Dr Shruti Mathur

Dr. Shruti Mathur

Professor & Head

30 years of teaching and research experience .M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Microbiology(BU,Bhopal). Post Doctoral fellow of the DBT,Govt of India at MS University of Baroda, Vadodara,Gujarat.

  • Indian Patent holder 
  • ISCA Young Scientist awardee(1995),UGC-NET qualified for JRF and lecturership (1989).
  • SRFP awardee of the three National Science academies 2017 (National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Prayagraj,Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi,Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bengaluru).
  • Co-authored several papers , books and chapters in publications of international repute.

Involved extensively in academic administration in various capacities at Amity University Rajasthan: as Coordinator, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Coordinator, Amity Centre for Water Studies and Research and as Head of Dept of Biotechnology, The IIS University (Formerly International College for Girls), Jaipur.

Research Domain:

  • Microbial bioremediation of heavy metals and textile dyes, green synthesis of nanoparticles and their use in bioremediation.
  • Bioprocess Optimisation.

Qualifications

  • B.Sc.

    University of Bhopal

  • M.Sc.

    Barkatullah University, Bhopal (Formerly Bhopal University)

  • Ph.D.

    Barkatullah University, Bhopal (Formerly Bhopal University)

Experience

Total Years of Experience: 31 Years

Academic Experience: 20y at Amity University Rajasthan,07 years as HoD, The IIS University,Jaipur,03 years as Lecturer, Dept. of Biochemistry, MS Univ of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat and MDS University, Ajmer

Microbial Bioremediation. Green synthesis of nanoparticles and their characterization. Bioprocess Optimisation

DETAILS OF PAPERS PUBLISHED

(Total 16, Scopus listed 09, SCI 05, UGC approved 01, Corresponding/Co- corresponding author=07, first author=06. Highest SCI IF 11.8. Total IF= 27.8)

