Dr. Indu Kumari

• Structural biology, Plant-microbe interactions, Genomics, infectious diseases and Neglected tropical diseases
• Interested in Environmental Genomic Sciences incorporating Soil Biology Microbiosensors in the Area of Influence of Large Landslide areas impacting Agriculture, Human Health, Ecosystem impacts, and Fresh and Marine Biology,
• Plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agricultural practices.
• To identify the causative variants that lead to life-threatening human diseases mainly cancer due to environmental pollution factors.

1. Header/Contact Information
• Name: Dr. Indu Kumari.
• Title: Data Curator.
• Contact: kumari.indu@ibdc.rcb.res.in, https://www.linkedin.com/in/indu-kumari-28ba78a0/?originalSubdomain=in
2. Professional Summary
• Structural biology, Plant-microbe interactions, Genomics, infectious diseases and Neglected tropical diseases
• Interested in Environmental Genomic Sciences incorporating Soil Biology Microbiosensors in the Area of Influence of Large Landslide areas impacting Agriculture, Human Health, Ecosystem impacts, and Fresh and Marine Biology,
• Plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agricultural practices.
• To identify the causative variants that lead to life-threatening human diseases mainly cancer due to environmental pollution factors.

3. Research and Work Experience
1.5 Yrs Teaching experience and 6Yrs Research experience
4. Education
• Ph.D. (Env. Sci.)
5. Skills
• Technical Skills:
• Tools and software utilized for structural biology analysis
• Tools and software utilized for Next generation sequences (NGS) data analysis
• Bash scripting and R package
• Soft Skills: Collaboration, problem-solving, critical thinking, and design research proposal and its execution.
• Languages: English and Hindi. 
6. Publications and Presentations
• Publications:
16 Research articles, 5 Review articles, 6 Book chapters, and 1 Edited book
1. Kumari, I., Chaudhary, N., Sandhu, P., Ahmed, M., & Akhter, Y. (2016). Structural and mechanistic analysis of engineered trichodiene synthase enzymes from Trichoderma harzianum: towards higher catalytic activities empowering sustainable agriculture. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 34(6), 1176-1189. Impact factor: 3.1 (Current Impact factor-3.1)
2. Chaudhary, N., Kumari, I., Sandhu, P., Ahmed, M., & Akhter, Y. (2016). Proteome scale census of major facilitator superfamily transporters in Trichoderma reesei using protein sequence and structure based classification enhanced ranking. Gene, 555(1), 166-176. Impact factor: 2.41 (Current Impact factor-3.16)
3. Kumari, I., Ahmed, M., & Akhter, Y. (2016). Multifaceted impact of trichothecene metabolites on plant-microbe interactions and human health. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 100(13), 5759-5771. Impact factor: 3.42 (Current Impact factor-4.813)
4. Kumari, I., Ahmed, M., & Akhter, Y. (2018). Evolution of catalytic microenvironment governs substrate and product diversity in trichodiene synthase and other terpene fold enzymes. Biochimie, 144, 9-20. Impact factor: 3.1 (Current Impact-4.079)
5. Kumari, I., Ahmed, M., & Akhter, Y. (2016). Deciphering the protein translation inhibition and coping mechanism of trichothecene toxin in resistant fungi. The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 78, 370-376. Impact factor: 3.5 (Current Impact- 5.085)
6. Sharma, S., Kumari, I., Hussain, R., Ahmed, M., & Akhter, Y. (2017). Species specific substrates and products choices of 4-O-acetyltransferase from Trichoderma brevicompactum. Enzyme and microbial technology, 104, 29-36. Impact factor: 2.5 (Current Impact- 3.493)
7. Kumari, I., Sandhu, P., Ahmed, M., & Akhter, Y. (2017). Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Challenges and Opportunities: A Biologist's Prospective. Current Protein and Peptide Science, 18(11), 1163-1179. Impact factor: 2.5 (Current Impact- 2.272)
8. Hussain, R., Kumari, I., Sharma, S., Ahmed, M., Khan, T. A., & Akhter, Y. (2017). Catalytic diversity and homotropic allostery of two Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase like proteins from Trichoderma brevicompactum. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 22(8), 1197-1209. Impact factor: 2.89 (Current Impact- 3.358)
9. Goutham, S., Kumari, I., Pally, D., Singh, A., Ghosh, S., Akhter, Y., & Bhat, R. (2020). Mutually exclusive locales for n-linked glycans and disorder in human glycoproteins. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-12. (Current Impact- 5.133)
10. Kumari, I., Sharma, S., & Ahmed, M. (2020). Tripartite interactions between plants, trichoderma and the pathogenic fungi. In Molecular Aspects of Plant Beneficial Microbes in Agriculture (pp. 391-401). Academic Press.
11. Manjunath, P., Ahmad, J., Samal, J., Sheikh, J.A., Arora, S.K., Khubaib, M., Aggarwal, H., Kumari, I., Luthra, K., Rahman, S.A., Hasnain, S.E. 2021 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Specific Protein Rv1509 Evokes Efficient Innate and Adaptive Immune Response Indicative of Protective Th1 Immune Signature. Frontiers in Immunology.12. Impact factor: 7.561
12. Ahmad, F., Alam, A., Kumari, I., Singh, S., Rani, A., Ehtram, A., ... & Ehtesham, N. Z. (2021). Next Generation Sequencing: Opportunities and Challenges in Tuberculosis Research. Integrated Omics Approaches to Infectious Diseases, 19-40.
13. Shariq, M., Zarin, S., Rastogi, N., Kumari, I., Naz, F., Sharma, T., ... & Ehtesham, N. Z. (2021). Exploration of the Mycobacterial Proteome in the Pathogenesis of TB: A Perspective. In Integrated Omics Approaches to Infectious Diseases (pp. 303-324). Springer, Singapore.
14. Kumari, I., Hussain, R., Sharma, S., Geetika and Ahmed, M. 2021. Microbial Biopesticide for better sustainable agricultural practices. In Biopesticides: Advances in Bio-inoculants. Elsevier. Vol. 2 pp. 301-314.
15. Shariq, M., Quadir N., Alam, A., Zarin, S., Sheikh, J.A., Sharma, N., Samal, J., Ahmad, U., Kumari, I., Hasnain, S.E. and Ehtesham, N.Z. 2021. The exploitation of host autophagy and ubiquitin machinery by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in shaping immune responses and host defense during infection. Autophagy. Accepted. Impact factor: 16.016
