Dr. Shweta Jha
Name: Shweta Jha
Designation: Assistant Professor
DOB: 22/08/1980
E-mail: jha.shweta80@gmail.com
Mobile No.: +91 - 9602480618
Address: 503-Jwala Bhawan,Near Govt. Press, Ummedpura, Jodhpur (Raj.)-342001

Academic Qualification:

S.No. Name of Examination Year Name of University Subjects offered Division
1 Ph.D 2011 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow Biotechnology NA
2 CSIR-NET (JRF) 2005 CSIR, India Life Sciences NA
3 M.Sc 2005 JNV University, Jodhpur Botany I (gold medalist)
4 B.Sc 2003 JNV University, Jodhpur Chemistry, Botany, Zoology I

Teaching & Research Experience Details:

S.No. Name of Institute Designation From To
1 JNV University, Jodhpur Assistant Professor 14/02/2013 N/A
2 National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR, DBT), New Delhi DBT Post-doc fellow 01/09/2011 13/02/2013
3 National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI-CSIR), Lucknow CSIR-JRF and SRF 26/12/2005 25/12/2010
4 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi INSA Visiting Scientist 30/09/2023 31/10/2023

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 Proteomics Society of India Life member
2 Indian Botanical Society (IBS). Life member
3 Society of Biological Chemists (SBC), India. Life member
4 Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA). Life member
5 Association of Microbiologist of India (AMI). Life member
6 Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB). Member
7 Plant Tissue Culture Association (PTCA, India) Life member
8 Genome India International (GII). Life member

Academic Post:

S.No. Name Of Society Remark
1 Member Research Advisory Committee, AFRI N/A
2 Editorial Board member JPSR N/A
3 PEER REVIEWER N/A
4 DST-National Survey on resources devoted to Scient N/A

Scopus/WOS Indexed Publication/s:

S.No. Title of paper Name of journal Year Vol Page.no Impact
1 Interplay of calcium signaling and ERF-VII stability in plant hypoxia tolerance Funct Integr Genomics 2023 23(3), 273 3.9
2 Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of glycogen synthase kinase encoding genes in fox Plant Stress 2023 8: 10016 6.8
3 Whole proteome analysis of xero-halophyte Atriplex under salinity Vegetos (Springer) 2022 N/A N/A N/A
4 Evolution of novel strains of Ensifer nodulating the invasive legume Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Oxford) 2022 98 fiac0 3.5
5 Proteome responses of pearl millet genotypes under salinity Plant Gene (Elsevier) 2022 29 10034 2.2
6 Integrated physiological and comparative proteomics analysis of contrasting genotypes of pearl mille Physiol. Plantarum (Wiley) 2021 174 e1360 5.4
7 Evaluation of multiple salinity tolerance indices for screening and comparative biochemical and mole J. Plant Growth Regulation (Springer) 2021 41 N/A 4.7
8 Single-Step Purification and Characterization of A Recombinant Serine Proteinase Inhibitor from Tran Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. (Springer) 2016 179 220 3.1
9 Rice SAPs are responsive to multiple biotic stresses and overexpression of OsSAP1, an A20/AN1 zinc-f Plant Sci. (Elsevier) 2014 225 68 4.2
10 Single amino acid substitutions in recombinant plant-derived human a1-proteinase inhibitor confer en Biochim et Biophys Acta- Gen Subj. (Elsevier) 2014 1840 416 2.8
11 Transgenic chickpea expressing recombinant human a1-proteinase inhibitor (a1-PI) driven by a seed-sp Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult. (Springer) 2013 115 23 2.5
12 Differential subcellular targeting of recombinant human a1-proteinase inhibitor influences yield, bi Plant Sci. (Elsevier) 2012 196 53 4.2
13 Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and its Relation with Incisional & Inguinal Hernia J. Int. Med. Sci. Acad (IMSA) 2011 24 171 N/A
14 Expression and purification of recombinant human alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor and its single amino a J. Biotechnol. (Elsevier) 2010 147 64 4.1
15 Effect of point mutations in translation initiation context on the expression of recombinant human a Plant Cell Rep. (Springer) 2009 28 1791 5.3
16 Study of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in inguinal hernia J. Clin. Med. Res. (Elmer Press) 2009 1 285 1.6

Other Publication/s:

S.No. Title of paper Name of journal Year Vol Page.no
1 High-level expression and purification of a therapeutic recombinant serine protease Inhibitor from t Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Eng 2014 4 1158
2 Overexpression of human serum a1-protease inhibitor (a1-PI) in alternate hosts for therapeutic appli J. Surg. Sci. 2010 1 31

