Faculty Profile

1. Microbial Natural Products
2. Postharvest Disease Management
3. Mushroom Biology
4. Functional foods and Nutraceuticals

RESEARCH INTERESTS: -  

• Microbial Natural Products
• Postharvest Disease Management 
• Mushroom Biology
• Functional foods and Nutraceuticals
• Probiotics and phychobiotics 

• Young Scientist Award 2018 by the Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (ABAP), India, during 12-14 November 2018.
• Best achievement award for contribution to the Asian PGPR Society, awarded by the Asian PGPR Society during the 4th National conference held at Mizoram University during 11-12 May 2018.
• Innovator of the year 2017 by the Scientific and Applied Research Centre, Meerut, during the International Conference on “Innovative Approaches in Science and Technologies” held at NTU, Singapore, from June 21 to 24, 2017.
• Best Oral presentation award at National symposium on Eco-friendly approaches for plant disease management: Recent trends and Opportunities held at ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur during 29th- 30th December 2016. 
• Awarded as Young Scientist -2014 for the outstanding contribution in the field of Biotechnology by Scientific & Education Research Society (SERS), Meerut, India, during the International conference on TIAS-2014 organized at Central Institute of Horticulture, Nagaland during 18-19 February, 2014.

SCHOLARSHIPS / ASSOCIATESHIPS AWARDED: -

   DBT Overseas Associateship (November 2012 to May 2013): To visit the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK).

1. Shubham Singh Patel S. S., Singh B.P.*, Chawla P., Shirani K, Khaneghah A. M. (2026). Regional prevalence of aflatoxin M1 in milk and milk-based products (2021–2025): Contamination drivers, detection advances, and mitigation strategies. Food Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.151155. (IF:10.40)
2. Mandloi N, Aarzoo, Saravanan C, Ram H, Singh B.P.* (2026). Serotonin neuromicrobiology: psychobiotic modulation of the gut–brain axis for mental health. Ibrain (Wiley).  https://doi.org/10.1002/ibra.70028
3. Sirota S, Bender R, Dominguez R et al. (2026). Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, its risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet Neurology, 2026; 25, 451-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(26)00101-8(IF: 45.50).
4. GBD 2023 IHD & Dietary Risk Factors Collaborators (2026). Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study. Nature Medicine 32, 1454–1478 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-026-04250-8(IF: 50.00). 
5. Santomauro D, Miller P, Shadid J et al. (2026). Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet, 407, 2040-2064. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00519-2(IF: 88.50).
6. Passari, A.K., Caicedo-Montoya, C., Manzo-Ruiz, M., Gomez-Roman, M.P., Ruiz-Villafan, B., Rivaro-Cruz, J.F., Singh, B.P., Rodriguez-Sanoja, R. and Sanchez S. (2025). Comparative genomics of the Streptomyces genus: insights into multi-stress-resistant genes for bioremediation. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 41, 492 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-025-04703-1 (IF:4.2).
7. Tchabou Tientcheu M.L., Kaktcham P.M., Foko Kouam E.M., Tchamani Piame L., Djodjeu Kamega L.C., Aarzoo, Agnihotri, S., Singh B.P. and Ngoufack F.Z. (2025). Development of a low-cost culture medium from industrial and environmental by-products for sustainable cultivation of Lactic Acid Bacteria. PLoS One 20(12): e0337684. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337684 (IF: 2.60).
8. Mishra S., Vadakkethil A.A., Iquebal M.A., Jaiswal S., Kumar D., Singh B.P., Ajlouni S., Ranadheera C.S., Chakkaravarthi S. (2025). Deciphering microbial diversity and predicting metabolic functionalities in fermented pigmented rice water using culture-independent characterization. J Microbiol Methods. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2025.107295(IF:1.90).
9. Siddiqui M., Bochare V. M., Patel S.S., and Singh B.P. (2025).  Wheatgrass: Unveiling the bioactive potential for food and pharmaceutical industries. South African Journal of Botany: 189: 86-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2025.11.030. (IF:2.70).
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Publications (Book Chapters)
 

