Plant Taxonomy, Plant Invasion, Threatened Flora

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Teaching Experience and Courses Taught:   18+ years

Courses taught are as follows:

BBB 102 Introductory Biology (2 Cr)

BBB 105 Elementary Biology (4 Cr)

BBB 106 Basic Botany (3 Cr)

BBB 520 Angiosperm Systematics and Economic Botany (3 Cr)

BBB 601 Plant Diversity I (3 Cr)

BBB 610 Plant Morphology and Anatomy (2 Cr)

BBB 625 Angiosperms: Diversity and Resource Utilization (3 Cr)

BBB 687 Master’s Special Problem (1 Cr)

BBB 688 Master’s Seminar 1 (1 Cr)

BBB 690 Master’s Thesis Research 30 (Cr)

BBB 701 Plant Taxonomy (3 Cr)

BBB 705 Plants in Extreme Habitats (2 Cr)

BBB 720 Economic Botany (3 Cr)

BBB 788 Doctoral Seminar-I (1 Cr)

BBB 789 Doctoral Seminar-II (1 Cr)

BBB 790 Ph.D. Thesis Research (75 Cr)

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Research Papers: 100+

Chapters in books/ contributory papers: 12

General Articles in magazines/ news papers: 22

10 Recent Papers are as follows:

1. Verma, S.R., Joshi, S. and Rawat, D.S. 2022. Diversity of Invasive Alien Dicot Species in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. Asian J. Biol. 16(1): 7-19


2. Karakoti, H., Kabdal, T., Kumar, R., Prakash, O., Rawat, D.S., Srivastava, R.M. and de Oliviera, M.S. 2022. Chemical composition, Biological Activities and In Silico Evaluation of Essential Oils from the aerial, and root parts of Nepeta hindostana (B. Heyne ex Roth)-Haines Grown in North India. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 105: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2022.104512


3. Karakoti, H., Mahawer, S.K., Tewari, M., Kumar, R., Prakash, O., de Oliviera, M.S. and Rawat, D.S. 2022. Phytochemical Profile, In Vitro Bioactivity Evaluation, In Silico Molecular Docking and ADMET Study of Essential Oils of Three Vitex Species Grown in Tarai Region of Uttarakhand. Antioxidants 11, 1911. https://doi.org/10.3390/ antiox11101911


4. Rawat, D.S., Chandra, S. and Chaturvedi, P. 2022. Threatened flora of Uttarakhand: an update. JoTT. 14(12): 22309-22328. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6330.14.12.22309-22328


5. Arya, S., Kumar, R., Prakash, O., Rawat, A., Mahawer, S.K. and Rawat, D.S. 2022. Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig: Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Biological Activities and Future Aspects. Curr. Organic Chem. 26: 1676-1690. DOI:10.2174/1385272827666221212161320


6. Joshi, T., Nagarkoti, K., Joshi, N., Rawat, A., Prakash, O., Kumar, R., Srivastava, R.M., Kumar, S., Rawat, S., Rawat, D. S. 2023. Comparative chemical composition and pesticidal evaluation of Acorus calamus accessions collected from different geographical locations. Eur. J. Chem. 14(1): 129-143. https://doi.org/10.5155/eurjchem.14.1.129-143.2387  


7. Joshi, S., Dhami, D. and Rawat, D.S. 2023. Diversity of Trichomes in Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. (Caesalpinioideae DC., Fabaceae Lindl.). Asian J. Biol. 17(1): 1-7.


8. Upadhyay, P., Mahawer, S. K., Kumar, R., Prakash, O., Karakoti, H., Kabdal, T., Rawat, D.S. 2023. First report on essential oil composition and biological activities of five Strobilanthes species from Kumaun Region of Uttarakhand, India. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 107: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2023.104599


9. Dhami, D., Joshi, S. and Rawat, D.S. 2023. An enumeration of Fabaceae Lindl. Members in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. Pharm. Innov. J. 12(4): 315-323.


10. Tomar, H., Rawat, A., Nagarkoti, K., Prakash, O., Kumar, R., Srivastava, R.M., Rawat, S., and Rawat, D.S. 2023. Ocimum gratissimum L. and Ocimum sanctum L.: Comparative compositional analysis of essential oils and in-vitro biological activities with in-silico PASS prediction and ADME/Tox studies. S. Afr. J. Bot. 157: 360-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.04.014

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Developed and maintaining two websites for students/ researchers

Eflorapantnagar: A virtual flora of Pantnagar” available at:
https://sites.google.com/view/eflorapantnagar/home

Virtual Herbarium Pantnagar available at:
https://sites.google.com/gbpuat-cbsh.ac.in/virtualherbariumpantnagar/home

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