  1. Bisen PS, Mathur Shruti*. (1993) Adaptive Response of Wild and Mutant Type Synechococcus cedrorum to a Polychlorinated Pesticide — Endosulfan. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. ISSN 0895−3988,6, 264 – 272. Elsevier. PMID 8292271 Scopus listed .SCI IF 3.5 https://​www.ncbi​.nlm​.nih​.gov/​p​u​b​m​e​d​/​8​2​92271
  2. Gayatri Jeph, Shruti Mathur Pritesh K. Relekar, P H.Nakhate,D. K. Parecha,Hemant Gautam(2015). Management of Solid Waste from edible Oil Industry.Journal of Environmental and Applied Bioresearch ISSN 2319 – 8745,Vol 03, 92 – 96.
  3. Ravneet Chug and Shruti Mathur. (2013). Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Cyanobacteria: Characteristics, Isolation & Biotechnological Applications‑A Review. Internat. J. of Advances in Engineering Science and Technology.Vol 3, No.2 , pp49- 53.ISSN :2249 – 913X.
  4. Gayatri Jeph & Shruti Mathur(2015) Correlation between Growth and Biosurfactant Production in Bacteria Isolated from Oil Contaminated Sites. International Journal of Trends in Research and Development, Volume 2(4), ISSN 2394 – 9333. URL: http://​www​.ijtrd​.com/​p​a​p​e​r​s​/​I​J​T​R​D​1​2.pdf
  5. Shruti Mathur (2015) Changes in Hysteretic Kinetics and Properties of Key Regulatory Enzymes of Wild type and Mutant Strains of Synechococcus cedrorum during Pesticide (endosulfan) Stress Combat. Annals of Plant Sciences Vol4 No.11, 1208 – 1216. ISSN :2287 – 688X. UGC approved
  6. Shruti Mathur,Kush Modi & Gayatri Jeph (2016) Production of Biosurfactants from Agro-Industrial Wastes‑A Review.International Journal of Current Research Vol. 8, Issue, 03, 27339 – 27344. ISSN: 0975 – 833X
  7. Mathur S.,Talan A., Paudel D., Pokhrel S. and Chug R. (2016)Assessment of Bacteriological Quality of Industrial Waste Water: A Word of Caution. Indian J of Environmental Protection Vol 36.No.3,227 – 233.ISSN:0253 – 7141 Publisher:Kalpana Corporation,Varanasi.. Scopus Listed
  8. Shruti Mathur and Ravneet Chug (2016) Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substances and Heavy Metal Bioremediation: Challenges and Possibilities. Pollution Research . 35(4):861 – 868.ISSN0257-8050. Publishers: EM International http://​www​.envi​ro​biotechjour​nals​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​_​a​b​s​t​r​a​c​t​.​p​h​p​?​a​i​d​=​7​5​0​7​&​i​i​d​=​2​2​3​&​jid=4 Scopus Listed
  9. Ravneet Chug,Vinod Gour,Shruti Mathur, S.L. Kothari.(2016) Optimization of extracellular polymeric substances production using Azotobacter beijreinckii and Bacillus subtilis and its application in chromium (VI) removal. Bioresource Technology. 214.604- 608.ISSN:096‑8524.Scopus Listed. SCI IF 11.88 https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.bior…
  10. Shruti Mathur and Priyanka Jain. (2016). Comparative Study of Decolorisation of an Azo Dye By A Single Bacterial Isolate and Soil Consortia in Defined and Complex Media. Journal of Environmental Science and Pollution Research.35(4):861 – 868.ISSN:0257 – 8050
  11. Santosh K Upadhyay and Shruti Mathur (2017) Role of Prokayotic P‑Type ATPases. International Journal of Cell Science and Molecular Biology. Volume 3 Issue 1. p005-008.DOI: 0.19080/IJCSMB.2017.03.555602. ISSN:2572 – 1100.Juniper Publishers Inc.Newbury Park, CA 91320 United States,USA.
  12. Baby Sharma, Sandhya Menon, Shruti Mathur, Nilima Kumari and Vinay Sharma (Sept 2020). Decolorization of malachite green dye from aqueous solution using biosurfactant-stabilized iron oxide nanoparticles: process optimization and reaction kinetics. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. volume 18, pages1739 – 1752.Springer https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7​/​s​13762… Electronic ISSN 1735 – 2630 Print ISSN 1735 – 1472. Scopus listed.SCI IF 3.5
  13. Ravneet Chug, Shruti Mathur, S.L. Kothari, Harish, Vinod Singh Gour (2021) Maximizing EPS production from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its application in Cr and Ni sequestration. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (26)100972.https://​authors​.else​vi​er​.com/s…-5808(21)00066 – 2 Scopus listed
  14. Baby Sharma, Shruti Mathur, Nilima Kumari and Vinay Sharma (2022) A systematic review on iron-based nanoparticle-mediated clean-up of textile dyes: challenges and prospects of scale-up technologies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29, 312 – 331.ISSN 0944 – 1344. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7​/​s​11356…. Scopus listed. SCI IF 5.19
  15. Baby Sharma, Shruti Mathur, Nilima Kumari and Vinay Sharma (2022) Kinetics and optimisation of azo-dye decolorisation using green synthesised iron oxide nanoparticles: A pilot scale study. International Journal of Environmental Research. 16(4):38.Print ISSN:1735 – 6865 Electronic ISSN 2008 – 2304 DOI:10.1007/s41742-022 – 00418 https://​link​.springer​.com/arti…. https://www​.springer​.com/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​41742 Scopus listed. SCI IF 3.2
  16. Baby Sharma Nilima Kumari Shruti Mathur, Vinay Sharma(2023) Development of an effective strategy using green synthesized nanoparticles to decolorize a representative dye used in textile industries of Sanganer, Jaipur (India). Vegetos ISSN 2229 – 4473https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7​/​s​42535… https://​www.springer​.com/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​42535 Scopus listed.