1. Aarzoo, Mandloi, N., Mandal, S., Gaur, A., Gahlawat, V.K., Singh, B.P. (2025). Fungal Secondary Metabolites in Postharvest Disease Management: A Natural Way to Fight Against Food Loss and Waste. In: Singh, B.P., Agnihotri, S., Oberoi, H.S. (eds) Fungal Additives and Bioactives in Food Processing Industries. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04519-5_8 
2. Gaur, A., Chhirang, P., Singh, N., Gahlawat, V.K., Singh, B.P., Prasanna Kumar, G.V. (2025). Fungal Metabolites and Their Application in the Food Industry: Challenges and Solutions. In: Singh, B.P., Agnihotri, S., Oberoi, H.S. (eds) Fungal Additives and Bioactives in Food Processing Industries. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04519-5_9.  
3. Agnihotri, C., Patel, S.K., Zothanpuia, Singh, B.P. (2025). Novel Extraction Methods for Bioactive Compounds from Fungi: An Overview. In: Singh, B.P., Agnihotri, S., Oberoi, H.S. (eds) Fungal Additives and Bioactives in Food Processing Industries. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04519-5_1 
4. Prasad, R.V.M., Sivakumar, K., Agnihotri, C., Agnihotri, S., Passari, A.K., Singh, B.P. (2024). Fungal Endophytes and Their Role in Postharvest Disease Management: An Overview. In: Singh, B.P., Abdel-Azeem, A.M., Gautam, V., Singh, G., Singh, S.K. (eds) Endophytic Fungi. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49112-2_6.
5. Boruah, J.L.H. et al. (2024). Fungal Endophytes as an Alternative Natural Resource for the Discovery of Bioactive Compounds of Pharmacological Importance. In: Singh, B.P., Abdel-Azeem, A.M., Gautam, V., Singh, G., Singh, S.K. (eds) Endophytic Fungi. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49112-2_3. 
6. Agnihotri, C., Aarzoo, Agnihotri, S., Kamal, S., Singh, B.P. (2024). Mushroom Bioactives: Traditional Resources with Nutraceutical Importance. In: Das Talukdar, A., Patra, J.K., Das, G., Nath, D. (eds) Traditional Resources and Tools for Modern Drug Discovery. Interdisciplinary Biotechnological Advances. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4600-2_24.
7. Mehetre, G.T., Deka, P., Singh, B.P., Upadhyaya, K. (2024). Sustaining Shifting Agricultural Practices in North-East India Through Beneficial Soil Microbes. In: Tripathi, S.K., Brearley, F.Q. (eds) Shifting Cultivation Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70388-1_14
8. Yogita Lugani, Y., Sukhpreet Kaur Brar S. K., Yadveer Kaur Y., Singh B.P., Kumar D., and Kumar S. (2024). Sustainable production of advanced biofuel and platform chemicals from woody biomass. In Sustainable Biorefining of Woody Biomass to Biofuels and Biochemicals: Applied Biotechnology Reviews, Woodhead Publishing, Elsevier Inc. ISBN: 978-0-323-91187 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91187-0.00009-6.
9. Jindal K. S., Singh, B.P., Paul A.T. (2022). Plant-Associated Endophytic Fungi and Its Secondary Metabolites Against Drug-Resistant Pathogenic Microbes. In: Kumar, V., Shriram, V., Paul, A., Thakur, M. (eds) Antimicrobial Resistance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3120-7_10.
10. Mehetre G. T., Zothanpuia, Deka P., Carrie W., Lalrokimi, Singh, B. P. (2022).  Thermophilic and thermotolerant cyanobacteria: environmental and biotechnological perspectives,” in Cyanobacterial Lifestyle and its Applications in Biotechnology, eds Singh P., Fillat M., Kumar A. (Cambridge, MA: Academic Press; ), 159–178. 10.1016/B978-0-323-90634-0.00014-7
11. Saravanakumar K., Shanmugam S., Hari A., Usmani Z., Ali D.M., Kathiresan K., Karpichev Y., Singh, B.P., Rodriguez-Couto S., Wang M-H., V Gupta V.K. (2021). Strategies of biotechnological innovations using Trichoderma. In Trichoderma: Agricultural Applications and Beyond, Edited by Manoharachary C., Singh H. B., and Varma A. Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, pp 325-350. ISBN: 978-3-030-54758-5. 
12. Vincent Vineeth Leo, Vinod Viswanath, Purbajyoti Deka, Zothanpuia, Dwivedi Rohini Ramji, Lallawmsangi Pachuau, William Carrie, Yogesh Malvi, Garima Singh, and Bhim Pratap Singh (2021). Saccharomyces and their potential applications in food and food processing industries. In Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development: Volume 1: Biodiversity and Ecological Perspectives edited by Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem, Ajar Nath Yadav, Neelam Yadav, Zeba Usmani. Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, pp 393-427. ISBN: 9783-03067561-5_12. 
