Dr. M. K. Rai

Faculty Profile
Name
: Dr.MahendraRai
Designation : ProfessorandHead
Department : Biotechnology
RoomNo : 02
Off.Phone : 0721‐2662207/8,Extn267
Residence : ‐
Email
: [email protected]
Personal
: http://www.sgbau.ac.in/CV_Prof_Rai_Fiinal.pdf
webpage
Qualifications:M.Sc.,Ph.D.
AreasofInterest/Specialization:MicrobialBiotechnology&Nanobiotechnology
Experience:30yearsofteachingandresearchexperience
Awards&Honours:
 FatherT.A.Mathiasaward,1989byAllIndiaAssociationforChristianHigher
Education,NewDelhi.
 Visitingscientistaward(fromApril‐June,1999),Turin,Italy
 MediniAwardforbookonHerbalMedicines,byGovtofIndia,June5,2001
 Associateshipfor3‐yearsbyTWAS,Trieste,ItalytoworkonAMfungiinBrazil,
2003
 VisitingScientist,DepartmentofBioenergetics,UniversityofGeneva,Switzerland,
May‐June,2004
 HungarianScholarshipbyHungarianScholarshipBoard,tovisitDepartmentof
PlantProtection,DebrecenUniversity,Hungary(October2005‐January2006and
2008).
 VisitingscientistunderIndo‐Brazilprogramfor2010,2011and2012.
 VisitingscientistatUNICAMP,BrazilJan2013toJan2014underFAPESPvisiting
scientistprogram
InternationalCollaboration/Consultancy
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Indo‐Argentina:collaborationwithDrSusannaZaccinoofArgentinainthefield
ofantimicrobials
Indo‐Swiss: collaboration with Professor Reto J. Strasser in the field of plant
vitalityincropplantsforsustainabledevelopment
Indo‐Italian: collaboration with Professor Massimiliano in the field of
nanotechnology.
Indo‐German: collaboration with Dr Clements Posten, Karlsruhe Institute of
TechnologyGermanyinthefieldofnanotechnology
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Indo‐Brazil: collaboration with Professor Nelson Duran, Chemical Biology,
Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Brazil. in the field of
Nanotechnology
 Indo‐US: Collaboration with Professor Ravi Pandey, Head and Chair, Michigan
Tech,USA,inthefieldofnanotechnology
 Indo‐Poland: Collaboration with Professor Hanna Dahm, Nicolaus Copernicus
University,Torun,Poland.
BestPeerReviewedPublications(upto5)
1. RaiMK,YadavAPandGadeAK(2009).Silvernanoparticlesasanewgenerationof
antimicrobials. Biotechnology Advances, 27(1): 76‐82. (Impact Factor‐ 8.90;
Citationindex‐1451).
2. Gajbhiye MB, Kesharwani JG, Ingle AP, Gade AK and Rai MK (2009). Fungus
mediatedsynthesisofsilvernanoparticlesanditsactivityagainstpathogenicfungi
in combination of Fluconazole. Journal of Nanomedicine NBM, 5(4): 282‐286.
(ImpactFactor‐5.97;Citationindex‐162)
3. Rai MK and Ingle AP (2012). Role of nanotechnology in agriculture with special
reference to management of insect‐pest. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,
94(2):287‐293(ImpactFactor‐3.58)
4. GaikwadS,IngleA,GadeA,RaiM,FalangaA,IncoronatoN,RussoL,GaldieroSand
Galdiero M (2013). Antiviral activity of mycosynthesized silver nanoparticles
againstHerpesSimplexvirusandHumanParainfluenzaVirusType3.International
JournalofNanomedicine.8,4303–4314.(ImpactFactor‐3.4)
5. Rai M, Deshmukh S, Ingle A, Gupta I, Galdiero S and Galdiero M. (2014). Metal
nanoparticles: The protective shield against virus infection. Critical Reviews in
Microbiology(inpress). (ImpactFactor‐5.06)
RecentBooks(upto3)
1. Rai, Mahendra and Nelson Duran, Metal nanoparticles in Microbiology,
Springer,2011
2. Cioffi, N. And Mahendra Rai, Nanoantimicrobials: Progress and Prospects,
Springer,2012
3. Rai, Mahendra and Clemens Posten, Green Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles:
Mechanisms and Applications, CABI, England 2013
Patents(ifany):05
(i)No.3395/MUM/2010(ii)No.1134/MUM/2011
(iii)1923/Mum/2011,(iv)1697/MUM/2013,
(V)3614/MUM/2013
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