Personal Profile

Name of the Candidate : Dr Kaushal Kishore Choudhary

Date of Birth : 19.06.1970
Address for correspondence : Department of Botany
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi – 221 005.
Mobile No.: +91 9935341154
Tel No. +91 542 2570107
kkc1970@gmail.com
k_k_c1970@yahoo.co.in
Tel No. +91 6223 233050
Permanent Address : At & P.O. – Baruraj west
District – Muzaffarpur – 843 132
Bihar, INDIA.
Nationality : Indian
Category : General
Marital Status : Married
Academic Achievements
Matriculation : 1st Div. (73.1%), Bihar School Examination Board,
Patna.

I. Sc. (Biology) : 2nd Div. (56.1%), Bihar Intermadiate Education

Council, Patna

B.Sc, Botany (Hons) : 1st Class (65.5%), Langat Singh College,

Bihar University, Muzaffarpur.

M.Sc. Botany (1993) : Ist Class (73.1%), B. R. A. Bihar University,

Muzaffarpur.

Specialization (M.Sc.) : Cytogenetics & Plant Breeding.

Ph.D. Botany (2000) : B. R. A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur.

Ph.D. (Title of thesis) : “Ex-situ Conservation of Cyanobacterial Germplasm in
North Bihar (India)”.
Specialization : Plant Tissue Culture, Algal Ecology, Physiology,
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and isolation and
characterization of Cyanophages