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 Choudhary D., Tyagi S. , Soni S., Jha S Sustainable Utilisation a Springer Nature 2025 N/A
2 Jha S., Singh J., Dutta S., Varshney V., Mishra Exogenous Priming and Eng Elsevier 2025 N/A
3 Singh J., Varshney V., Saddhe A., Manuka R., Pe Innovative Methods in Hor Springer. 2024 N/A
4 Varshney V., Singh J., Dutta S., Mishra V., Jha Molecular Impacts of Nano Elsevier 2024 N/A
5 Jha S. Bioremediation of polluta Elsevier 2020 57
6 Dutta S., Jha S. New and Future Developmen Elsevier 2020 37
7 Jha S. Molecular Approaches in P Springer Nature 2019 265
8 Jha S. Metabolic Adaptations in Taylor & Francis 2018 285
9 Jha S. Sustainable Biological Sy Taylor & Francis 2018 83
10 Jha S., Pudake R.N Plant Nanotechnology - Pr Springer International 2016 155

Editor/s in Journals :

S.No. nameofjournal associateeditor publishinghouse impactfactor
1 Journal of Plant Science and Research Editorial Board member open science publications N/A

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

S.No. Title of paper Details of conference hostinstitute Vol Page.no
1 Integrated physiological and comparative proteomic 4th International Conference on Applied Biochemist Bohai University, China 2021

Paper Presented in International Conferences/ workshop/ Seminar:

S.No. Title of paper Details of conference Hostinstitute year
1 Comparative Proteomics of contrasting genotypes of INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON “ADVANCES IN PLANT BIOT ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnolog 2021
2 Comparative proteomics analysis for salinity stres 4th International Plant Physiology Congress (IPPC- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Luckno 2018
3 Overexpression of a rice A20/AN1 zinc-finger prote 3rd International Plant Physiology Congress Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2015
4 Engineering thermotolerance in recombinant human a 56th International Conference “AMI 2015 Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2015
5 High-level expression and purification of a therap International Conference on Recent Trends In Engin Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2015
6 Targeting of recombinant human ?1-proteinase inhib International Conference on Proteomics IIT, Bombay 2014
7 Single amino acid substitutions in recombinant a1- Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB-2013), IIT, New Delhi 2013
8 Strategies to achieve high-level expression of the in International conference on emerging trends in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 2009
9 Dissecting molecular mechanism of abiotic stress t International Conference on Importance of Reduce, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur 2024
10 Development of transgenic tomato for production of International Conference on Innovative Research in Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur 2024
11 Heterologous expression of recombinant therapeutic International Conference on Microbial Bioprospecti Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 2023
12 Dissecting molecular mechanism of abiotic stress t 15th Annual Meeting of Proteomics Society of India National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR 2023
13 Integrated physiological and comparative proteomic 4th International Conference on Applied Biochemist Bohai University, China 2021

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National Workshop/ Conferences/ Seminar Attended:

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Participated in Co-Curricular Activities:

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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 JNVU, Jodhpur Chairperson for Selection committees, sports board 06/10/2022 30/12/2022
2 JNVU, Jodhpur Member of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) 11/02/2020 N/A
3 JNVU, Jodhpur Member of Institutional Biosafety Committee 08/02/2022 N/A
4 JNVU, Jodhpur Member of NAAC data compilation committee 26/02/2022 N/A
5 JNVU, Jodhpur Member Annual Report compilation 2021-22 01/11/2022 31/12/2022
6 JNVU, Jodhpur Co-Ordinator, National Survey on S & T resources 23/02/2022 N/A
7 JNVU, Jodhpur Core committee member for NIRF accreditation 01/09/2017 31/05/2018
8 JNVU, Jodhpur Member of Student Grievance cell 29/05/2020 28/05/2021
9 AFRI, Jodhpur Member of Research Advisory Committee 29/06/2017 11/02/2023
10 JNVU, Jodhpur DSIR Committee 15/03/2018 14/03/2019
11 JNVU, Jodhpur Member of NEP implementation committee 16/02/2023 16/04/2024
12 JNVU, Jodhpur Member of University Prospectus commitee 10/06/2023 10/06/2024
13 JNVU, Jodhpur Member-Electoral Literacy Club 01/04/2023 N/A
14 JNVU, Jodhpur Member-committee of courses-Faculty of Science 01/04/2022 01/04/2025
         

