Dr. (Miss) Nisha Tak
Name: Nisha Tak
Designation: Assistant Professor
DOB: 13/09/1984
E-mail: nishatak13@gmail.com
Mobile No.: +91 - 9461212680
Address: Shri Ram Bhawan Near Rajmahal Senior Secondary School, Gulabsagar, Jodhpur

Academic Qualification:

S.No. Name of Examination Year Name of University Subjects offered Division
1 Doctor of Philosophy 2012 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Botany -
2 National Eligibility Test 2008 Joint CSIR-UGC (NET)Test Life Science JRF
3 Bachelor of Science 2005 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Botany, Biotechnology and Zoology First
4 Master of Science 2007 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Botany, Specialization: Biotechnology First

Teaching & Research Experience Details:

S.No. Name of Institute Designation From To
1 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Assistant Professor of Botany 13/02/2013 12/02/2025

Details of Consultancy Project/s grid :

S.No. Name of project funding Agency Duration status

Membership of Academic Societies:

S.No. Name Of Society Remark
1 American Society for Microbiology Life member (ASM 56687650)
2 Association of Microbiologists of India Life member (AMI/LM-092/2011)
3 Indian Botanical Society Life member (IBS-2163) since 22/10/2009
4 Asian PGPR Society of Sustainable Agriculture USA Life member (1309/490)

Academic Post:

S.No. Name Of Society Remark

Scopus/WOS Indexed Publication/s:

S.No. Title of paper Name of journal Year Vol Page.no Impact
1 A rhamnose-rich O-antigen of Paraburkholderia phymatum MP20 is required for symbiosis with Mimosa pu J Bacteriol 2025 N/A e0042 2.7
2 The native Indian mimosoid tree Prosopis cineraria shares diverse root nodulating rhizobia symbionts Plant Soil 2024 N/A N/A 4.361
3 The invasive mimosoid legume Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn is nodulated by diverse strains Symbiosis 2024 92 421–4 2.974
4 Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of glycogen synthase kinase encoding genes in fox Plant Stress 2023 8 10016 6.8
5 Evolution of novel strains of Ensifer nodulating the invasive legume Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2022 98 fiac0 4.194
6 The innovation of the symbiosome has enhanced the evolutionary stability of nitrogen fixation in leg New Phytologist 2022 235 2365- 9.4
7 Integrated physiological and comparative proteomics analysis of contrasting genotypes of pearl mille Physiologia Plantarum 2021 174 e1360 5.4
8 The widely distributed legume tree Vachellia (Acacia) nilotica subsp. indica is nodulated by genetic Symbiosis 2020 80 15–31 2.974
9 Selection of Bradyrhizobium or Ensifer symbionts by the native Indian caesalpinioid legume Chamaecri FEMS-Microbiology Ecology 2018 94 1-17 4.519
10 Identification and molecular characterization of root nodule microsymbiont of Trigonella foenum-grae Journal of Environmental Biology 2018 39 684-6 0.781
11 Molecular characterization of microsymbionts associated with root nodules of Crotalaria burhia, a na Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 56 373-3 0.944
12 Phylogeny and genetic diversity assessment of Ensifer strains nodulating Senegalia (Acacia) senegal Microbiology 2018 87 127-1 1.472
13 Molecular characterization of novel Bradyrhizobium strains nodulating Eriosema chinense and Flemingi Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2017 40 334-3 4.022
14 Genomic characterization of Ensifer aridi, a proposed new species of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium recov BMC Genomics 2017 18 85 4.265
15 Molecular characterization of nitrogen-fixing microsymbionts from root nodules of Vachellia (Acacia) Plant and Soil 2017 410 21-40 4.361
16 Multi locus sequence analysis and symbiotic characterization of novel Ensifer strains nodulating Tep Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2016 39 534-5 4.022
17 High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. PC2, isolated from a nitrogen-fixing roo Standards in Genomic Sciences 2016 11 43 1.45
18 Genome sequence of Ensifer sp. TW10; a Tephrosia wallichii (Biyani) microsymbiont native to the Indi Standards in Genomic Sciences 2013 9 304-3 1.45
19 An invasive Mimosa in India does not adopt the symbionts of its native relatives. Annals of Botany 2013 112 179-1 4.506
20 Nodulation of legumes from the Thar desert of India and molecular characterization of their rhizobia Plant and Soil 2012 357 227-2 4.993

