Dr. Ranjeet Singh

NAME : Dr. Ranjeet Singh
QUALIFICATION : M. Sc., B. Sc.,Ph. D
DESIGNATION :  Assistant Professor
Email id : ranjeet_botany77@yahoo.com
Contact No.: 97806-22530

AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED

  • Conferred with the “Merit Certificate”on account of standing first in English in S.D. College, Barnala during the session 2005-06.
  • Achieved PSCST fellowship for research project for M.Sc during the session 2008-09.
  • Achieved Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students for pursuing Ph. D. during the session 2009-10.
  • First Prize for paper presentationin the National Symposium on Mushroom for Medicinal Value and Nutritional Security under Changing Climatic Conditions, Indian Mushroom Growers Association and Department of Plant Pathology, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. December 27-28, 2013.
  • First Prizefor paper presentation in the International Conference on Life Sciences, Informatics, Food and Environment (ICLIFE 2014). Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. August 29-30, 2014.

SEMINARS, CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

  1. Attended and participated as a volunteer in National seminar on “Depleted Uranium (U-238): Environmental Hazards” organized by Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, GNDU, Amritsar. April 5, 2008.
  2. Attended and participated as a volunteer in National seminar on “Ecological Challenges and Social Responsibilities” organized by All India Pingalwara Charitable Society, Amritsar and Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, GNDU, Amritsar. August 6, 2008.
  3. Attended and participated in Workshop cum Training on “Management of Municipal Solid Waste” sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India in collaboration with Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, GNDU, Amritsar. April 16-17, 2009.
  4. Attended International Symposium on “Mutagens and Genetic Diversity for Health and Agriculture” organized by Environment Mutagen Society of India (EMSI) held at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Punjab University, Chandigarh. March 12-14, 2010.
  5. Attended and presented poster entitled “Anti-anxiety potential of Ganoderma philippii”in the International Conference on Biotechnology: Emerging Trends (ICIB-2012), organized by Department of Biotechnology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa (Haryana).September 18-20, 2012.
  6. Attended and participated in UGC Sponsored Workshop on “Analysis of Biological Data” organized by the Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, GNDU, Amritsar. August 27, 2012- September 2, 2012.
  7. Attended and presented poster entitled “Anxiolytic activity of Ganoderma applanatum” in the International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology and 9th Convention of the Biotech Research Society, India, organized by Department of Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab. November 21-23, 2012.
  8. Attended and presented poster entitled “Elemental composition of two wild growing Ganoderma species” in the National Symposium on Mushroom for Medicinal Value and Nutritional Security under Changing Climatic Conditions, organized by Indian Mushroom Growers Association and Department of Plant Pathology, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. December 27-28, 2013.
  9. Attended and presented poster entitled “Chemical composition and anti-anxiety activity of Ganoderma lucidum Karst.” in the National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Botanical Sciences, organized by Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab. February 17-18, 2014.
  10. Attended and presented poster entitled “Pharmacognostic and phytochemical investigation of Ganoderma applanatum and brownii” in the 18th Annual Convention of Society of Pharmacognosy on Promotion and Globalisation of Indian Herbal Products- Perspectives and Prospects, organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana. February 21-22, 2014.
  11. Attended and presented oral presentation entitled “Elemental profile of Ganoderma brownii” in the International Congress on Agriculture, Food Engineering and Environmental Sciences- Sustainable Approaches, organized by Krishi Sanskriti, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. March 29-30, 2014.
  12. Attended and presented poster entitled “Determination of elemental contents of Ganodermaapplanatum” in the International Conference on Life Sciences, Informatics, Food and Environment (ICLIFE 2014), organized by Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. August 29-30, 2014.
  13. Attended and presented oral presentation entitled “Comparative anti-depressant activity of different extracts of Ganoderma lucidum Karst.” National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Botanical Sciences, Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab. February 17-18, 2015.
  14. Attended and presented oral presentation entitled “Fatty acid profile of Ganoderma philippii”. International Conference on Recent Advances in Emerging Technologies (ICRAET-2016), organized by Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. February 23-24, 2016.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

  1. Singh, R., Joshi R., and Vig, A.P. (2011). Effect of vermicompost on seed germination parameters of Abelmoschus esculentus and Cucurbita pepo. Sustainable Waste Management2011:307–313.
  2. Singh, R., Dhingra, G.S. and Shri, R. (2014). A comparative study of taxonomic, physicochemical, and phytochemical aspects of Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma philippii from Uttarakhand, India.Turkish Journal of Botany38: 186–196.
  3. Singh, R., Singh, A.P., Dhingra, G.S. and Shri, R. (2014). Taxonomy, physicochemical evaluation and chemical investigation of Ganoderma applanatum and G. brownii. International Journal of Advanced Research 2: 702–711.
  4. Singh, R., Dhingra, G.S. and Shri, R. (2016).Evaluation of anti-anxiety potential of four Ganodermaspecies in mice. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 18: 991–998.
  5. Singh, R.,Shri, R., Singh, A.P. and Dhingra, G.S. (2019). Proximate composition and element levels of selected species of Ganoderma based on their potential contribution to dietary intakes. Biological Trace Element Research (Accepted).

MEMBERSHIP OF DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL SOCITIES

  1. Lifetime membership of Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI)
  2. Lifetime membership of Mycological Society of India (MSI)