13. Mehetre G., Leo V.V., Singh G., Dhawre P., Maksimov I., Yadav M., Upadhyaya K., and Singh B. P. (2020). Biocontrol Potential and Applications of Extremophiles for Sustainable Agriculture. In Microbiomes of Extreme Environments, Vol. 1: Biodiversity and Biotechnological Applications, Edited by Yadav A.N, Rastegari A.S., and Yadav N. Publisher: CRC Press. Pp 230-242. ISBN 9780367342746. 
14. Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Jae-Jun Song, Bhim Pratap Singh and Jorge E. Vidal (2019). Microbial biofilms and human disease: A concise review. In Mukesh Kumar Yadav and Bhim Pratap Singh (eds.), Microbial Biofilms: Current Research and Future Trends, In New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN: 978-0-444-64279-0. October 2019.
15. Vincent Vineeth Leo, Zothanpuia, Lalthafala, N. Ramesh and Bhim Pratap Singh (2019). Microorganisms as an Efficient Tool for Cellulase Production: Availability, Diversity, and Efficiency. In Neha Srivastava et al., (Eds.), From Cellulose to Cellulase: Strategies to Improve Biofuel Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64223-3.00004-7; ISBN: 978-0444-64223-3; May 2019.
16. Purbajyoti Deka, Zothanpuia, Ajit Kumar Passari and Bhim Pratap Singh (2019). Actinobacteria as a potential natural source to produce antibiofilm compounds: An overview. In Mukesh Kumar Yadav and Bhim Pratap Singh (eds.), Microbial Biofilms: Current Research and Future Trends, In New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN: 978-0-444-64279-0. October 2019.
17. Lallawmsanga, Ajit Kumar Passari, and Bhim Pratap Singh (2019). Exploration of Macrofungi in Sub-Tropical Semi-Evergreen Indian Forest Ecosystems. In Bhim Pratap Singh et al. (eds.), Biology of Macrofungi, Fungal Biology, Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02622-6_1, ISBN: ISBN 978-3-030-02621-9    ISBN 978-3-030-02622-6 (eBook)
18. Lalrokimi Tochhawng, Vineet Kumar Mishra, Ajit Kumar Passari and Bhim Pratap Singh (2019). Endophytic Fungi: Role in Dye Decolorization. In B. P. Singh (ed.), Advances in Endophytic Fungal Research, Fungal Biology, Published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03589-1_1, ISBN 978-3-030-03588-4    ISBN 978-3-030-03589-1 (eBook). 
19. Ajit Kumar Passari, Vineet Kumar Mishra, Vijai Kumar Gupta and Bhim Pratap Singh (2018). Methods Used for the Recovery of Culturable Endophytic Actinobacteria: An Overview. IN Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications-New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Bhim Pratap Singh et al. [eds.]). Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, PP 1-8 (ISBN: 978-0-444-63994-3).
20. Vincent Vineeth Leo and Bhim Pratap Singh (2018). Prospectus of Nanotechnology in Bioethanol Productions. In Green Nanotechnology for Biofuel Production, Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies. N. Srivastava et al. (eds.), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75052-1_9.
21. Vincent Vineeth Leo, Dhaneshwaree Asem, Zothapuia and Bhim Pratap Singh (2018). Actinobacteria; A highly potential source for holocellulose degrading enzymes. IN Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications-New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Bhim Pratap Singh et al. [eds.]). Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, PP 191-202 (ISBN: 978-0-444-63994-3).
22. Ajit Kumar Passari, Vineet Kumar Mishra, Vijai Kumar Gupta and Bhim Pratap Singh (2018). Molecular Markers Used for Identification and Genomic Profiling of Plant Associated Endophytic Actinobacteria. In Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications-New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Bhim Pratap Singh et al. [eds.]). Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, PP 43-65 (ISBN: 978-0-444-63994-3)
