This document provides a summary of Praveen Kumar's qualifications and experience. It includes his contact information and objectives. He has over 9 years of experience in applied microbiology, soil-plant microbiology, and developing bio-rational, bio-fertilizer, and bio-pesticide products using natural resources. He has expertise in extracting active molecules from industry by-products. His professional experience involves research roles focused on microbiology and developing biological inputs. He has a Ph.D. in Microbiology and publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations.

1. DIVVELA. PRAVEEEN KUMAR,
Ph.D. Microbiology
E-mail: praveengodavari@gmail.com
Mobile: +234 090 538 065 81
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OBJECTIVE
 Over more than 9 years experience in the field of applied microbiology, soil plant-
microbiology and industrial products (Bio-rationales, Bio-fertilizers & Bio-pesticides)
development through modern innovative approaches using natural resources and their
derivatives.
 Proficiency on active molecules extraction from bi-products of various industries like
brewers, fisheries etc.
 Development of superior conditions for enhances the productivity from microbial
systems by using optimizational approaches under solid and submerged fermentations.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Pursue a challenging career in the field of basic and applied microbiology, including
Isolation of bacterial and fungal flora from rhizosphere, rhizoplane, water and in-planta
(endophyte) system followed by selection towards potential fungicidal, pesticidal, growth
promoter, fortifier propertied novel microbes and broadens towards development of
optimized conditions for large scale production. Self-motivation, ability to conduct
scholarly research independently, and as well as part of a team towards common
objective, interpret/evaluate data, communicate results and contribute directly to the
overall research goals of the project and the research group are my strength’s.
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EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL QQUUAALLIIFFIICCAATTIIOONNSS
 Ph.D., Microbiology (February, 2013). Department of Microbiology, Bharatidasan
University, Tiruchchirappalli, India. Thesis entitled “Screening and evaluation of bio
control agents against Fusarium wilt of vegetable crops”, (Courses Undertaken: Structural
and Functional Genomics, Genetics Engineering, Environmental & Agricultural
Microbiology and Research Methodology) with 75.0 % (Distinction).
 M.Sc., Microbiology (2004-2006). Department of Microbiology, Bharatidasan
University, Tiruchchirappalli, India. (Courses Undertaken: Microbiology & Virology,
Microbial Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Eukaryotic Genetics, Biochemical Plant Pathology,
Plant Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Environmental Biology, Bio-systematic and
Evolution, Molecular Plant Biology, Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Plant
Molecular Genetics, Computer Application in Biology etc.), with 69.2 %.
 B.Sc., (2001-2004). Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India (Microbiology, Bio
chemistry and Medical Lab Technology) with 64.3 %.

2.  Board of Intermediate (1999-2001). S.V.K.P. Jr. College, Penugonda, India (Crop
Production, Botany and Zoology) Topper in the Department with 72.5 % (Distinction).
PPRROOFFEESSSSIIOONNAALL EEXXPPEERRIIEENNCCEE
Duration Organization / Designation Responsibilities
Current..
July, 2015 on wards
Contec Global Agro Ltd.,
Abuja, Nigeria.
Sr. Microbiologist
Establishment of research and production
facility for biological inputs recommended
for organic agriculture
July, 2014 to
July, 2015
Sri Biotech Laboratories India
Ltd., Hyderabad,India.
Sr. Research Scientist (Product
Development)
Development of new strategies for product
formulation
& Act as a DMO for ISO 9001-2004,NOP and
NPOP certification,
& Act as a quality officer for manufactured
pesticides
July, 2013 to
July 2014
Sri Biotech Laboratories India
Ltd., Hyderabad,India.
Research Scientist
Optimization of fermentation and process
standardization for amino protein
production from industrial wastes and spore
production from various types of
agriculturally important microbes
July, 2012 to
July, 2013
Sri Biotech Laboratories India
Ltd., Hyderabad,India.
Research Associate
Carried an Indo-German project entitled
“Chitosan/Copper-Nanoparticles and Bio
pesticides for Knowledge-Based Plant
Protection”.
July, 2010 to
July, 2012
The Energy and Resources
Institute (TERI), New Delhi,
India.
Research Associate
Carried an Indo-Spanish project entitled
“Endophytic microbial diversity from
medicinal plants and their metabolite finger
printing”.
August, 2009 to
July, 2010
Sri Biotech Laboratories India
Ltd., Hyderabad,India.
