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Ravi Kumar

Ravi Kumar

Ravi Kumar
Ravi Kumar
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Biotechnology
Email
ravikr@jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Areas of Interest/Specialization
  • To study the mechanism of chromosome condensation in prokaryotes. 
  • To study the function of enzymes crucial of bacterial survival.

 

Experience

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Awards & Honours

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Pratibha Kumari, Vinayak Hegde, Anant Bakshi, M. Suguna, M. Dharma Prasad, B.S. Gnanesh Kumar, Dandamudi Usharani, Kunal Sharan, Ravi Kumar. A novel regulatory motif at the hinge dimer interface of the MksB mediates dimerization and DNA binding activity, Biochimie, 2024 (In Press).

2. Anusree Lohithakshan, Raja Narayanasamy, Deshmukh P., Dandamudi Usharani, Ravi Kumar. Insights into the role of F26 residue in the FMN: ATP adenylyltransferase activity of Staphylococcus aureus FAD synthetase. BBA-Proteins and proteomics, 2022, 1870 (5), 14078.

3. Anusree Lohithakshan, Raja Narayanasamy, Upasana S Potteth, Shwetha Keshava, Vibha Nagaraja, Dandamudi Usharani, Ravi Kumar. Molecular insights into the mechanism of substrate binding and catalysis of bifunctional FAD synthetase from Staphylococcus aureus. Biochimie, 2021,182, 217-227.

4. Suchitra Pradhan, K Shwetha, Pratibha Kumari, Ravi Kumar. Biochemical and functional characterization of the SMC holocomplex from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Microbiology (UK), 2021, 167, 001011.

5. Suchitra Pradhan, Swathy Velaparambil Bipinachandran, Pratibha Kumari, M. Suguna, M. Dharma Prasad, Ravi Kumar. MksB, an alternate condensin from Mycobacterium smegmatis is involved in DNA binding and condensation. Biochimie, 2020,171, 136-146.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

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Patents (if any)

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A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.