Other Publication/s:

S.No. Title of paper Name of journal Year Vol Page.no
1 Characterization and documentation of nitrogen-fixing root nodule bacterial diversity from the two c Proceedings: Perspectives on Biodiversity of India 2018 3 338-3
2 Indigenous and Modern Scientific Strategies for Characterization, Conservation and Sustainable Utili Journal of Arid land Studies 2014 24 5-8

Published Book/s :

S.No. Name of author Title of book Publisher Year authored

Published Book Chapter/s :

S.No. Name of author Title of book Publisher Year volpageno
1 Jha S, Singh J, Dutta S, Varshney V, Mishra V, Exogenous Priming and Eng Elsevier Inc. 2025 365-387
2 Tak N, Bissa G, Gehlot HS Methods Mol Biol Springer Nature 2020 2057:119–1
3 Tak N, Gehlot HS Microbial Diversity in Ec Springer, Singapore 2019 31-55
4 Ojha A, Rao CS, Tak N, Gehlot HS and Rao SR Biology, Biotechnology an Research India Publicatio 2015 183-196
5 Panwar D, Tak N and Gehlot HS Recent Trends in Plant Sc International Publishing 2014 284-298
6 Raturi A, Gyaneshwar P, Singh SK, Tak N, and Ge Climate change and plant VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGa 2014 1013-1039
7 Gehlot HS, Panwar D, Parihar R, Tak N Advances in Applied Micro Agrobios India, Jodhpur 2008 27-36

Editor/s in Journals :

S.No. nameofjournal associateeditor publishinghouse impactfactor

Invited Speaker/ Resource Person in Conferences/Workshop/ Seminar:

S.No. Title of paper Details of conference hostinstitute Vol Page.no

Paper Presented in International Conferences/ workshop/ Seminar:

S.No. Title of paper Details of conference Hostinstitute year
1 Screening and evaluation of efficient nitrogen fix The 6th Asian-Pacific Conference on Plant-Microbe Chiang Mai, Thailand 2024
2 Nodulation in threatened endemic monotypic genus I 15th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference Naples, Italy 2023
3 Genomic insights into plant growth promoting Parab 14th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference (ENFC 2 Aarhus University, Denmark 2021
4 Role of soil pH in selection of root-nodule micros IS-MPMI Congress in Glasgow, Scotland, UK James Hutton Institute 2019
5 Diversity and genome analysis of novel nitrogen-fi 12th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference at Buda BRC, Szeged, Hungary 2016

Paper Presented in National Conferences/ Workshop/ Seminar:

S.No. Title of paper Details of conference Hostinstitute year

National Workshop/ Conferences/ Seminar Attended:

S.No. Title of paper Details of conference Hostinstitute year
1 Genomic insights to Bradyrhizobium yuanmingense st 46th Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Associ BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, India 2025
2 Understanding the genetic diversification and micr 45th Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Associ Pondicherry University, Puducherry (Online 2024
3 Genomic characterization and symbiotic efficacy of the 9th Asian PGPR India Chapter National Conferen Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 2024
4 Mechanisms of osmotic stress tolerance in Sinorhiz International Conference On Advances In Agricultur Society Of Agriculture Research And Social Develop 2024
5 Comparative genomic analysis of nodulation and nit XLVII All India Botanical Conference of the Indian Chaudhary Charan Singh University Meerut 2024
6 Screening of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria For A National conference on Fungal Frontiers: Biodivers Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur 2024
7 Phylogenetically diverse and novel species of rhiz 46th All India Botanical Conference (AIBC) of Indi Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati 2023
8 Mining of osmotic stress related genes in genomes 64th Annual International Conference of the Associ Bundelkhand University, Jhansi 2023
9 Exploration of indigenous N-fixing rhizobia associ National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Plant Scien NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya, India in collaboration 2022
10 Genomic insights to Ensifer aridi: dominant rhizob 44th All India Botanical Conference of The Indian Department of Botany (UGC-CAS), Jai Narain Vyas Un 2021
11 Microsymbiont diversity associated with species of 4th Indian Biodiversity congress Pondicherry University, Puducherry 2017
12 Whole-genome sequence of Novel nodulating Ensifer 54th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiol Rohtak, Haryana 2013
13 Root nodule endophytic bacterial diversity of wild National Seminar on Biotechnology and Microbiology Modi College, Laxmangarh, Sikar 2009
14 Characterization of rhizobia from native legumes o National Conference on Bioinformatics and Computat MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 2009

