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Dr.AbhishekKumarMalakar
Address for Correspondence
H. No.: 918F, Sector- 3,
Vaishali, Ghaziabad- 201010, (U. P.), India
E-mail: abhishekmalakar@gmail.com / abhishekmalakar@rediffmail.com
Mobile: +91-8375898192 / +91-9450373796
OBJECTIVE:
Looking for a career, which can provide satisfaction and opportunity for learning and applying knowledge
to gain wide experience.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) - Life Sciences (Environ Biology), Division of Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources,
Lucknow and APS University, Rewa, M. P., India
Thesis Title: “Genetic Diversity Analysis of the Genus Ompok (Lacepede 1803)”.
 Master of Science (M. Sc.): Botany (2004), D.A.V. P. G. College, Kanpur (U. P.), India (C.S.J.M.
University Kanpur) First Division with 60.6% marks.
 Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.): Botany & Zoology (2002), J. N. P. G. College, Lucknow (U. P.), India
(University of Lucknow).
 Intermediate (12th): Science (1999), Government Inter College, Sitapur (U. P.), India (Uttar Pradesh
Examination Board, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh).
 Matriculation (10th): Science (1997), M. R. D. Inter College, Mishrikh, Sitapur (U. P.), India (Uttar
Pradesh Examination Board, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh).
 Diploma One year: Computer Applications (2006), TEC Computers Centre, Lucknow (U. P.), India
(Registrar of Firms, DOEACC Centre, Chandigarh).
 Certificate Two months: Bioinformatics (2005), The Bioinformatica Solutions, Lucknow (U. P.),
India (Registrar of Firms, Society for Biological Research & Rural Development, Reg. No. 482).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
 Currently working as Assistant Manager- Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) at Xcelris Genomic
Labs Ltd., Ahmedabad, India from 15 July 2013 to till date.
 Worked on Field Application Scientist in “Genomics” at Innovating Life Discoveries Pvt. Ltd.
Gurgaon, India from 16 July 2012 to 13 July 2013.
RESEARCE EXPERIENCE:
 Worked on Project Assistant in the “ICAR Outreach Activity on Fish Genetic Stock Project” at
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India from 23 April 2009 to 15 July 2012.

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 As Ph.D. research scholar on research work entitled: “Genetic Diversity Analysis of the Genus
Ompok (Lacepede 1803)” under supervision Dr. W. S. Lakra, Vice Chancellor/Director, Central
Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Formerly Director, NBFGR, Lucknow).
 As Research Scholar in “DNA Barcoding of Indian Fishes” in International Centre for DNA
Barcoding at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India from August, 2006 to
August, 2009.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Worked on Guest Faculty at BCS-InSilicoBiology (A Bioinformatics training and consulting services),
Lucknow, India, from 2008 to 2012. (M.Sc. and B.Tech Bioinformatics students).
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUES:
(DNA Related)
DNA isolation from Fishes (fresh & clotted blood, fin, tissue), Seahorse tissue, Mussel tissue and Fish
Parasite tissue (Nematodes & Cestodes), Purification and Quantification of Genomic DNA, PCR, RAPD-
Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA, PCR-RFLP-Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment
Length Polymorphism, SSR-Simple Sequence Repeat (microsatellite). Gel electrophoresis including
Agarose gel and PAGE, Sequencing and Sequence analysis.
(DNA Barcoding)
Prepared of DNA Barcode from Fishes (Freshwater, Marine & Ornamental), Hippocampus (Seahorse),
Mussel and Fish Parasites (Nematodes & Cestodes).
(Software’s used)
MEGA 4.1, DnaSP 4.9, Phylo-win, Phylip, DNAStar, Megalign, SeqEdit, BLAST, FASTA, PopGen32,
TFPGA, Genepop 4.0, Genetix 4.5, MicroChecker 2.2.3, Tandem Repeat Finder 4.4, Arlequin 3.5, Biovis
images, QualityOne images, Truss Analysis (tpsdig, tpsUtil, Past), MegaBASE (MegaBASE ScoreCard,
Sequence Analyzer).
