Dr. Praveen Gehlot
Name: Praveen Gehlot
Designation: Professor
DOB: 29/09/1973
E-mail: drpg73@rediffmail.com
Mobile No.: +91 - 9414701280
Address: Vyas Colony Soorsagar,Jodhpur-342024

Academic Qualification:

S.No. Name of Examination Year Name of University Subjects offered Division
1 Ph.D. 1999 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Botany Awarded
2 M.Sc. 1996 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Botany I Division
3 B.Sc. 1994 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Botany, Zoology and Chemistry I Division

Teaching & Research Experience Details:

S.No. Name of Institute Designation From To
1 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Associate Prorfessor 07/03/2013 06/03/2016
2 Jai Narain Vyas University Professor 07/03/2016 N/A

Details of Consultancy Project/s grid :

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Membership of Academic Societies:

S.No. Name Of Society Remark
1 Mycological Society of India Life Member
2 Association of Microbiologist, India Life Member
3 Indian Science Congress Association Life Member
4 Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology Life Member
5 Academy of Plant Sciences, India Life Member
6 Indian Botanical society, India Life Meber
7 Mendelian Society of India Life Member

Academic Post:

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1 Mycological Society of India: Executive council me N/A
2 Mycological Society of India: Vice President N/A

Scopus/WOS Indexed Publication/s:

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Published Book/s :

S.No. Name of author Title of book Publisher Year authored
1 Praveen Gehlot Research Compandium of Phellorinoa Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2024 Author
2 Joginder Singh and Praveen Gehlot Biomolecules of Fungi: Nutraceutical, Pharmace AgroBios Research, India 2022 Editor
3 Joginder Singh and Praveen Gehlot New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechno Elsevier Publication, Netharland 2020 Editor
4 Joginder Singh and Praveen Gehlot New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechno Elsevier Publication, Netharland 2020 Editor
5 Joginder Singh and Praveen Gehlot New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechno Elsevier Publication, Netharland 2020 Editor
6 Joginder Singh and Praveen Gehlot New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotech Elsevier Publication, Netharland 2020 Editor
7 Praveen Gehlot and Joginder Singh Fungi and their role in Sustainable Development: C Springer Nature Publication, Singapur 2018 Editor
8 Praveen Gehlot and Joginder Singh Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungii Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 Author
9 Praveen Gehlot and Joginder Singh Microbes: In Action Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 Editor
10 S.Kaur, Praveen Gehlot and Anju Ojha Pyrenomycetes Fungi Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2010 Author

Published Book Chapter/s :

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Editor/s in Journals :

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1 Kavaka Invited Editor Mycological Society of India N/A

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Publication/s In CARE listed Journals:

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Administrative Experience:

S.No. Name of Institute Designation From To
1 Jai Narain Vyas University Nodal Officer, RUSA/PM-USHA 18/10/2019 20/02/2024
2 Jai Narain Vyas University Nodal Officer, Smart Village 07/03/2019 N/A
3 Jai Narain Vyas University Member, NIRF 09/11/2017 N/A
4 Jai Narain Vyas University Co-Chairperson, NAAC Committee 26/02/2022 N/A
5 Jai Narain Vyas University Nodal Officer, RHTQIS 22/06/2023 N/A
6 Jai Narain Vyas University Member, Academic Council 07/03/2016 N/A
7 Jai Narain Vyas University Director, EMMRC 01/04/2022 28/02/2024
8 Jai Narain Vyas University Director, Computer Centre 07/02/2022 N/A
9 Jai Naraiin Vyas University Coordinator, NSS 30/09/2022 30/06/2023
10 Jai Narain Vyas University Co-Coordinator, PTET-2020 30/12/2021 N/A
         

Academic Award/Honor / Fellowships::

