CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : Dr. (Mrs.) ARCHANA GIRI Present status & : Professor Mailing address Centre for Biotechnology (CBT)

Institute of Science & Technology (IST) J N T University, Kukatpally, Hydera0020 obad - 500085 E-mail:

Academic Qualifications : M.Sc (Kumaon University) : Ph. D. CSIR –Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Lucknow

Fellowships received and positions held:

Junior Research Fellowship by Department of Environment and Forests (DoEN) Govt. of India, New Delhi during Ph. D. programme.

Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR, New Delhi during Ph. D. programme.

Research Associateship by CSIR, New Delhi.(1996-2001) DST Young Scientist, DST, New Delhi (2001-2004) CSIR-Pool-Scientist, CSIR, New Delhi (2004-2006) Assistant Professor, CBT, IST JNTU Hyderabad (2006-2014) Associate Professor, CBT, IST JNTU Hyderabad (2015- present)

Professional Experience and Training:

I. More than twenty years of teaching experience for M.Sc and M.Tech students at Centre for Biotechnology.

II. Twenty five years of research experience on genetic manipulation of medicinal plants for the production of secondary metabolites of pharmaceutical importance.

III. a. Underwent training at Plant Biotechnology Institute (PBI)

Saskatoon Canada during June-July 2008 and November-December 2008.

b. Training at Technological University, Dortmund Germany during May 20016

IV. Member of Board of studies for Biotechnology for Harare Institute of Technology since 2015. Visited HIT Harare, Zimbabwe for Board of Studies meeting in June 2016.

List of Students Guided for Ph D Degree:

1. M. JaJayaram Prakash Rao- Studies on Antimicrobial activity and isolation of antimicrobial phytopharmaceuticals from Salacia oblonga Wall. (2011)

2. Ch. Bhuvaneswari –Biotechnological interventions for enhancing the production of pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites from in vitro cultures of Gymnema sylvestre. (2013)

3. Hassan Rostami – A biotechnological approach to improve the bioavailability of minerals in Barley grains.(2014)

4. Bathoju Gayathri – Biotechnological interventions for enhancing the saponin and other bioactive constituents of an important medicinal plant Chlorophytum borivilianum. (2014)

5. J. Mary Grace- Evaluation of Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Anticancer properties of Terminalia chebula Retz and Withania somnifera (L) Dunal. (2015)

6. Suryakala Gandi – Biotechnological interventions for enhancing the production of centellocides in Centella asiatica and evaluation of its biological activities. (2016)

7. M. Anjaneyulu-Studies on antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial activities of Salacia oblonga Wall and isolation of potential bioactive compounds. (2016)

8. M. Anil Kumar- Enhancement of pharmaceutically important isoflavones in cell suspensions and genetically transformed cultures of Trifolium pratense. (2016)

9. Sravanthi Pammi S. S. - Phytochemical Characterization of bioactive compounds and in vitro evaluation of antimicrobial,antioxidant and anticancer activities of Phyllanthus amarus. (2018)

10. Pabbati Ranjit - Evaluation of biological activities of Pimpinella tirupatiensis extracts and transcriptome analysis for mapping of terpenoid pathway. (2018)

RESEARCH PROJECTS PARTICIPATED/CARRIED OUT

1. Project Title: All India Coordinated Project the Tissue Culture, Seed Biology and Conservation of Endangered Medicinal Plants. Funding Agency : Department of Environment & Forests (DoEn), New Delhi Duration : Four Years Place of work: Worked as Ph.D. Scholar at CIMAP, CSIR Lab, Lucknow

2. Project Title : Production of podophyllotoxin from transgenic hairy root

cultures of Podophyllum hexandrum Funding Agency: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi Duration : Five Years Place of work: Worked as Research Associate at Centre for Biotechnology, JNT University, Hyderabad

3. Project Title : Production of clinically useful anticancer indole alkaloids (

vincristine and vinblastine ) from transformed cultures of Catharanthus roseus Funding Agency: Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi Duration : Three Years Place of work: Worked as Scientist & Principal Investigator with total budget of Rs.15.0 Lacs at Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

4. Project Title: Production of anticancer compound andrographolites by using genetically transformed cultures of Andrographis paniculata. Funding Agency: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi Duration : Three Years Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

5. Project Title: Enhanced production of andrographolides by elicitation

using in vitro transformed cultures of Andrographis paniculata” Funding Agency:,AICTE, New Delhi Duration : Three Years Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

6. Project Title: Improved production of Gymnemic acid by elicitation using

in vitro transformed cultures of Gymnema sylvestre” Funding Agency:,UGC, New Delhi Duration : Three Years Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

7. Project Title: Biochemical elucidation of Centella asiatica leaf epidermome ,

cloning and over expression of the genes involved in the production of pharmaceutically important centellosides Funding Agency:,DST, New Delhi Duration : Three Years Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

8. Project Title: Bioprocess development for adiponectin production using cell root cultures of Withania somnifera

Funding Agency : AICTE, New Delhi Duration : Two Years Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

9. Project Title: Production of High Value Recombinant Protein- Adiponectin in Plant Cell Cultures – A Biopharming Initiative Funding Agency: UGC, New Delhi Duration: Three Years

Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

10. Project Title: Bioprocessing of therapeutically important centellocides (triterpenoids ) from Centella asiatica Agency: TEQIP II Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

11. Project Title: Cloning, expression,purification and characterization of L-

Asparginase-II Agency: TEQIP II Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally,

Hyderabad

12. Project Title: Enhanced production of curcumin from hairy root rhizoclones

and elicitation driven gene expression studies in Curcuma longa. Funding Agency: TEQIP III

Place of work: Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University, Kukatpally, Hyderabad

List of publications Research publications in reputed national & international journals with impact factor

1. J Mathur, P S Ahuja, A K Mathur and A Giri (1991) Somatic embryogenesis in Nardostachys jatamansi DC – an endangered medicinal herb of himalayas. Ind. J. Plant Genetic Resources 4:18-26.

