Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Shubha Rani Sharma
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering and Biotechnology
M.Sc., Ph.D. 		Contact Address
Permanent Address 4D, Kedar Enclave, Anantpur 1st street, Doranda, Ranchi
Local Address Dept of Bio-Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi
Phone (Office) 9939139806
Phone Residence 9835336661
Email Id srsharma@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 1-Jan-2010
  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 10 Years

Research : 16 Years
  Professional Background

 

(i) Worked as Research Associate cum Tutor in Dept of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi for the period Sept 2008 – August 2009.

(ii) Worked as Scientist in Dept of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi for the period Sept 2009– Dec 2009.

(iii) Presently working as an Assistant Professor in Dept of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi from Jan 2010 till date.
  Research Areas
 

Medical microbiology, Environmental microbiology(thermophiles), Gallstone research, Herbal therapy for gallstones, OCT, 
  Award and Honours
 
  1. Selected in All India level Test Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) for M.Sc.  (Biotechnology) organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  2. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Scholarship (May 2000- 2002) awarded for pursuing Master’s     Program in Biotechnology.
  3. NET / JRF (CSIR) qualified in Dec 2002.
  4. 99.16 percentile score in GATE ( Graduate Aptitude Test In Engineering ) in 2003.
  5. Selected for PhD programme in Dept. of Biotechnology in IIT Kharagpur.
  6. Qualified 1 Year PG Diploma in Industry Program in Bioinformatics in 2010.
  7. Invited as a speaker at NIT Rourkela for National conference on Bioengineering (Bioengineering-2018),  December 14-15, 2018.
  Publications
 
  1. Rajani Sharma, Shashwati Ghosh Sachan & Shubha Rani Sharma, 2020, In vitro analysis of gallstone formation in the presence of bacteria,  Indian J Gastroenterol. DOI: 10.1007/s12664-020-01055-6
  2. Soy S, Nigam VK, Sharma SR, 2019. Cellulolytic, amylolytic and xylanolytic potential of thermophilic isolates of  Surajkund hot spring. J Biosci 44:124.* IF-1.823.
  3. Rajani Sharma, Snehi Soy, Chandan Kumar, Shashwati Ghosh Sachan & Shubha Rani Sharma, 2015, “Analysis of gallstone composition and structure in Jharkhand region,” Indian J Gastroenterol. 34(1), 29-37.
  4. Rajani Sharma, Ujwal Kumar, Nawal Kishore Jha, Shashwati Ghosh Sachan and Shubha Rani Sharma, 2014, “Consumption of heme iron: A major factor in pigment gallstone formation”, IJBR, 5 (01), 34-37.
  5.  Rajani Sharma, Shashwati Ghosh Sachan, Shubha Rani Sharma,2014, “Preponderance of gallstones in females”, WJPPS 2(6), 5871-5877.
  6. Rajani Sharma, Shashwati Ghosh Sachan, Shubha Rani Sharma, 2013, “Urease Positive and Slime Producing Bacterial Activity: Results in Gallstone Precipitation and Solidification”, Arch Clin Infect Dis. (4): e17090.
  7. Rajani Sharma, Ansul Kumar, Nawal Kishore Jha, Shashwati Ghosh Sacchan, Ambrish Sharan Vidyarthi, Shubha Rani Sharma, 2012, “Probing into the prevalence and factors of gallstones formation in Jharkhand region in India” IJABPT, 3(3):36-41.
  8. Shamim Nezami, Katrin Joseph, Anam Ahsan, LVS Aparna, Shubha Rani Sharma, Santosh Kumar  Jha, 2016.  Screening of commercially important halophilic microbial community for bioactive compounds. IJPCBS, 6(3): 309-321.
  9. Kartar Singh, Milli Ghosh, Shubha Rani Sharma (2015), Water surface boundary detection algorithm using landsat 8 OLI Data, IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. in Remote Sens, 9: 363-368
  10. Kartar Singh , Milli Ghosh, Shubha Rani Sharma, Pawan Kumar, (2014) Blue-red-NIR model for chlorophyll- retrieval in hypersaline-alkaline water using landsat ETM+ sensor, IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. in Remote Sens, 7: 3553-3559
  11. R Poddar, SR Sharma, P Sen, JT Andrews, Study of correlation between glucose concentration and reduced scattering coefficients in turbid media using optical coherence tomography, arXiv preprint arXiv: 0808.0060 IOP, e-print beta), 2008.
  12. Raju Poddar, S. R. Sharma, K. Bose, P. Sen and J. T. Andrews, A Study of Longitudinal Laser Modes of a Semiconductor Laser Using Optical Coherence Tomography, American Journal of Physics, 2006, Vol. 74 (7), 569-571, 2006.
  13. Raju Poddar, Shubha R. Sharma, Pratima Sen and J. T. Andrews, Study of correlation between glucose concentration and scattering coefficients in blood like Turbid Media using Optical Coherence Tomography, Current Science, VOL. 95, NO. 3, 10, 340 – 344. (2008).
  14. Raju Poddar, Shubha R. Sharma, Pratima Sen and J. T. Andrews , Effect of glucose concentration on scattering coefficients in blood like Turbid Media using diffuse reflectance, International Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry (IJBB), Vol. 2 (1), 34 – 40, 2006.
  15. S.R Sharma, Raju Poddar P. Sen and J.T. Andrews, Effect of Vitamin C  on Collagen biosynthesis and degree of Birefringence measurements using Polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT), African Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 7 (12), 2049-2054, 2007.
  Member of Professional Bodies
 

Life Member of Association of Microbiologist, India(AMI)

Life Member of BSRI, India
  Text and Reference Books
 

 

Book Chapter : 

  1. Jain A, Yadav S, Nigam VK, Sharma SR (2018), Fungal-Mediated Solid Waste Management: A Review. In: Prasad R. (eds) Mycoremediation and Environmental Sustainability. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham, Page 153-170.
  2. Sharma SR (2018), Bioremediation of Polythenes and Plastics: A Microbial Approach In: Prasad R. (eds) Approaches in Bioremediation, The New Era of Environmental Microbiology and Nanobiotechnology, Springer, Cham, Page 94-114.
  3. Shubha Rani Sharma, Rajani Sharma, and Debasish Kar 2020 Novel Microbial Compounds as a Boon in Health Management, Biotechnological Advances for Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Nanotechnology, An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Life Sciences. Editors: Jyoti Ranjan Rout, PhD, Rout George Kerry, Abinash Dutta, CRC Press. Online

 
  Member, Editorial Board
 

Acted as Referee/reviewer for Indian Journal of Gastroenterology