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Dr. Dinesh Pandey
Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering

Dr. Dinesh Pandey

Associate Professor
  • DesignationAssociate Professor
  • QualificationB.Sc. Ag. & A.H., M.Sc. in Agriculture Biotechnology, Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
  • SpecialisationPlant Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Signal transduction
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Teaching Experience and Courses Taught

Teaching Experience:   20 years

Courses taught are as follows:

Molecular Cell Biology, Techniques in Cell Biology, Concepts in Genomics and Proteomics, Introduction to Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Molecular Diagnostics technology, Immunotechnology, Immunology & Molecular Diagnostics, Principles of Biotechnology, Advances in Functional genomics and Proteomics, Plant Genome Engineering, Advances in Genetic Engineering, Immunological applications in Biotechnology, Techniques in Molecular Biology, Techniques in Genetic Engineering, Microbial Technology, Biocomputing and System Biology, Regulations in Biotechnolgy

Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

(A) Biotic stress management: One of the ways to boost up productivity of is to avoid yield losses caused by various biotic stresses in crop plants. Our group has been using traditional Molecular Biology tools along with modern Omics technologies to identify and isolate potential target candidate genes/proteins involved in pathogenesis/ defense response against Alternaria blight disease which causes significant yield losses in Brassica particularly in Northern India. Efforts are being made to develop defense inducer based nanoformulation for effective management of Alternaria blight disease by following nanobiotechnological approaches. Besides Fungal genomics has been utilized to identify various pathogenecity factors of pathogen of Karnal bunt disease of wheat.

(B) Nutritional Quality improvement: Various ethnic crops and underutilized pseudo cereal crops of Uttarakhand are rich in nutritionally important proteins and minerals. Our group focuses on identification and isolation of genes encoding nutritionally important proteins and promoters from Finger millet and grain Amaranth (Ramdana) by using OMICs and GWAS based approaches. These genes/proteins can be utilized for Biofortification of staple food crops and development of value added products. Fertilization and Nanotechnological approaches are also being utilized to improve these crops in terms of mineral contents.

Research Projects

Research Projects handled as Project Investigator ( in last five years)

S.No. Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Approved Cost/Financial Outlay
1 De novo genome sequencing of Karnal bunt pathogen (Tilletia indica)Pathogen of Wheat : Chracterization of pathogenecity genes/proteins for development of Diagnostics DBT, India March 2017 up to February 2021 64 lakhs
2 North Western Himalayan Bioinformatics Grid DBT, India March 2019 - January 2023 99 lakhs
1 Isolation and Studies on Brassica calreticulin to reveal it’s particular domain possesing antioxidative role and exploration of it’s proper mechanism in mitigating the oxidative stress (in mentorship of Dr Rini Joshi DST-WOSA Young scientist) DST, New Delhi March 2018 - November 2021 32 Lakhs