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Participated in Co-Curricular Activities:

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Publication/s In CARE listed Journals:

S.No. nameofauthor titleofpaper nameofjournal vol pageno
1 Tak N, Gehlot HS Non-nodulating Enterobacter strains with multiple International Journal of Research in Agronomy 8 330-3
2 Chouhan B, Tak N, Gehlot HS Phenotypic characterization and molecular identifi Plant Archives 20 5899-
3 Bissa G, Tak N, Gehlot HS Phenotypic characterization of rhizobial strains s Plant Archives 20 5951-
4 Rathi S, Gaur S, Tak N, Tak A and Gehlot HS Genetically diverse root nodule bacteria associate Plant Archives 17 495-5
5 Choudhary S, Meghwal RR, Sankhla IS, Tak N and Molecular characterization and phylogeny of novel The Indian Forester 143 266-2
6 Tak A, Tak N, Sankhla IS, Meghwal RR and Gehlot Molecular characterization of nitrogen-fixing Ensi Green Farming 7 300-3
7 Sankhla IS, Meghwal RR, Tak N, Tak A and Gehlot Phenotypic and molecular characterization of micro Plant Archives 15 1003-

Administrative Experience:

S.No. Name of Institute Designation From To
1 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Member BSc practical coordination commitee 01/07/2015 30/04/2024
2 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Member Examination Committee (Botany) 01/07/2021 30/04/2022
3 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Member of faculty at FOS 28/12/2024 27/12/2027
4 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Member of committee NIRF overall data compilation 01/07/2017 30/04/2018
5 Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur Member COC in Botany 01/07/2017 30/04/2019
         

Academic Award/Honor / Fellowships::

S.No. Name of Award/Honor / Fellowships Year
1 International award of Travel Fellowship from CCSTDS, India 2019
2 Certificate of Honor for academic distinction by SPEHE-INDIA 2012
3 DBT­ CTEP India [Travel Support for attending International Conference] 2016
4 CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship 2010
5 CSIR-Junior Research fellowship 2008
6 2012-ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Research Professorship by American Society for Microbiology 2012
7 DST- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) International Travel Support scheme award 2016
8 Woman Botanist award 2021 of the Indian Botanical Society 2021
9 ATSE Crawford Training Fund, Supporting International Agricultural Research, Sydney, Australia 2011
10 Fellow of Indian Botanical Society 2024
     

Research Projects:

Major Research Project: 4

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 Diversity and molecular characterization of microsymbiont –Legume association in Meghalaya and Nagaland for developing consortia of microsymbionts with wide host range DBT-Twinning Project Three Years Completed
2 Exploration of native legumes and characterization of associated nitrogen fixing microsymbionts in North-Eastern India for development of biofertilizers DBT (NER-BPMC) LEGUMES PROJECT Three Years Ongoing
3 Analysis of symbiotic efficacy of rhizobia associated with Vigna radiata (Moong) cultivated in Jodhpur Rajasthan Higher Technical Quality Improvement Scheme (RHTQIS) University Research Project Two Years Completed
4 Development of well characterized Rhizobial Bioformulations for legume crops MERU grant under PM-USHA Research Scheme Two Years Ongoing
5 Phylogenetic studies of novel root nodule bacterial strains isolated from native legumes of Indian Thar Desert on the basis of multi locus sequence analysis (MLSA) UGC-BSR Research Start-Up-Grant Two Years Completed
6 Molecular Characterization and Symbiotic promiscuity studies using GFP reporter gene of some novel root nodule microsymbiont associated with native arid legumes of Indian Thar Desert DST-SERB- Young Scientist Project Three Years Completed
         