23. Zothanpuia, Ajit Kumar Passari, Vincent Vineeth Leo and Bhim Pratap Singh (2018). Freshwater Actinobacteria: Potential Source for Natural Product Search and Discovery. In Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications-New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Bhim Pratap Singh et al. [eds.]). Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, PP 67-77 (ISBN: 978-0-444-63994-3).
24. Ajar Nath Yadav, Priyanka Verma, Sunil Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Manish Kumar, Thankappan Chellammal Kumari Sugitha, Bhim P. Singh, Anil Kumar Saxena and Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal (2018). Actinobacteria from Rhizosphere: Molecular Diversity, Distributions, and Potential Biotechnological Applications. IN Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications-New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Bhim Pratap Singh et al. [eds.]). Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, PP 13-34 (ISBN: 978-0-444-63994-3).
25. Ajit Kumar Passari, Vineet Kumar Mishra, Zothanpuia, and Bhim Pratap Singh (2017). Plant–Endophytic Bacterial Diversity for Production of Useful Metabolites and Their
    Effect on Environmental Parameters. In Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants (Ram Chandr, N. K. Dubey and Vineet Kumar (eds.). pp 421-440; CRC press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, USA. (ISBN Number: 978-1-138-06260-3)
26. Garima Singh, Ajit Kumar Passari, Bhim Pratap Singh and Senthil Nachimuthu (2017). Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants Belongs to Family Asteraceae for the Treatment of Cancer in Mizoram, Northeast India. Medicinal Plants and its therapeutic uses (Birla Kshetrimayum (ed.). OMICS Group eBooks Foster City, CA, USA. PP 8-20 (ISBN No: 978-1-63278-074-4)
27. Vineet Kumar Mishra, Ajit Kumar Passari, Vincent Vineeth Leo and Bhim Pratap Singh (2017) Molecular Diversity and Detection of Endophytic Fungi Based on Their Antimicrobial Biosynthetic Genes. Molecular Markers in Mycology, Fungal Biology (B.P. Singh, V.K. Gupta (eds.). Springer International Publishing Switzerland Pp 1-35. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-34106-4_1 (ISBN 978-3-319-34104-0).
28. Mukesh Kumar Yadav and Bhim Pratap Singh (2017) Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Based Identification and Detection of Fungi Belongs to Genus Fusarium. Molecular Markers in Mycology, Fungal Biology (B.P. Singh, V.K. Gupta (eds.). Springer International Publishing Switzerland Pp 1-35. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-34106-4_1 (ISBN 978-3-319-34104-0).
29. Vineet Kumar Mishra, Ajit Kumar Passari and Bhim Pratap Singh (2016). In vitro antimycotic and biosynthetic potential of fungal endophytes associated with Schima Wallichii. Current trends in disease diagnostics (P. Kumar  et al. (eds). Springer International Publishing Switzerland. Pp 367-381 (ISBN: 978-3-319-27310-5; ISSN: 2198-7777)
30. Vineet Kumar Mishra and Bhim Pratap Singh (2015). An overview of fungal diversity in North east India: options for research and development. Biodiversity in Tropical Ecosystem. Today and Tomorrow`s printers and publishers, New Delhi. Pp 287-317 (ISBN: 81-7019-513-2).
31. Bhim Pratap Singh (2015) Mushroom Cultivation and its scope in Mizoram, North East India for sustainable livelihood. Integrated farm management (Asha Gupta and Vijay Laxmi Saxena), Pp 119-126 (ISBN: 978-81-7910-481-1).
32. Bhim Pratap Singh (2015) Molecular markers used in fungal diversity analysis: An overview. Biology, Biotechnology and Sustainable development. Research India Publications. Pp 167-182 (ISBN: 978-93-84443-19-1).
33. Lallawmsanga, Ajit Kumar Passari, Vineet Kumar Mishra and Bhim Pratap Singh (2014). Screening of Bacillus thuringiensis for extracellular lignin peroxidase, laccase and cellulose activity. Proceedings of International conference on Drug Discovery & Development from Natural Resources. PP 15-21 (ISBN No: 978-81-923224-1-4).
34. Bhim Pratap Singh and Ratul Saikia (2013) Molecular Identification of Microbes: III. Pseudomonas. Analyzing Microbes (Manual of Molecular Biology Techniques Series: Springer Protocols Handbooks (Arora, D.K., Das, S., Sukumar, M. (Eds.), Pp-105-112 (ISBN: 978-3-642-34409-1).