Selected Research Publications

  1. Sharat Prabhakaran, Rashmi Chauhan, Sundip Kumar, J.P. Jaiswal and Dinesh Pandey. 2026. Deciphering the genetic determinants of calcium, iron, magnesium and zinc accumulation in grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) through a multi environment GWAS approach. BMC Genomics 27, 287.
  2. Rashmi Chauhan, Sharat Prabhakaran, Apoorv Tiwari, Dinesh Joshi, Rahul Chandora, Gohar Taj, Tarannum Jahan, S. P. Singh, J. P. Jaiswal, Rini Joshi, Anil Kumar and Dinesh Pandey. 2025. Genetic distances and genome wide population structure analysis of a grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) diversity panel using genotyping by sequencing. Scientific Reports 15, 33816.
  3. Ajay Kumar Chandra, Dinesh Pandey, Apoorv Tiwari, Kavita Gururani, Aparna Agarwal, Anupam Dhasmana, Anil Kumar. 2021. Metal based nanoparticles trigger the differential expression of key regulatory genes which regulate iron and zinc homeostasis mechanism in finger millet. Journal of Cereal Science (100) 103235.
  4. Pathak RK, Baunthiyal M, Shukla R, Dinesh Pandey, Taj G and Kumar A (2017) In Silico Identification of Mimicking Molecules as Defense Inducers Triggering Jasmonic Acid Mediated Immunity against Alternaria Blight Disease in Brassica Species. Frontiers Plant Sciences. 8:609.
  5. Dinesh Pandey, Rajendran, S.R.C.K., Gaur, M. and A. Kumar. 2016. Plant Defense Signalling and responses to necrotrophic fungal pathogens. Journal of Plant Growth Regulations. 35 (4), 1159-1174.
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  1. Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar and G. K. Garg. 2001. Antagonism between Alternaria brassicae toxin and zeatin in cell culture of Brassica juncea (L.) czern and coss cv. Divya. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 7 (2):181-184.
  2. Mihir K. Mandal, Dinesh Pandey, Shalini Purwar, U.S. Singh and Anil Kumar. 2006. Influence of jasmonic acid as potential activator of induced resistance against Karnal bunt in developing spikes of wheat. Journal of Biosciences 31(5):607-627.
  3. Arpita Mishra, Dinesh Pandey, Anshita Goel, Anil Kumar (2010) Molecular Cloning and In silico Analysis of Functional Homologues of Hypersensitive Response Gene(s) Induced During Pathogenesis of Alternaria Blight in Two Genotypes of Brassica. J. Proteomics Bioinform 3: 244-248.
  4. Arpita Mishra, Dinesh Pandey, Manoj Singh and Anil Kumar. 2011. Involvement of hsr203J like gene homologue, protease and protease inhibitors in triggering differential defense response against Alternaria blight in Brassica Australasian Plant Pathology (2011): 40 (5),461-470 .
  5. P. Kannan, Dinesh Pandey, A.K.Gupta, H.Punetha, Gohar Taj and Anil Kumar. 2011. Expression analysis of MAP 2K 9 and MAP K 6 during pathogenesis of Alternaria blight in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia. Molecular Biology Reports. 39,4, 4439-4444.
  6. Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar, H. Punetha, K.C. Bansal and G.K. Garg. 2012. Agrobacterium mediated transformation of Brassica juncea with Arabidopsis annexin (AnnAt1) gene. Int. J.Agric. Env. Biotech. 5 (1) : 1-9.
  7. Anil Kumar, Dinesh Pandey, Gohar Taj, K. C. Bansal and G. K. Garg. 2001. Perceptions about Apoptosis in fungal phytopathogenesis. J. Pant Biol. 28 (1): 1-12.
  8. N. K. Sethy, Dinesh Pandey, U.S.Singh and Anil Kumar. 2003. Caspase-3 like protein in wheat-Tilletia indica dual culture system as potential biomarker for host resistance to Karnal bunt. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 2, 596-602.
  9. J.M.Seneviratne, Atul K. Gupta, Dinesh Pandey, Indu Sharma and Anil Kumar. 2009. Determination of Genetic divergence based on DNA markers amongst monosporidial strains derived from fungal isolates of Karnal bunt of wheat. Plant Pathol. J. 25 (4) : 303-316.
  10. Gohar Taj, Leena Singh, Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar, K. C. Bansal and G. K. Garg (2007) Perturbation of signal transduction pathway to develop resistance against Alternaria blight in Brassica juncea (Indian Mustard). Science Letters, 4 (1) :61-71.
  11. Shefali Dobhal, Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar and Sanjeev Agrawal.2010. Studies on plant regeneration and transformation efficiency of Agrobacterium mediated transformation using neomycin phosphotransferase II (nptII) and glucuronidase (GUS) as a reporter gene African Journal of Biotechnology 9(41), 6853-6859.
  12. Sriparna Dutt, Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar. 2011. Jasmonate Signal Induced Expression of Cystatin Genes for Providing Resistance against Karnal Bunt in Wheat . Plant Signaling & Behaviour. 6 (6) 821 – 830.
