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P.C. Rath

P.C. Rath

PC Rath
P.C. Rath
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Life Sciences
Room No
402
Off. Phone
011-26704525
Residence
011-26741862
Email
pcrath@mail.jnu.ac.in pramod.rath@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/pcrath/cv.pdf
Qualifications

Ph.D.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Molecular Biology: (a) Genomic Biology of Repetitive DNA and Noncoding RNA (b) Cytokines, Transcription Factors, Cell Signaling and Disease (c) Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Mammalian Bone Marrow and Regenerative Medicine 

Experience

27 years+ of Teaching and Research at J.N.U.
Supervised 18 Ph.D. and 04 M.Phil. Students/Theses 

Awards & Honours

A.B. Mishra Award, Gold Medal for 1st position in M.Sc. (Zoology) and Reddy Award for 1st position in Biochemistry Specialization in M.Sc. (Zoology), B.H.U. (1981); Tilak Award, Association of Gerontology of India (1988); Swiss National Fund Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Zurich (1989-90); Young Scientist Research Project, Department of Science and Technology (1993-95); Bursary award and second best paper award, I.U.I.S.-F.I.M.S.A. International Immunology Workshop and Symposium, Beijing Medical University (1996); Advanced Genome Sequencing and Analysis Course Fellowship, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York (1998); Clayton Foundation Visiting Scientist Fellowship, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (1998-99); Visiting Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (2000); Invited University Teacher, Indian Academy of Science-Bangalore (2001); Short-term Scholar (N.I.H.), Stem Cell Institute, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2005); Sandia National Laboratories, U.S.A. Fellowship, Asia Conference on Biosecurity and Biosafety, Bangkok (2007); Reviewer: Expert Reviews in Anticancer Therapy, Future Drugs, London (U.K.), Animal (an international journal of animal biosciences), Cambridge University Press (France), Cancer Investigations (U.S.A.), DNA and Cell Biology (U.S.A.), Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Invited Lectures and Chair in several National and International Conferences; Consortium Advisory Committee (CAC) Member, National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (I.C.A.R.) at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal; Member, Bio-Gerontology Task Force and Project Review Committee (PRC), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)  

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Nil 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
# Singh D.K. and Rath P.C. (2012) Long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs) show tissue-specific, mosaic genome and methylation-unrestricted, wide-spread expression of noncoding RNAs in somatic tissues of the rat. RNA Biology 9(11): 1380-1396.
# Mishra RR, Chaudhary JK, Rath PC (2012) Cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by expression of a novel TPIP (TPIP-C2) cDNA encoding a C2-domain in HEK-293 cells. Mol Biol Rep 39: 7389-7402.
# Mishra RR, Chaudhary JK, Bajaj GD, Rath PC (2011) A novel human TPIP splice-variant (TPIP-C2) mRNA, expressed in human and mouse tissues, strongly inhibits cell growth in HeLa cells. PLoS one 6(12): e28433.
# Rath P.C. (2005) Relationship between constitutive Nuclear Factor-kappaB (NF-kB) and Inhibitor kappaB-alpha (IkB-a) in an Interferon-a-sensitive human Burkitt lymphoma cell line. Biochim. Biophys. Acta: Molecular Basis of Disease 1741: 253-263
# Dey I. and Rath P.C. (2005) A novel rat genomic simple repeat DNA with RNA-homology shows triplex (H-DNA)-like structure and tissue-specific RNA expression. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 327: 276-286 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

# Gupta A, Rath PC (2012) Expression, purification and characterization of the interferon-inducible, antiviral and tumor-suppressor protein, human RNase L. J Biosci 37: 103-111.
# Prakash K. and Rath P.C. (2010) Replacement of the C-terminal tetrapeptide (314PAPV317 to 314SSSM317) in Interferon Regulatory Factor-2 alters its N-terminal DNA binding activity, J. Biosci. 35 (4): 547-556
# Rath P.C. and Mukhopadhyaya T. (2009) p53 gene expression and 2-methoxyestradiol treatment differentially induce NF-kB activation in human lung cancer cells with different p53 phenotypes, DNA Cell Biol. 28 (12): 615-623 

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.