2. A Giri, P S Ahuja and P V A Kumar (1993) Somatic embryogenesis and

plant regeneration from callus cultures of Aconitum heterophyllum wall. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 31: 213 - 218 IF 2.3

3. A Giri, S Banerjee, P S Ahuja and C C Giri (1997) Production of hairy roots

in Aconitum heterophyllum wall. using Agrobacterium rhizogenes In Vitro Cell & Dev. Biol. - PLANT 33: 280-284 IF 0.9

4. R Pratap Chandran, VP Potty, JE Bond, ML Roose, GA Cangelosi, RG Ankenbauer, EW Nester, RP Chandran, VP Potty, V Citovsky, J Zupan, D Warnick, P Zambryski, YR Danesh, EM Goltapeh, A Alizadeh, MM Sanavy, C David, J Tempe, FM Delmotte, D Delay, J Cizeau, B Guerin, JC Leple, A Giri, ST Ravindra, V Dhingra, ML Narasu, S Guillon, J Tremouillaux-Guiller, PK Pati, M Ridean, P Gantet, J Hansen, JE Jorgensen, J Stougaard, KA Marcker, CL Hsu, WC Lee, JQ Huang, ZM Wei, HL An, YX Zhu, S Jin, YN Song, WY Deng, MP Gordon, EW Nester, V Kumar, A Sharma, BCN Prasad, HB Gururaj, GA Ravishankar, V Levee, E Garin, K Klimaszewska, A Seguin, OC Ming, AS Wen, U Sinniah, R Xavier, S Subramaniam, C Nguyen, F Bourgaud, P Forlot, A Guckert, KL Piers, JD Heath, X Liang, KM Stephens, EW Nester, K Rahimi, K Haghbeen, J Marefatjo, FR Jazii, R Sheikhani, S Raveendar, S Ignacimuthu, R Gao, DG Lynn, JV Shanks, J Morgan, N Shimoda, A Toyoda-Yamamoto, J Nagamine, S Usami, M Katayama, Y Sakagami, Y Machida, J Tao, L Li, L Vanhala, R Hiltunen, KM Oksman-Caldentey, SC Winans, MF Van Wordragen, HJM Dons, YM Wang, JB Wang, D Luo, JF Jia, SB Gelvin (1998) Agrobacterium mediated plant transformation: The biology behind

the gene-jockeying tool. Biotechnology 10: 229-234

5. C C Giri, A. Giri and P S Ahuja (1997) Purple seedling - A single gene inherited lethal mutant from mesophyll protoplasts of Hyoscyamus muticus L. Int. J Mendel 14: 17-19. Indexed International Journal

6. A Giri and M Lakshmi Narasu (2000) Transgenic hairy roots: recent

trends and applications. Biotechnology Advances 18 : 1 – 22 IF 9.5

7. A Giri and M Lakshmi Narasu (2000) Production of podophyllotoxin from Podophyllum hexandrum : a potential natural product for clinically useful anticancer drug. Cytotechnology 34: 17-26 IF 1.8

8. A Giri, V Dhingra, C C Giri, A. Singh, O. P. Ward and M Lakshmi Narasu

(2001) Biotransformation using cell, tissue, organ cultures and enzyme systems: current trend and future prospects. Biotechnology Advances 19 (3 ) : 175-199 IF 9.5

9. A Giri, S. T. Ravindra, V. Dingra and M Lakshmi Narasu (2001) Influence

of different strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes on induction of hairy roots and artimisinin production in Artemisia annua Curr. Science 81: 378-382 IF 0.85

10. A Giri, C C Giri, V Dhingra and M Lakshmi Narasu (2001) Enhanced

production of podophyllotoxin from Agrobacterium rhizogenes transformed cultures of Podophyllum hexandrum. Natural Product Letters (Currently Natural Product Research 15(4): 229-235 IF 0.95

11. A Giri, C C Giri, V Dhingra and M Lakshmi Narasu (2001) Podophyllum

hexandrum Royle A potential source for production of clinically useful anticancer drugs. In: Role of Biotechnology in Medicinal Aromatic Plants,(IA Khan & A Khanum Eds.,) Vol.IV, Ukaaz Pubs.Hyderabad, India.pp.50-64

12. A Giri, C. C. Giri, V Dhingra and M Lakshmi Narasu (2002) Podophyllum

hexandrum Royle A potential source for production of clinically useful anticancer drugs. In: Role of Biotechnology In Medicinal Aromatic Plants,(IA Khan & A Khanum Eds.,)Vol.5 (Special Edition on Cancer),Ukaaz Pubs.India.pp.212-220

13. A Giri, C C Giri and M Lakshmi Narasu (2003) Recent advances in

applications of transgenic hairy roots. In: Plant Genetic Engineering:

Improvement of Commercial Plants –II Jaiwal P.K. and Singh R. P. ( Eds ) Vol. 4 Sci Tech. Pubs. LLC, Houston, USA pp 23-81

14. C. C. Giri, A Giri and M Lakshmi Narasu (2009) Catharanthus roseus

(Periwinckle) a potential drug source for cancer chemotherapy and biotechnological interventions: an overview. In: Biotechnology, Aavishkar publications, Jaipur, India-475- 504.

15. Fathima begum, S.S.S. Nageswara Rao, Kiranmayee Rao, Y. Prameela

Devi, A. Giri and C.C. Giri., (2009). Increased vicristine production from Agrobacterium tumefacients C58 induced shoot teratomas of Catharanthus roseus G. Don. Natural Product Research. 23(11): 973-981. IF 0.95

16. Soma Roy, A Giri, Chodisetti Bhuvaneswari., M Lakshmi Narasu, Charu

C. Giri (2010). High frequency plant Regeneration via Direct Organogenisis in Andrographis Paniculata. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Sciences and Biotechnology. 3 (1) 94-96. Indexed International Journal

17. Soma roy, Kiranmayee Rao, Ch. Bhuvaneswarai, A Giri, Lakshmi Narasu

Mangamoori (2010). Phytochemical analysis of Ardrographis paniculata extract and its antimicrobial activity. World. J. Microbial Biotechnology. 26:85-91 IF 2.5

18. R. Kiranmayee., Ch, Bhuvaneswari., M. Lakshmi Narasu and Archana

Giri (2010), Studies on antimicrobial activity of plant extracts of Alpinia galanga. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 162: 871-884. IF 1.6

19. M. Jayarama Prakash Rao and Archana Giri (2010) Antimicrobial activity of the extracts of Salacia oblonga wall. Recent Research in Science and Technology, 2(10): 01-04. 2010 Indexed International Journal

20. M. Anil Kumar, S S Sravanthi Pammi and Archana Giri (2011) Establishment of suspension culture and production of Isoflavones from Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) International Journal of Applied Biotechnology and Biochemistry 1: 35-42 Indexed International Journal

