Faculty School of Agricultural Sciences & Forestry

Dr. Rana earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Microbiology from Gurukul Kangri (Deemed to be University), Hardwar, Uttarakhand, India. With 5 years of research and 3 years of teaching experience, Dr. Rana received the Young Scientist Award from SAAR, JNU in February 2020. He actively engages with the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and its Haridwar Chapter. Dr. Rana's research interests span Gut Bacteria, Plant Metabolites, Secondary Metabolites, Microbe-Microbe Interaction, Antimicrobial agents, Ecological Niche, and Nanotechnology, with additional expertise in software tools such as RSM, BLAST, STATIXL, MEGA-X, Design expert, ADME, NEB Cutter, PyRx, ANI Calculator, and web-based bioinformatics tools. Notably, he has submitted 10 gene sequences in his name to the NCBI Database, USA. He has presented 11 research articles at various national and international conferences and has published 9 research articles, 3 review articles, and 5 book chapters. Additionally, Dr. Rana holds 2 patents and serves as a Co-Investigator in a USERC Funded Project.