* corresponding author/co- corresponding author


Book Chapters/​Books

  1. Rajendra Kumar & Shruti Mathur* (2022) Natural Reserves of Water on Earth.In:.Handbook of Research on Water Sciences and Society. ISBN10: 1799873560; ISBN13:9781799873563; Publishers: IGI Global Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Scopus listed
  2. Baby Sharma,Nilima Kumari, Shruti Mathur* & Vinay Sharma (2022) Dyeing Industry & Dying Rivers: An environmental and socio-cultural perspective of global textile dye pollution.In:Handbook of Research on Water Sciences and Society. ISBN10: 1799873560; ISBN13:9781799873563; Publishers: IGI Global Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Scopus listed
  3. Baby Sharma & Shruti Mathur* (2021) Edible Mushrooms as Nutraceuticals: Boon or Bane p 67 – 86, Recent Advances in Mushroom Cultivation Technology and Its Application. Editors Dr. Shweta Kulshreshtha & Ukaogo, Prince Onyedinma & Dr. Siddhant. Bright Sky Publications New Delhi ISBN 9788195245178
  4. Baby Sharma, Nilima Kumari, Shruti Mathur* and Vinay Sharma * (2023) Advances in Nano-remediation of Textile Dyes in Textile Industry Effluents: Current Developments and Future Prospects in ” Nanobiotechnology: Principles and Applications “, Editors :Juhi Saxena, Abhijeet Singh, Anupam Jyoti , Bentham Science Publishers (2023). https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​2​1​7​4​/​9​78981… Bentham Science Publisher.Print ISBN978-981‑5123-56 – 2Online ISBN 978−981− 5123−55−5
  5. A.N.Pathak,Ravneet Chug,Shruti Mathur, Nidhi Mathur (2013) Microbial Extrapolymeric Substances as Prospective Compounds for Drug development’ in’Biologix’ Vol II,p 143 – 147, ISBN No. 81 – 88919-15 – 2.Published by K.S. Enterprises, Shahadra,Delhi

Publications- National and International conference papers:

  1. Mathur Shruti. Changing Hysteretic Properties of G6PDH in Wild and Mutant Type Synechococcus cedrorum.Proc. of 82nd annual session of ISCA , Jadavpur Univ.Kolkatta. (1995)
  2. Mathur Shruti, Jain Priyanka and Gupta Neha. Role of Biodiversity in Bioremediation-Comparative Study of a Single Isolate and Consortia from Contaminated Soil. Proc. of National Conference on Biodiversity and Conservation 10th-11th Dec 2007 held at Govt. College Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.
  3. Mathur Shruti and Gupta Neha . Biochemical Characterisation of an Azo-dye- decolorizing Bacterial Isolate from Contaminated Soil Sample. Proc. of DBT- Sponsored National Conference on Application of Biotechnology in Sustaining the Environment 5th- 6th Feb 2008 at ICG, Jaipur
  4. Mathur Shruti &Jain P. Transformation and Removal of a Xenobiotic azo Dye- Comparative Study by a Bacterial Isolate and Soil Consortia. Proc . of DBT- Sponsored National Seminar on Application of Biotechnology in Sustaining the Environment.2008 at ICG, Jaipur.
  5. Mathur Shruti. Changes in Hysteresis of G6PDH and Nature of Nitrate Reductase in WT and Mutant Strains of Synecchococcus cedrorum during Pesticide Stress Combat. Proc. of International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 19th –21st Oct 2008. Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan.
  6. Mathur Shruti and Ankita Shah. . Toxicity Potential of Food Colours Sweeteners Proc. of UGC-Sponsored national Conference on Recent Trends in Environmental Toxicologyand and Biotechnological Approach to Conserve the Environment.,organized by Assocn. of Microbiologists of India(Jaipur chapter) and ICG. On 30th-31st Jan2009.
  7. Mathur Shruti and Neelam Sharma .Abatement of Groundwater Pollution by Biotechnological Methods.Proc. of Workshop on Water Scenario, Efficient Use and Management in Rajasthan, organized by Central Groundwater Pollution Board , Western Region, Jaipur, on 13th-14th March 2009.
  8. Mathur Shruti. The Role of Self in Quality Education in Proc. of the NAAC-Sponsored National Conference on Quality-Management in Institutions of Higher Education March 16th-17th 2009 at ICG Jaipur.
  9. Mathur Shruti and Divya Bhandawat. Mushrooms as non-pharmaceutical intervention in type‑2 diabetes – A word of caution!. Proc. Of International conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Diabetes Research and Health held at The Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, on November 14th-16th 2010.
  10. Nidhi Mathur, Ravneet Chug and Shruti Mathur. Phylogenetic Analysis of Biofilm- producing Pathogenic Bacteria’ at International Conference on Green Biotech: Recent Trends and Innovations at Amity University Rajasthan on 12th ‑13th Nov 2011
  11. Nidhi Mathur, Ravneet Chug and Shruti Mathur. Toxicoinformatics studies on Biofilm ‑Producing Pathogenic Bacteria at International Symposium on Current Trends in Environmental Toxicology organised by Society of Toxicology India held at IIS University , Jaipur on 22nd — 24th Dec 2011
  12. Shruti Mathur, Gayatri Jeph and Dr. Hemant K. Gautam Production of Biosurfactant by Growth of bacterial Isolates on Agro-Industrial wastes International Conference on Green Biotech: Recent Trends and Innovations at Amity University Rajasthan on 12th ‑13th nov 2011.
  13. SHRUTI MATHUR, Gayatri Jeph, Seema Dhail. Isolation of biosurfactant- producing Bacteria and Product Characterisation at International Symposium on Current Trends in Environmental Toxicology organized by Society of Toxicology, India held at at IIS University, Jaipur on 22nd-24th Dec 2011.
  14. Ravneet Chug, SHRUTI MATHUR, Nidhi Mathur,Saptarshi Bagchi. Microbial EPS as Prospective Compounds for Drug Development at National Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnological Research ETBR-2012, organized by Mewar Institute of Management, Ghaziabad , U.P.on 28th Oct 2012.
  15. Shruti Mathur, Gayatri Jeph , Seema Dhail and Hemant K. Gautam Effect of Carbon and Nitrogen Sources on Efficacy of Biosurfactants Produced by Various Bacterial Isolates. 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Biologically active substances and materials: fundamental and applied problems of production and application”, held from May 27th –1st June 2013 at Novy Svet (Crimea, Ukraine).
  16. Ravneet Chug and Shruti Mathur. Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) as Possible Drug Alternatives to Mitigate Loss of Medicinal Plant Biodiversity. Proc of National Conference on Biodiversity Conservation, The IIS University,Jaipur, Assoc of Microbiologists of India (Jaipur Chapter)and DCF Wildlife Jaipur. 27th-28th Sept 2013.
  17. Kishan Bhayani,Monica Bhatnagar Gayatri Jeph and Shruti Mathur. Isolation and Partial Characterisation of an Antifungal EPS Produced by Bacterial Isolates from Oil Contaminated Soil. Proc. of National Conference on Fungal Biotechnology,Nov 16th- 18th,2016, organized by Mycological Society of India, at BISR, Jaipur.
  18. Gayatri Jeph and Shruti Mathur. Production of Biosurfactant from Bacteria using Agrowaste. Proc. of National Conference on Biotechnology and Environment for Sustainable Development, March 29th-30th,2019 at Dr. B. Lal Institute of Biotechnology, Jaipur.
  19. Baby Sharma, Shruti Mathur and Vinay Sharma. Decolorisation of textile dye using iron –oxide nanoparticles as an effective bioremedial tool. Proc. of 2nd Biomedical Research Competition organized by PGIMER Chandigarh and Society of Young Biomedical Scientists,Nov 17th,2019,Chandigarh. Student received award of appreciation.
  20. Baby Sharma, Shruti Mathur , Nilima Kumari and Vinay Sharma Process optimization for EPS stabilized iron-oxide nanoparticles synthesis and its application in bioremediation of commercial dye, Malachite Green. 2nd International Conference on Environmental, Agricultural, Chemical and Biological Sciences”. Organized by: Voice Of Indian Concern for the Environment (VOICE)In association with Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, USA, Dept of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India,Dept of Zoology, Mercy College, Palakkad, Kerala, India, Dept of Environmental Science, DM College of Science, Dhanamanjuri University, Imphal, Manipur, India, Dept of Biochemistry, Vels University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India held from 24th to 26th Jan 2021. Student received award for Best Oral presentation
  21. Baby Sharma, Shruti Mathur , Nilima Kumari and Vinay Sharma Kinetics of Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) mediated decolorisation of textile dye-Malachite Green at the 61st Annual International Conference of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and the 5th Annual International Conference of Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) held online from 3rd-5th Feb 2021.
  22. Shruti Mathur, Abhipsa Pani, Shreya Singh, Surbhi Agarwal and Sandhya Menon Sequestration of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions by Biosurfactant Produced by Marine Bacteria Isolated from Oil Contaminated Site.’ at the 61st Annual International Conference of the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) and the 5th Annual International Conference of Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) held online from 3rd-5th Feb 2021.