16. Bhadrecha P., Singh S., Kumari I., Bhatia D. 2021. Biological and thermo-chemical treatment technologies for sustainable sludge management. In Sustainable Management and Utilization of Sewage Sludge. Springer, International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-85226-9_5.
17. Swargam, S#., Kumari, I#., Kumar, A., Pradhan D, Alam, A., Singh, H., Jain, A., Devi, KR., Trivedi, V., Sharma, J., Hanif, M., Narain, K., Ehtesham, N.Z., Hasnain, S.E. and Ahmad, S. 2021. MycoVarP: Mycobacterium Variant and Drug Resistance Prediction Pipeline for whole-genome sequence data analysis. Frontiers in Biinformatics. Vol. I. DOI: 10.3389/fbinf.2021.805338.
18. Hussain, R., Sharma, S., Kumari, I., & Ahmed, M. (2022). Plant microbiome: Modulation of plant defense and ecological dynamics under stressed environment. In Mitigation of Plant Abiotic Stress by Microorganisms (pp. 19-40). Academic Press.
19. Sattar, R.S.A., Verma, R., Nimisha., Kumar, A., Dar, G.M., Apurva., Sharma, A.K., Kumari, I., Ahmad, E., Ali, A., Mahajan, M and Singh, S.S (2023). Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer and the potential role of exosomes in drug delivery. Cellular Signalling, 110413.
20. Sahoo, R., Sahu, P., Swargam, S., Kumari, I., Behera, B (2023). Repurposing small molecules of Tephrosia purpurea against SARS-CoV2 main protease. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 41 (14), 6822-6833.
21. Kumari, I., Lakhanpal, D., Swargam, S. & Jha, A.N. (2023). Leishmaniasis: Omics approaches to understand its biology from molecule to cell level. Current Protein & Peptide Science; 24 (3), 229-239.). https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203724666230210123147.
22. Jha, A.N., Swargam, S. and Kumari, I. Systems Biology, Bioinformatics and Livestock Science. Bentham Pubishers (Eds.).
23. Link for the book: https://benthambooks.com/future-books-by-subject/life-sciences/subcategory/systems-biology-bioinformatics/
24. Sandeep Swargam# and Indu Kumari#. 2023. An Introduction to the Integration of Systems Biology and OMICS data for Animal Scientists. In Systems Biology, Bioinformatics and Livestock Science (pp. 1-17). Bentham Pubishers.
25. Sandhu, P., Kumari, I. and and Swargam, S. 2023. Proteomics in Livestock Health and Diseases. In Systems Biology, Bioinformatics and Livestock Science (pp. 169-200). Bentham Pubishers.
26. Verma, R#., Sahu, P#., Rana, A., Swargam, S. and Kumari, I. 2023. Single Cell RNA-Sequencing and Its Application in Livestock Animals. In Systems Biology, Bioinformatics and Livestock Science (pp. 228-244). Bentham Pubishers.
27. Bagga, P., Singh, S., Ram, G., Kumari, I., Kapil, S. and Swargam, S. 2025. Virtual screening of phytochemicals with Survival Motor Neurone (SMN)-1 protein and molecular dynamics simulations studies of the best binding phytochemicals. Medicinal Plants - International Journal of Phytomedicines and Related Industries (Accepted).
28. Verma, A., Kumari, I., & Jha, A. N. (2025). Insights into genetic heterogeneity and drug resistance in Leishmania donovani of the Indian sub-continent from genomic data. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 118(12), 198.
• Presentations:
1. Workshop Attended: "PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION AND MOLECULAR DOCKING" organized by our Bioinformatics Centre at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla during OCTOBER 27-31, 2014.
2. Poster presented: Hazardous effects of chemical fertilizers on ecology and environment and its management through potential soil microbes- "National Workshop on status of Natural Hazards in Himachal Pradesh" organized by School of Earth and Environmental Science, CUHP, Dharamshala.
3. Poster presented: Impact of global warming and climate change on soil fertility and its management through potential soil microbes- "Implications of climate change on Himalayan Environment (ICHE)-14" organized by School of Earth and Environmental Science, CUHP, Dharamshala.
4. Poster presented entitled "Understanding the plant -microbe interaction molrcular mechanisms for better exploitation of bio-control agents to enhance sustainable agricultural practices" at International Conference on "NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technologies (NGBT) Conference Bhubaneswar, Odisha", India organized by SciGenom Research Foundation (SGRF) (October 2-4, 2017).
5. Poster presented at National Seminar on "Scientific Advances for Inclusive Development and Environmental Protection" entitled "Understanding the role of additional domains present in taxadiene synthase protein by in silico approach" organized by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (7-9 Feb, 2018).
6. Workshop on "Recent advances in Fish Nutrition" organized by Department of Zoology University of Delhi (15th March 2019 - 17th March 2019).
7. Workshop on "High throughput sequencing data analysis and Electronic Data Capture software for clinical trials" organized by National institute of Pathology Delhi, Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi-110029 (18th March 2019 - 20th March 2019).
8. Workshop on "R Programming and NGS Data Analysis" organized by Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Toxicology, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi (09th-10th May 2019).
9. Poster presented at 2nd Post-doctoral Research Conclave (PDRC2018) entitled “Role of trichothecenes in the plant growth and suppression of the pathogenic fungi” organized by Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi (12th April, 2019).
10. Workshop on “Machine Learning, Network Biology, MD Simulation and Genome Annotation” organised by Nextgenhelper, New Delhi (October 17-18, 2020).
11. Workshop on “International Training Workshop on Single Cell Transcriptomics” organised by National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston (January 17-22, 2022).