S.No. Name of Award/Honor / Fellowships Year
1 Young Scientist Fellowship award, DST Fast Track, New Delhi 2003
2 Pool Officer (SRAs) Fellowship award, CSIR, New Delhi 2007
3 III Merit in RPSC Lectureship exame, Rajasthan 2010
4 Paryavaran Saraksan Samman By MMT, Jodhpur 2016
5 APSI National Gold Medal Award 2017
6 Prof. P. C Trivedi Medal Award for Editorial Excellence By Indian Botanical Society, India 2022
7 Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Best Teacher Award by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rastriya Sansthan, India 2023
8 Vrikshbandhu Puruskar, ASPS Rajasthan. 2023
9 Fellow of Mendelian Academy of Sciences (FMAS), India 2024
10 Maru Ratna Award, Rajasthan 2025
11 Vice-Chancellor Award Certificate 2025
     

Research Projects:

Major Research Project: 3

Minor Research Projects: 2
Mentor in student projec: N/A

Consultancy projects:N/A

S.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Status
1 New Approaches for Systematics of Deuteromycetes based on Conidium ontogeny and Molecular phylogeny DST, New Delhi 3 year Completed
2 Molecular Characterization of Anamorphic Fungi with their Teleomorph based on Sequences of Internal Transcribed Spacer region of 5.8S rDNA gene CSIR, New Delhi 3 Year Completed
3 Biodiversity and molecular characterization of wild mushroom from diverse regions of Indian Thar Desert CAS-UGC Scheme 5 Year Completed
4 Molecular characterization and diversity assessment of wood decaying fungi and wild mushrooms (macrofungi) from Indian Thar Desert RHTQIS, Stae Govt. Rajasthan 2 Year Completed
5 DNA barcoding of macrofungi from western Rajasthan PM-USHA Scheme, Govt of India 2 Year On going
         

Overseas PDF Supervised :N/A

Ph. D Awarded : N/A

PhD Pursuing : N/A

Post Graduate Dissertations Supervised : N/A

Research Guidance:

S.No. Name of Student Title of Thesis/PDF Submitted Awarded
1 Dr. Ruchika Sharma Diversity assessment of actinomycetes based on 16S rRNA from Indian Thar desert and their antimicrobial potentials Submitted 2016
2 Surendra Kumar Molecular characterization of Actinomycetes from Indian Thar Desert and their antimicrobial potentials Submitted 2017
3 Dilip Singh Soloanki Purification and characterization of antifungal proteins from some legume of Indian Thar Desert Submitted 2018
4 Khushbu Parihar Molecular characterization and antimicrobial potential of thermophilic and halophilic actinomycetes isolates of Rajasthan Submitted 2021
5 Jaipal Sing Diversity Assessment and Molecular Characterization of Macrofungi from Aravalli Mountain Range of Rajasthan Submitted 2024
         