  13. Anshita Goel, Gohar Taj, Dinesh Pandey, Sanjay Gupta and Anil Kumar. 2011.Genome wide comparative in silico analysis of Calcium transporters of Rice and Sorghum. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics, 9 (4-5) : 138-150.
  14. Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar, H. Punetha, K.C. Bansal and G.K. Garg. 2012. Agrobacterium mediated transformation of Brassica juncea with Arabidopsis annexin (AnnAt1) gene. Int. J.Agric. Env. Biotech. 5 (1) : 45-52
  15. Marmath KK, Giri P, G, Sharma S, Pandey D, Kumar A. Induction of MAPK- 4 during zeatin- Alternaria Brassicae challenge in host, non-host and tolerant transgenic brassica against alternaria blight and In-Silico prediction of its upstream kinases. J Nat Sc Biol Med 2011;2:119.
  16. K. Kumar Marmath, P. Giri, G. Taj, D. Pandey and A. Kumar. 2013. Effect of zeatin on the infection process and expression of MAPK-4 during pathogenesis of Alternaria brassicae in non-host and host Brassica plants. African journal of Biotechnology. 12(17), 2164-2174.
  17. Gohar Taj, Sugandha Sharma, Priyanka Giri, Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar. 2013.In silico approaches for studying the MAP kinase signaling pathways involved in resistance against Alternaria blight of Brassica. In Stress signaling in plants : genomics and proteomics perspective, Volume I Sarwat, Maryam; Ahmad, Altaf; Abdin, MZ (Eds.), 233p.
  18. Atul K. Gupta, G.K. Joshi, J.M.Senevirattne, Dinesh Pandey and Anil Kumar. 2013. Cloning, in silico characterization and induction of TiKpp2 MAP kinase in Tilletia indica under the influence of host factor(s) from wheat spikes. Mol. Biol. Rep. 40 (60) : 4967-78 :
  19. S. Purwar, S. Sundaram, Dinesh Pandey & A. Kumar (2013): Basal expression of abscisic acid inducing immunity against Karnal bunt of wheat, Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology: Official Journal of the Societa Botanica Italiana, 148(4): 691-698.
  20. Manoj Singh, Sadhna Singh, Dinesh Pandey, Pramesh Chandra Lakhera & Anil Kumar (2014): Generation of diagnostic anti-teliospore antibodies for development of specific immunodiagnostic format for detection of Karnal bunt (Tilletia indica) of wheat, Food and Agricultural Immunology, 26 (1) : 82-96. DOI: 10.1080/09540105.2013.873020
  21. G.S.Jeena, H.Punetha, O.Prakash, Dinesh Pandey and K.P.S. Kushwaha. 2013. Investigation on nutritional characterization and element profiling of some Pleurotus species (Dingri Mushroom). Pantnagar Journal Of Research. 11(3): 405-408.
  22. Shefali Dobhal , V.K. Chaudhary, A. Singh, Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar and Sanjeev Agarwal. 2013. Expression of recombinant antibody (single chain antibody fragment) in transgenic plant Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi. Mol Biol Rep (2013) 40:7027–7037
  23. B. Kalyana Babu , Dinesh Pandey , P. K. Agrawal, Salej Sood and Anil Kumar. 2014. In-silico mining, type and frequency analysis of genic microsatellites of finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.): a comparative genomic analysis of NBS–LRR regions of fingermillet with rice. Mol Biol Rep: DOI 10.1007/s11033-014-3168-8.
  24. Pathak RK, Taj G, Pandey D, Arora S, Kumar A. 2013.Modeling of the MAPK machinery activation in response to various abiotic and biotic stresses in plants by a system biology approach. Bioinformation; 9(9): 443-449.
  25. B. Kalyana Babu, P.K. Agarwal Dinesh Pandey, Anil Kumar (2014) Comparative genomics and association mapping approaches for opaque2 modifer genes in finger millet accessions using genic, gemomic and candidate gene based SSR markers. Molecular Breeding, 34 , 1261-1279 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-014-0115-2.
  26. B. Kalyana Babu, Dinesh Pandey, P.K. Agarwal, S. Sood, C. Chandrashekara, J.C. Bhatt and Anil Kumar (2014) Comparative genomics and association mapping approaches for blast resistant genes in finger millet accessions using genic and genomics SSRs. PLoS ONE 9(6): e99182. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099182
  27. B. Kalyana Babu, Dinesh Pandey, P.K. Agarwal, J.P. Jaiswal, Anil Kumar( 2014) Association mapping of important agro-morphological characters among the global collection of finger millet genotypes using SSR markers. Molecular Biology Reports , 41 : 5287-5297
  28. Anil Kumar, Ajay Goyal, Anshita Goel & Dinesh Pandey.2014. Seed Pro-Nutra Care: A tool for characterization of seed storage proteins and database of bioactive peptides having potential health benefits. Bioinformation ,10(9): 592-594
  29. S. Garg, Dinesh Pandey, G. Taj, A. Goel, A. Kumar. 2014. TRIPATH: A Biological Genetic and Genomic Database of Three Economically Important Fungal Pathogen of Wheat–Rust: Smut: Bunt. Bioinformation 10 (7), 466.
