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The department of Microbiology was established in 1964
with late Dr. S.R. Vyas as the founder Professor &
Head, who laid solid foundation for the subsequent
growth and development of the department. Over the
years, the department has made significant
contribution in research, teaching and extension. The
department developed a solid state fermentation
process for the production of citric acid from cane
molasses using improved strains of Aspergillus
niger. Technology for the production of wine
from locally grown grapes was developed by late
Professor Vyas and the technical know-how for large
scale production of wine was later given to Panipat
Cooperative distillery, Panipat. A process for the
direct fermentation of sugarcane for alcohol
production was developed. Yeast strains have been
developed for the production of ethanol from cane
molasses which are being supplied to Indian
distilleries. Usefulness of organic manures in
maintaining soil organic matter status and their role
in pollution abatement has been worked out.
Technology for enrichment of compost with (i)
Azotobacter for increased nitrogen content, (ii)
rock phosphate for increased phosphate availability
and (iii) urea for increased organic nitrogen content
has been developed. Use of neem cake in controlling
nitrification and slow release of nitrogen from
nitrogenous fertilizers has been worked out.
Since the late sixties, the department has been in
the forefront in carrying basic and applied research
towards producing efficient rhizobial strains for
chickpea, mungbean, urd bean, cowpea, berseem soybean
and other legumes and Azotobacter for
non-leguminous crops. Large scale production and
distribution of biofertilizers to farmers has reached
a maximum of 2,00,000 packets per year. For this
activity, the department was awarded National
Productivity Council Award for 1985-86. Biofertilizers
of phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) and
biocontrol inoculants of Gluconacetobacter are
also being produced by the department. Molecular
ecological studies of these microbes have also been
carried out.
Microbial parameters in
the anaerobic digestion of organic wastes for biogas
production have been studied. Conditions for
increasing biogas production in winter through
recycling of spent slurry, and effective use of
brackish water for biogas production have been worked
out. Family size Janta biogas plant has been modified
for solid state fermentation of cattle dung that has
been tested all over India and has been found
satisfactory.
List of faculty members
of Microbiology
|
Sr. No. |
Name Designation |
Field of specilazation |
E. mail address |
Contact No. |
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1. |
Dr. Sneh Goyal Professor &
Head |
Soil Microbiology |
snehgoyal@hau.ernet.in |
9416240932 |
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2. |
Dr. Sunita Suneja
Professor |
Environmental Microbiology, Biological nitrogen
fixation |
ssuneja@hau.ernet.in |
9416531930 |
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3. |
Dr. S. S. Dudeja |
Plant Microbe Interactions, Molecular ecology,
Biological nitrogen fixation |
ssdudeja@hau.ernet.in
ssdudeja@gmail.com |
9416043190 |
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4. |
Dr. Shashi Paroda Professor |
FermentationSoil Microbiology |
shashi_paroda@hau.ernet.in
shashiparoda_@yahoo.com |
9896303488 |
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5. |
Dr. S.S. Dhamija
Professor |
Fermentation
|
dhamija53@hau.ernet.in
dv89@rediffmail.com |
9896011463 |
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6 |
Dr. R.C. Anand Professor |
Biofertilizer production, Plant Microbe
Interactions |
anandrc@hau.ernet.in |
9416993476 |
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7 |
Dr.S.S. Sindhu Professor |
Biocontrol, Plant Microbe Interactions |
sindhuss@hau.ernet.in |
9416650057 |
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8 |
Dr. K. Kukreja Professor |
Plant Microbe Interactions, Biological nitrogen
fixation |
kkukreja@hau.ernet.in |
9896686367 |
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9 |
Dr. D.V. Pathak Associate Professor |
Biofertilizer production,
Vermicompositing |
pathak_dv@rediffmail.com |
9416632846 |
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10 |
Dr. Leela Wati
Associate Professor |
Fermentation, Environmental Microbiology |
lwkraj@hau.ernet.in
lwkraj@gmail.com |
9416397853 |
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11 |
Dr Rajesh Gera Associate Professor |
Plant Microbe Interactions, Molecular ecology,
Biological nitrogen fixation |
gera@hau.ernet.in |
9416961450 |
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12 |
Dr.Rakesh Kumar
Asstt. Scientist |
Molecular Microbiology |
sehrawatrk@gmail.com
sehrawatrk@hau.ernet.in |
9813046403 |
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13 |
Dr.(Mrs.) Kamla
Asstt. Scientist |
Fermentation and Industrial Microbiology |
kamlamalik@hau.ernet.in
kamlamalik@rediff.com |
9466263614 |
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14 |
Dr (Mrs.) Seema
Asstt. Professor |
Fermentation and Bioremediation |
seema_sangwan80@hau.ernet.in |
9416247951 |
Location
Building of College of Basic Sciences&
Humanities
Mailing Address :
Department of
Microbiology
College of Basic Sciences & Humanities
CCS Haryana Agricultural University
Hisar - 125 004,
India.
Telephone :
+91-1662-237721 Extn.4292
Ongoing Research Projects
A) State funded projects:
·
Development and improvement of microorganisms for use
in agriculture, industry and environment
·
Rice straw composting and enrichment
for crop production
B)
ICAR funded projects:
·
ICAR
Network on biofertilizers.
·
AICRP on Renewable sources of energy
for agriculture and agro based industries (
Bioconversion technology).
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Network project on “Application of microorganisms in
agriculture and applied systems (AMAAS)”
C) Other agency
projects :
·
Production and marketing of biofertilizers for
different crops (Sponsored under Rashtriya Krishi
Vikas Yojana)
·
Ethanol
production from sugarcane bagasse
Major contributions
-
Developed strains of Rhizobium, Azotobacter,
Azospirillum and phosphate solubilizing
microorganisms for use as biofertilizers for various
crops.
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Production of biofertilizers for legumes, cereals,
oil seeds, cotton and vegetable crops .
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Production of Gluconacetobacter as biocontrol
agent.
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Developed technology for the production of phosphate
- enriched compost by use of organic wastes and low
grade rock phosphate.
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Developed thermo tolerant yeast strains for fast
fermentation of cane molasses for ethanol
production.
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Improvement in the design of biogas plants for solid
state digestion of cattle dung.
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Developed technology for rice straw composting.
Last updated
30-03-12 |