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Detail of Publications

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1 Gasteroid fungus Phellorinia herculeana (Pers.) Kreisel Eaten by Rat: New Report from Indian Thar Desert, Rajasthan. Kavaka 60 148 -
2 Morchella crassipes (Vent.) Pers.: First record from Aravalli Mountain Range, Rajasthan based on ITS sequence analysis Kavaka 59 92 N/A
3 Interactive effects of non-fodder litter and fungal species on soil enzymes: A microcosm temporal assessment from Indian arid zone Environment Conservation Journal 24 87 N/A
4 Evaluation of Thar desert bacterial lipases for catalytic efficiencies and biodiesel production potentials Biologia 78 1187 N/A
5 GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial activity and bioautography antioxidant assay in Fagonia bruguier Advances in Bioresearch 13 29 N/A
6 Antifungal Proteins: An ecofriendly approach for sustainable alternative of biocontrol against the disease causing agents in plants. Kavaka 58 60 N/A
7 Species Composition and Diversity Dynamics of Actinomycetes in Arid and Semi-arid Salt Basins of Rajasthan Current Microbiology 79 1 N/A
8 In-silico validation of Prosopis ciniraria therapeutic peptides against fungal cell wall: Better treatment strategy for fungal diseases International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 28 1 N/A
9 Nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and industrial bioactive compounds of gastroid fungi: A review Kavaka 57 38 N/A
10 Molecular characterization of Nocardiopsis species from Didwana dry salt Lake of Rajasthan, India Journal of Applied and Natural Science 13 396 N/A
11 Purification and characterization of a novel thermostable antifungal protein with chitinase activity from Mung bean Journal of Environmental Biology 39 406 N/A
12 Application of Nano-technology in Plant Pathogen Managements: Knowledge and Gaps Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 7 4246 N/A
13 Diversity of Gastromycetes flora in Indian Thar Desert. Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity 23 74 N/A
14 Eco-friendly technology-Biopriming: A review EJournal of Applied Forest Ecology 4 47 -
15 Probiotics and Prebiotics International Journal of Microbiology Research 8 762 -
16 Phellorinia: A Under exploited Mushroom Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity 24 1 -
17 New Loculoascomycetous species from India Journal Economic & Taxonomy Botany 38 537 -
18 Aflatoxin contamination of maize seeds under storage in Tribal area of Rajasthan Current Agriculture 31 141 -
19 Diversity of thermophilic fungi in the soil of Indian Thar Desert Indian Phytopathology 63 452 -
20 Studies on Mycoflora associated with herbarium sheets Journal Indian Botanical Society 90 197 -
21 Isolation and Enzymatic characterization of Streptomyces isolates from Western Rajasthan. Plant Archives 17 929 -
22 Notes on Sphaeropsis and Microsphaeropsis species of Rajasthan Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 40 162 -
23 Characterization of a novel seed protein of Prosopis cineraria showing antifungal activity International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 116 16 N/A
24 Ultrastructure characterization of conidium development of Nematophagus fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus Journal of Indian Botanical Society 88 147 -
25 Ecology of Soil Fungi in Arid and Semi-Arid regions of Rajasthan The Botanica 58 36 -
26 Studies on fungal flora in mung bean during storage Journal of Arid legume 7 74 -
27 Loss in seed germinability of oil seeds of western Rajasthan by associated mycoflora Current Agriculture 31 85 -
28 Assessment of litter availability and its quality plasticity of four wild species of the Indian arid environment Tropical Ecology 60 1 N/A
29 Distance based analysis of soil mycofloral communities of hot arid region of India International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Science, 45 45 N/A
30 Taxonomical notes on Graphiola phoenics-Causal organism of false smut disease of date palm Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 41 336 -
31 New Pyrenomycetous species from India Journal Economic & Taxonomy Botany 37 723 -
32 Biocontrol of Fusarium Wilt Diseases of Chilli through Seed Bacterization with Pseudomonas fluorescent Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 32 133 -
33 Taxonomical notes on Acaulospora species of Indian Thar Desert Journal of Basic and Applied Mycology, 12 47 -
34 Ethno-mycological studies of wild edible mushroom Podaxis pistilaris (L.,EX PERS) FR.: A mini Review Journal of Tropical Forestry 32 58 -
35 Seed Mycoflora of Famine Food From Indian Thar Desert The Botanica 55 107 -
36 Hitherto Unknown Green Mould Disease of Edible Gastroid Mushroom Phellorinia herculeana (Pers.) Kreisel Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 47 232 -
37 Impact of climate change on host, pathogen and plant disease adaptation regime: A review Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia, 15 529 -
38 Molecular characterization of secondary metabolite producing Strptomycetes species Journal of Drug Delivery & Therapeutics 2 75 -
39 Anamorphic Fungi: An Overview Middle- East Journal of Scientific Research 6 201 -
40 Evaluation of Pseudomonas fluorescens as a Biocontrol agent and Bio-fertilizer associated with chilli rhizosphere Biofertilizer News Letters 13 12 -
41 Diversity spectrum of Soil fungi in Thar Desert Annals of arid Zone 48 113 -
