Working as an Assistant Professor in OP Jindal University, Raigarh (C.G), from May 2023 to till date.
Worked as a Teaching Assistant in Indian Institute Of Technology, Dharwad from Jul 2018 to March 2023.
Worked as volunteer for COVID-19 Testing at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli (Karnataka) from April 2020 to June 2020 during first lock-down.
Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Science at GD Rungta College of Science and Technology, Bhilai (C.G.) from July 2017 to July 2018.
Worked as Teaching Assistant-cum-JRF in the School of Basic Science (BioX) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IIT-Mandi), Mandi (H.P.) from July 2015 to September 2016.
Worked as Assistant Professor (Contract) in the Department of Biotechnology at Bastar Vishwavidyalaya, Jagdalpur (C.G.) from June 2012 to July 2013.
Worked as Teacher (TGT-Science) at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dongargarh, Distt.-Rajnandgaon (C.G.) from April 2012 to June 2012.
Book Chapter: Kumar P and Bhandari N ( 2022 ) . lncRNAs : Role in Regulation of Gene Expression (Chapter 4) in the Open Access Book “Gene Expression” (Edited by Fumiaki Uchiumi, IntechOpen) (Published on June 09, 2022). doi:10.5772/intechopen.104900 (Citation: 1).
Patil PP, Kumar P, Khanal P, Patil VS, Darasaguppe HR, Bhandare VV, Bhatkande A, Shukla S, Joshi RK, Patil BM and Roy S. Computational and experimental pharmacology to decode efficacy of Theobroma cacao L. against doxorubicin-induced organ toxicity in EAC-mediated solid tumor- induced mice. Evolution of Phytochemicals and Phytotherapies in the Treatment and Management of Cancer: Targeted Strategies in Cancer Precision Medicines (Frontiers) 2023 Accepted.
Joshi S, Kallappa S, Kumar P, Shukla S and Ghosh R. Simple diagnosis of cancer by detecting CEA and CYFRA 21-1 in saliva using electronic sensors. Scientific Reports (Nature) 2022. 12, 15315. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-19593-8 [PMID: 36097151] (Citations: 3).
Kumar P, Khadirnaikar S, Bhandari N, Chatterjee A and Shukla S. An epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity signature identifies two novel LncRNAs with the opposite regulation. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2022. 10:885785. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.885785 [PMID: 36120580] (Citation: 1).
Khadirnaikar S, Chatterjee A, Kumar P, Shukla SK. A greedy algorithm-based stem cell LncRNA signature identifies a novel subgroup of lung adenocarcinoma patients with poor prognosis. Frontiers in Oncology (Section: Thoracic Oncology) 2020 August 11. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01203 [PMID: 32850350] (Citations: 3).
Khadirnaikar S, Kumar P, Shukla SK. Development and validation of an immune prognostic signature for ovarian carcinoma. Cancer Reports 2019 February 19. doi: 10.1002/cnr2.1166 [PMID: 32794637] (Citations: 3).
Kumar P, Khadirnaikar S, Shukla SK. A novel LncRNA based prognostic score reveals TP53 dependent subtype of lung adenocarcinoma with poor survival. Journal of Cellular Physiology 2019 February 10. doi: 10.1002/jcp.28260 [PMID: 30740686] (Citations: 5).
Kumar P, Khadirnaikar S, Shukla SK. PILAR1, a novel prognostic LncRNA, reveals the presence of a unique subtype of lung adenocarcinoma patients with KEAP1 mutations. Gene 2019 January 9; 691 : 167-175. doi : 10.1016/j.gene.2018.12.060 [PMID: 30639423] (Citations: 7).
Khadirnaikar S, Kumar P, Pandi SN, Malik R, Dhanasekaran SM, Shukla SK. Immune associated LncRNAs identify novel prognostic subtypes of renal clear cell carcinoma. Molecular Carcinogenesis 2018 December 5. doi: 10.1002/mc.22949 [PMID: 30520148] (Citations: 38).
Nigam R, Mohan M, Shivange G, Dewangan PK, Anindya R. Escherichia coli AlkB interact with single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB by an intrinsically disordered region of SSB. Molecular Biology Reports 2018 Oct; 45(5):865-870. doi: 10.1007/s11033-018-4232-6 [PMID: 29974396] (Citations: 12).
Arora N, Tripathi S, Kumar P, Mondal P, Mishra A, Prasad A. Recent advancements and new perspectives in animal models for Neurocysticercosis Immunopathogenesis. Parasite Immunology 2017 Jul;39 (7). doi: 10.1111/pim.12439 [PMID: 28467600] (Citations: 29).
Kumar P, Badgujar SK, Nathar VN. Preliminary screening of different phytochemicals from Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman: A highly medicinal plant of Indian origin. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Phytopharmacological Research 2013 Vol.:3(1) P57-60 (Citations: 8).
