Name:

Dr. K.M. Paknikar, FNAAS, FAMI, FBRS, FMAS

Designation:

 Scientist-In-Charge, Centre for Nanobioscience

Education:

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Specialization:

(1) Metal-microbe interactions and their applications, (2) Application of nanoscience in medicine, biology, agriculture and environment, (3) Microbial Culture Collections

Honours:

Visiting Professor, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)



Visiting Professor, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, USA (2006 onwards)



Research Advisor, National Nanotechnology Centre (Ministry of Science and Technology), Bangkok, Thailand (2007)



Marico Industries Visiting Fellow, University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India (2010)



Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology (published by Springer, Germany)



Editor, Open Journal of Nanomedicine (published by Bentham, USA)



Biotech Research Society (India) Industrial Medal Award for the year 2007



Membership of Committees in National Agencies



Task Force (E & F), Planning Commission, Government of India (2005 - 2007)



Programme Advisory Committee on 'Water Technology Initiative', Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India (2007-2010)



Task Force on Biodiversity and Environment, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (2000-2003)



Task Force on Induction of Modern Technology in Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Govt. of India



Monitoring Committee, Home Grown Technology Projects, TIFAC, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India





Membership of National/International Academies and Societies



Elected Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (1996), Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (2003); Elected Member, Executive Board, World Federation of Culture Collections (1992-1996); Elected Fellow and Member, Management Committee, Biotech Research Society of India; Elected Fellow, Association of Microbiologists of India (2007); Elected Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2010)



Other honours



Keynote Speaker, Plenary speaker, Session Chairman, Resource Person and Member of International Scientific Committee of several National and International conferences



Specialized training at University of Maryland, College Park, USA (1989); St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, UK (1987); University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (1985); Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (1982)



Delivered talks on invitations at various Universities and Institutes in USA, UK, Japan, Russia, Australia, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Bangladesh



Member, Board of Directors, Nano Cutting Edge Technology Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai



General Secretary, Biotech Research Society, India (2009-2011)



E-mail:

kpaknikar@gmail.com



Patents:

International patents granted



Stabilizing solutions for submicronic particles, methods for making the same and methods of stabilizing submicronic particles

USA (Patent No.7514600), Eurasia (Patent No. 010338), China (Patent No. 1950142), South Africa (Patent No. 2006/08551), Sri Lanka (Patent No. 14287), Singapore (Patent No. 127299)



Anti-microbial activity of biologically stabilized silver nano particles
South Africa (Patent No. 2006/08552) , Sri Lanka (Patent No. 14288), China (Patent No. 1953664), Singapore (Patent No. 127298)

International patent applications



Stabilizing solutions for submicronic particles, methods for making the same and methods of stabilizing submicronic particles

Applications in : Europe, Australia, Israel, Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia



Anti-microbial activity of biologically stabilized silver nano particles

Applications in: USA, Europe, Eurasia, Australia, Israel, Egypt, Bangladesh, Indonesia



Indian patents granted



A process for manufacturing metal sulfide nanoparticles
Patent No. 202756



A process for manufacturing silver metal nanoparticles
Patent No. 202757



A process for manufacturing gold metal nanoparticles
Patent No. 205346



A method and apparatus for separating two fluids of different densities having different thawing temperatures
Patent No. 206541



A method for the treatment of industrial waste waters with the help of constructed wetland systems
Patent No.186511



A method for the removal of chromium, selenium and tellurium from aqueous solutions using microorganisms
Patent No. 86512



An integrated chemical and/or microbiological process for the recovery of metals from cadmium telluride photovoltaic modules
Patent No. 188285



A method for the preparation of a matrix from poultry waste and its use in the immobilization of biomass
Patent No. 186621



Theses supervised:

PhD (Pune University) - Nineteen
MSc (Pune University) - One
MD (Pune University) - One
MS (EPFL, Switzerland) - One



Recent Publications:

1

Nagpal V., A. D. Bokare, R. C. Chikate, C. V. Rode and K. M. Paknikar (2010), Reductive Dechlorination of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane using Fe-Pd bimetallic nanoparticles, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 175, 680-687

2

Joshi, C.V., V. Ghormade, P. Kunde, P.Kulkarni, H. Mamgain, S. Bhat, K.M. Paknikar and M.V. Deshpande (2010), Flocculation of dimorphic yeast Benjaminiella poitrasii is altered by modulation of NAD-glutamate dehydrogenase, Bioresource Technology, 101, 1393-1395