Invited lecutre delivered in Workshop:

1. Invited lecture on the topic, “Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis and its Future Aspects”, in two-day workshop on “Technical Aspects of Research Methodology, Statistics and Bioinformatics” from 6th to 7th May 2025 organized by The Centre for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Shahpur Parisar.
2. Invited lecture on the topic, “Basic Bioinformatics and Introduction to Linux” 21 days training course on Advent of Omics Technologies in Precision Diagnostics and Targeted Therapeutics at ICMR-NICPR, Noida.
3. Invited lecture on the topic, “Gene functional enrichment analysis using DAVID tool" on Saturday, 15th November 2025organized by Department of Zoology, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, under the aegis of National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) Delhi Chapter and Science Foundation committee in the workshop entitled, “two-day hands-on workshop on “Bioinformatic Tools”.
7. Grants and Awards
1. CSIR-RA awarded in April 2019.
2. National Fellowship for Zoology during M.Sc.
8. Additional Sections
• Service: 
1. Reviewer for PLOS ONE
2. Review Editor for Frontiers in Genetics (Computational Genomics)
3. Review Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology (Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy)
4. Review Editor for Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
5. Reviewer for Archives of Microbiology
6. Reviewer for International Journal of General Medicine
7. Reviewer for Infection and Drug Resistance
8. Reviewer for Journal of Bimolecular Structure & Dynamics
9. Reviewer for Frontiers in Plant Science
10. Reviewer for BMC Microbiology
11. Reviewer for Archives of Microbiology
• Links: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-231X.