Super specialization : Cyanobacterial Ecology, Physiology

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

State Level Eligibility Test (1996) : Accredited by UGC, New Delhi; Bihar state
Scholarship/Award Received
• Research Scholar in Department of Botany, BRA Bihar University, Muzaffarpur from
January 1995 to 06.12.1999
• Research Associate at Department of Botany, BRA Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar
from 07.12.1999 to 15.10.2001.
• Research Associate (DBT, New Delhi) at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New
Delhi from 22.10.2001 to 31.03.2002.
• Research Associate (C.S.I.R., New Delhi) in the Department of Botany, Arunachal
University, Itanagar from 05.04.2003 to 04.04.2005.
• Research Associate (C.S.I.R., New Delhi) in the Department of Botany, Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasi from 09.04.2005 to 31.10.2007.
Research Experience: 11 years and 04 months
• Ph.D. program : 04 years and 06 months
• Post doctoral program : 06 year and 10 months
Research Techniques Known
Molecular Techniques
• Isolation of chromosomal DNA, plasmid DNA, Protein isolation and profiling by gel
electrophoresis.
Microbial Techniques
• Isolation and purification of cyanobacteria from various sources like water, soil and
plant.
• Isolation of cyanophages infecting fresh water cyanobacterial population.
Plant Biotechnology
• Tissue culture and micro-propagation; phenolic production by immobilized
cyanobacterium
Biochemistry
• Estimation of sugars, proteins, ammonia, pigments, phenolics and enzymes (in
reference to soil, nitrogen assimilation and antioxidant enzymes).
Taxonomy
• Taxonomic identification of Cyanobacteria isolated from different sources up to
species level.
Agrotechniques
• Soil pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter, dehydrogenase and phosphatase
activity of soil after treatment with BGA, Azolla and BGA & Azolla and in normal
condition.
Working Experience
• Tissue culture and micro-propagation.
• Isolation and purification of Cyanobacteria and Azolla.
• Isolation and characterization of cyanophages.
 • Working experience in Cyanobacterial and Azolla sp. used as a biofertilizer.
• Measurement of growth parameters viz. specific growth rate, generation time,
pigments, sugars, proteins, ammonia and phenolics.
• Glutamine Synthetase and Nitrogenase Reductase activity of different Cyanobacterial
strains.
• Dehydrogenase and phosphatase activity of the soil.
• Protein profiling of cyanobacteria by SDS-PAGE.
• Extraction and characterization of nucleic acid by agarose gel electrophoresis.
• Antioxidant proteins and enzymes.
• Biosorption of heavy metals by cyanobacteria.
Seminar/Symposium/Conference/Training/Workshop attended
• Short term training programme On “Research in Marine Cyanobacterial Utilization
Progamme” at Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu from 10th – 21st
Feb, 1997.
• Training course on “ BGA and Azolla Biofertilizer for Rice” at National Centre for
Conservation and Utilization of Blue-Green Algae, Indian Agriculture Research
Institute, New Delhi from August 2 to 8, 2002 under NATP Programme of Team of
Excellence, HRD.
• National workshop on “Biodiversity Research: Challenges, Strategies and future
Prospects” held at ArunachalUniversity, Itanagar from November 26-27, 2003.
Academic Achievements
• Presented the progress report of the major project sponsored by CSIR entitled “An
assessment of bio-potential of selected strains of cyanobacteria isolated from alpine
habitats of Arunachal Pradesh for pigment production” before Project Monitoring
Session of Plant Research Committee at CSIR Complex, New Delhi on 29 th November
2004.
• Presented paper in National symposium on “Plant Genome: Biodiversity, Conservation
and Manipulation, held on 16-17th February, 2007, in the Department of Botany, Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
• Submission of unialgal culture of cyanobacteria isolated from Alpine region of
Arunachal Pradesh to Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Blue Green algae,
Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
List of Published/Accepted Papers
1. Singh, B.V., Choudhary, K.K., Dhar, D.W. and Singh, P.K. (2001). Occurrence of some
Nostocales from 24 Parganas of West Bengal. Phykos 40 (1&2): 83-87.
2. Bimal, R. and Choudhary, K.K. (2001). Growth and Pigment Pattern in Encapsulated and
Non-encapsulated Nostoc, Rivularia and Gloeotrichia. Biojournal 13 (1&2): 115-118.
 3. Mishra U., Choudhary, K.K., Pabbi S., Dhar, D.W. and Singh, P.K. (2005): Influence of
Blue Green Algae and Azolla inoculation on specific soil enzymes under paddy cultivation.
Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmenal sciences. 7(1): 9-12.
4. Choudhary, K.K., Singh, S.S. and Mishra, A.K. (2007). Nitrogen Fixing Cyanobacteria
and their Potential Applications. In: Advances in Applied Phycology (eds. Gupta RK and
Pandey VD). Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, pp 142-154.
5. Choudhary, K.K. and Bimal, R. 2008. Phenolics production by cells of the
cyanobacterium, Anabaena doliolum, immobilized in Ca-alginate. Seaweed research
Utilization. 30: 93-102.
6. Choudhary, K.K. (2009). Ecological and biotechnological relevance of soil cyanobacteria.
In: Soil Microflora (eds. Gupta, R.K., Kumar, M and Vyas, D.). pp 324-339.
7. Choudhary, K.K. 2009. Post-storage viability and metabolic stability of immobilized
cyanobacteria . Nova Hedwigia. Accepted.
8. Choudhary, K.K. (2008). Cryopreservation– A novel approach to cyanobacterial germplasm
conservation. In: Botanical Research: The Current Scenario (eds. Sinha R.P. and Rai A.K.).
Accepted.
9. Choudhary, K.K. and Gupta R.K. (2009). Cyanobacterial Biodiversity – a Profile. In:
Phytodiversity: Protection and Conservation (eds. Gupta R.K. and Kumar, M.). Accepted.
Abstracts published
1. Bimal R. and Choudhary, K.K. (2000). Growth and pigment pattern in encapsulated and
non-encapsulated Nostoc, Rivularia and Gloeotrichia..In: National symposium on
Phycology in the New Millenium, Marh 1-3, 2000. pp – 10-11.
2. Bimal R. and Choudhary, K.K. (2000). Extracellular phenol production by encapsulated
cyanobacterial system- a novel Biotechnological process.In: National symposium on
Phycology in the New Millenium, Marh 1-3, 2000. pp11.
3. K.K.Choudhary, L.N. Shukla and R. Bimal (2007). Entrapment of cyanobacteria for long
term storage. National symposium on “Plant Genome: Biodiversity, Conservation and
Manipulation. 16-17th February, 2007, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, India, pp 36-37.
4. A.Singh, E. Shukla, K.K. Choudhary, S.S. Singh and A.K. Mishra (2007). Physiological
and biochemical assessment of Frankia strains associated with Hippophae salicifolia D.
Don. National symposium on “Plant Genome: Biodiversity, Conservation and
Manipulation. 16-17th February, 2007, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, India, pp 51.
5. Choudhary, K.K. (2008). Cyanobacteria mediated removal of heavy metals from water
contaminated with fly ashes. National conference on “Current Trends in Algal Biodiversity
and Biotechnology”, 7-8 February, 2008, Centre for Advanced Study in Botany, University
of Madras, Chennai.
Communicated papers
1. Choudhary, K.K. 2008. Post-storage potential of immobilized cyanobacterium as
biofertilizer and viable inocula. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture.
 2. Sharma N., Choudhary, K. K., Singh, S. and Rai A.K. (2008). All that green is not good:
Freshwater cyanobacterial bloom – causes, consequences and mitigation. In: the
Developments in Environmental Pollution and Climate Change (ed. Nemr, A.E.).
3. Choudhary, K.K. 2008. Occurrence of some Chroococcales in rice fields of North Bihar,
India. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy.
4. Choudhary, K.K. and Singh, R.K. (2008). Cyanobacterial succession and biodiversity along
an altitudinal gradient in three different sites of Arunachal Pradesh. Current Science.
5. Choudhary, K.K. (2008). Diversity of filamentous non-heterocystous forms of
cyanobacteria (Oscillatoriaceae) in agriculture fields of North Bihar, India. Indian Journal of
Tropical Biodiversity.
6. Choudhary, K.K. (2008). Distribution of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria (Nostocaceae) in
rice fields of North Bihar, India. Taiwania.
7. Choudhary, K.K. (2008). Diversity of false branching showing heterocystous forms of
cyanobacteria in paddy fields of Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, India. Folia
Malaysiana.

Latter to be communicated

1. Choudhary, K.K. and Singh, R.K. (2008). Growth and pigment composition of
cyanobacteria isolated from different regions of Arunachal Pradesh.
2. Choudhary, K.K. and Shukla, S.P. (2008). Optimization of nutrient media by replacing
micronutrient by soil extract for pigment production.
3. Choudhary, K.K. (2008). Biosorption of heavy metals by cyanobacteria growing on the
vicinity of flyash.
4. Choudhary, K.K., Dhar D. W. and Singh P.K. (2008). Comparative study on Cyanobacterial
strain, Nostoc, isolated from different agro-ecological regions of India.
5. Choudhary, K.K. (2008). Distribution of non-heterocystous forms of cyanobacteria in rice
fields of North Bihar, India.
References
1. Prof. Ashok Kumar
School of Biotechnology
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi – 221005, U.P., India
e-mail – kasokbt@rediffmail.com
2. Prof. Dolly Wattal Dhar
Head, division of Microbiology
Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi – 110 012,
India
e-mail – dollywattaldhar@yahoo.co.in
3. Dr R. P. Sinha
Associate professor
Bepartment of Botany
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi – 221 005, U.P.
India
e-mail – r.p.sinha@gmx.net