42 New Pyrenomycetes genus from India Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 41 487 -
43 Synergistic effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in bioremediation of iron contaminated soils International Journal of Phytoremediation 18 697 -
44 Edible gastromycetes mushrooms of Thar Desert: New economic source for rural upliftment Mushroom Research-An International Journal 25 55 -
45 A New Destructive Dieback and Fruit rot Disease of Ker (Capparis decidua) in Indian Thar Desert Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 31 397 -
46 Ultra structure of conidium ontogeny in Colletotrichum capsici Indian Phytopathology 54 215 -
47 Diversity of VAM/AM Fungi in Indian Thar Desert Oikoassay 19 23 -
48 Ultrastructure of conidia and conidium ontogeny of Dichomera capparidis. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 34 01 -
49 Biology of Coelomycetous Fungi The Botanica 56 111 -
50 Resistance of Colletotrichum capsici isolate to Mancozeb Science and Culture 67 395 -
51 Varietals Resistance and Biochemical Parameters Responsible For Resistance to Die- Back Disease of Chilli Geobios 28 49 -
52 A New fruit rot disease of Capparis Indian Phytopathology 54 140 -
53 Leaf Inhabiting fungi of some medicinal plants Current Agriculture 31 137-13 -
54 Beltrania mangiferae Munjal and Kapoor- A new record from Rajasthan Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 38 126 -
55 Studies on edaphic factor and rhizosphere mycoflora associated with some medicinal plants of western Rajasthan Planta Indica 2 41 -
56 Survey of mycoflora association with rhizosphere of Jojoba Journal of Phytological Research 15 241 -
57 Conidium ontogeny of Phacidiella viticola Journal of Phytological Research 15 215 -
58 Taximetric Studies on Ascomycetous Fungi Hypoxylon and Xylaria Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 39 396 -
59 Occurrence and characterization of hitherto known Streptomyces species in semi arid soil Journal of Environmental Biology 37 927 -
60 Weather prerequisites for fructification of Phellorinia mushroom Plant Archives 16 986 -
61 Studies on fructification of Coelomycetes fungi Journal of Phytological Research 19 59-62 -
62 Identification and Characterization of Antibacterial Bioactive Compounds from an Edible Gastroid Mushroom Phellorinia herculeana Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 48 178 N/A
63 Fungal toxicity in stored pods and seed of Acacia Senegal Indian Scientist and Industrial Research Patrika 15 160 -
64 Seed transmission and seed borne nature of Colletotrichum capisici the incitant of die back disease in chilli Indian Journal of applied and Pure Biology 22 77 -
65 Morphological and Molecular characterization of Penicillium leshmanii- New report from India Indian Phytopathology 64 392 -
66 Molecular diagnostics of human pathogenic Aspergillus species Indian Journal of Biotechnology 10 207 -
67 Phylogenetic relationships of some phytopathogenic sclerotial fungi inferred from ribosomal DNA sequences and morphological characters International Journal of Agriculture sciences 3 128 -
68 Soil Characterization of Podaxis pistillaris and Phellorinia inquinans natural growing sites in Indian Thar desert Indian Journal of Tropical Biodiversity 23 82 -
69 Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomus spp. (Glomeromycetes) associate with drought tolerant plant of the Indian Thar deser Austrian Journal of Mycology 24 15 -
70 Endophytic Mycoflora of Bark of Prosophis cineraria-A key stone tree species of Indian Thar Desert American-Eurasian Journal of Botany 1 1-4 -
71 Identification and Characterization of Biocontrol agent: Coniothyrium fuckelii J. Microb.World 10 191 -
72 Diversity of wild mushroom flora from Indian Thar Desert Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products 8 92 -
73 Species diversity of the genus Gigaspora in Indian Thar Desert Biosciences and Biotechnology Research Asia 11 1611 -
74 Ultrastructure of conidia and conidium ontogeny of Pestalotiopsis palmarum Indian Phytopathology 55 303 -
75 Fungitoxic Properties of Lantana camara L. Plant Extract against Some Phytopathogenic Fungi Giobios 29 187 -
76 Three New Species of Coelomycetes to India Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 33 269 -
77 Notes on Diplodia species of Rajasthan Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 34 140 -
78 Species diversity of the genus Scutellospora Walker and Sanders associated with Indian Thar Desert Plants Proceeding of National Academic Sciences 80 373 -
79 Some new records of Mushroom from India Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 40 550 -
80 Morphometric and Molecular characterization of fungus Pestalotiopsis using nuclear ribosomal DNA analysis Journal of Environmental Biology 33 897 -
81 Diversity of Coelomycetous flora of Aravalli range forest Indian Journal of Environmental Sciences 6 13 -
82 Characterization and commercialization of fungal biocontrol agents Planta Indica 2 37 -
83 Actinomycetes isolates of arid zone of Indian Thar Desert and efficacy of their bioactive compounds against human pathogenic bacteria Biologia Futura, 72 431 N/A
84 Socio-ethnomycological validation of Maru Khumbhi (Phellorinia herculeana) occurring in Indian Thar Desert The NEHU Journal 18 22 N/A
85 A new record of gastroid fungus Broomeia congregata Berk. from Great Indian Thar Desert, India. Indian Phytopathology 73 111 N/A
86 Characterization of a novel antifungal protein from Acacia senegal seeds Journal of Environmental Biology 41 607 N/A
           