BIOINFORMATICS SKILLS:
Search Tools: Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST), ENTREZ etc.
Nucleotide Databases: GenBank, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), DNA Data
Bank of Japan.
Protein Databases: Protein Data Bank (PDB), SWISS-PROT.
Reference Databases: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Biological Software’s: BioEdit, Cn-3D, Swiss PDB Viewer 3.7, Rasmol 2.6, ORF-Finder, JalView
TreeView, DNAtool, Chemsketch, Clustal Package, Primer designing
(Primer3 & WebSat), Modeller 9v7, Procheck 3.0, Python 2.5.4.
Sequence Submission Tools: Sequin, BankIt, Sakura
COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems : Windows 98/2000/XP/VISTA/Windows7, MS-DOS

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Other software’s : Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash, MS-Office, Swiss-max, Adobe
PhotoShop
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN:
 Web based information during August 2005– October 2005 at The Bioinformatica Solutions, Lucknow
(U.P.), India. Project title: “Database on Japanese Encephalitis Virus”.
 Database of exotic fish species during January 2006 – March 2006 at National Bureau of Fish Genetic
Resources, Lucknow (U.P.), India. Project title: “Database on Exotic Fishes of India”.
LIST OF PUBLICATION: FULL PAPERS
 K. Rajeshwari, Beena Uppal, Rakesh Singh, Abhishek K. Malakar, Surendra K. Chikara (2015).
Draft Genome of Escherichia coli O146 Isolate from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi,
India. Genome Announc; 3(1). doi:10.1128/genomeA.01515-14.
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, Pallavi, Vineet Kr. Dubey, Karan V. Singh, Wazir S. Lakra and R. M.
Mishra (2014). Heterogeneity in habitat use of three threatened freshwater catfishes (Siluridae:
Siluriformes) in five major tropical rivers of India. International Journal of Bioinformatics and
Biological Science; 2 (3-4): 135-144.
 Darpan Saraswat, W. S. Lakra, Prakash Nautiyal, Mukunda Goswami, Komal Shyamakant,
Abhishek Malakar (2014). Genetic characterization of Clupisoma garua (Hamilton 1822) from six
Indian populations using mtDNA cytochrome b gene. Mitochondrial DNA; 25(1):70-7.
 Komal Shyamakant Pasi, W. S. Lakra, J. P. Bhatt, M. Goswami, A. Kr. Malakar (2013). Population
structure of Tor tor inferred from mitochondrial gene cytochrome b. Mitochondrial DNA; 24 (3):
290–296.
 A. K. Malakar, Pallavi, Wazir S. Lakra and R. M. Mishra (2013). Length-weight relationships of
Butter catfish, Ompok bimaculatus in Betwa River, India. International Journal of Bioinformatics
and Biological Science; 1 (2): 129-133.
 Abhishek K. Malakar, Wazir S. Lakra, M. Goswami, R. M. Mishra (2013). Genetic differentiation
of Ompok bimaculatus (Teleostei: Siluridae) population based on mtDNA cytochrome b gene.
Mitochondrial DNA; 24 (2): 145–150.
 A. K. Malakar, Pallavi, K.V. Singh and Salil Srivastava (2013). A Review on DNA Microarrays: A
Novel Tool for Identification and Exploitation of Fish Conservation in Aquaculture. World Journal
of Fish and Marine Sciences; 5 (1): 26-34.
 Pallavi, M. Goswami, P. Nautiyal, A. K. Malakar, N. S. Nagpure (2012). Genetic divergence &
molecular phylogenetics of Puntius spp. based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Mitochondrial
DNA; 23 (6): 477–483.
 Abhishek K. Malakar, Wazir S. Lakra, M. Goswami, M. Singh, R. M. Mishra (2012). Molecular
Identification of three Ompok species using mitochondrial COI gene. Mitochondrial DNA; 23(1):
20–24.
 Ajay Pandey, Rajendra P. Thapliyal, Wazir S. Lakra, M. Goswami, M. Singh, Abhishek K. Malakar
(2012). Morphological taxonomy and molecular divergence of four baliorids species (subfamily:
Nemachelinae) from Central Himalaya, India. Mitochondrial DNA; 23(3): 239–249.