Academic Award/Honor / Fellowships::

S.No. Name of Award/Honor / Fellowships Year
1 Elected member of Plant Tissue Culture Association (India) 2024
2 Selected for the INSA-NCGG LEADS program (Leadership development program in Science & Technology)- 2025, Indian National Science Academy 2025
3 Best Poster Award in 78th Annual General Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India) 2009
4 Best Poster Award in 76th Annual General Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India) 2007
5 Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, New Delhi 2007
6 Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR, New Delhi. Ranked among Top 20% CSIR-NET (JRF-Life Sciences) awardees. 2005
7 University GOLD MEDAL in M.Sc. (Botany), JNVU, Jodhpur 2005
8 Sri Amarchand Surana Memorial Gold Medal in M.Sc. (Botany), JNVU, Jodhpur 2005
9 Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2016, USA 2016
10 NASI Swarna Jayanti Puraskar in 84th Annual Session of the National Academy of Sciences (India) 2014
11 Assistant Professorship (Botany), Rajasthan University, Jaipur 2013
12 DBT-short term Post-doctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi 2011
13 Best Poster Award in 80th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) 2011
14 Best Poster Award in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology (ETBT-2009) 2009
15 DST-SERB Young Scientist Award 2014
16 INSA Visiting Scientist Award 2023
17 Kulpati Samman (for rendering excellent services to JNVU) 2024
     

Research Projects:

Major Research Project: 5

Minor Research Projects: 2
Mentor in student projec: 4

Consultancy projects:N/A

S.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Status
1 Comparative proteomic analysis for salinity stress tolerance in Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) DST-SERB, Govt. of India (PI) 3 yrs. (2014-17) Completed
2 Comparative proteomic analysis of xero-halophyte saltbush - Atriplex under salt stress UGC, Govt. of India (PI) 2 yrs. (2014-16) Completed
3 Exploration of native legumes and characterization of associated Nitrogen-fixing microsymbionts in North-Eastern India for development of biofertilizers DBT, Govt. of India (Co-PI) 3 yrs (2022-2025) Ongoing
4 Identification and functional characterization of abiotic stress-responsive genes from pearl millet, an important crop of arid region DST, Govt. of Rajasthan (PI) 3 yrs (2025-2028) Ongoing
5 Developing eco-friendly handmade paper, disposable cutlery and active food storage composite containers from bristles of pearl millet panicle. CSIR-ASPIRE (Co-PI) 3 yrs (2024-2027) Ongoing
6 Identification and functional characterization of abiotic stress-responsive genes from arid & semi-arid region plant. MERU (Multi-disciplinary Education and Research Universities) research grant of PM-USHA 1 yr. (2025-2026) Ongoing
7 Identification of salinity stress tolerance genes from economically important xero-halophyte for improving food security in semi-arid region. Rajasthan Higher Technical Quality Improvement Scheme (RHTQIS) 2 yrs (2023-25) Ongoing
         