Book Published:- 
Bhim Pratap Singh, Shekhar Agnihotri and Harider Singh Oberoi (Eds.). Fungal Additives and Bioactives in Food Processing Industries: Challenges and Prospects, In Fungal Biology Series, Springer International Publishing ©Springer Nature Switzerland AG, ISBN: 978-3-032-04521-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04519-5 (2025). 

1. Bhim Pratap Singh, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem, Vibhav Gautam, Garima Singh and Santosh Kumar Singh (Eds.). Endophytic Fungi: The Hidden Sustainable Jewels for the Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Industries, In Fungal Biology Series, Springer International Publishing ©Springer Nature Switzerland AG, ISBN: 978-3-031-49111-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49112-2  (2024).
2. Bhim Pratap Singh, Shekhar Agnihotri, Garima Singh, Vijai Kumar Gupta (Eds). Postharvest Management of Fresh Produce: Recent Advances (2023), Academic Press Elsevier Inc, ISBN: 9780323911320. 
3. Manoj Kumar Solanki, Mukesh Kumar Yadav, Bhim Pratap Singh and Vijai Kumar Gupta (Eds.). Microbial Endophytes and Plant Growth: Beneficial Interactions and Applications. In Academic Press Elsevier Inc., ISBN 978-0-323-90620-3. (2022).
4. Bhim Pratap Singh, Garima Singh, Krishna Kumar, Nayak, S.C., N Srinivasa (Eds.). Management of Fungal Pathogens in Pulses: Current Status and Future Challenges. In Fungal Biology Series, Springer International Publishing ©Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020, ISBN 978-3-030-35947-8. 
5. Mukesh Kumar Yadav and Bhim Pratap Singh (eds.). Microbial Biofilms: Current Research and Future Trends, In New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN: 978-0-444-64279-0. October 2019.
6. Bhim Pratap Singh, Vijai Kumar Gupta and Ajit Kumar Passari (eds.), Actinobacteria: Diversity and Biotechnological Applications- New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Elsevier Publishing, Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN: 978-0-444-63994-3. February 2018.
7. Bhim Pratap Singh, Lallawmsanga Chhakchhuak, Ajit Kumar Passari (eds.), Biology of Macrofungi, In Fungal Biology Series, Springer International Publishing, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-02622-6. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-02621-9, ISBN 978-3-030-02622-6 (eBook).
8. Bhim Pratap Singh (ed), Advances in Endophytic Fungal Research: Present Status and Future Challenges, In Fungal Biology Series, Springer International Publishing ©Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2018. ISBN 978-3-030-03588-4, ISBN 978-3-030-03589-1 (eBook).
9. Bhim Pratap Singh and Vijai Kumar Gupta (eds.), Molecular Markers in Mycology, In Fungal Biology series, DOI10.1007/978-3-319-34106-4_3. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-34104-0, ISBN 978-3-319-34106-4 (eBook). ISSN 2198-7777 ISSN 2198-7785 (electronic).