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Manoj K. Sharma

Manoj K. Sharma

Manoj K. Sharma
Manoj K. Sharma
Assistant Professor (UGC)
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Biotechnology
Room No
133; Lab 001
Off. Phone
011-26708895
Email
mksharma@jnu.ac.in , manojdarolia@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://cgiatjnu.com/manoj-sharma-jnu/
Qualifications

* Ph.D.  Plant Molecular Biology 

  University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India

* Masters in botanical Sciences

  Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar India.

 

Areas of Interest/Specialization

*  Plant Genomics and Genetic Engineering

*  Functional Genomics 

*  Feedstock Improvement for biofuels and Stress Tolerance 

*  Plant Molecular Farming

 

Experience

*  Assistant Professor, 2014 onwards, Crop Genetics and Informatics Group

*  Ramalingaswami Fellow, 2014 onwards

*  Postdoctoral Employee, UC Davis CA & Joint BioEnergy Institute Emeryville, CA (2009 - 2014) 

*  Research Associate, DPMB, University of Delhi South Campus, (2007 - 2009)

Awards & Honours

*  DBT Ramalingaswami Fellowship 2013

*  JRF & SRF of UGC/CSIR Govt. of India 2002-2007

* ​ Associate Editor, Frontiers in Plant Sciences

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

* Mathur S, Umakanth AV, Tonapi VA, Sharma R, and Sharma MK. (2017) Sweet Sorghum as Biofuel Feedstocks: Recent Advances and Available Resources. Biotechnology and Biofuels, 10:146

* Sharma MK, Sharma R, Cao P, Jenkins J, Bartley L, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Rokhsar D and Ronald PC (2012) A genome-wide survey of switchgrass genome structure and organization. PLoS One, 7 (4) e33892. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033892.

* Zhang JY, Lee YC, Jerez IT, Wang M, Yin Y, Chou WC, He J, Shen H, Pennacchio C, Lindquist E, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Xu Y, Sharma MK, Sharma R, Ronald P, Saha M, Dixon R, Tang Y and Udvardi M (2013) Development of an integrated transcript sequence database and a gene expression atlas for gene discovery and analysis in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.). The Plant Journal,74(1), 160-73. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12104.

* Bennetzen JL, Schmutz J, Wang H, Percifield R, Hawkins J, Pontaroli AC, Estep M, Feng L, Vaughn JN, Grimwood J, Jenkins J, Barry K, Lindquist E, Hellsten U, Seshpande S, Wang X, Wu X, Mitros T, Triplett J, Yang X, Ye C, Mauro-Herrara M, Wang L, Li P, Sharma MK, Sharma R, Ronald PC, Panaud O, Kellogg EA, Brutnell T, Doust A, Tuskan GA, Rokshar D, Devos KM. (2012) Reference genome sequence of the model plant Setaria. Nature Biotechnology, 30, 555-561. doi:10.1038/nbt.2196.

* The International Brachypodium Initiative (2010) Genome sequence analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon: insights into grass genome evolution. Nature 463, 763-768. doi:10.1038/nature08747.

* Sharma MK, Singh N, Jani D, Sisodia R, Thungapathra M, Gautam JK, Meena LS, Singh Y, Ghosh A, Tyagi AK and Sharma AK (2008) Expression of toxin co-regulated pilus subunit A (TCPA) of Vibrio cholerae and its immunogenic epitopes fused to cholera toxin B subunit in transgenic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Plant Cell Reports 27, 307-318. 10.1007/s00299-007-0464-y. 

 
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

*  Gupta P, Sharma R, Sharma MK, Sharma MP, Satpute GK, Garg S, Singla-Pareek SL, Pareek, A. (2016) Signaling cross talk between biotic and abiotic stress responses in soybean In:  Abiotic and Biotic Stresses in Soybean Production, Soybean Production volume 1, Edt. Mohammad Miransari, Elsevier Inc. published on December 31, 2015.

*  Sharma AK, Sharma MK (2014) Plants as host for recombinant DNA. In. Gene and its Engineering; Edited by H. K. Das, Wiley India, CBS Publishers, pp 410-433. 

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.