Name of Scientist

Dr.Vivek Kumar Gupta

Designation

Scientist C

Date of Birth

04th July 1976

Discipline

Biotechnology

Address Office

Department of Biochemistry, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other

Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Dr. M. Myazaki Marg, Tajganj , Agra -

282004 (India).

Address Residence

10, JALMA Campus, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other

Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Dr. M. Myazaki Marg, Tajganj , Agra -

282004 (India).

Contact No.

Office: 0562-2331753 ext.225; Mobile: 9410146176.

Date of Joining

21st May 2013

Date of Present Post

21st May 2013

Department

Biochemistry

vivekmicro@yahoo.co.in

Research Experience

09 Years

Area of Interest

Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Discovery

Award

Received CIMAP, CSIR Annual Day Award 2005 for significant contribution

for development of industrialized technology

Extramural Projects Running

as Principal Investigator

Principal investigator of ICMR funded project on plant based Anti-

Tuberculosis drug discovery.

Patents

1. Antibacterial composition comprising Oenostacin from Oenothera

biennis. United States Patent 6,365,197.

2. Pharmaceutical composition containing cow urine distillate and an

antibiotic. United States Patent 6,410,059.

3. Composition and process for preparing herbal disinfectants

comprising Mentha spicata var. viridis and their use. United States

Patent 6,767,876.

4. Mint plant Mentha spicata L. var. viridis christened as 'Ganga'. United

States Patent PP16,747.

5. Antimicrobial and anticancer properties of methyl β-

orcinolcarboxylate from lichen (Everniastrum cirrhatum). United

States Patent Application 20040198815.

6. Improved anti-dermatophytic preparation. NF 265/2003.

Educational Qualification

M.Sc.(Microbiology), Ph.D. (Biotechnology) (CSIR)

Membership

Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI).

Publications:

1. Mundepi U, Kumar V, Gupta S, Bisht GS, Garg FC, Gupta VK

(2014). Evaluation of Anticandidal Potential of Some Folklore Plants.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 84(2), 357-363

2. Saikia D, Parveen S, Gupta VK, Luqman S (2012). Anti-tuberculosis

activity of Indian grass KHUS (Vetiveria zizanioides L. Nash).

Complementary Therapies Medicine. 20, 434-436.

3. Singh D, Kumar TRSK, Gupta VK, Chaturvedi P (2012).

Antimicrobial activity of some promising plant oils, molecules and

formulations. Indian J experimental Biology 50, 714-717.

4. Kumar V, Bharti A, Gupta VK, Gusain O, Bisht GRS (2012).

Actinomycetes from shallow bird nest, mud wasp nest: Isolation and

screening of actinomycetes for their antimicrobial activity. World J

Microbiol Biotechnol 3:871-880.

5. Gupta VK, Shukla C, Bisht GRS, Saikia D, Kumar S, Thakur RL

(2011). Detection of anti-tuberculosis activity in some folklore plants

by radiometric BACTEC assay. Letters Applied Microbiology

52(1):33-40.

6. Mathela CS, Singh KK, Gupta VK (2010). Synthesis and in vitro

antibacterial activity of thymol and carvacorl derivatives. Acta

Poloniae Pharmaceutica-drug Research 67(4):375-380.

7. Fatima A, Gupta VK, Luqman S, Negi AS, Kumar JK, Shanker K,

Saikia D, Srivastava S, Darokar MP, Khanuja SPS (2009). Antifungal

activity of Glycyrrhiza glabra extracts and its active constituent

glabridin. Phytotherapy Research 23(8): 1190-1193.

8. Gupta VK, Fatima A, Faridi U, Negi AS, Shanker K, Kumar JK,

Rahuja N, Luqman S, Sisodia BS, Saikia D, Darokar MP and Khanuja

SPS (2008). Antimicrobial potential of Glycyrrhiza glabra roots. J

Ethnopharmacology 116 (2): 377-380.

9. Gupta VK, Darokar MP, Saikia D, Pal A, Fatima A, Khanuja, SPS

(2007). Antimycobacterial activity of Lichens. Pharmaceutical

Biology 45 (3): 200-204.

10. Gupta VK, Darokar MP, Shanker K, Negi A, Shrivastava SK, Gupta

MM, Khanuja SPS (2007). Rapid and sensitive HPLC method for the

determination of polyphenols in various Lichen species of Himalayan

origin. J Liquid Chromatography Related Technologies 30: 97-111.

11. Srivastava V,Darokar MP, Fatima A, Kumar JK,Chowdhury C,

Saxena HO, Dwivedi GR, Shrivastava K, Gupta VK, Chattopadhyay

SK, Luqman S, Gupta MM, Negi AS, Khanuja SPS (2007). Synthesis

of diverse analogues of Oenostacin and their antibacterial activities.

Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry 15: 518-525.

12. Shanker K, Fatima A, Negi AS, Gupta VK, Darokar MP, Gupta MM,

Khanuja SPS (2007). RP-HPLC method for the quantitation of

Glabridin in Yashtimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra). Chromatographia

771-774.

13. Agarwal KK, Khanuja SPS, Ahmad A, Kumar TRS, Gupta VK,

Kumar S (2002). Antimicrobial activity profiles of the two

enantiomers of limonene and carvone isolated from the oils of Mentha

spicata and Anethum sowa. Flavour Fragrance J 17: 59-63.

14. Aggarwal KK, Ahmad A, Kumar TRS, Jain N, Gupta VK, Kumar S,

Khanuja SPS (2000). Antimicrobial activity spectra of Pelargonium

Profile:

Dr. Vivek Kumar Gupta

Dr. Vivek Kumar Gupta, Scientist-C is a Ph.D. from Central Institute of

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR), Lucknow, has 09 years of research

experience pertaining to Mycobacterial research and has 15 Research Papers

and 06 Patents to his credit. His area of research is Anti-Tuberculosis drug

discovery. He is presently engaged as Principal investigator in conducting

ICMR funded extramural project on anti-tuberculosis drug discovery from

plants used in tribal medicines using in vitro, ex-vivo and phyto-chemistry

approaches.

graveolens L. and Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt oil constituents

and acyl derivatives. J Med Aroma Plant Sciences 22:544-548.

15. Khanuja SPS, Kumar S, Shasany AK, Dhawan S, Darokar MP,

Tripathy AK, Satapathy S, Kumar TRS, Gupta VK, Tripathi AK,

Awasthi S, Prajapati V, Krishna A, Saikia D (2001). Multiutility plant

'Ganga' of Mentha spicata var. viridis. J Med Aroma Plant Sciences

23:113-116.