Faculty

Research Area

• Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
• Plant Tissue Culture
• Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
• Genetic Engineering
• Biodiversity Conservation

Awards

• Young Women Scientist Award-2024 by Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, and Society for Plant Research (Springer Nature), India
• Eminent Scientist of the Year Award-2023 by CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi, and CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
• Excellence in Research Award-2023 by Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand
• Young Scientist Award-2019 by Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, for best oral presentation
• Scientist of the Year Award-2018 by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi and University of Delhi (South Campus), New Delhi
• Distinguished Women Scientist Award-2017 by USERC, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand
• Young Scientist Award-2014 from DST, Govt. of India
• Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship 2011 (Post Doctoral Fellowship) by the University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Women Scientist Award by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
• International Travel Support from DST (SERC division), Govt. of India, to attend 4th Global Summit on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants at Sarawak, Malaysia
• Best Paper Presentation Award-2009 in International Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants at Sarawak, Malaysia
• Research Excellence Award 2024 by Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun

Professional Membership

• Society for Plant Research
• Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
• Indian National Science Academy
• National Environmental Science Academy
• Society for the Conservation of Nature

Research Detail

Total Projects: 06 (2 completed; 4 ongoing)

Funding Agencies: DST, ANRF, NMPB, MOEF&CC, UGC, Govt of India

• Title:Development of Hairy root cultures of Aconitum violaceum: a promising approach for the production of secondary metabolites Funding Agency:Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (File No: SR/WOS-A/LS-191/2010) Sanctioned Grant:19.30 Lakhs Duration:3 years, June 2011 to March 2025 Status:Completed
• Title:Ecological and biotechnological approach for conservation and sustainable utilization of Nardostachys jatamansi and Angelica glauca Funding Agency:SERB-Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (File No: SB/YS/LS-69/2014) Sanctioned Grant:28.80 Lakhs Duration:3 years, April 2015 to December 2018 Status:Completed
• Title:Development of conservation strategies for effective utilization of a high value commercial medicinal herb Jurinea macrocephala in western Himalaya Funding Agency:ANRF/SERB, Govt of India Sanctioned Grant:18.30 Lakhs Duration:3 years, October 2022 to March 2026 Status:Ongoing
• Title:In vitro propagation, genetic fidelity and phytochemical analysis of Arnebia benthamii (Wall. Ex. G. Don) Johnston: A critically endangered medicinal herb Funding Agency:UGC Sanctioned Grant:25 Lakhs Duration:5 years Status:Ongoing
• Title:Standardization of propagation protocols for mass multiplication, biochemical profiling and elite identification of Habenaria intermedia, Malaxis acuminata and Paris polyphylla in Western Himalaya Funding Agency:NMPB, Ministry of AYUSH, Govt of India Sanctioned Grant:32 Lakhs Duration:3 years Status:Ongoing
• Title:Large-scale cultivation of medicinal plants for their conservation, sustainable utilization and livelihood improvement in western Himalayas, Uttarakhand Funding Agency:IERP, GBPNIHE, MOEF&CC, Govt of India Sanctioned Grant:14 Lakhs Duration:3 years Status:Ongoing

• Negi, S., Singh, P., Rawat, B., Sharma, A., Rawat, J. M., & et al. (2025). Unearthing the landscape: A bibliometric exploration of hairy root culture research over the past 41 years. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-024-10488-z
• Bisht V, Rawat JM, Gaira KS, Purohit S, Anand J, Sinha S, Mitra D, Ataya FS, Elgazzar AM, Batiha GE, Rawat B. (2024) Assessment of genetic homogeneity of invitro propagated apple root stock MM 104 using ISSR and SCoT primers. BMC Plant Biology (2024) 24:240 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-04939-3
• Rawat JM, Pandey S, Rawat B, Purohit S, Anand J, Negi AS, Thakur A, Mahmoud MH, El-Gazzar AM and El-Saber Batiha G (2023) In vitro production of steroidal saponin, total phenols and antioxidant activity in callus suspension culture of Paris polyphylla Smith: an important Himalayan medicinal plant. Frontiers in Plant Science 14:1225612. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1225612. (SCI IF: 6.67)
• Rawat B, Rawat JM, Purohit S, Singh G, Sharma PK, Chandra A, Begum JPS 7, Venugopal D, Jaremko M, Qureshi KA. (2022). A comprehensive review of Quercus semecarpifolia Sm.: An ecologically and commercially important Himalayan tree. Front. Ecol. Evol., Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.961345. IF: 4.49
• Begum, S. J., Pratibha, S., Rawat, J. M., Venugopal, D., Sahu, P., Gowda, A., Jaremko, M. (2022). Recent Advances in Green Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Bioactive Metallic Nanoparticles. Pharmaceuticals, 15(4), 455. IF: 5.98
• Purohit S, Rawat JM, Pathak VK, Singh DK, Rawat B (2020) A hydroponic-based efficient hardening protocol for in vitro raised commercial kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa). In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-020-10127-3 IF: 2.252
• Rawat JM, A. Bhandari, S.Mishra, B. Rawat, A.K. Dhakad, A Thakur, A.Chandra (2018). Genetic stability and phytochemical profiling of the in vitro regenerated plants of Angelica glauca Edgew.: an endangered medicinal plant of Himalaya. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture doi.org/10.1007/s11240-018-1448-z IF: 2.711
• Dhakad AK, Pandey VV, Beg S, Rawat JM, Singh A (2017) Biological, medicinal and toxicological significance of Eucalyptus and leaf essential oil: a review. J Sci Food Agric. DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8600. IF: 2.463
• Rawat JM, Rawat B and Mehrotra S (2013) Plant regeneration, genetic fidelity, and active ingredient content of encapsulated hairy roots of Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth. Biotechnology Letters (DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1152-3). IF=2.1
• Mishra, J, Singh M., Palni LMS, and Nandi SK (2011) Assessment of genetic fidelity of encapsulated microshoots of Picrorhiza kurrooa. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. DOI: 10.1007/s11240-010-9816-3, 104: 181-186. IF=2.711
• Mishra J, Bhandari H, Singh M, Rawat S, Agnihotri RK, Mishra S and Purohit S (2011) Hairy root culture of Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth.: a promising approach for the production of picrotin and picrotoxinin. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum DOI: 10.1007/s11738-011-0724-x, 33(5) 1841-1846. IF: 2.354

• Patent Granted:01
• Patent Published:05

Total Number of Publications : 63