Published Book/ Book Chapters:

S.No. Title of the Book/ chapter Publisher Vol. Page no.
1 Diversity, Nitrogen fixation, and Biotechnology of Rhizobia from Arid Zone Plants. In: Rhizobium Biology and Biotechnology Springer Publication, 2017 N/A
2 Recruit the Plant Pathogen for Weed Management: Bioherbicide-A Sustainable Strategy. In: Fungi and their Role in Sustainable Development: Current Pers Springer Nature Publication, Singapur 2018 N/A
3 Preservation of Anamorphic Fungi. In: Phytotechnology: Emerging Trends Scientific publisher, India 2012 N/A
4 Mycotoxin Advances in Applied Microbiolog. Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2008 N/A
5 Mycotechnology: An Overview. In: Advances in Applied Microbiology Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2008 N/A
6 Secondary Structure modeling of ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 ribosomal sequences for intra-specific differenti Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 N/A
7 Endophytic microorganisms and their function Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 N/A
8 Role of Fungi in biosynthesis of nanoparticles Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 N/A
9 RNA interference and its application in plant disease management. In: Microbes: In Action Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 N/A
10 Concepts and Patterns of Conidium and Conidiogenous Cell development in Deuteromycetes. In: Plant Protection Aaviskar Publishers, India 2003 N/A
11 Species Diversity of Rhizobia. In: Rhizobium Biology and Biotechnology Springer Publication, 2017 N/A
12 Mechanistic evaluation of bioremediation. In: New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering Elsevier Publication 2020 N/A
13 Secondary Structure modeling of ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 ribosomal sequences for intra-specific differentiation among Aspergillus species. Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 N/A
14 Seed Priming mediated induced disease resistance in arid zone plants. In: Microbial mediated induced systemic resistance in Plants Springer Publication, 2016 N/A
15 Mycotoxins and Their Effects. In: Cellular and Biochemical Sciences IK International Publication, 2006 N/A
16 Microbial Biofilm Agrobios (India) Publication Limited 2015 N/A
         

Details Fellowships: National/International/Awards:

S.No. Name of Fellowship Funding Agency Host Institute / country
1 Young Scientist Fellow DST, New Delhi Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur
2 Pool officer (SRAs) CSIR New Delhi Jai Narain Vyas University
       

Other Research Pertaining Activities:

Paper presented in Seminars/Conferences: 38

Seminars/Symposium/ Conferences attended: 58

Overseas international conferences: N/A

Member of Advisory Board / Editorial Board of Journals : N/A

Organized Conference/Symposium: 2

Any other relevant information : N/A

Citation indices:

Total Citations: 515

h-index : (Scopus): 7

h-index : (Google Scholar): 12

i10 index: 14

Orcid ID :Https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5898-5429

Scopus ID: 38661332900

Any other relevant information Web Of Science h- index = 5

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