Dr. Upma Pal

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

· Winner of Women’s Single badminton championship at Annual Sports meet-2022 held at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal. 

· Received appreciation letter for being team coordinator from head of department (Dairy microbiology division) for securing “2nd position as Best Stall” in Dairy Mela Exhibition on 15-17 Feb 2020 held at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal. 

· Certified with outstanding performance in the cultural program (singing) organized on 15 august 2017 held at ICAR-NDRI, Karnal. 

Ph.D. Thesis Title: ‘Adaptive evolutionary engineering of Kluyveromyces marixanus for high ethanol tolerance’.

My Ph.D. research work is conceptualized on the 4 United Nations SDG’s goals i.e.,

GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

GOAL 13: Climate Action

In my research work, I worked on adaptive evolutionary engineering to increase the ethanol tolerance of non-conventional yeast i.e., K. marxianus MTCC1389. It was also found pre-adapted to multiple stress, which made it suitable for economical ethanol production. Analysis of various factors, related to ethanol tolerance can be used as a supplement for optimization of ethanol production. Studies on gene expression reveal that some genes were mainly responsible for improving K. marxianus MTCC1389 stress tolerance by increasing their expression. Hence, adaptive evolutionary engineering is a potential method to augment the desired phenotype in yeast cells for commercial application. Therefore, the developed strain has more advantages i.e., lactose and ethanol tolerance which can produce high ethanol titer, by utilizing agricultural waste sugars, which enhances its application for commercial use. It is a type of 2nd generation biofuel produced from agri-waste, which includes dairy, food, and crop residues. It has already been shown to be an environmentally friendly fuel, and it is also used as a blending agent with gasoline and diesel to make it more affordable and less polluting.

PUBLICATIONS : 03

1. Upma, Sumit Pal, Dilip Kumar S, Parimala Sai K, Vimala Y (2019) Bioremediation of Chromium from Synthetic Solution by using viable Microbial Cells and Consortium. Research Journal of Chemical and Environmental Sciences. Vol 7(2), pp 63-71. (NAAS: 4.64, UGC & Google Scholar)

2. Upma Pal, Shilpa Vij (2022), Kluyveromyces marxianus MTCC1389 adaptation for improving ethanol tolerance. Journal of Biocatalyst and Agricultural Biotechnology, Volume 45, 102533. (IF-3.2, Scopus Indexed, Google Scholar)

3. Sumit Pal, Neelam Patel, Anushree Malik, Amrit Sharma, Upma Pal, KG Rosin, DK Singh (2023), Eco-friendly treatment of wastewater and its impact on soil and vegetables using flood and micro-irrigation, Agricultural Water Management, 275: 108025. (IF: 6.611, NAAS: 10.52 Scopus Indexed, Google Scholar).

Workshops and Seminar Attended: 06

Symposium and Conferences attended: 06

FSSAI-Food Analyst

Dr. Shilpa Vij

Principal Scientist

Division of Dairy Microbiology

Email: shilpa.vij@icar.gov.in 

Ph.No.- 9996262863

Dr. A.K. Puniya

Head & Principal Scientist

Division of Dairy Microbiology

Email: anil.puniya@icar.gov.in

Ph. No.- 8395913535

I hereby declare that all the information given above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

UPMA 

Date:06.03.2023, 

Place: Dadri