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 Bhawana Chouhan Molecular characterization of root nodule bacteria from exotic mimosoid legumes: Dichrostachys cinerea (Linn.) and Leucaena leucocephala (Lamk.) 2021 2022
         

Membership of Academic Societies:

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Detail of Publications

Full Research paper published in (UGC-CARE List/Scopus/ Thomson Reuter/web of science listed journals)

International Journal: 20

National Journal: 7

Review Article: N/A

Popular article: N/A

Other Research Publications: 2

S.No. Title of the paper/ review Name of Journal Vol. Page no. Impact Factor
1 Molecular characterization of novel Bradyrhizobium strains nodulating Eriosema chinense and Flemingia vestita, important unexplored native legumes of Systematic and Applied Microbiology 40 334-44 4.022
2 Genomic characterization of Ensifer aridi, a proposed new species of nitrogen-fixing rhizobium recovered from Asian, American and African deserts BMC Genomics 18 85 4.265
3 Phenotypic characterization of rhizobial strains symbiotically associated with Prosopis species in India Plant Archives 20 (2) 5951-5 N/A
4 An invasive Mimosa in India does not adopt the symbionts of its native relatives. Annals of Botany 112 179-96 4.506
5 Identification and molecular characterization of root nodule microsymbiont of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. growing in different soils from Western Raj Journal of Environmental Biology 39 684-92 0.781
6 Molecular characterization of microsymbionts associated with root nodules of Crotalaria burhia, a native key stone legume species from the Thar Desert Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 56 373-84 0.944
7 Genome sequence of Ensifer sp. TW10; a Tephrosia wallichii (Biyani) microsymbiont native to the Indian Thar Desert Standards in Genomic Sciences 9 304-14 1.45
8 Phylogeny and genetic diversity assessment of Ensifer strains nodulating Senegalia (Acacia) senegal (L.) Britton. in arid regions of Western Rajasthan Microbiology 87 127-42 1.472
9 Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of glycogen synthase kinase encoding genes in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) under salinity, d Plant Stress 8 100165 6.8
10 The invasive mimosoid legume Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn is nodulated by diverse strains of Ensifer and Bradyrhizobium in different agrocli Symbiosis 92 421–43 2.974
11 Phenotypic and molecular characterization of microsymbionts associated with Crotalaria medicagenia, a native legume of the Indian Thar Desert Plant Archives 15 1003-1 N/A
12 A rhamnose-rich O-antigen of Paraburkholderia phymatum MP20 is required for symbiosis with Mimosa pudica J Bacteriol N/A E00422 2.7
13 The widely distributed legume tree Vachellia (Acacia) nilotica subsp. indica is nodulated by genetically diverse Ensifer strains in India Symbiosis 80 15–31 3.109
14 Selection of Bradyrhizobium or Ensifer symbionts by the native Indian caesalpinioid legume Chamaecrista pumila depends on soil pH and other edaphic an FEMS-Microbiology Ecology 94: fiy180 1-17 4.519
15 Non-nodulating Enterobacter strains with multiple Plant Growth Promoting (PGP) attributes dominantly co-exist with nodulating rhizobia as root nodule International Journal of Research in Agronomy 8 330-33 N/A
16 Molecular characterization and phylogeny of novel diverse nitrogen fixing microsymbionts associated with Vachellia (Acacia) leucophloea in arid and se The Indian Forester 143 266-78 N/A
17 Characterization and documentation of nitrogen fixing root nodule bacterial diversity from the two contrasting eco-regions of India: Thar desert and w Proceedings: Perspectives on Biodiversity of India 3 338-47 N/A
18 Indigenous and Modern Scientific Strategies for Characterization, Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Bio-resources of the Indian Thar Desert Journal of Arid land Studies 24 5-8 N/A
19 Phenotypic characterization and molecular identification of N2 fixing symbiotic rhizobia of Dichrostachys cinerea from arid and semi-arid soils of Ra Plant Archives 20 (2) 5899-5 N/A
20 Nodulation of legumes from the Thar desert of India and molecular characterization of their rhizobia. Plant and Soil 357 227-43 4.993
21 The native Indian mimosoid tree Prosopis cineraria shares diverse root nodulating rhizobia symbionts with exotic species of Neltuma (ex-Prosopis). Plant Soil N/A N/A 4.361
22 Genetically diverse root nodule bacteria associated with Alysicarpus vaginalis from alkaline soil of Rajasthan, India Plant Archives 17 495-05 N/A
23 Evolution of novel strains of Ensifer nodulating the invasive legume Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit in different climatic regions of India throug FEMS Microbiology Ecology 98(9) Fiac08 4.194
24 The innovation of the symbiosome has enhanced the evolutionary stability of nitrogen fixation in legumes. New Phytologist 235 2365-2 9.4
25 Integrated physiological and comparative proteomics analysis of contrasting genotypes of pearl millet reveals underlying salt-responsive mechanisms Physiologia Plantarum 174(1) E13605 5.4
26 Molecular characterization of nitrogen fixing microsymbionts from root nodules of Vachellia (Acacia) jacquemontii, a native legume from the Thar Deser Plant and Soil 410 21-40 4.361
27 Multi locus sequence analysis and symbiotic characterization of novel Ensifer strains nodulating Tephrosia spp. in the Indian Thar Desert. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 39 534-45 4.022
28 Molecular characterization of nitrogen fixing Ensifer species from Vigna trilobata growing in alkaline soil of Thar Desert Green Farming 7 300-4 N/A
29 High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of Ensifer sp. PC2, isolated from a nitrogen-fixing root nodule of the legume tree (Khejri) native to the Standards in Genomic Sciences 11 43 1.45
           