  30. B. K. Babu, P. K. Agrawal, D. Pandey, S. Sood, C. Chandrashekara and A. Kumar. 2014. Molecular analysis of world collection of Finger millet accessions for Blast disease resistance using functional SSR markers. SABRAO Journalof Breeding and Genetics. 46 (2) 202-216.
  31. A. Mishra, D. Pandey , H. Punetha , R. Prabhusankar , A. K. Gupta , G. Taj & A. Kumar.2015. Expression analysis of MAP K 4 and MAP K 6 during pathogenesis of Alternaria blight in susceptible and tolerant genotypes of Brassica juncea. Eur J Plant Pathol. 142 (3) : 633-643.
  32. Subin Raj Cheri Kunnumal Rajendran, Yuan-Yeu Yau, Dinesh Pandey, and Anil Kumar. 2015. CRISPR-Cas9 Based Genome Engineering: Opportunities in Agri-Food-Nutrition and Healthcare. OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 19 (5) :261-275.
  33. Anil Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Sanjay Mohan Gupta, Vikram Singh Gaur and Dinesh Pandey. 2015. System Biology for smart crops and Agricultural innovation : Filling the gaps between genotype and phenotype for complex traits linked with robust agricultural productivity and sustainability. OMICS : Journal of Integrative Biology , 19 (10) : 581-601.
  34. H Punetha, Dinesh Pandey, Pooran Bhatt, Heena Sagar, B Rawat. 2015. Biochemical Investigation on Antioxidative and Antinutritional Characters of Yellow Seeded Brassica Genotypes for Quality Assessment. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology. 8(2): 253-264
  35. D. Jeena, M. Baunthiyal, Dinesh Pandey and A.K. Gupta. 2015. ATMPK4 and ATMPK6 Transcript and Protein Profiling in Arabidopsis thaliana Plants Challenged with Zeatin and Alternaria brassicae. Plant Pathology Journal 14 (3): 97-112.
  36. Gohar Taj, P.D. Meena, Priyanka Giri, Dinesh Pandey, Arvind Kumar and Anil Kumar. 2015. Pathogenesis mechanisms employed by Alternaria species. Journal of Oilseed Brassica, 6 (2): 213-240.
  37. Dinesh Pandey, Rajendran, S.R.C.K., Gaur, M. and A. Kumar. 2016. Plant Defense Signalling and responses to necrotrophic fungal pathogens. J Plant Growth Regul. 35(4), 1159-1174.
  38. Rakesh Mondal, Dinesh Pandey, Gohar Taj and Anil Kumar. 2016. Reciprocal relationship between expression of MAP Kinase 4 and MAP Kinase 6 during pathogenesis of Alternaria Blight in Arabidopsis thaliana.Biotech Today 6 (1) : 60-64.
  39. Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Gohar Taj, Dinesh Pandey, Virendra Kumar Kasana, Mamta Baunthiyal and Anil Kumar.2016. Molecular modeling and docking studies of phytoalexin(s) with pathogenic protein(s) as molecular targets for designing the derivatives with anti-fungal action on Alternaria spp. of Brassica. Plant Omics Journal 9(3):172-182
  40. Sood S, Kumar A, Kalyana Babu B, Gaur VS, Dinesh Pandey, Kant L and Pattnayak A (2016) Gene Discovery and Advances in Finger Millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.] Genomics—An Important Nutri-Cereal of Future. Front. Plant Sci. 7:1634. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01634
  41. Anil Kumar Apoorv Tiwari Rajesh Kumar Pathak Gohar Taj A.K. Tewari Dinesh Pandey B.R. Singh Sandeep Arora and N.K. Singh. 2017. Addressing the complexity of Stress Biology through Hi-throughput Omics Data Analysis using Bioinformatics Tools: A National Bioinformatics Workshop Report. International Journal of Computational Bioinformatics and In Silico Modeling 6, 1 : 906-910
  42. Kumar A, Pandey V, Singh M, Dinesh Pandey, Saharan MS, Marla SS (2017) Draft genome sequence of Karnal bunt pathogen (Tilletia indica) of wheat provides insights into the pathogenic mechanisms of quarantined fungus. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171323. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171323
  43. Pathak RK, Baunthiyal M, Shukla R, Dinesh Pandey, Taj G and Kumar A (2017) In Silico Identification of Mimicking Molecules as Defense Inducers Triggering Jasmonic Acid Mediated Immunity against Alternaria Blight Disease in Brassica Species. Front. Plant Sci. 8:609.
  44. Kumar, L., Dinesh Pandey., & Kumar, A. (2017). Isolation, characterization and expression analysis of a nutritionally enhanced α-prolamin gene and protein during developing spikes of finger millet (Eleusine coracana). Seed Science Research,27(4): 262-272. doi:10.1017/S096025851700023X
  45. Snigdha Tiwari, Dinesh Pandey, Manu Gaur and Anil Kumar. 2017. Effect of Methyl Jasmonate on Disease Severity and Expression of Plant Defensin Gene during Alternaria brassicae Infection in Arabidopsis. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci 6(7): 857-865
  46. Dinesh Pandey, H Punetha, Anil Kumar. 2017. Annexin Signaling in Plants. Biotech Today, 7(1) : 52-57.