 J. Kaur, A. Mohan, S. Kumar, Pallavi, A. K. Malakar (2012). Insilico Homology Modeling of
Mutated PTEN Protein Responsible for Causing Meningioma. Online Journal of Bioinformatics;
13(1):50-58.

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 Anshu Malhotra, Neeshma Jaiswal, Abhishek Kumar Malakar, Mahender Singh Verma, Hari Raj
Singh, Wazir Singh Lakra, Sandeep Kumar Malhotra, Shokoofeh Shamsi (2011). The morphology
and genetic characterization of Iheringascaris goai n. sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the silver
whiting and spotted catfish off the central west coast of India. Journal of Helminthology; 1-10.
doi:10.1017/S0022149X11000472.
 Abhishek K. Malakar, Wazir S. Lakra, M. Singh, M. Goswami, R. M. Mishra (2009). Genetic
Characterization of three Ompok species using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Indian Journal of
Fisheries; 36: 65-82.
 Karan Veer Singh, W. S. Lakra, A. Gopalakrishnan, Mohan Joseph Modayil, Abhishek K. Malakar,
R. C. Sobti (2011). Molecular identification and phylogenetic relationship of seahorse, Hippocampus
kuda (Bleeker 1852) using mitochondrial 16S rRNA and COI gene sequences from east and west
coasts of India. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; 81 (1): 97–101.
 Manisha Mishra, Abhishek Kr. Malakar, Ashish Kr. Jaiswal and Pallavi (2011). Comparative
Computational Studies And Insilico Identification of Polyprotein In Japanese Encephalitis Virus.
International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences; 2 (1): 326-336.
 Poornima Chauhan, Ashish Kumar Jaiswal, Shipra Gupta and Abhishek Kr. Malakar (2011).
Comparative Modeling Studies of C-type Lectin Domain Family 2 Member D Spliced Isoforms
through 3D Structures. Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics; 4 (1): 119-127.
 Mayur Sinha, Diwakar Katiyar, Nayan Bharti, Ankur Mohan, Santosh Pal and Abhishek Kr.
Malakar (2010). Insilico Structure Prediction of 6 Phosphofructo-2-Kinase/Fructose-2,4
Bisphophatase-4, a Novel Protein in Colon Cancer. Journal of Computational Intelligence in
Bioinformatics; 3 (2): 249-256.
LIST OF PUBLICATION: REVIEW ARTICLES
 Neha, Ashwini Mishra, Pallavi and Abhishek Kr. Malakar (2011). Alzheimer's disease: A
Pharmacotherapy. PharmaBuzz; pp 36-46.
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar and Santosh Kumar (2010). Biological Databases- An overview. The Age of
Biotechnology; pp 42-49.
 Ashwini Mishra, Neha, Pallavi, Abhishek Kr. Malakar and Santosh Pal (2010). How the Drug Act
Through Receptor. The Age of Biotechnology; pp 39-43.
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, Ashish Kr. Jaiswal, Komal Shyamakant, Pallavi, Shipra Gupta and W.S.
Lakra (2009). Bioinformatics and Biological Databases. Palindrome; Postgraduate Department of
Biotechnology, St. Xavier College Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
LIST OF PUBLICATION: GENERAL ARTICLES
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, Pallavi, Komal Shyamakant, K.V. Singh, M. Singh and M.Goswami (2012).
Samundri Jaivesuchana Vigyan: Ek Parichaya MatsyaLok; pp 42-44. (In Hindi)
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, Komal Shyamakant, Pallavi, M. Singh and K.V. Singh (2012). D.N.A.
Microarray Prodhyogiki aur Machliya. MatsyaLok; pp 45-46. (In Hindi)
 Manisha Mishra, Abhishek Kr. Malakar, Pallavi, Komal Shyamakant, Anshul Tiwari, Ashish Chandr
Trivadi and Prachi Srivastava (2012). Ekkisvi Shadi mai Aushadhee Nirman mai Computer Ki
Badhtee Upyogita. MatsyaLok; pp 85-88. (In Hindi)

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 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, S. Mishra and M. S. Verma (2008). Bioinformatics Ki Badhti Upyogita.