21. S Ghasemi, A Giri, H Rostami, H Beygi and Hzr Hamoun (2011) The

investigation on effectivity of curcumin-nanosilver on Staphylococcus aureus growth. Cell Journal (Yakhteh) 12 (11), 95-95 Indexed International Journal

22. Bhuvaneswari Ch, Kiranmayee Rao and Archana Giri (2011) Evaluation

of Gymnema sylvestre antimicrobial activity in methanol. Recent Research in Science and Technology 3(8): 73-75 Indexed International Journal

23. R. Kiranmayee, Ch, Bhuvaneswari, Suryakala Gandi ,M. Lakshmi Narasu

and Archana Giri (2011) Direct and Indirect organogenesis of Alpinia galangal and the phytochemical analysis. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 165: 1366-1378. IF 1.6

24. Ch. Bhuvneswari, R. Kiranmayee, Suryakala Gandi and Archana Giri

(2012). Abiotic elicitation of Gymnema Sylvestre suspensions for the production of Gymnemic acid. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 28 (2) :741-747 IF 1.5

25. Gayatri B and Archana Giri (2012). Production of Stigmasterol and

Hecogenin from in vitro cultures of Chlorophytum borivilianum. Journal of Pharmacognosy: vol 3(2) 101-103 Indexed International Journal

26. Suryakala Gandi and Archana Giri (2012). Genetic transformation study

in Centella asiatica by Agrobacterium rhizogenes. .Journal of Pharmacognosy: vol 3(2) 82-84 Indexed International Journal

27. Gayatri B and Archana Giri (2012) Production of pharmaceutically

important saponins from in vitro regenerated plants of Chlorophytum borivilianum . Current trends in biotechnology and pharmacy, Volume 6, 2012, pp.-458—463 Indexed International Journal

28. Awantika Shrivastava, Durga Prasad K and Archana Giri (2012)

Relationship between scoring function and the IC 50 inhibiton of P13k inhibitors. International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology 4: 4786-4794 Indexed International Journal

29. Suryakala Gandi, R. Kiranmayee, Ch. Bhuvneswari, and Archana Giri

(2012). Elicitation of Andrographolide in the suspension cultures of Andrographis paniculata. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 168:1729–1738 IF 1.6

30. R. Kiranmayee, Ch, Bhuvaneswari, M. Lakshmi Narasu and Archana Giri

(2012). Agrobacterium- Mediated Transformation in Alpinia galanga (Linn.) Wild. For enhanced Acetoxychavicol Acetate production. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 168(2): 339-347 IF 1.6

31. Gayatri B and Archana Giri (2012) Production of medicinally important secondary metabolites (stigmasterol and hecogenin) from root cultures of Chlorophytum borivilianum (Safed Musli). Recent Research in Science and Technology. 4(5): 45-48 Indexed International Journal

32. Hassan Rostami, Archana Giri, Mohammad Zand. 2012. Phytic acid:

impact on environment and biotechnological solution to decrease eutrophication. International Journal of Biological Sciences and Engineering. 3:177-183 Indexed International Journal

33. Awantika Shrivastava, Durga Prasad K and Archana Giri (2012) P13Ks: A

potential target in cancer treatment-Analysis of binding sites through insilico studies. Novus International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioscience . 1(3) 34-43 Indexed International Journal

34. Ashwini Rajendra, Bushetti SS and Archana Giri (2012) Formulation and evaluation of compression coated tablets based on modified okra mucilage. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci, 4, : 660-667 Indexed International Journal

35. Ashwini Rajendra, Bushetti SS and Archana Giri (2012) Design and Evaluation of Compression Coated Formulations for an Antiinflammatory Drug Based on Modified okra Mucilage. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 2 (07): 238-245 Indexed International Journal

36. M. Nirmala, GE Suhasini, Archana Giri and Rashmi Shiva Kumar (2012) Genotoxicity Study of Newly Synthesized Isatin Derivative- N’-(7-Chloro-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-3-yl) benzohydrazide. Biosciences Biotechnology Research ASIA . 9(2): 843-847 Indexed International Journal

37. Bhuvneswari, R. Kiranmayee and Archana Giri (2013). Phytochemical

analysis of Gymnema sylvestre and evaluation of its antimicrobial activity. Natural Product Research 27 : 583-587 IF .95

38. Hassan Rostami and Archana Giri (2013). An overview on microbial

phytase and its biotechnological applications. International journal of Advanced biotechnology and Research; 4(1): 925-934 Indexed International Journal

39. Amir Sasan M N , Abolfazl K, Archana Giri and Aziz A P (2013)

Ethnobotany and folk medicinal uses of major trees and shrubs in

Northern Iran. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 7(7) 284-289 Indexed International Journal

40. Awantika Shrivastava, Durga Prasad K and Archana Giri (2013) In Silico

molecular docking analysis to identify P13K inhibitors as possible NSCLC agents. International Journal of Computatinal Bioinformatics and In Silico Modeling 2: 68-71 Indexed International Journal

41. P Ranjit, Archana Giri, G. Sowjanya, M. Vennela and G. Vineela (2013)

Identification of mi RNAs in Eucalyptus globules plant by computational methods. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science Invention 2: 70-74 Indexed International Journal

42. Bhuvneswari, R. Kiranmayee and Archana Giri (2013) Improved

gymnemic acid production in the suspension cultures of Gymnema sylvestre through biotic elicitation. Plant Biotechnology Reports. 7(4) : 519-525 IF 1.6

43. Suryakala Gandi and Archana Giri (2013) Production and quantification

of Asiatic acid from in vitro raised shoots and callus cultures of Centella asiatica (L) Urban. Annals of Phytomedicine 2 (1) 95-101. IF 1.0

44. Anjaneyulu M , M. Jayarama Prakash Rao and Archana Giri (2013)

Phytochemical investigations and antibacterial activity of Salacia oblonga wall. Ethanolic extracts. Annals of Phytomedicine 2 (1) 102-107. IF 1.0

45. K. Venkateswar Reddy, T.Vijayalakshmi, Archana Giri and JG Bhavani

(2013) Effect of paper Industry Effluents on physicochemical and biological properties of soil. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology 2 (8) 3811-3815 Indexed International Journal