  47. Anoop Singh, Mridula Sharma, Shiv Prasad, Yaqoob Bhat, Anil Kumar, Dinesh Pandey, SK Shukla. 2017. Effect of Butylated Hydroxytoluene on Acrosome Integrity and Viability of Crossbred Bull Spermatozoa. International journal of Livestock Research. 7(7) : 82-91
  48. Pandey V, Singh M, Dinesh Pandey , Marla S, Kumar A. 2018. Secretome Analysis Identifies Potential Pathogenicity/Virulence Factors of Tilletia indica, a Quarantined Fungal Pathogen Inciting Karnal Bunt Disease in Wheat. Proteomics 18(8):e1700473. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201700473.
  49. Pandey V, Singh M, Dinesh Pandey, Kumar A. 2018. Integrated proteomics, genomics, metabolomics approaches reveal oxalic acid as pathogenicity factor in Tilletia indica inciting Karnal bunt disease of wheat. Scientific Reports 8(1):7826. https://doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26257-z.
  50. Manu Gaur, Apoorv Tiwari, Ravendra P. Chauhan, Dinesh Pandey and Anil Kumar.2018. Molecular modeling, docking and protein-protein interaction analysis of MAPK signalling cascade involved in Camalexin biosynthesis in Brassica rapa . Bioinformation 14(4): 145
  51. Pathak, R.K., Baunthiyal, M. Dinesh Pandey and Kumar A. 2018. Augmentation of crop productivity through interventions of omics technologies in India: challenges and opportunities. 3 Biotech 8:454, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-018-1473-y
  52. VS Gaur, S Kumar, L: Gupta, JP Jaiswal, Dinesh Pandey, A Kumar.2018. Identification and characterization of finger millet OPAQUE2 transcription factor gene under different nitrogen inputs for understanding their role during accumulation of prolamin seed storage protein. 3Biotech. 8(3): 163.
  53. Pandey, V., Gupta, A.K., Singh, M. Dinesh Pandey and Anil Kumar. 2019. Complementary Proteomics, Genomics approaches identifies potential pathogenicity/virulence factors in Tilletia indica induced under the influence of host factor. Sci Rep 9, 553 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-37810-1.
  54. Rini Joshi, Meenu Paul, Anil Kumar and Dinesh Pandey. 2019. Role of calreticulin in biotic and abiotic stress signalling and tolerance mechanisms in plants. Gene. 714 : 14404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2019.144004
  55. Jyoti Kumari, H.Punetha, Gohar Taj, A.K. Tewari and Dinesh Pandey.2018. Probing the involvement of protease and protease inhibitors during disease progression of Alternaria Blight of Brassica . Biotech Today 8 (2) : 75-79.
  56. H.Punetha, Neha Sajwan and Dinesh Pandey. 2018. Phytochemical evaluation and assessment of potential nutrients from defatted meal of promising genotypes of Brassica juncea (Indian mustard). Biotech Today 8 (2) : 33-36.
  57. H.Punetha, Syed Saif N and Dinesh Pandey. 2019. Glucosinolates in oilseed Brassica: Neutraceuticals with tremendous Health Benefits. Biotech Today 9(2) 26-32.
  58. Ajay K Chandra, Dinesh Pandey, Apporv Tiwari,Divya Sharma, Aparna Agarwal, Salej Sood and Anil Kumar. 2020. An Omics Study of Iron and Zinc Homeostasis in Finger Millet: Biofortified Foods for Micronutrient Deficiency in an Era of Climate Change?. OMICS A journal of Integrative Biology. 24 (12) :688-705
  59. Kavita Gururani, , Anil Kumar, , Apporv Tiwari, Aparna Agarwal, Supriya Gupta and Dinesh Pandey. 2020. Transcriptome wide identification and characterization of regulatory genes involved in EAA metabolism and validation through expression analysis in different developmental stages of finger millet spikes. 3 Biotech 10, 347.
  60. Rajesh K. Pathak, Mamta Baunthiyal, Dinesh Pandey and Anil Kumar. 2020. Computational analysis of microarray data of Arabidopsis thaliana challenged with Alternaria brassicicola for identification of key genes in Brassica. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. 18 (1) :1-20.
  61. Rajeev Kumar, H.Punetha and Dinesh Pandey. 2020. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based cloning of Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK3) in expression vector for isolation and purification of MAPK3 protein. Biotech Today 10(1) : 7-11.
  62. . Ajay Kumar Chandra, Dinesh Pandey, Apoorv Tiwari, Kavita Gururani, Aparna Agarwal, Anupam Dhasmana, Anil Kumar. 2021.Metal based nanoparticles trigger the differential expression of key regulatory genes which regulate iron and zinc homeostasis mechanism in finger millet. Journal of Cereal Science (100)103235 p
  63. Sneha Adhikari, Anjali Joshi,Amarjeet Kumar, N.K.Singh, J.P.Jaiswal, A.S.Jeena, R.P.Singh and Dinesh Pandey. 2022. Identification of QTL for Banded leaf and sheath blight in Teosinite derived maize population. Agriculture Research. 11 (2), 155-163.