Training Experience

(With Topics)

  1. FDP on Bibliometric Analysis, Systematic Literature Review and Meta Analysis” organized by Amity Business School, Amity University Haryana, Gurugram from May 08 – 12, 2023.
  2. Workshop on Managing Research Literatuture using Mendeley’ organized by Amity University Madhya Pradesh and Elsevier on 5th Feb,2022.
  3. e‑Workshop on Water Quantity and Quality Conservation, organised by IIT Kharagpur 23 – 24th July,2021
  4. Successfully completed online FDP on Entrepreneurship organized by Centre for Science and Environment Making Data Meaningful’ New Delhi from 16th-24th Feb 2021 .
  5. Successfully completed FDP on entrepreneurship organized by IIT Madras and DST, Govt of India from 15th ‑27th March,2021.
  6. TEQUIP-III- sponsored short term course on Technological Developments in Bioprocessing’ organized by Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology, Almora from 23rd-27th Sept 2020.
  7. NGS Analytics workshop organized at Birla Institute of Scientific Research and Bionivid Technologies Pvt. Ltd. On 23-02-2020.
  8. Twelve days online workshop on online teaching entitled Transiting from Physical to Virtual Classrooms’ organized by Socrates Foundation of Enhanced Learning, Pune from 18-05-2020 to 30-05-2020.
  9. Three month online training programme on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Data Science Next Generation Sequencing Data Types and Analysis Methods from Jul- Sept 2018 organised by T‑Bioplatform.
  10. Workshop on Application of Bioinformatics Tools and Databases in Virus Genomics and Evolution Research’ organised on 17th ‑18th March, 2017 at Desert Medicine and Research Centre(ICAR) Jodhpur.
  11. 15 Days Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) conducted by National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt of India) from March 11th to 25th , 2016 in Jaipur District of Rajasthan.
  12. National Workshop on Relevance of Microscopy in Microbial Characterisation, Aug 11th-14th 2015,Sponsored by ICAR held at Amity University NOIDA.
  13. Workshop and Training on Molecular Docking, Virtual screening and biologics Discovery , Feb 18 – 20th,2015, organized by Schrodinger and Amity University Rajasthan .
  14. Workshop on Bioprocess Engineering at Birla Institute of Scientifc Research,
  15. Hands- on training in some techniques in molecular biology at Genome Research Centre under the guidance of Prof. B. B. Chattoo, Director Genome Research Centre, M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, from Dec15th ‑30th 2009.
  16. 16. Workshop on Bioprocess Engineering at Birla Institute of Scientifc Research, Jaipur from 14th ‑16th September 2009.
  17. National Workshop on Biological Sequence Analysis on 9th-10th Jan 2009, organized by Bioinformatics Infrastructure facility, Centre for Converging Technologies, Univ of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
  18. Workshop on Concepts and Techniques in Evaluation and Measurement on 21- 22 April 2008, organised by ICG Jaipur.
  19. Orientation course in computers held at India Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur, from 15th May –30th May 2006.
  20. UGC Sponsored Refresher course in Microbiology held at the Dept of Zoology, Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur, from 13th Feb – 4th March 2006.

  1. PATENT NO.358213 GRANTED on 10th Feb 2021. Method of Biosurfactant Production Using a Novel Bacterial Isolate Bacillus thuringiensis SMT2 and Agro-industrial Wastes .Patent Application no. 35/DEL/2013.
  2. YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD at 82nd annual session of Indian Science Congress Association held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Jan. 1995.
  3. Qualified NET (UGC-CSIR) for JRF and lecturership in first attempt in Dec. 1989.
  4. Awarded Summer Research Fellowship of Indian Academy of Sciences-INSA- NASI, Bangalore for 2017.
  5. Received award Abhinandan Patra’ from Chief Minister Shri Ashok Gehlot for record sales of book written Dharti par Paani’ published by Rajasthan Hindi Granth Academy. August 2019
  6. Two new bacteria (accession nos. JX559761 and JX559762) isolated, sequence deposited in GenBank, the nucleotide repository of NCBI (USA)
  7. Obtained Grade A at Refresher course in Microbiology organized by UGC & Academic Staff College University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, from13‑2 – 06 to 4−3−06.
  8. Obtained admission to carry out post doctoral research in Prof B.A.Whitton’s laboratory Dept. of Biological Sciences University of Durham, U.K.
  9. Three students received prizes in conferences for presentation of papers in National conferences.
  10. First Prize on poster entitled The Role of Autodidactism in Higher Education’ at National conference on Issues and Challenges in Doctoral Research’. held on August 25, 2022 organized by the Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur

EXTRA – CURRICULAR AWARDS

Awards:

School: (1984) 1. All-Rounder 2. Leadership 3. Achievement

College: (1986−1990) 1. Creative writing 2. Distinction in Computer Programming Course

  • Association of Microbiologists of India

    Life Member

  • Biotech Research Society, India

    Life Member