46. Hassan Rostami , Archana Giri , Ammar Taghavi and S A Yassini (2013) Development of regeneration and transformation protocol for barley of Indian origin using immature embryos, European Journal of Scientific Research 103: 16-24 IF .71

47. Srinivas K, Archana Giri and Ranjit P (2013) Identification of mi RNA in Actinidia chinensis plant by computational methods. International Journal of futuristic Science Engineering and Technology 2: 261-264 Indexed International Journal

48. Hassan Rostami and Archana Giri. (2013) Transgenic Plants Expressing Exogenous Phytase Gene; Sustainable Technology for Sustainable Environment. International Journal of Biological Sciences and Engineering. 3,: 15-21 Indexed International Journal

49. Hassan Rostami, Archana Giri, Amir Sasan M N, Amir Moslem (2013) Optimization of multiple shoot induction and plant regeneration in Indian barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivars using mature embryos. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 20: 251-255 IF .78

50. Awantika Shrivastava, Durga Prasad K and Archana Giri (2013) Identification of P13K inhibitor scaffold based on ligand and pharmacophore model. Online Journal of Bioinformatics 14: 258-273 Indexed International Journal

51. Ravi Kumar K, Archana Giri and Rama Rao N (2013) Cross docking as a method to select CDK-9 protein target for virtual screening studies. International Journal of Computational Bioinformatics and in silico modeling 2: 275-277 Indexed International Journal

52. J Mary Grace and Archana Giri (2013) Antimicrobial activity of phytopharmaceuticals for prevention and cure of diseases. Annals of Phytomedicine 2(2): 28-46 IF 1.0

53. Nirmala M, Suhasini GE, Lakshman KV, Archana Giri and Soloman Sunder Raj B ( 2013) Antidiabetic activity of new istatin derivatives N’-(7-Chloro-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indo-3-yl) Benzohydrazide in Alloran induced diabetic rats. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, 3 (4): 107-121 Indexed International Journal

54. GE. Suhasini , M. Nirmala, Archana Giri, V. Varalaksmi and B. Solomon

sunder Raj (2013) Available online at www.ijpcbs.com ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY OF NEW IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE (2-(2-benzylidenehydrazinyl)-5,5-diphenyl-1,5- dihydro-4H-imidazol 4-one(C22 H17 N4OCl) International Journal of Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Biological Sciences, 3(4), 1293-1304 Indexed International Journal

55. Venkateswar Reddy K, Archana Giri, , P Ranjit , Saleema M F , E Deepthi, and M Hemalatha (2014) antibiotic susceptibility of infectious nosocomial microorganisms Int. J. Bioassays , 3 (04), 2026-2029

56. G E. Suhasini, M. Nirmala, Varalakshmi, Archana Giri, B. Solomon G. Sahitha (2014) Antioxidant activity of newly synthesised imidazole (2-(2-benzylidenehydrazinyl)-5, 5diphenyl-1, 5-dihydro-4H-imidazol 4-one) Int J Pharm 4(1): 241-246 Indexed International Journal

57. G. Pushpalatha, D. Subrahmanyam, K. Sreenu,T. Ram, L. V. Subbarao, B. Parmar, Archana Giri,N. Sarla, Vandna Rai (2013) Effect of salt stress on seedling growth and antioxidant enzymes in two contrasting rice introgression lines, Indian Journal of Plant Physiology 18, 360-366 Indexed International Journal

58. J Mary Grace and Archana Giri (2013) "Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Terminalia chebula Retz. aqueous extract" Recent Research in Science and Technology 5(4): 46-49 Indexed International Journal

59. Mahesh Yanamandra , Labanyamoy Kole , Archana Giri , Sayan Mitra (2014) Development of phosphocellulose paper-based screening of inhibitors of lipid kinases: Case study with PI3Kb Analytical Biochemistry 449 : 132–138. IF 2.2

60. Pushpalatha G., Archana Giri, Sarla N. and Vandna Rai (2014) Comparative Biochemical Analysis of Wild Introgression Lines in Response to Short-Term Exposure to Salinity. Asian Journal of Bio science" 9 :15-20 Indexed International Journal

61. Awantika Shrivastava , K Durga Prasad and Archana Giri (2014) .Calculating binding free energies and docking scores with PI3K inhibitors. Online Journal of Bioinformatics 15 (1): 106-113 Indexed International Journal

62. Awantika Shrivastava, K Durga Prasad 1 and Archana Giri (2014) Difference between isoform Specific Inhibitors Over classes I PI3K through Molecular docking Studies. Online Journal of Bioinformatics Volume 15 (2): 168-177 Indexed International Journal

63. Pushpalatha G., Sreenu K., Jain A., Suresh T., Subrahmanyam D., Ram T., Subbarao L.V., Giri A., Sarla N. and Rai V. (2014) Allele mining of salt tolerant genes in O. rufipogon X O. sativa introgression lines and functional analysis of cis-acting regulatory elements. World Research Journal of Bioinformatics 2(1): 25-32 Indexed International Journal

64. J. Mary Grace and Archana Giri (2014) Total Flavonoid content of fruit extract of Terminalia chebula Retz. Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 26: 12-17 IF .7

65. Surya Anjani Kumar Sarva and Archana Giri (2014) Effect of Freshwater Crab shell Fog as Organic Fertilizers International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science Technology. 5: 307-314 Indexed International Journal

66. Mahesh Yanamandra, Labanyamoy Kole, Archana Giri and Sayan Mitra (2014) ATP competition of PI3K inhibitors using phosphocellulose paper approach International Journal of Bioassays 3: 3276-3279 IF 1.33

67. Kumar NA, Rao KL, Archana G, Devi KU (2014) C1-Esterase Inhibitor from Human Plasma-An Improved Process to Achieve Therapeutic Grade Purity. J Bioprocess Biotech 4: 1-10 Indexed International Journal

68. Suryakala Gandi and Archana Giri (2014). Standardization of protocol for high frequency seed germination and direct regeneration in Centella asiatica (L.) Urban: An important medicinal plant. Journal of chemical and pharmaceutical research. 6(10):224-230 Indexed International Journal

69. Bhuvaneswari Chodisetti, Kiranmayee Rao, Suryakala Gandi, Archana Giri, (2014) Signaling molecules - Methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid effect on enhancing the gymnemic acid content in Gymnema sylvestre suspensions. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Plant 51: 88-92 IF .9