  64. V Sharma, AK Verma, P Sharma, Dinesh Pandey, M Sharma. 2022. Differential proteomic profile of X-and Y-sorted Sahiwal bull semen. Research in Veterinary Science 144, 181-189.
  65. C Bahuguna, D Arya, Dinesh Pandey, AK Verma, M Sharma. 2022. Protein profile of serum and urine during early pregnancy in sahiwal cows. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 92 (5), 570-57.
  66. VP Kapale, C Patel, AK Verma, RM Srivastava, Dinesh Pandey, MK Nautiyal, Sanjeev Agarwal. 2022. Effect of seed priming with salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate on germination and primary root length of cowpea genotypes. The Pharma Innovation Journal SP-11(6): 2085-2088.
  67. Rashmi Chauhan, Sharat Prabhakaran, Kamal Aswal, Dinesh Pandey. 2023. Molecular docking studies for Evaluation of Amaranth grain squalene for Treatment of Melanoma Skin Cancer in Human Beings. Letters in Organic Chemistry. 20 (9) : 829-836.
  68. Ajay K. Chandra, Dinesh Pandey, S.Sood, Dinesh. C. Joshi, Apoorv Tewari, Divya Sharma, Kavita Gururani and Anil Kumar. 2024. Uncovering the genomic regions underlying grain iron and zinc content using genome-wide association mapping in finger millet. 3 Biotech 14, 47-53.
  69. Dinesh Pandey, Manisha Bharti, Anubhav Rana, Sharat Prabhakaran and Rashmi Chauhan. 2024. Molecular Docking of Phytomolecules of Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) with AKR1C3 Protein Involved in Prostate Cancer in Human Beings. Letters in Organic Chemistry. 21, 677-686.3
  70. Monika Bisht, Shivanshu Garg, Puja Nain, H Punetha, Dinesh Pandey.2024. International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research. 8 (5) 45-51.
  71. Rashmi Chauhan, Sharat Prabhakaran, Gohar Taj , S.K. Guru and Dinesh Pandey. 2024. Structural and Functional Characterization of an Amino acid Transporter in Amaranthus hypochondriacus using Bioinformatics Tools. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology. 27 (8) 280-288.
  72. Verma Rajshree, KPS Kushwaha, Satya Kumar, Shilpi Rawat, Renu Pandey, Dinesh Pandey, Bishal Roy. Ashish Bisht. 2024. Emerging threat to Indian agriculture: Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex as a novel pathogen imperiling bajra, cowpea, finger millet, green gram, moth bean, and soybean crops. Crop Protection. 182, 106741.
  73. Kamal Singh Aswal,Sharat Prabhakaran ,Rashmi Chauhan ,Dinesh Joshi ,Roopali Sharma and Dinesh Pandey. 2025. Genome-wide identification, in-silico analysis and expression profiling of regulatory genes involved in essential amino acid biosynthesis during different stages of germination in grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 72 (6) 6891-7002.
  74. Sharat Prabhakaran, Dinesh Joshi, Rashmi Chauhan,B.R. Singh, H. Punetha, S.K. Guru Sundip Kumar, J.P.Jaiswal, and Dinesh Pandey. 2025. Genome-wide Identification and Characterization of Zinc Transporter (ZnT) Gene Family in Amaranthus hypochondriacus: Insights into Molecular Mechanisms of Zinc Homeostasis and Biofortification Potential. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology. 28 (8) 433-446.
  75. Rashmi Chauhan, Sharat Prabhakaran, Apoorv Tiwari, Dinesh Joshi, Rahul Chandora, GoharTaj, Tarannum Jahan, S. P. Singh, J. P. Jaiswal, Rini Joshi, Anil Kumar and Dinesh Pandey. 2025.Genetic distances and genome wide population structure analysis of a grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) diversity panel using genotyping by sequencing. Scientific Reports 15, 33816.
  76. Sharat Prabhakaran, Rashmi Chauhan, Sundip Kumar, J.P.Jaiswal and Dinesh Pandey. 2026 .Deciphering the genetic determinants of calcium, iron, magnesium and zinc accumulation in grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) through a multi environment GWAS approach. BMC Genomics 27, 287
  77. Rashmi Chauhan, Sharat Prabhakaran, D Joshi, R Chandora, JP Jaiswal and Dinesh Pandey (2026) Genetic architecture of seed protein composition in grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus): a multi-environment genome-wide association study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 13:1758193. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2026.175819
  78. Manish KV, Singh SP, Ahmad AH, Niddhi A, Munish B, Dinesh Pandey, Niharika P. 2026. Assessment of Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. efficacy on oxidative stress and reproductive parameters in fipronil intoxicated male albino rats. Plant Science Today (13) 2 : 112-117 DOI link: https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.10750
  79. Aruna Parihar, Rahul Anand, Deepesh Bhatt, Dinesh Pandey, Sandeep Arora. 2026. Rewiring plant-pathogen interactions: Nano-Enabled plant disease management. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology,145,103351.