3

Kaul-Ghanekar R, S. Singh, H. Mamgain, A. Jalota-Badhwar, K.M. Paknikar and S. Chattopadhyay (2009), Tumor suppressor protein SMAR1 modulates the roughness of cell surface – combined AFM and SEM study, BMC Cancer 9:350

4

Jain, J., S. Arora, J.M. Rajwade, P.Omray, S. Khandelwal and K.M. Paknikar (2009), Silver nanoparticles in therapeutics: development of an antimicrobial gel formulation for topical use, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 6, 1388-1401

5

Arora, S., J. Jain, J.M. Rajwade and K.M. Paknikar (2009), Interactions of silver nanoparticles with primary mouse fibroblasts and liver cells, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 236: 310-318

6

Pandey, V., M. V. Vijayakumar, R. Kaul-Ghanekar, H. Mamgain, K.M. Paknikar and M.K. Bhat (2009), Atomic Force Microscopy, biochemical analysis of 3T3-L1 cells differentiated in the absence and presence of insulin, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1790: 57-64

7

Arora, S., J. Jain, J.M. Rajwade and K.M. Paknikar (2008), Cellular responses induced by silver nanoparticles: in vitro studies, Toxicology Letters, 179:93-100

8

Puranik, S.S., H.M. Joshi, S.B. Ogale and K.M. Paknikar (2008) Hydrazine based facile synthesis and ordered assembly of metal nanoparticles (Au, Ag) on a bacterial surface layer protein template, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8:3565-3569

9

Nagpal, V., M.C. Srinivasan and K.M. Paknikar (2008), Biodegradation of gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (Lindane) by a non-white rot fungus Conidiobolus 03-1-56 isolated from litter, Indian Journal of Microbiology, 48:134-141

10

Arora, S., J. Jain, J.M. Rajwade and K.M. Paknikar (2008), Silver nanoparticles induced cellular responses, Nanotoxicology, 2 (Supplement 1): S75

11

Ghosh, A., A.M. Mohod, K.M. Paknikar and R.K. Jain (2008), Isolation and characterization of selenite- and selenate- tolerant microorganisms from selenium-contaminated soils, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 24: 1607-1611

12

Bokare, A., R.C.Chikate, C.V. Rode and K.M. Paknikar (2008) Iron-nickel bimetallic nanoparticles for reductive degradation of azo dye Orange G in aqueous solution, Applied Catalysis B; Environmental, 79: 270-278

13

Bhayani, K., S. Kale, R. Rajgopal, H. Mamgain, S. Arora, R. Kaul-Ghanekar, D. C. Kundaliya, S. D. Kulkarni, R. Pasricha, S.D. Dhole, S. Ogale and K.M. Paknikar (2007) Protein and polymer immobilized La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 nanoparticles for possible biomedical applications, Nanotechnology,18:345101

14

Bokare, A.D.,R. Chikate, C.V. Rode and K.M. Paknikar (2007) Effect of Surface Chemistry of Fe-Ni Nanoparticles on Mechanistic Pathways of Azo Dye Degradation, Environmental Science and Technology,41: 7437-7443

15

Brown C., G. Bushell, M.W. Whitehouse, D.S. Agrawal, S.G. Tupe, K.M. Paknikar and E.R.T. Tiekink (2007) Nanogoldpharmaceutics: (i) The use of colloidal gold to treat experimentally-induced arthritis in rat models; (ii) Characterization of the gold in Swarna bhasma, a microparticulate used in traditional Indian medicine, Gold Bulletin, 40: 245-250

16

Paknikar, K.M. and A. Jeremic (2007) Discovery of the cell secretion machinery, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 3: 218-222

17

Paknikar, K.M. (2007) Landmark discoveries in intracellular transport and secretion, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 11:393-397

18

Kale, S., R. Rajagopal, J. Rajwade, K. Bhayani, S. Arora, K. Paknikar, D. Kundaliya and S. Ogale (2007) Micowave response of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 nanoparticles for heating applications, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 3: 178-183

19

Tupe, S.G., J.M. Rajwade and K.M. Paknikar (2007) Taguchi approach significantly increases bioremediation process efficiency – a case study with mercury removal by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Letters in Applied Microbiology, 45: 36-41

20

Jalota-Badhwar, A., R. Kaul-Ghanekar, D. Mogare, R. Boppana, K.M. Paknikar and S. Chattopadhyay (2007) SMAR1-derived P44 peptide retains its tumor suppressor function through modulation of p53, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282: 9902-9913

 

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