Dr. Alka Mehta

Designation : Professor Higher Academic Grade
School / Centre : School of Bio Sciences & Technology
Department : Integrative Biology

Educational Details

Kyoto University Japan, Monbusho scholar

D Sc.
Food Science and Technology Botany
Graduated in 1996

Dr H S Gour University, Sagar, M.P.

Ph.D.
Botany
Graduated in 1988

M.P.

PG
Botany
Graduated in 1982

Post Doctoral Experiences

Res. Inst. For Food Sci.Kyoto University, Japan (1996 - 1998) JSPS


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Bioactive peptides
  • Mycotoxins
  • Molecular Identification of microbes
  • Recombinant proteins

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Development of a novel hybrid process for the economic removal of ammonia from wastewaters WTI DST

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
A perspective anticoagulant peptide from Nori; Porphyra yezoensis hydrolysate acting on intrinsic pathway of coagulation. DST/SERB

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
1. Unraveling the role of collagen cryptic peptides in cellular activity DST/SERB
2. Development of high rate Multistage Reversible Flow Bioreactor for Simultaneous removal of COD and ammonia from waste waters. WTI DST
3. Screening of extracellular matrix protein derived cryptic bioactive peptides involved in regulation of cell activity DST/SERB

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Composition for inhibiting synthesis of mycotoxin without affecting the growth of the fungi 2018. US patent Application No. 15958092 (EFS ID: 32385268) 2018/04/20

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
1. Composition for inhibiting synthesis of mycotoxin without affecting the growth of the fungi. 2021. India
2. Anticoagulant peptide isolated from seaweed porphyra hydrolyzate, 2020. India

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Sources of Pollutants and Its Remediation. 2020. In Environmental Biotechnology Vol. 2 (pp. 197-219). Springer 2020