MatsyaLok; pp 85-87. (In Hindi)
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, D. Katiyar, K. Shyamakant, A. Siddiqui and S. Sharma (2008). Medhak:
Tere Kitne Roop? MatsyaLok; pp 104. (In Hindi)
LIST OF PUBLICATION: ABSTRACTS
 Karan Veer Singh, W. S. Lakra, R. C. Sobti, A. Gopalakrishnan and A. K. Malakar. “Molecular
Genetic Studies of Seahorses from Indian Ocean”. In X Agricultural Science Congress on Soil, Plant
and Animal Health for Enhanced and Sustained Agricultural Productivity (Abstract No.-ORF-61P-32,
Page No.-468) at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India, February 10-12,
2011.
 Neha, Ashwini Mishra, Pallavi, Abhishek Kr. Malakar and Santosh Pal. “Alzheimer's disease and Its
Economic Impact”. In National Conference on Metabolomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics
(NCMTP-2011) (Page No.-55) at BCS-InSilicoBiology Lucknow (U. P.), India, January 29-30, 2011.
 Chauhan Poornima, Ashish Kumar Jaiswal, Shipra Gupta and Abhishek Kr. Malakar. “Comparative
modeling studies of C-type lectin domain family 2 member D spliced isoforms through 3D structures”.
In National Conference on Metabolomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics (NCMTP-2011) (Page
No.-98) at BCS-InSilicoBiology, Lucknow (U. P.), India, January 29-30, 2011.
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, W. S. Lakra, Rash. M. Mishra, Pallavi, Komal Shyamakant and Karan Veer
Singh. “Mitochondrial DNA: A tool of study taxonomic and phylogenetic relationship in fishes”. In
National Consultation on Biodiversity of High Altitude Aquatic Resources, Conservation and
utilization (Page No.-88) at Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal, Nainital,
Uttarakhand, India, September 29-30, 2010.
 B. K. Gupta, Abhishek Kr. Malakar, V. K. Dubey, A. Pandey and R. Sani. “Present Status of Fish
Biodiversity of River Gomti”. In 28th Annual session of The Academy of Environmental Biology &
National Symposium on Environmental Stress & Bioresources Management at Department of Botany,
Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), New Delhi,India, November 20-22, 2008.
 A. Malhotra, N. Jaiswal, H.R. Singh, M.S. Verma, W.S. Lakra. Abhishek Kr. Malakar, S.C. Sharma
and S. K. Malhotra. “Barcode of life to demonstrate fish helminth genetic transformations of
evolutionary potential”. In National Conference on Aquatic Genetic Resources at National Bureau of
Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India, April 26-27, 2008.
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, M. Mishra, A. Jaiswal, S. Mishra and K. V. Singh. "In Silico Identifications
of Functional Domains and Active Site of Virulence (Pathogenicity) related Genes (XC4223 & XC
2827) in Xanthomonas spp”. In National Conference on BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR HUMAN
WELFARE (Paper code: CBT-65) at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, July 20-
21, 2007.
 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, S. Mishra, M. Mishra, A. Jaiswal and K. V. Singh. "A Computational
Approaches to study active compounds in medicinal plants”. In National Conference on
BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR HUMAN WELFARE (Paper code: CBT-64) at Coimbatore Institute of
Technology, Coimbatore, India, July 20-21, 2007.

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 Abhishek Kr. Malakar, A. Jaiswal, M. Mishra, S. Mishra and K. V. Singh. “In Silico Analysis of the
Surface Active Proteins of Importance in Biological Control Agents”. In National Conference on
BANGALORE BIO-2007 (PIN: P- 47) at Bangalore International Exhibition Center (Bangalore),
India, June 8- 9, 2007.