Research Associate
Involved in Technology Development Board
project entitled “Commercialization of bio-
products helping farmers to grow healthier
produce with less exposure to chemical
pesticides”.
August, 2006,to
August, 2009
National Beauro of Agriculturally
Important Microorganisms
(NBAIM), Uttar Pradesh,India.
Senior Research Fellow
Working in AMAAS network project entitled
“Exploration, Collection and
Characterization of Some Agriculturally
Important Bio control Agents Suitable for
Disease Management”.
January,2006 to
July,2006
Andhra Pradesh Rice Research
Institute (APRRI),Maruteru,
India.
Project Trainee
Working in In-House project entitled
“Developing fungicide resistant bio control
agents through acquired tolerance and
studying their protein and isozyme profiles
through electrophoresis”.

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Date of birth : May 03, 1984
Sex : Male
Marital status : Married
Nationality : Indian
Languages Known:, Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam
Communication Address
Professional Address:
Dr. Praveen Kumar
Sr. Microbiologist
Contec Global Agro Ltd.
Garki, Area-3
Abuja,Nigeria.
Permanent Address:
D. Praveen Kumar
S/o. Umamaheswara Rao
Door No:4-139, Big Street
Maruteru,
West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh -534122

5. AAnnnneexxuurree
FULL LENGTH ARTICLES
1.E. Priya,, R. Thenmozhi, A. Nagasathya, D. Praveen Kumar, N. Thajuddin and G. Muralitharan 2014. Antagonistic
potential of Streptomyces flavomacrosporus GACMPT-57 against plant pathogens. J. Microbiol. Biotech. Res., 4 (1):68-73.
2.Rajesh Kumar Singh , D. Praveen Kumar, Pratiksha Singh, Manoj Kumar Solanki , Supriya Srivastava , Prem Lal
Kashyap, Sudheer Kumar, Alok K. Srivastava, Pradeep K. Singhal and Dilip K. Arora. 2013. Multifarious plant growth
promoting characteristics of chickpea rhizosphere associated Bacilli help to suppress soil-borne pathogens. Plant
Growth Regul, 73 (1) 91-101.
3.D. Praveen Kumar, Anupama P.D, Rajesh Kumar Singh, R. Thenmozhi, A. Nagasathya, N. Thajuddin and A.
Paneerselvam 2012. Evaluation of extracellular lyticenzymes from indigenous Bacillus isolates. International Research
Journal of Microbiology 3(2): 060-065.
4.D. Praveen Kumar, R. Thenmozhi, Anupama P.D, A.Nagasathya, N. Thajuddin and A. Paneerselvam 2012.
Performance studies of free-living tomato rhizospheric Bacillus for their multiple plant growth promoting activity.
Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management. 3(6):142-153.
5.R. Thenmozhi, D. Praveen kumar, E. Priya, A. Nagasathya, N. Thajuddin 2012. Evaluation of aromaticand polycyclic
hydrocarbon degrading abilities of selected bacterial isolates. J. Microbiol. Biotech. Res., 2 (3):445-449.
6.Rajesh Kumar Singh, D. Praveen Kumar, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Pratiksha Singh, Alok K. Srivastava, Sudheer
Kumar, Prem L. Kashyap, Anil K. Saxena, Pradeep K. Singhal and Dilip K. Arora. 2012. Optimization of media
components for chitinase production by chickpea rhizosphere associated Lysinibacillus fusiformis B-CM18. Journal of
Microbiological Research 52:1–10.
7. D. Praveen Kumar, R. Thenmozhi, Anupama P.D, A. Nagasathya, N. Thajuddin and A. Paneerselvam 2011.
Selection of potential antagonistic Bacillus and Trichoderma isolates from tomato rhizospheric soil against Fusarium
oxysporum f.sp. lycopercisi. Research Journal of Biological Sciences 6 (10): 523-531
8.D. Praveen Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Singh, P. D. Anupama, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Sudheer Kumar, Alok K.
Srivastava, Pradeep K. Singhal and Dilip K. Arora 2011. Studies on exo-chitinase production from Trichoderma
asperellum UTP-16 and their characterization. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 52(3): 388-395.
9.Anupama PD, Praveen KD, Singh RK, Kumar S, Srivastava AK and Arora DK 2011. A psychrophilic and halo
tolerant strain of Thelebolus microsporus from Pangong Lake, Himalaya. Mycosphere 2(5):601-609.
