Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Profile of Dr. Vaibhav Kumar

Name	:	Dr. Vaibhav Kumar
Designation	:	Scientist
Email	:	vaibhavchf@gmail.com
Telephone (Office)	:	+91-0512 2572464, +91-0512 2572465
Mobile No.	:	+91-79857 71028
Date of joining ICAR	:	01st January, 2016
Discipline and specialization	:	Plant Biochemistry
Training/advance exposure in the area of work	:	Chromatographic study of phytochemical in pulses, Enzyme assay, Enzyme Kinetics, Protein profiling, Spectrophotometric estimation of phytochemicals present in pulses.

Standardized the biochemical parameters associated with heat stress in chickpea.
Involved in the estimation of bioactive components associated with the health-promoting properties and flatulence in field pea and common bean.
Biochemical estimation of pulse milling by-product for edible use.

Abiotic stress tolerance in pulses.

Kumar V., Ali K., Kumar A., Tewari K., Garg N.K., Changan S.S. and Tyagi A.(2018). Cloning and heterologous expression of Os-AP2/ERF-N22 drought inducible rice transcription factor in E. coli. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 88 (10): 1515–20.
Tewari K., Kumar V., Kumar A. et al.(2018). Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the promoter of γ-Tocopherol Methyl Transferase (γ-TMT) gene of soybean (Glycine max), 3 Biotech, 8:325.
Tewari K., Dahuja A., Sachdev A., Kumar V., Ali K., Kumar A., and Kumari S.(2017). Molecular cloning, heterologous expression and functional characterization of gamma tocopherol methyl transferase (γ-TMT) from Glycine max. Protein Expression and Purification 140: 81-89.
Changan S.S., Ali K., Kumar V. et al. (2018). Abscisic acid biosynthesis under water stress: anomalous behavior of the 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase1 (NCED1) gene in rice. Biol Plant 62, 663–670.
Lamichaney A., Kumar V.., Katiyar P.K.(2018). Effect of seed priming induced metabolic changes on germination and field emergence of chickpea. Journal of Environmental Biology 39: 522–528.

Secured 2nd position in the International conference “Pulses as the climate smart crop: Challenges and Opportunities” organized by ISPRD held at Bhopal during Feb, 10-12, 2020. Tewari K., Kumar V., Charu S., and Parihar A. K. (2020). Profiling of fieldpea and cowpea genotypes for their bioactive contituents.
Secured 3rd position in the International conference “Pulses as the climate smart crop: Challenges and Opportunities” organized by ISPRD held at Bhopal during Feb, 10-12, 2020. Verma P., Kumar V., Parashar M., and Deepshikha.(2020). Biochemical estimation of fractionated milling by-product of Pigeon pea (Cajanuscajan L.).
CSIR-UGC JRF in 2013 in Life Sciences by UGC, New Delhi.
ICAR SRF in 2013 in Plant Biochemistry by ICAR, New Delhi.
ICAR NET in 2014 in Plant Biochemistry by ICAR, New Delhi.