 A.K. Jaiswal, S. Singh, Abhishek Kr. Malakar, M. Mishra, M. Yadav and S. Khanduri. "InSilico
Identification of Residues Responsible for Crystallization of GTPase Proteins". In International
Conference on Bioinformatics & Biotechnology InCoB 2006 at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, India,
December 19-21, 2006.
 M. Manisha, Abhishek Kr. Malakar, Jaiswal A., Biswas M., K. Santosh, Srivastava P. and Khanna
V. K. “Phylogenetic Analysis & InSilico Identification of Poly & Non Structural Protein in Japanese
Encephalitis Virus with other related Groups”. In International update on Basic and Clinical
Neuroscience Advances and XXIV Annul Conference of Indian Academy of Neurosciences at Indian
Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow (U. P.), India December 17-20, 2006.
SEQUENCE SUBMITTED TO NCBI/EMBL/DDBJ:
Nucleotide Sequences:
Genes Organisms Number of
Sequences
Total Number of
Sequences
Mitochondrial Cytochrome c
oxidase subunit I (COI) gene
1. Fishes (Freshwater, Marine
& Ornamental)
2. Hippocampus (Seahorse)
3. Fish Parasites (Nematodes
& Cestodes)
183
39
21
243
Mitochondrial Cytochrome b
(Cyt b) gene
1. Fishes (Freshwater, Marine
& Ornamental)
2. Hippocampus (Seahorse)
141
77
218
Mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene 1. Fishes (Freshwater, Marine
& Ornamental)
2. Hippocampus (Seahorse)
153
26
209
Mitochondrial 18S rRNA gene Nematodes & Cestodes 33 33
D-loop & tRNA –pro gene Freshwater fishes 17 17
Total Sequences 860
Protein Sequences:
Genes Organisms Number of
Sequences
Total Number of
Sequences
Mitochondrial Cytochrome c
oxidase subunit I (COI) gene
1. Fishes (Freshwater, Marine
& Ornamental)
2. Hippocampus (Seahorse)
3. Fish Parasites (Nematodes
& Cestodes)
183
39
21
243
Mitochondrial Cytochrome b
(Cyt b) gene
1. Fishes (Freshwater, Marine
& Ornamental)
2. Hippocampus (Seahorse)
141
77
218
Total Sequences
641

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PROTEIN STRUCTURE SUBMITTED TO PMDB:
Three theoretical protein Model entries submitted in Protein Modeling Data Base (PMDB)
(http://mi.caspur.it/PMDB/) from different organism such as cytochrome P450 (Hypericum perforatum);
Polyprotein (C5NU03_9FLAV) (Japanese Encephalitis Virus) and RNA polymerase C (Hypericum
perforatum).
WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ SYMPOSIUM ATTENDED:
 Participated Conference on “X Agricultural Science Congress on Soil, Plant and Animal Health
for Enhanced and Sustained Agricultural Productivity” organized by National Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi and In collaboration with: National Bureau of Fish Genetic
Resources, Lucknow; Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow; Central Institute for
Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow, India on February, 10-12, 2011.
 Participated National workshop on “Fisheries Conservation and Enhancement in Northern Hill
States” organized by NBFGR, Lucknow and HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), India on
March, 9-10, 2010.
 Participated National workshop on “Advance in Aquaculture & Fisheries Perspectives Prospects
and Challenges” organized by ILDEX India Aquaculture, ITPO, New Delhi, India on July, 3rd
, 2009.
 Attended 12 days “Training Programme on Recent Advances in Molecular Markers & their
applications” organized at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India on
January, 12-23, 2009.
 Participated on “National Conference on Aquatic Genetic Resources” organized at National Bureau
of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India on April, 26-27, 2008.
 Attended one day “International Workshop on DNA Barcoding” NASC Complex, New Delhi
organized by: National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India on December 4th
2008.
 Attended workshop on “Intellectual Property & Technology Management” at National Bureau of
Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India on December, 18 – 20, 2008.
 Participated as a training faculty in “International Hands-on Training on DNA BarCoding of
Marine Life” organized by National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India on
April, 16-21, 2007.