70. Surya Anjani Kumar Sarva and Archana Giri (2015) Effect of Freshwater Crab Shell Fog as Organic Fertilizer to Increase Plants of Cucurbitaceae Growth Dramatically. Agrotechnol 2015, 4:1-4 Indexed International Journal

71. NA Kumar, KL Rao, Z Chakraborthy, A Giri, KU Devi (2015) Purification of A1PI from Human Plasma-An Improved Process to Achieve Therapeutic Grade Purity. Journal of Chromatography & Separation Techniques 6: 3-9

72. Mahesh Yanamandra, Sayan Mitra & Archana Giri . (2015) Development and application of PI3K assays for novel drug discovery Expert Opin. Drug Discov10(2):171-186 IF 3.47

73. Anjaneyulu M , Sarath Mullapudi and Archana Giri (2015) Antibacterial principles of Salacia oblonga extracts against multidrug resistant

Staphylococcus aureus. Proceedings of the National Conference in Recent Trends in Science and Technology. (NCRIST2015). JNTUH College of Engineering 453-455

74. Hruday Reddy V, Sukanya MS, Devika N Nagar and Archana Giri (2015) Cloning of high value recombinant protein adiponectin (Acrp 30) for expression in plant cell cultures. Proceedings of the National Conference in Recent Trends in Science and Technology. (NCRIST2015). JNTUH College of Engineering 456-459

75. CH Balachiranjeevi . Naik S. Bhaskar A. Abhilash V, H.K. Mahadev Swamy H , A V, H. K. Mahadeva Swamy, Archana Giri and Sundaram (2015) Improvement of an elite maintainer line DRR17B for bacterial blight and Gall midge resistance through marker assisted selection. Annals of Plant and soil Research 17 : 605-608 Indexed International Journal

76. CH Balachiranjeevi . Naik S. Bhaskar . V. Abhilash . S. Akanksha . B. C. Viraktamath . M. S. Madhav . A. S. Hariprasad . G. S. Laha . M. S. Prasad . S. M. Balachandran . C. N. Neeraja . M. Satendra Kumar . P. Senguttuvel . K. B. Kemparaju . V. P. Bhadana . T. Ram . G. Harika . H. K. Mahadeva Swamy . S. K. Hajira . A. Yugander . K. Pranathi . M. Anila . G. Rekha . M. B. V. N. Kousik . T. Dilip Kumar . R. K. Swapnil . Archana Giri . R. M. Sundaram (2015) Marker-assisted introgression of bacterial blight and blast resistance into DRR17B, an elite, fine-grain type maintainer line of rice. Mol Breeding (2015) 35:151-160 IF 2.2

77. Balachiranjeevi CH, Bhaskar Naik S, Abhilash V, Mahadeva Swamy HK , Harika G, Hajira SK, Hari Prasad AS, Laha G S, Madav MS Sundaram RM, Archana Giri (2016) Development of host plant resistance in an elite maintainer line DRR17B for Bacterial Blight and Blast through marker assisted backcross selection. IJSR – International Journal of Scientific Research 4: 27-29 Indexed International Journal

78. Anjaneyulu Musini and Archana Giri (2015) Salacia oblonga Wall: An endangered plant of immense pharmaceutical value, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research 7(5):1125-1129 Indexed International Journal

79. Anjaneyulu M , M. Jayarama Prakash Rao and Archana Giri (2015) Isolation of potential antimicrobial compounds from Salacia oblonga Wall and their synergistic effect on human pathogen, Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences 5(1): 7-11 Indexed International Journal

80. Anjaneyulu Musini and Archana Giri (2015) Antibacterial principles of Salacia oblonga WALL extracts against drug resistant pathogens. Internationl Journal of Science and Research 4: 338-340 Indexed International Journal

81. Anjaneyulu M , M. Jayarama Prakash Rao and Archana Giri (2015) Phytochemicals of Salacia oblonga responsible for free radical scavenging and antiproliferative activity against breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231) Physiol Mol Biol Plants 21:583-590 IF 1.3

82. P. Yeshwanth Goud, Archana Giri, K. Chiranjeevi, Radha Madhavi Kanumuri, N. Sandhya (2015) Analytical Method Development and Validation of HPLC for Identification and Assay of N-2 Intermediate of a Therapeutic Pentasaccharide- Fonda Parinux. International Journal for Pharmaceutical Research Scholars (IJPRS) V-4, 438-446 Indexed International Journal

83. Mary Grace Jinukuti and Archana Giri (2015) Anticancer activity of acetone and methanol extracts of Terminalia chebula Retz and Withania somnifera (Linn.) Dunal on HeLa cell line. Annals of Phytomedicine 4(2): 88-92 Indexed International Journal

84. Sravanthi PSS. Padmavathi TVS and Archana Giri (2015)Antimicrobial activity of Phyllanthus amarus plant extracts using polar and non polar solvents against gram positive and gram negative bacteria. International Journal of Current Research 7:24678-24692 Indexed International Journal

85. Sravanthi PSS. Padmavathi TVS and Archana Giri (2016) Metabolic fingerprinting of broot, stem and leaf extracts of Phyllanthus amarus. Journal of Phytology 8: 17-21 Indexed International Journal

86. Anjaneyulu Musini, Suryakala Gandi, Kiranmayee Rao, Archana Giri

(2016) HPLC Polyphenolics Profile and H2O2 Induced Cytoprotective Effect of Salacia oblonga Extracts on Human Lymphocytes. Advances in Biological Chemistry, 6: 19-27 IF .73

87. Kiranmayee Rao & Bhuvaneswari Chodisetti & Suryakala Gandi, Archana Giri & P. B. Kavi Kishor (2016) Regeneration-Based Quantification of Coumarins (Scopoletin and Scoparone) in Abutilon indicum In Vitro Cultures. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 180: 766-779 IF: 1.6

88. P Ranjit, Archana Giri and K Deepak Raj (2016) Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of leaf extracts of Pimpinella tirupatiensis. Research

Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences 7(4) 1220 -1225 Indexed International Journal

89. P. Ranjit and Archana Giri (2016) In vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Pimpenella tirupatensis leaf methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts. Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, , 8(7):801-806 Indexed International Journal