Participated in NAAC-sponsored National Seminar on “Curricular Reforms in Teacher Education: Enhancing Capabilities & Competencies” at GD Rungta College of Science and Technology, Bhilai during January 07-09, 2018.
Participated and submitted abstract entitled “ICT for Biotechnology and Education” in CGCOST-sponsored National Seminar on “Intervention of Information and Communication Technology for Productive Management in Higher Education” at GD Rungta College of Science and Technology, Bhilai during January 05-06, 2018.
Participated & Presented a Poster Entitled “Development of a successful protocol for induction of Callogenesis in Semecarpus anacardium L.-A valuable medicinal plant” in a technical session at S. R. Yadav Award in XXII Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy on “Innovative Prospects in Angiosperm Taxonomy” (ISIPAT-2012) during October 28-30, 2012 in SGB Amravati University, Amravati (M.S.).
Participated in National Seminar on “Nanotechnology: A Versatile tool in Drug Design & Delivery” on June 7th & 8th, 2010 in Wardha (M.S.).
Participated in National Seminar on “Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology” on January 9th, 2010 in Chandrapur (M.S.).
Participated in the National Conference on “Chemistry for The Protection of Environment” on December 18th-19th 2009 in Nagpur (M.S.).
Participated in the Personality and Skill Development Program at Government Digvijay P.G. College Rajnandgaon from September 13–October 1, 2007.
International
Participated and Presented a poster at the 3rd Pan IIT Biotech Meet 2019 on “Cancer Precision Medicine and Personalized Therapeutics” at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras from January 31 – February 2, 2019.
Participated & Presented a Poster Entitled “Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman: An endangered & highly medicinal plant of Indian origin having antibacterial activity” at the 53rd Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), An International Conference on “Microbial World: Recent Innovations and Future Trends” during 22nd–25th November 2012 in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Orissa).
Participated & Presented a Poster Entitled “Curcumin: An Inhibitor of Bacterial Z-Ring Assembly” at the 51st Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India(AMI)-2010, An International Symposium on “Recent Advances in Cross-disciplinary Microbiology: Avenues & Challenges” on December 14-17, 2010 in BIT Mesra, Ranchi (Jharkhand).
Participated in the International Symposium on “Frontiers in Carcinogenesis and Cancer Prevention: Scientific Endeavors and Public Health Initiatives” on February 05-07, 2010 in Reliance Life Sciences Navi Mumbai (M.S.).
Participated in the 50th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)-2009, An International Symposium on “Third Golden Era of Microbiology” on December 15-18, 2009 in NCL Pune (M.S.)
Participated in Hands-on Workshop on "Next-generation sequencing: data analysis" at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan (Himachal Pradesh), India during March 20-24, 2023.
Participated in 1-Week Hands-on Workshop on "Human/Cancer Cell Culture Techniques & MTT Assay” at International Centre for Stem Cells, Cancer and Biotechnology (ICSCCB), Pune, India during February 14-20, 2019.
Participated in Workshop on “Advances in Biological and Medical Imaging and Image Processing” at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology during March 10-11, 2017.
Participated in Basic Flow Cytometry Course organized by ‘BD-NCBS of Center of Excellence in Cytometry’ at National Center of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research during Jan.17-20, 2017.
Participated in “ASM Virtual Workshop on Scientific Writing and Publishing” on 22nd November 2012 in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (Orissa).
Participated in International Workshop on “Advances in Disinfection Technologies (WADIS 2K11)” on February 09, 2011, in NEERI, Nagpur (M.S.).
Participated in the 12th Workshop on “Biomedical Informatics & Communication” on November 20-21, 2009 in Sevagram, Distt.-Wardha.
Short Term Course
NPTEL Online Certification Course (September to October 2018, 8 week course) offered by IIT Bombay on ‘Introduction to Biostatistics’.
FDP
Participated in “Tenth Teacher/Researcher Training Workshop on Bioinformatics" at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during Oct. 27-Nov. 1, 2014.
Participated in “Eighth Teacher/Researcher Training Workshop in Biological Sciences" at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during May 07-30, 2013.
Part of the Guinness World Record for the longest single-line moving bicycle for 4km was achieved on the 70th Republic Day of India (i.e. January 26, 2019).
Rewarded by Udayachal, a Social & Cultural Organization, Rajnandgaon, for getting 1st Rank in B.Sc.
Gold Medalist for securing 1st Rank in B. Sc. in Govt. Digvijay PG College Rajnandgaon (CG) in 2009.
Rewarded by Lions Club of Rajnandgaon for securing 1st rank within the school in 12th (2005).
Secured 1st Rank in Std. 12th (Science) within the school in 2005.
Scored 100 out of 100 in Mathematics and Science in HSC in 2003.
In top 0.5 % ile in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Biotechnology (2015). (GATE is national level entrance examination for graduate programs in IITs).