 Demonstration of NCBI, DNAStar, MEGA-4.1, BioEdit, DnaSP, TreeView, Clustal Package,
Jalview, Moeller 9v7, Primer3, WebSat and 3D structure visualization tools: Cn-3D, Swiss PDB
Viewer, Rasmol at BCS In-silico Biology, Lucknow (U. P.), India.
 Attended 9 days hands-on training on “Molecular Markers and Genetic Diversity Analysis”
organized at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India on March, 12-21,
2007.
 Presentation on Sequence Database & Information Retrieval (PubMed) in National Bureau of Fish
Genetic Resources, Lucknow (U. P.), India on May 2006.
 Participated Conference on “International update on Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Advances
and XXIV Annul Conference of Indian Academy of Neurosciences” organized at Indian Institute
of Toxicology Research, Lucknow (U. P.), India on December, 17-20, 2006.
 Participated Conference on “International Conference on Bioinformatics & Biotechnology InCoB
2006” organized by J. N. U. & Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India on December, 18-20,
2006.
 Participated workshop on “Sequence Comparison: Importance & Algorithms” organized by The

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Bioinformatica Solutions, Lucknow (U.P.), India on October, 18-19, 2005.
 Attended National seminar on “Recent Emerging Trends in Plant Science” organized by D.A.V. P.
G. College Kanpur (U. P.), India on December, 11-12, 2004.
 Participated on “National Seminar on Anthropogenic Stresses on Environment & Sustainable
Development” organized by A. N. D. N. N. M. Mahavidyalaya Kanpur (U. P.), India on October, 17-
18,
2004.
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE:
 National Seminar on Transcriptomics: A Recent Era (NST-2012), 07th April, 2012, Organized by
BCS-InSilicoBiology Lucknow (U. P.), India as Organizing Secretary.
 National Conference on Metabolomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics (NCMTP-2011), January 29-
30, 2011, Organized by BCS-InSilicoBiology Lucknow (U. P.), India as Organizing team member.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
 2nd Prize award for computer in, DOEACC center Chandigarh. (2006)
 Diploma One year: Urdu Language (2006), TEC Computers, Lucknow (U. P.), India (Registrar of
Firms, National Council of Promotion of Urdu Language, New Delhi).
 Typing (English- 40wpm, Hindi- 25wpm).
MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
 Indian Academy of Neuroscience (India) – Student Membership
 Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation Society (NBFGR-Lucknow, India) – Student Life Membership
 Environmental Biology Society (APS University, Rewa, M. P., India) – Student Membership
 Bioinformatics Organization – Student Membership
PERSONAL PROFILE:
Nationality : Indian
Date of Birth : 10th
January’1982
Father’s Name : Mr. Hari Shankar Malakar
Languages known : Hindi and English
Gender : Male
Marital status : Single
Permanent Address : Mo-Thoke, Station Road, Mishrikh Tirth,
Distt. Sitapur-261401, (U. P.), India
REFERENCES:
1. Dr. W. S. Lakra (Vice Chancellor/Director)
Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Versova, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400061, Maharashtra, India
Phone: +91-222-6361446/7/8; Mobile: +91-9920906001; Fax: +91-222-6361573;
Email: wslakra@gmail.com / lakraws@hotmail.com
2. Prof. R.M.Mishra (Vice Chancellor)
Awadhesh Pratap Singh (APS) University, Rewa-486003, Madhya Pradesh, India
Phone: +91-7662 230 050; Mobile: +91-9424338424; Fax: +91-7662233819;
Email: vcapsu@gmail.com

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3. Dr. Mukunda Goswami (Senior Scientist)
Division of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources,
Canal Ring Road, P.O. DilKusha, Talibagh, Lucknow- 226002, India
Phone: +91-522-2442440/1; Mobile: +91-9935962338; Fax: +91-522-2442403;
Email: mukugoswami@gmail.com
4. Dr. Mandadi Nagesh (Head)
Division of Plant Protection, Central Potato Research Institute,
Shimla-171001, Himachal Pradesh, India
Phone: +91-177-2624575; Mobile: +91- 09418779113; Fax- +91-177-2624460;