Patents

i) Patents granted by Patent Office, New Delhi

S.No. Title of invention Date of grant Image
1. A Method and a Kit for eluting one or more proteins (Patent no. 345176) 26/08/2020 View

ii) Patents Published by Patent Office, New Delhi

S.No. Title of Invention Year of Patent filing Year of Publication
1. Finger millet prolamin based nano- delivery vehicle for lipophilic substances- Beta carotene 2017 2018
2. Promoter of alpha prolamin gene from Finger millet for regulation of seed storage protein gene 2019 2020

Popular Articles

  1. Dinesh Pandey, H.Punetha and Anil Kumar. 2013. Nanoprodigyiki ki krishi me upyogita. Kisan Bharati. Vol.40 (3), p 1-5.
  2. Lalan Kumar, Snigdha Tewari and Dinesh Pandey. 2013. Glucosinolate for Brasicacae : a boon for cancer. Indian Farmers’ Digest. Vol 46 (6) p.43.
  3. H. Punetha and Dinesh Pandey. 2017. Glucosinolates: health promoting phytochemicals from Brassica. Indian Farmer’s Digest, 50 (06) : 25-26.
  4. Dinesh Pandey and Kavita Gururani. 2018. Fingermillet : Nutritional Importance of diversely evolved crop and it’s health benefits. Indian Farmer’s Digest 51 (06) : 23-25.
  5. Dinesh Pandey, Aparna Agarwal and Anil Kumar. 2019. Increase in farmer's income through value addition of agricultural produce. Agriculture Life. 1(2): 37-40

