Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Dr.  Ashok Kumar Nadda

Dr. Ashok Kumar Nadda
Associate Professor
( 91) 01792 239354
ashok.nadda@juit.ac.in
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Biography :

Dr. Ashok Kumar Nadda  is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He holds an extensive ‘Research and Teaching’ experience of more than 10 years in the field of microbial biotechnology, with research expertise focusing on various issues pertaining to ‘nano-biocatalysis, microbial enzymes, biomass, bioenergy’ and ‘climate change. Dr. Ashok is teaching, Enzymology and Enzyme technology, Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Bioresources and Industrial products to the bachelor, master and Ph.D. students. He holds International work experiences in South Korea, India, Malaysia, and People’s Republic of China. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan China. He also worked as a Brain Pool researcher/ Assistant Professor at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Ashok has published more than 125 scientific contributions in the form of research, review, books, book chapters and others at several platforms in various journals of international repute. The research output includes 85 research articles, 50 book chapters and 30 books. He is the main series editor of “Microbial Biotechnology for environment, energy and health” that publishing the books under Taylor and Francis, CRC Press USA. He has attended more than 50 conferences/ workshops/colloquia/ seminars etc. in India and abroad.

Job experience

July 2025 to onwords: Associate Professor (SG), Department of Biotechnology and Bionformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh India, 173-234

March 2021-June 2025: Assistant Professor (SG), Department of Biotechnology and Bionformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh India, 173-234

Jan 2018-February 2021: Assistant Professor (Grade-II), Department of Biotechnology and Bionformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Himachal Pradesh India, 173-234

March 2017-Dec 2017: Assistant Professor (Brain Pool- KU), Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, Korea, 143701

March 2016- Feb 2017: Visiting Post Doctoral research associate, Department of Chemical Engineering,Konkuk University, Seoul, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul, Korea, 143-701.

June 2014- Mar 2016: Post Doctoral Fellow [Enzyme Molecular Engineering Lab] State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People’s Rupublic of China

Project Areas for Bachelor/Master/ Ph.D. Project work:

Microbial Biotechnology, Enzyme Technology, Nanobiocatalysis

Microbial enzymes for various synthetic industrial applications

Nanomaterials for enzyme immobilization, nanoflowers and their applications

Biopolymers, plastic degradation, CO2 conversion using microbes and enzymes

Chemoenzymatic biomass conversion, Algal fuels, pigments, saccharification and enzymatic hydrolysis

Bioenergy, bioelectricity and biofuels of next generation

Microbial communities profiling for waste management

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