Email: nagesh55@yahoo.com
5. Dr. Karan Veer Singh (Scientist, S.G.)
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR)
Makrampur Campus, G.T.Road Bye Pass, Near Basant Vihar, P.O.Box No. 129
Karnal-132001 (Haryana), India
Phone: +91-184-2267918; Mobile: +91-9793647736; Fax: +0184-2267654;
Email: karan_veer@yahoo.com / kvsingh09@gmail.com
Declaration
I hereby declare that all the information mentioned above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Date:
Place:
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ABOUT DOCTORAL WORK
During Ph.D. tenure, my specific field of research work was aimed to infer genetic
diversity among three species namely Ompok pabda, O. pabo and O. bimaculatus using three
mitochondrial (COI, Cyt b and 16S rRNA) genes.
Fishes are probably more diverse at all taxonomic levels and have more species than all
other vertebrate group combined together in patterns of abundance, diversity and distribution. Catfishes
are important part of the fish fauna that exists in wetlands and many of them are economically important
with high nutritive value. There are about 158 species of inland catfishes from 50 genera and 13 families
in India. The catfish genus Ompok (Lacepede, 1803) refers to medium-sized Silurids that are usually
found in lakes and large rivers throughout South and Southeast Asia. Four species belonging to genus
Ompok (O. pabda, O. pabo, O. bimaculatus and O. malabaricus) have been reported from India. Among
them, O. pabda, O. pabo and O. bimaculatus have been categorized as endangered fish species in India.
Identification and characterization of fish species are usually based on morphological
characters that are sometimes found to be erroneous. Synonymous citation in FishBase indicates the
possibility of ambiguous taxonomic identifications of Ompok species. Hence, it is required to examine
systematic relationships among the species using molecular marker to provide supplementary
information for taxonomic identification.
Mitochondrial DNA markers cytochrome c oxidase I (COI), cytochrome b (Cyt b) and 16S
ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) genes are excellent markers for examining biogeographical events and
phylogenetics. COI gene has been studied for discriminating between closely related species across
diverse animal phyla and this has been used for marine and freshwater fishes. Cyt b gene has been
widely used to study genetic variation, phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy in many fishes and
invertebrates. The mtDNA 16S rRNA gene has been used for establishing the evolutionary relationship
of lineages of similar divergence in many fishes. Hence, studies using three mitochondrial genes (COI,
Cyt b and 16S rRNA) was taken up to resolve the taxonomic ambiguities.
A total of one hundred and six sequences of each mtDNA genes were generated from O.
pabda, O. pabo and O. bimaculatus. Twenty one haplotypes of COI gene, twenty haplotypes of Cyt b
gene and thirty haplotypes of 16S rRNA gene were observed. The sequences were bidirectionally
aligned and submitted to NCBI for GenBank Accession Number (COI-FJ229970 - FJ230075; Cyt b-
FJ711226 - FJ711331 and 16S rRNA- GQ469537 - GQ469642). Simplicity and un-ambiguity were
observed among all the sequences. The sequences were analyzed for species identification &
phylogenetic inference.

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Neighbor-Joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree was constructed using K2P distance and
Maximum Parsimony (MP) tree was constructed using Close-Neighbor-Interchange algorithm. NJ and
MP phylogeny trees constructed based on three mitochondrial gene (COI, Cyt b and 16S rRNA)
sequences of three Ompok species showed identical phylogenetic trees. The Ompok species namely O.
pabda and O. bimaculatus which were morphologically & meristically more closer, formed one cluster
whereas O. pabo formed a separate cluster. In conclusion, the results were congruent with the taxonomic
identification of Ompok species based on morphological characters.
The present study has strongly supported the utility of mitochondrial markers for
estimating genetic diversity and establishing phylogenetics relationship among three Ompok species (O.
pabda, O. pabo and O. bimaculatus). The partial sequence information of the mitochondrial genes (COI,
Cyt b and 16S rRNA) can be used as a diagnostic molecular marker for identification and resolution of
taxonomic ambiguity in Ompok species.