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
         

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: 16

National Journal: 2

Review Article: 1

Popular article: N/A

Other Research Publications: 10

S.No. Title of the paper/ review Name of Journal Vol. Page no. Impact Factor
1 Study of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in inguinal hernia J. Clin. Med. Res. (Elmer Press) 1 285 1.6
2 Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and its Relation with Incisional & Inguinal Hernia J. Int. Med. Sci. Acad (IMSA) 24 171 N/A
3 Overexpression of human serum a1-protease inhibitor (a1-PI) in alternate hosts for therapeutic applications J. Surg. Sci. 1 31 N/A
4 High-level expression and purification of a therapeutic recombinant serine protease Inhibitor from transgenic tomato plants Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Eng 4 1158 N/A
5 Evaluation of multiple salinity tolerance indices for screening and comparative biochemical and molecular analysis of pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum J. Plant Growth Regulation (Springer) 41 1820 4.7
6 Integrated physiological and comparative proteomics analysis of contrasting genotypes of pearl millet reveals underlying salt-responsive mechanisms. Physiol. Plantarum (Wiley) 174 E13605 5.4
7 Proteome responses of pearl millet genotypes under salinity Plant Gene (Elsevier) 29 100347 2.2
8 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 (Oxford) 98 Fiac08 3.5
9 Whole proteome analysis of xero-halophyte Atriplex under salinity Vegetos (Springer) N/A N/A N/A
10 Single-Step Purification and Characterization of A Recombinant Serine Proteinase Inhibitor from Transgenic Plants Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. (Springer) 179 220 3.1
11 Rice SAPs are responsive to multiple biotic stresses and overexpression of OsSAP1, an A20/AN1 zinc-finger protein, enhances the basal resistance again Plant Sci. (Elsevier) 225 68 4.2
12 Single amino acid substitutions in recombinant plant-derived human a1-proteinase inhibitor confer enhanced stability and functional efficacy Biochim et Biophys Acta- Gen Subj. (Elsevier) 1840 416 3.1
13 Transgenic chickpea expressing recombinant human a1-proteinase inhibitor (a1-PI) driven by a seed-specific promoter from the common bean Phaseolus vul Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult. (Springer) 115 23-33 2.5 2.23
14 Differential subcellular targeting of recombinant human a1-proteinase inhibitor influences yield, biological activity and in planta stability of the p Plant Sci. (Elsevier) 196 53-66 4.2
15 Expression and purification of recombinant human alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor and its single amino acid substituted variants in Escherichia coli for e J. Biotechnol. (Elsevier) 147 64-72 4.1
16 Effect of point mutations in translation initiation context on the expression of recombinant human a1-proteinase inhibitor in transgenic tomato plants Plant Cell Rep. (Springer) 28 1791 5.3
17 Interplay of calcium signaling and ERF-VII stability in plant hypoxia tolerance. Funct Integr Genomics (Springer) 23(3) 273. 3.9
18 Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of glycogen synthase kinase encoding genes in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) under salinity, d Plant Stress (Elsevier) 8 100165 6.8
           

Published Book/ Book Chapters:

S.No. Title of the Book/ chapter Publisher Vol. Page no.
1 Plant-Nanoparticles (NP) Interactions: A Review: Insights into Developmental, Physiological and Molecular Aspects of NP Phytotoxicity CRC Press, Taylor & Francis N/A 83-120
2 Molecular Mechanism of Plant-Nanoparticle Interactions Springer International N/A 155-18
3 Proteomic analysis of different fungal species in response to various antifungal agents for novel drug development Elsevier N/A 37-44
4 Progress, Prospects and Challenges of Genetic Engineering in Phytoremediation Elsevier N/A 57-108
5 Transgenic Approaches for Enhancement of Salinity Stress Tolerance in Plants Springer Nature N/A 265-32
6 Proteomics of Salinity Stress: Opportunities and Challenges CRC Press, Taylor & Francis N/A 285-29
7 Molecular Networks and Signaling Pathways in Halophytes. Springer Nature N/A N/A
8 Regulatory genes for the improvement of salt and drought tolerance Elsevier N/A N/A
9 Molecular Techniques for the Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Springer N/A N/A
10 Understanding the Problem at Hand: Nanotechnological Implications that cannot be foreseen Elsevier N/A N/A
         

Details Fellowships: National/International/Awards:

S.No. Name of Fellowship Funding Agency Host Institute / country
1 INSA Visiting Scientist Award Indian National Science Academy (INSA) International Centre for genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi.
2 INSA-NCGG LEADS program (Leadership development program in Science & Technology)- 2025 American Chemical Society (ACS) INSA, New Delhi
3 NASI Swarna Jayanti Puraskar National Academy of Sciences, India India
4 DST Young Scientist Department of Science and Technology, GOI India
5 DBT-short term Post doc fellow Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi
       

Other Research Pertaining Activities:

Paper presented in Seminars/Conferences: 30

Seminars/Symposium/ Conferences attended: 30

Overseas international conferences: N/A

Member of Advisory Board / Editorial Board of Journals : Peer reviewer of Physiology and Molecular Biology of plants, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Critical reviews in Biotechnology, PLOS One, Molecular Breeding (Springer), Biotechnology Progress (Wiley), Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (springer), The Nucleus (springer)etc. (https://publons.com/author/1239162/shweta-jha#profile)

Organized Conference/Symposium: 1

Any other relevant information : Peer reviewer of Physiology and Molecular Biology of plants, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Critical reviews in Biotechnology, PLOS One, Molecular Breeding (Springer), Biotechnology Progress (Wiley), Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation (springer), The Nucleus (springer)etc. (https://publons.com/author/1239162/shweta-jha#profile)

Citation indices:

Total Citations: 359

h-index : (Scopus): 10

h-index : (Google Scholar): 10

i10 index: 12

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Any other relevant information Publon ID: (https://publons.com/author/1239162/shweta-jha#profile; Web of Science Researcher ID: R-2290-2016

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