Books/Book Chapters

  1. Dinesh Pandey, Apoorv Tiwari, H. Punetha and A. Kumar. 2024. Zinc (Zn): A prime and High Yield Resource. In Biofortification for Nutrient-Rich Crops (pp 61-75), CRC Press.
  2. Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Dev Baksh Singh, Himanshu Sharma, Dinesh Pandey, Seema Dwivedi. 2021. Calcium uptake and translocation in plants In Calcium transport elements in plants ( Editor : S.K. Upadhyay), Elsevier Academic press, pp 373-386
  3. Anil Kumar, Kavita Gururani, Supriya Gupta, Apoorv Tiwari, M.K.Tripathi and Dinesh Pandey. 2021. Seed storage proteins and Amino acid synthetic pathways and their regulation in cereals with reference to Biologically and Nutritionally important proteins and bioactive peptides in Millets. In Millets and Millet Technology ( Editors : Anil Kumar, M.K.Tripathi, Dinesh Joshi and Vishnu Kumar). Springer publishers pp. 161-189
  4. Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Dev Bukhsh Singh, Dinesh Pandey, Vikram Singh Gaur, Anil Kumar.2022. Finger Millet Transcriptome Analysis Using High Throughput Sequencing Technologies. In The Finger millet Genome ( Editors Anil Kumar, S.Sood, B.K. Babu, S M Gupta and B.D. Rao). Springer publishers pp. 123-133.
  5. Anil Kumar, Dinesh Yadav, Sneh Narwal and Dinesh Pandey (2007) Transgenic Plants: Experiences and Challenges, In “Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Decisions to Diagnostics” ( Editors: Gurinder Jit Randhawa, Shashi Bhalla, V. Celia Chalam & S. K Sharma), National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, 2007, pp. 23-35.
  6. Anil Kumar, Dinesh Pandey, Sonu Ambwani and Dinesh Yadav (2007) Molecular strategies for detection of insertion of gene in transgenic plants In “Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Decisions to Diagnostics” (Editors: Gurinder Jit Randhawa, Shashi Bhalla, V. Celia Chalam & S. K Sharma), National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, 2007, pp. 82-102
  7. Anil Kumar, Soma S. Marla, Dinesh Pandey and B.R.K. Gupta (2008) Nano-bio-information technology: The Horizon of a New Concept in Life Science Research. In Proceeding of XIV Annual Convention of Indian Society of Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology, Feb 27-29, 2008,
  8. Dinesh Pandey and Anil Kumar. 2009. Padap harmono evam jaiv rasayano dwara ekikrikat padap suraksha prabandhan. In Padap vridhi niyantrak kya kyun aur kaise (Edited by Anil Kumar, Ranjan Srivastava and B.R. Singh). Vikrant publishers, Haldwani

Authored and published four Laboratory manuals for UG/PG students:

Name of Teaching manual Publisher
Techniques in Molecular Biology Panima publishers, New Delhi
Techniques in Cell Biology Panima publishers, New Delhi
Techniques in Immunology & Serology Panima publishers, New Delhi
Techniques in Genomics Vikrant publishers, Haldwani

Professional Achievements/Awards/Honours

Professional Achievements

  • Professional training attended: 15
  • Seminars/ Symposia/ Workshop Attended: 25
  • Reviewer for scientific journals: 10
  • Course Organizer of National training workshop: 01
  • Co-Organizer of National training workshop: 01
  • Organizing Secretory of National Conference: 01
  • Life membership of Professional Societies: 02
  • Number of Radio talks delivered: 16
  • Lectures delivered as resource person: 10

    • (B) Awards

    1. 2018: Uttarakhand Governor’s award for best research paper on Jasmonic acid mimicking defense inducers.
    2. 2015: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan University Best Teacher award by GBPUAT, Pantnagar.
    3. 2009: Young scientist award by Uttarakhand council of Science and Technology, Dehradun.
    4. 2006: DST Young Scientist award.

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