title: Investigating the role of ß-aminobutyric acid (BABA) in potentiating drought stress response in maize (Zea may

Working experience

Award/Fellowship/Achievements

Research Experience

Publications: in peer reviewed journal
1. Shaw AK, Hossain Z (2013) Impact of nano-CuO stress on rice (Oryza sativa L) seedlings. Chemosphere 93:906–915 (IF-8.80)
2. Shaw AK, Ghosh S, Kalaji HM, Bosa K, Brestic M, Zivcak M, Hossain Z (2014) NanoCuO stress induced modulation of antioxidative defense and photosynthetic performance of Syrian barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Environmental and Experimental Botany 102:37–47 (IF-5.70)
3. Shaw AK, Bhardwaj PK, Ghosh S, Roy S, Saha S, Sherpa AR, Saha SK, Hossain Z (2015) β-aminobutyric acid mediated drought stress alleviation in maize (Zea mays L.). Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23:2437–2453 (IF-5.80)
4. Ghosh S, Shaw AK, Azahar I, Adhikari S, Jana S, Roy S, Kundu A, Sherpa AR, Hossain Z (2016) Arsenate (AsV) stress response in maize (Zea mays L.). Environmental and Experimental Botany 130:53–67 (IF-5.70)
5. Ghosh S, Singh K, Shaw AK, Azahar I, Adhikari S, Ghosh U, Basu U, Roy S, Saha S, Sherpa AR, Hossain Z (2017) Insights into the miRNA-mediated response of maize leaf to arsenate stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 137:96-109 (IF-5.70)
6. Shaw AK, Bhardwaj PK, Ghosh S, Azahar I, Adhikari S, Adhikari A, Sherpa AR, Saha SK, Hossain Z (2017) Profiling of BABA-induced differentially expressed genes of Zea mays using suppression subtractive hybridization. RSC Advances 7:43849–43865 (IF- 3.90)
7. Adhikari S, Ghosh S, Azahar I, Adhikari A, Shaw AK, Konar S, Roy S, Hossain Z
(2018) Sulfate improves cadmium tolerance by limiting cadmium accumulation, modulation of sulfur metabolism and antioxidant defense system in maize. Environmental and Experimental Botany 153:143-162 (IF-5.70)
8. Adhikari A, Adhikari S, Ghosh S, Azahar I, Shaw AK, Roy D, Roy S, Saha S, Hossain Z (2019) Imbalance of redox homeostasis and antioxidant defense status in maize under chromium (VI) stress. Environmental and Experimental Botany 169:103873 (IF-5.70)
9. Azahar I, Ghosh S, Adhikari A, Adhikari S, Roy D, Shaw AK, Singh K, Hossain Z (2019) Comparative analysis of maize root sRNA transcriptome unveils the regulatory roles of miRNAs in submergence stress response mechanism. Environmental and Experimental Botany 171:103924 (IF-5.70)
10. Saha D, Shaw AK, Datta S, Mitra J (2021) Evolution and functional diversity of abiotic stress-responsive NAC transcription factor genes in Linum usitatissimum L. Environmental and Experimental Botany 188: 104512 (IF-5.70)
11. Dey G, Banerjee P, Sharma RK, Maity JP, Etesami H, Shaw AK, Huang Y-H, Huang HB, Chen C-Y (2021) Management of Phosphorus in Salinity-Stressed Agriculture for Sustainable Crop Production by Salt-Tolerant Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria-A Review. Agronomy 11: 1552 (IF-3.70)
12. Saha D*, Shaw AK*, Datta S, Mitra J, Kar G* (2022) DNA hypomethylation is the driver for heat stress adaptation in Linum usitatissimum. Physiologia Plantarum 174 (03) e13689. [IF-6.4]
13. Saha D, Shaw AK, Mandal P, Thimmaiah MR, Datta S, Satya P, Mitra J, Kar G (2022) Sui Generis Development of Molecular Markers from Transcriptome of Crotalaria juncea, a Fabaceae Family Bast Fiber Crop. Journal of Natural Fibers 20(01): 2139327. [IF-3.50]
14. Adhikari A, Roy D, Adhikari S, Saha S, Ghosh PK, Shaw AK, Hossain Z (2023) microRNAomic profiling of maize root reveals multifaceted mechanisms to cope with Cr (VI) stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 198: 107693. [IF-6.50]
15. Saha D, Datta S, Shaw AK, Thimmaiah MR, Satya P, Mitra J, Kar G (2023) De novo transcriptome of a bast fibre crop Crotalaria juncea reveals T2 ribonuclease genes to investigate late-acting self-rejection of pollens. Industrial Crops & Products 202: 117064. [IF-5.90]
16. Dey G, Patil MP, Banerjee A, Sharma RK, Banerjee P, Maity JP, Singha S, Taharia M, Shaw AK, Huang H-B, Kim G-D, Chen C-Y (2023) The role of bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) in the synthesis of antimicrobial silver nanomaterials: A stateof-the-art review. Journal of Microbiological Methods 212: 106809. [IF-2.20]
17. Roy D, Adhikari A, Saha S, Ghosh PK, Shaw AK, Mukherjee M, Pramanik G, Hossain Z
(2023) Untying the regulatory roles of miRNAs in CuO-NPs stress response mechanism in maize: A genome-wide sRNA transcriptome analysis. Chemosphere 347: 140628. [IF-8.80]
18. Saha S, Adhikari A, Ghosh PK, Shaw AK, Roy D, Choubey S, Basuli D, Tarafder M, Roy S, Hossain Z (2024) Untying arsenite tolerance mechanisms in contrasting maize genotypes attributed to NIPs mediated controlled influx and root-to-shoot translocation, redox homeostasis and phytochelatin-mediated detoxification pathway. Chemosphere 362: 142647. [IF-8.80]

Popular Articles
1. Saha D, Shaw AK, Datta S, Mitra J (2021) Functional Genomics of Abiotic Stresses Tolerance in Flax, Linum usitatissimum. Agriculture Letters 02: 46-50.  Seminar/ Symposium- Attended/ Abstracts presented: International/ National
1. Shaw AK, Ghosh S, Roy S, Saha S, Sherpa AR, Saha SK, Hossain Z (2016) β- aminobutyric acid-mediated drought stress alleviation in maize (Zea mays L.) International symposium on Insight to Plant Biology in the Modern era, Bose Institute, Main campus and
Centenary Campus, Kolkata, India, February 8-10, 2017. Workshop- Attended

GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ACADEMIC NETWORKS- “GENOME INFORMATICS”
(Data mining, systems biology, biomarker discovery, neural networks & protein modelling for functional analysis and designing of life forms) delivered by Dr. Graham Ball, Professor & Chair in Bioinformatics, School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK in Panjab University, Chandigarh, from October 03-08, 2018.

Hands-On Training Program on Advances in Functional Genomics & Gene Editing ” at the Department of Biotechnology in collaboration with Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility (SAIF)/Central Instrumentation Laboratory (CIL), Panjab University, Chandigarh scheduled from November 14-20,