90. Srikanth. S, Manish K Pandey, Bala Chiranjeevi. Ch, Hajira. SK, Vijay Kumar. S, MBVN Kousik, Bhadana VP, Sheshu Madhav. M, 1Suneetha. K, Subba Rao LV, 1Kumaraswamy. M, Archana Giri, Laxmi Narasu. B, Shobha Rani. N, and Sundaram RM.(2016) introgression of major bacterial blight and blast resistant genes into vallabh basmati 22, an elite basmati variety International Journal of Development Research Vol. 06, Issue, 07, pp.8366-8370 Indexed International Journal

91. Srikanth, S., Manish Pandey,MEVN Kousik, Vijay Kumar S, Bala Chiranjeevi. Ch, Hajira, S. K., Bhadana, V.P, Sheshu Madhav. M, 1Suneetha. K, Subba Rao LV, Archana Giri, Shobha Rani. N, and Sundaram RM.( (2016) marker assisted improvement of the elite basmati variety, iet 18006 for resistance against bacterial blight and blast International Journal of Current Research Vol. 8, Issue, 07, pp.33827-33830 Indexed International Journal

92. Anil Kumar M., Vishnu Prasanth V. and Archana Giri (2016) A Validated RP-HPLC Method for Simultaneous Determination of Daidzein, Genistein, Formononetin and Biochanin A from In Vitro Cultured Cells of Trifolium pratense L. (Fabaceae) Der Pharma Chemica, 2016, 8(13):16-21 IF .4

93. S. S. Sravanthi Pammi, T. V. S. Padmavathi and Archana Giri (2016) Analysis of bioactive compounds and antimicrobial screening of Phyllanthus amarus Schum. and Thonn. Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Technol. 5, 2, 2016,595-603 Indexed International Journal

94. S. S. Sravanthi Pammi, T. V. S. Padmavathi and Archana Giri (2016)

Pharmacological potential of an important medicinal plant Phyllanthus amarus Schum. &Thonn. Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Technol. Volume 5, Issue 2, 2016, pp.577-582.

95. P Ranjit, Ch Veneetha, and Archana Giri (2016) Evaluation of Total Phenolics, Flavonoids, and Antioxidant Activity of Leaf Extracts of Pimpenella tirupatensis Int. J. Pharm. Sci. Rev. Res., 41(1), Pages: 58-63 Indexed International Journal

96. S. S. Sravanthi Pammi, T. V. S. Padmavathi and Archana Giri (2016) Evaluation of Anti-oxidant potential of root, stem and leaf extracts of Phyllanthus amarus. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Technol. 5: 653-661 Indexed International Journal

97. Lori Rastogi, D. Karunasagar, R.B Sashidhar , Archana Giri (2017)

Peroxidase-like activity of gum kondagogu reduced/stabilized palladium nanoparticles and its analytical application for colorimetric detection of glucose in biological samples. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 240: 1182-1188. IF 4.7

98. Ravi Kumar K., Archana Giri and Rama Rao Nadendla (2017) Virtual Screening of CDK9 Inhibitors as Potential Anti Cancer Drugs. International Journal of Computer Applications 157(7):40-46 Indexed International Journal

99. Gayathri Bathoju · Kiranmayee Rao · Archana Giri (2017) Production of sapogenins (stigmasterol and hecogenin) from genetically transformed hairy root cultures of Chlorophytum borivilianum (Safed musli) Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult DOI 10.1007/s11240-017-1290-8

100. Mahesh Yanamandra, Labanyamoy Kole, Archana Giri & Sayan Mitra (2017): Development of highly sensitive cell based AKT Kinase ELISA for monitoring PI3K beta activity and compound efficacy, Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry, DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2017.1385027

101. M. Anil Kumar, S.S. Sravanthi Pammi , Sukanya MS and Archana Giri (2017) Enhanced production of pharmaceutically important isoflavones from hairy root rhizoclones of Trifolium pratense L. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology Plants 54: 94-103

102. Archana Giri, S. S Sravanthi Pammi, M.Vasantha Lakshmi and B.Chakravarthi (2017) In silico molecular docking approach for anticancer analysis of bioactive compounds from Phyllanthus amarus dimethyl formamide leaf extracts. International journal of research culture society (icics – 2017) 152-163

103. Ravi Kumar k. , Archana Giri , Rama Rao Nadendla (2018) Insilico

adme profiling of cdk9 inhibitors. Journal of scientific research in pharmacy 7: 30-34

104. G. Rekha, V. Abhilash Kumar, B. C. Viraktamath, K. Pranathi, M. B. V. N. Kousik, B. Laxmi Prasanna,C. Backiyalakshmi, Pragya Sinha, R. K. Ravindra, S. Bhaskar, S. K. Hajira, C. H. Balachiranjeevi,K. Swapnil, R. Rambabu, G. Harika, E. Punniakotti, M. Anila, H. K. Mahadev, T. Dilip Kumar,A. Yugander, K. Chaitra, M. Praveen, K. R. Madhavi, M. S. Prasad, G. S. Laha, C. N. Neeraja,S. M. Balachandran, P. Senguttuvel, R. A. Fiyaz, J. Badri, A. Giri, L. V. Subba Rao, V. Ravindra Babu,R. M. Sundaram (2018)Improvement of blast resistance of the popular high-yielding, medium slender-grain type, bacterial blight resistant rice variety, Improved Samba Mahsuri by marker-assisted breeding. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 27(4): 463-472 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-018-0455-9

105. Balachiranjeevi CH et al (2018) Marker-assisted pyramiding of two major broad-spectrum bacterial blight resistance genes, Xa21 and Xa33 into an elite maintainer line of rice, DRR17B. PONE-D-18-20365R1 Accepted

BOOKS PUBLISED 1. Name of the book : Plant Biotechnology: Practical Manual

Year of Publication : 2007 ISBN No. :81-89866-14-1 Authors : C. C. Giri and Archana Giri Publisher : I. K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

(www.ikbooks.com) SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, REFRESHER COURCES, ETC. ATTENDED/ CODUCTED

1. A Giri (1988) “ National Seminar on Current Research trends in Indian Orchids “ NEHU Shillong 29th – 31st October

2. A Giri and P S Ahuja (1990) “ High frequency conversion of callus derived

somatic embryos to plantlets in Aconitum heterophyllum wall”, In:

International seminar on New Frontiers in Horticulture, Bangalore, 24th – 28th November (Paper)