Published Book/ Book Chapters:

S.No. Title of the Book/ chapter Publisher Vol. Page no.
1 Genetic diversity analysis of rhizobial symbionts associated with legumes of India for Efficient Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) Technology and Nat In: Biology, Biotechnology and Sustainable Development. Research India Publications. N/A 183-96
2 Nodulated Native Legumes in an Arid Environment of Indian Thar Desert. In: M.H.Fulekar & R.K.Kale (eds.) Recent Trends in Plant Sciences-I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India N/A 284-98
3 Bacterial endophytes and their significance in the sustainable production of food in non-legumes. In: Narendra Tuteja and Saravjeet S. Gill (eds.) Climate change and plant abiotic stress tolerance–VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA Weinheim N/A 1013-1
4 Nodulating legumes and associated rhizobia found in arid regions of The Indian Thar Desert In: Parihar P, Parihar L (eds.) Advances in Applied Microbiology. Agrobios India, Jodhpur N/A 27-36
5 Regulatory Genes for the Improvement of Salt and Drought Tolerance in Exogenous Priming and Engineering of Metabolic and Regulatory Genes: Stress Miti Editors: Manish Kumar Patel, Lam-Son Tran, Sonika Pandey, Avinash Mishra. N/A 365-38
6 Methods for isolation and characterization of nitrogen-fixing legume-nodulating bacteria. In: Kapuganti JG (ed.) Nitrogen metabolism in plants: method In: Kapuganti JG (ed.) Nitrogen metabolism in plants: methods and protocols. Methods Mol Biol 2057 119–43
7 Diversity of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Rhizobia with Special Reference to Indian Thar Desert. In: Satyanarayana T., Das S., Johri B. (eds) Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications. Springer, Singapore N/A 31-55
         

Details Fellowships: National/International/Awards:

S.No. Name of Fellowship Funding Agency Host Institute / country
1 ATSE Crawford Training Fund, Supporting International Agricultural Research, Sydney, Australia Crawford, Australia Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
2 2012-ASM-IUSSTF Indo-US Research Professorship American Society for Microbiology (ASM) University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
       

Other Research Pertaining Activities:

Paper presented in Seminars/Conferences: 19

Seminars/Symposium/ Conferences attended: 19

Overseas international conferences: 5

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

Organized Conference/Symposium: N/A

Any other relevant information : N/A

Citation indices:

Total Citations: 717

h-index : (Scopus): 11

h-index : (Google Scholar): 15

i10 index: 23

Orcid ID :0000-0002-3097-4119

Scopus ID: 55008935200

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