Biodiversity, Bioengineering, and Biotechnology of Fungi

Prof. C. Manoharachary?has served Osmania University for 45 long years in different capacities including as Dean. Prof Manoharachary has discovered 20 new fungal genera and 82 new fungal species. He has immensely contributed for the advancement of teaching and research in Mycology and Plant Pathology.. He has been honored with six lifetime achievement awards, served as President of several Indian academies viz., Indian Phytopathological Society, Indian Botanical Society, Mycological Society of India ,Indian Science Congress Association-Botany section. Served as chairman/expert member of UGC,? DST, DBT, MOENF, ICAR, CSIR and others. He did his postdoctoral work in UK, USA, and Germany. Dr. Manoharachary is a fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India, Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Several other academic societies. Prof. H. B. Singh works as Distinguished Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura from August 1, 2020 to date. He is a Visiting Professor at Cornell University and University of Illinois, USA, Sau Paulo State University, Sorocaba, Brazil. He is honoured with 22 National and International prestigious awards including the CSIR Award for S&;T Innovation and Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Successfully completed 21 research projects funded by various funding agencies. Established fruitful research collaborations with academic and industry researchers and published jointly with national and international collaborators in high impact journals and obtained 19 patents Dr. Sanjay K. Singh, is presently working as In-charge and Senior Scientist, Biodiversity and Palaeobiology group (Fungi), MACS’ Agharkar Research Institute, Pune (Autonomous Institute under DST, Govt. of India). He did his Ph.D. in Botany (Mycology) in1996 from Gorakhpur Univ. He is a fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society, and Society of Applied Biotechnology (SAB), India. He visited Montana State University, USA where he worked with renowned, Prof. Gary Strobel and received specialized training on biology of fungal endophytes and applications of their bioactive metabolites. With vast experience in the field of biodiversity, systematics, taxonomy, multigene sequencing and phylogeny, conservation and biotechnological applications of fungi, Dr. Singh has made note-worthy contributions. Published > 100 research and review articles in journals of repute and 14 book chapters. Besides he has been a reviewers and editorial board members of several prestigious journals. Prof. Sharma is currently working as Professor &Former Head, Coordinator, UGC-SAP (DRS II) Department of Botany, University of Jammu, Jammu , India. He has 25 years of teaching and research experience. His major research interest is in the area of Mycology & Plant Pathology, Mushroom Diversity, Ethnomycology and Ethnobotany. Prof Sharma is life member, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur, Mycological Society of India and Indian Botanical Society. Prof Sharma has published >126 research papers and edited 2 books

1. A higher level classification of pathogenic fungi
2. Fungal diversity profiles
3. Ecology and biotechnology of thermotolerant fungi
4. Ecology and biotechnology of Basidomycetes
5. Potential role of extremophilic fungi in bioremediation
6. Extermophilic fungi and their enzymes in industries
7. Morpotaxonomy and phylogenetic analysis of rhizosphere fungal diversity
8. Polyphasic taxonomy of fungi isolated from fruit and forest trees
9. Soil Microfungi and their application
10. Diversity of fungi related to food importance
11. Taxonomy analysis of fungi found in contaminated soil of China
12. Diversity analysis of conidial fungi from Andaman Islands, India
13. Endophytic fungi and their metabolites application
14. Diversity and taxonomy of Trichoderma in India
15. Distribution and phylogenetic analysis of pathogenic yeast in India
16. Medicinal aspects of basidiomycetes
17. Mycorrhizal fungal association with medicinal trees
18. Diversity of fungal species for treating human related disease
19. Diversity of mushroom and their medicinal properties
20. Taxonomical analysis of soil microfungi from Uttarakhand region of India
21. Novel molecular biological tools for the efficient expression of fungal enzymes for industrial purposes
22. Cellulase enzyme production by engineering in Fungal spp
23. Trichoderma spp. In industrial applications
24. Heat stable enzymes from Trichoderma spp. and their uses
25. Manipulation in fungi system for better plant growth
26. Bioprospecting of fungi for medical sectors