3. A Giri, D N Joshi and P S Ahuja (1998) Biotechnological approaches for the genetic conservation and production of secondary metabolites from in vitro cultures of Aconitum heterophyllum- an endangered medicinal plant. In: National Symposium on Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Hill Agriculture, DARL & DRDO, Pithoragarh. 6th - 8th May (Paper)

4. A Giri and M L Narasu (1998) Genetic transformation studies in

Podophyllum hexandrum using Agrobacterium rhizogenes In: National Symposium on Trends in Plant Biotechnology, Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 31st October (Poster)

5. A Giri and M L Narasu (1999) Genetic transformation of Podophyllum

hexandrum for production of cytostatic podophyllotoxin In: International Conference on Life Science in the Next Millennium. School of Life Sciences, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad. 11th – 14th December (Poster)

6. A Giri, V Dhingra, C C Giri and M Lakshmi Narasu (2000) Isolation of

high cytostatic lignan podophyllotoxin producing clones from transformed callus cultures of Podophyllum hexandrum. The World Congress on Biotechnology, 11th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition with 4th Congress on Molecular Medicine, 2nd European Congress on Applied Genomic Research, 1st European Congress on agri – Biotechnology, 18th DECHEMA Annual Meeting on Biotechnology, 3 – 8 September, ICC, Berlin, Germany

7. A Giri, S T Ravindra, V Dhingra and M Lakshmi Narasu (2000) High

frequency somatic embryogenesis from transgenic hairy roots of Artemisia annua, Ibid (Poster)

8. A. Giri (2002) Acted as resource person for conducting refresher courses on in Biotechnology and Bioengineering at Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University organized by Academic Staff College, JNTU, Hyderabad and AICTE and UGC, New Delhi

9. A. Giri (2005) Acted as resource person for conducting refresher courses

on Frontiers in Biotechnology at Centre for Biotechnology, IST, JNT University organized by Academic Staff College, JNTU, Hyderabad and AICTE and UGC, New Delhi

10. Participated in a Workshop on Bioprocess Engineering, design, operation

and analysis of Bioreactor, Organised by CBT, IST, JNTU during 22nd to

23rd Dec 2006.

11. Participated in National Workshop on “Bioinformatics” from 8-9th

July,2006. at JNT University, Hyderabad.

12. Participated in National Workshop on “Down stream processing” at JNT University, Hyderabad. 7th-*th Feb. 2006.

13. Participated in National workshop on “Molecular Biology Techniques” at

JNT University, Hyderabad.20th November-2nd December 2006.

14. Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights” Jointly organized by

Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Institute of Science and

Technology, JNTU and Osmania University college of Technology in

associated with NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad held on June 20th

to 22nd, 2007 at SNIST campus, Hyderabad.

15. Participated in a workshop on Bioinformatics organized by Center for

Biotechnology, IST, JNT University during 12th to 24th Feb 2007.

16. Participated in National Workshop on “Research Methodologies in

Biotechnology” from 8-9th July,2007 at JNT University, Hyderabad.

17. Conducted a National Workshop on “Medicinal Plants for unemployed youth” September, 2007. at JNT University, Hyderabad.

18. Ch. Bhuvneswari, R. Kiranmayee, M. Lakshmi Narasu and Archana Giri (2007) Antimicrobial activity of extracts of in vitro growing cultures of Gymnema sylvestre against human pathogens. National Symposium on Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: Perspectives. CPMB, Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

19. R. Kiranmayee, Ch. Bhuvneswari, Archana Giri and M. Lakshmi Narasu

(2007) Genetic transformation studies in Alpinia galanga using Agrobacterium rhizogenes for production of 1-s-1 Acetoxychavicol acetate, an important anti HIV compound. National Symposium on Plant

Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: Perspectives. CPMB, Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

20. Participated in National Workshop on “Bioinformatics tools &

applications using Vector NT software, March,2008. at JNT University, Hyderabad.

21. Three day in-house training cum workshop on “Bioprocess Engineering”

from 26-28 March, 2008

22. Conducted a Two week training programme on “Animal and plant cell culture” From 15th to 26th April 2008, . at JNT University, Hyderabad.

23. Conducted a Two week training programme on “Modern Techniques in

Biotechnology” From 12th to 24th May,2008, . at JNT University, Hyderabad.

24. Participated in a conference on EU-sponsored NanoBioSaccharides from

18-19th September 2008 at University of Hyderabad India.

25. Conducted two days workshop on Bioinformatics from 20th - 21st March 2009 at JNT University, Hyderabad.

26. Conducted a three day workshop in Intellectual property rights from 26th

– 28th March 2009 at JNT University, Hyderabad.

27. A. Giri (2007) One month training in ICRISAT on Advance Molecular Biology Techniques.

28. A. Giri (2008) One month training in metabolic engineering at NRC-PBI,

Saskatoon , Canada.

29. A. Giri (2008) One month training in Isolation, Cloning and heterologous expression of gene at NRC-PBI, Saskatoon, Canada.

30. M. Jayaram Prakash Rao, Mallikarjun Rao T, Rajesh M, Harish Kumar and Archana Giri (2009). Antimicrobial Activity of Endangered Plant Salacia oblonga Wall. Ex Wight & Arn. in Biotechnology Perspectives in New Milllenium, July1-2, 2009 at Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad

31. Sravanthi Pammi S S , Anil Kumar M and Archana Giri (2009). Genetic

Transformation Studies in Trifolium pratense using Agrobacterium rhizogenes

for enhancing the production of Isoflavones in Biotechnology Perspectives in New Milllenium, July1-2, 2009 at Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad

32. Suryakala Gandi, and Archana Giri (2009). Stimulation of

Andrographolide Production in cell suspension cultures of Andrographis paniculata by Elicitation in Biotechnology Perspectives in New Milllenium, July1-2, 2009 at Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad

33. Suryakala Gandi and Archana Giri (2010) Elicitation studies in

Andrographis paniculata cell suspension cultures for enhanced Andrographolide production. Presented in AP Science Congress 18-20th November 2010, JNTUH, Hyderabad.

34. R. Kiranmayee, Ch. Bhuvneswari, Archana Giri and M. Lakshmi Narasu

(2010) Genetic transformation studies in Alpinia galanga using Agrobacterium rhizogenes for enhanced Acetoxychavicol acetate production . Presented in AP Science Congress 18-20th November 2010, JNTUH, Hyderabad.