10.R. Thenmozhi, A. Sornalaksmi, D. Praveen kumar and A. Nagasathya 2011. Characterization of Bio surfactant
Produced by Bacterial Isolates from Engine Oil Contaminated Soil. Advances in Environmental Biology. 5(8). 2402-
2408.
11.R. Thenmozhi, T. Reshma, T. Kavitha, K. Madhusudhanan and D. Praveen Kumar 2011. Studies on VAM
colonization on selected medicinal plants. Archives of Applied Science Research, 3 (5):445-449.
12.R. Thenmuzhi, A. Nagasathya, E. Priya and D. Praveen Kumar 2010. Bioremediation of industrial effluents by
hyper saline cyanobacterium Phormidium Teneu (Kmd-33). Research Journal of Biological Sciences. 2(3):18-27.
13.D. Praveen Kumar, S. Krishnam Raju, K. Vijay Krishna kumar, M. Rajamannar and A.Nagasathya 2008. Studies on
acquired tolerance of Trichoderma species to certain commonly used fungicides. J. Plant Prot. Environ. 5(2): 119-125.
REVIEW ARTICLE
1. Reddy KRK, Praveen Kumar. D and Reddy KRN. 2013. Entamopathogenicfungi: a potential bio insecticide. Journal
of KAVAKA 41: 23-32.

6. BOOK CHAPTER
1. D. Praveen Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Sudheer kumar, Alok K Srivastava and D.K. Arora. 2010. Isolation
of chitinolytic bacteria from different agro climatic regions of India and characterization of their PGPR activity,
potential in antifungal bio control. Book name: Plant growth promotion by rhizobacteria for sustainable agriculture.
Published by Scientific publishers, Jodhpur, Section VI. Biography, Genomics, Bioinformatics. Chapter no: 12.
ORAL & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
1.D. Praveen Kumar. 2007. Trichoderma tolerance screening against systemic fungicides. AMI-2007.AM 343 (322)
2.D. Praveen Kumar, Rajesh kumar singh, Anupama P.D, Saida S.Reddy, Surendar Kaur, A.K.Singh and D.K Arora.
2007. In Vitro screening of fungi and bacteria isolated from diverse agro Ecological zones of India for antagonistic
activities against Macrophomina phaseolina and Fusariumoxysporum f.sp.ciceri. 2nd Asian Congress of Mycology and Plant
Pathology. S-10(394).
3.D. Praveen kumar, A.Nagasathya and R.Thenmozhi. 2009. Enumeration of rhizospheric biology by using
biotechnological approaches. National symposium on “New Dimensions in Biotechnology”-116-117.
4.D. Praveen kumar, Rajesh Kumar singh, A.K.singh and D.K.Arora. 2007. Studies on Acquired Tolerance of
Trichoderma Species to Certain Commonly Used Fungicides.SAMEY-2007. 0/111/5 (67).
5.D. Praveen Kumar, Rajesh kumar singh, Sudheer kumar, Alok K Srivastava and D.K.Arora.2008. Optimization of
Exo- chitinase production from Trichoderma sp. (UTP16) through Response Surface Methodology. AMI-2008 .AM
497(329).
6.Rajesh kumar singh, D. Praveen kumar, P.D. Anupama. Sudheer kumar, Alok K Srivastava and Dilip. K. Arora.
2008. Screening of Bacillus spp. and fluorescent pseudomonas for plant growth promotion and control of Rhizoctonia
solani in tomato. National Conference on Organic Horticulture.-2008.Oral – (SVII-02).
7.D. Praveen Kumar, A.Nagasathya, R.Thenmozhi, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Anupama P.D. 2009. Screening of
Trichoderma, Bacillus isolates from various suppressive soils for in vitro antagonistic activity towards Fusarium
oxysporum f.sp lycopercisi: Site dependent composition and diversity revealed. AMI 2009.
8.D. Praveen kumar, Rajesh kumar singh, Anupama P.D, Alok K Srivastava, Sudheer kumar and Dilip. K Arora. 2009.
Isolation of Chitinolytic bacteria from different Agro climatic regions of India and Characterization of their PGPR
activity, potential in Antifungal Bio control. 1st Asian congress on PGPR.
9.Rajesh kumar singh, D. Praveen kumar, Singhal P.K, Alok K Srivastava, Sudheer kumar and Dilip. K Arora. 2009.