35. Ch. Bhuvneswari, R. Kiranmayee, Suryakala Gandi and Archana Giri

(2010) Abiotic elicitation of G. sylvestre for enhanced gymnemic acid production in suspension cultures. Presented in AP Science Congress 18-20th November 2010, JNTUH, Hyderabad.

36. M. Jayaram Prakash Rao andArchana Giri (2010) Antimicrobial activity

and Isolation of compounds from root extract of Salacia oblonga Wall. Presented in AP Science Congress 18-20th November 2010, JNTUH, Hyderabad.

37. Anil Kumar M and Archana Giri (2010) Production of isoflavones:

Genistein an Daidzein in callus cultures of Trifolium pretense L. presented in"International Conference On Recent Advances in Drug Discovery", October 22nd to 24th, 2010, Organized by Dept. of pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal.

38. Anil Kumar M and Archana Giri (2010) Formononetin and Biochanin A

production in callus cultures of Trifolium pretense L. presented in "International conference on Biotechnology: A global Scenario", November 2nd to 4th, organized by Dept. of Biotechnology, Kakatiya University, Warangal.

39. Participated in a conference on Disaster management from 12th-13th

December 2011 at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad India.

40. Participated in a Workshop on “Enzyme Engineering and process Optimization Principles” Organised by CIR & CBT, IST, JNTU during 16th and 17th March 2012.

41. Hassan Rostami and Archana Giri. 2012. Designing and Construction of

Binary Vectors Containing Phytase Gene for Cereals Biofortification. Andhra Pradesh Science Congress-2012. Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar – Guntur November 14-16. (Oral presentation).

42. Hassan Rostami, Archana Giri. Transgenic Plants Expressing Exogenous

Phytase Gene; Sustainable Technology For Sustainable Environment. 1st International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST2013) January 27-30, 2013, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India. (Accepted as Oral Presentation).

43. Hassan Rostami, Archana Giri, Mohammad Zand. 2012. Phytic acid:

impact on environment and biotechnological solution to decrease eutrophication. World Conference on Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology (WCSET 2012). 17-19 August. Vijayawada. Andhra Pradesh, India. (Oral presentation).

44. J. Mary Grace and Archana Giri 2014. Total Flavonoid content of fruit extract of Terminalia chebula Retz. International conference on Nano Bioand Material Sciences (ICONBM-2014). Osmania University, Hyderabad, 8-10 January(Oral presentation).

45. Participated in a special seminar on Protein Engineering on 27th January 2014 at JNTUH, Hyderabad.

46. Participated in UGC sponsored refresher course Academy Industry Interface Transforming Research Thoughts into Practice. 9-28th June 2014 JNTUHyderabad.

47. Participated in a three day workshop on “Biostatistics, Research Methodology and Manuscript preparation from 24th -26th July 2014 at JNTUH, Hyderabad.

48. Participated in a two day national workshop on bio-fuels from waste on 5th and 6th August 2014 at JNTUH, Hyderabad.

49. Participated in an international conference on sustainability of digital libraries on 25th -27th September 2014 at JNTUH, Hyderabad.

50. Nutan Shivange, Sukanya MS, Madhavi G and Archana Giri. Pathway engineering of triterpenoids in Centella asiatica. In two day National Conference on new frontiers in medicinal plants research 26-27 February 2015 at Osmania University, Hyderabad.

51. Devika Nagar, Sukanya MS, Nutan Shivange, and Archana Giri. Molecular farming of adiponectin in plants: a green perspective. In two day National Conference on new frontiers in medicinal plants research 26-27 February 2015 at Osmania University, Hyderabad

52. Underwent a one week FDP from 7th- 13 th May 2016 at TU Dortmund, Germany in the area of metabolic engineering and combinatorial biosynthesis

53. Sukanya MS Mounika R, Vasavi P and Archana Giri. (2016) Enhanced production of Withaferin A from high yielding clones of Withania somnifera (L.)Dunal. Proceedings of Trend setting innovations in chemical sciences & Technology nature inspired chemistry and engineering. 4-6th October 2016 at JNTU Hyderabad 239-243

54. Co-Convener for International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad

55. Sukanya MS and Archana Giri. (2017) Cloning of a pharmaceutically important antidiabetic proteinAcrp 30 in E.coli. Proceedings of International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad 409-415

56. Shahla Ahmadian, Nutan Shivange and Archana Giri (2017) Cloning and expression of Oxido Sqalene Cyclase for manipulation of triterpenoid biosynthesis in Centella asiatica. Proceedings of International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad 415- 422

57. Ranjit P and Archana Giri (2017) In vitro evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Pimpinella tirupatiensis root extracts. Proceedings of

International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad 452- 457

58. Arunima P, Kalyani P, Archana Giri, Richa K Y, Bhanagar Mathur P and Sharma KK (2017) Screening of Groungnut germplasm lines for tolerance against Aspergillus flavus infection and aflatoxin accumulation. Proceedings of International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad 141- 147

59. Deepak Raj K and Archana Giri (2017) Evaluation of antimicrobial potential of Polycarpaea aurea root. Proceedings of International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad 513- 520

60. Anjaneyulu Musini and Archana Giri (2017) Evaluation of anticancer potential of B amyrin isolated and characterized from Salacia oblonga Wall root extract. Proceedings of International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad 635- 640

61. Ravindar Reddy, Archana Giri, Venkata Sai Rohith and Venkateshwar Reddy K (2017) A comparative study on the physicochemical and bacteriological parameters of the tap, bore and well water in a village of Telangana. Proceedings of International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioengineering trends. ICBT-2017 23rd-25th March 2017 JNTU Hyderabad 363- 369

62. Manogna P, Archana giri and Venkateshwar Reddy K. (2017) Impact of Cotton Ginning Industry Effluents on soil enzyme activities. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Environmental Management (November 27-30, 2017) JNTU Hyderabad146-152

63. Archana Giri, S. S Sravanthi Pammi, M.Vasantha Lakshmi and B.Chakravarthi (2017) In silico molecular docking approach for anticancer analysis of bioactive compounds from Phyllanthus amarus dimethyl formamide leaf extracts. International journal of research culture society (icics – 2017) 152-163

64. Convener for one day workshop on emerging trends in patents and IPR and future applications on 25th April 2018 Sponsored by TEQIP III , IST organized by CBT, IST, JNTUH