Screening of rhizosphericfluorescent pseudomonas for their biocontrol, studies on plant growth promoting activities
and defensive related enzyme response analysis in tomato wilt. 1st Asian congress on PGPR.
10.R.Thenmozhi, A.Nagasathya, D. Praveen Kumar and Naresh P. 2010. Evaluation of hydrocarbon degrading abilities
of the bacterial isolates by 2,6-DCPIP method. National conference on “Recent advances and challenges in clinical
microbiology and biomedical engineering”.
11.Rajesh kumar singh, D. Praveen kumar, K. Alok K Srivastava, Sudheer kumar and Dilip. K Arora. 2010. Phenotypic
and genotypic analysis of rhizosphere associated Bacillus spp antagonistic to chickpea pathogen. AMI-2010.
12.Rajesh Kumar Singh, D Praveen Kumar, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Pratiksha Singh, Supriya Srivastava, Alok K
Srivastva, Sudheer Kumar, Prem Lal Kashyap, Pradeep K Singhal, Dilip K Arora 2011. Optimization of chitinase
production by antagonistic Lysinibacillus fusiformis BCM18 using statistics based experimental designs. National
Symposium on Harnessing Biodiversity for Biocontrol of crop pests. (IV-P-11)
13. Praveen Kumar D, KRN Reddy and KRK Reddy (2014). Identification of copper tolerant, chitosan compatible and
antifungal Trichoderma spp. for knowledge based plant protection”. National conference at SLNS College,
Bhuwanagiri.
14. Praveen Kumar D (2014). Actinomycetes as antifungal agent for control of stem rot in ground nut”.36th Annual
conference and national symposium on challenges and management approaches for the crop diseases of national
importance – status and prospects.

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1.FJ640560-Ulocladium consortiale,2.GQ483644-Thelebolus microspores, 3. FJ640576-Trichoderma asperellum, 4.FJ603022-
Aspergillus allahabadii, 5.GQ503332-Alternaria tenuissima, 6.GU055306.1-Trichoderma longibrachiatum, 7. GU055307-
Gibberella moniliformi, 8.FJ965595-Lysinibacillus fusiformis, 9.HM588141 - Lysinibacillus fusiformis, 10.HM588142-
Lysinibacillus spp., 11.HM588143-Bacillus cereus, 12.HM588144-Lysinibacillus fusiformis, 13.HM588145-Bacillus spp.,
14.HM588146- Lysinibacillus fusiformis, 15.HM588147-Bacillus subtilis, 16.HM588148- Bacillus spp, 17.HM588149-
Lysinibacillus spp., 18.HM588150-Bacillus cereus, 19.HM588151-Bacillus subtilis, 20.HM588152-Lysinibacillus spp.,
21.HM588153-Bacillus thuringiensis, 22.HM588154- Bacillus subtilis, 23.HM58815-Bacillus cereus, 24.HM588156-
Bacillus subtilis, 25.HM588157-Bacillus pumilus, 26.HM588158-Lysinibacillus fusiformis, 27.HM588159-Lysinibacillus
spp., 28.HM588160-Lysinibacillus fusiformis, 29.HM588161-Paenibacillus spp., 30.HM588162- Lysinibacillus spp.,
31.HM588163-Bacillus subtilis, 32.HM588164-Corynebacterium casei, 33.HM588165-Bacillus spp, 34.HM588166-
Lysinibacillus fusiformis, 35.HM588167- Bacillus subtilis, 36.HM588168- Bacillus spp., 37.HM998315- Serratia
marcescens, 38.Bankit 1379945-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 39.Bankit 1376434 - Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 40.Bankit
1379945- Bacillus licheniformis, 41. Bankit 1379952 - Bacillus subtilis, 42. Bankit1379945 - Pseudomonas putida, 43.
KF414963 - Streptomyces niveoruber,44.KF414964 - Streptomyces heliomycini,45. KF414965 – Streptomyces
flavomacrosporus, 46. KF414966 - Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes, 47. KF414967- Lechevalieria flava, 48. KF414968 -
Dactylosporangium vinaceum, 49. JN 713924 Bacillus subtilis, 50.BankIt 1490520 Bacillus subtilis, 51. BankIt 1490516 -
Bacillus subtilis, 52. JN 713919 - Bacillus cereus, 53. JN 713922 - Trichoderma harzianum, 54. JN 713921 - Trichoderma
aureoviridae, 55. JN 713923 - Trichoderma viride.