Personal Information
Dr. Shekhar Agnihotri
Designation : Assistant Professor
agnish@niftem.ac.in
+91-130-2281273
- Organizing Secretary, National Symposium on Trends in Plant Biotechnology & Agriculture, Feb 06-08, 2020 at CORE, Thapar Technology Campus, Patiala
- Organizing Secretary, International Conference on Drug Discovery: Biotechnology & Pharma at Cross Roads, Feb 15-17, TIET, Patiala
- Indo (DST)-Japan (JSPS) “Young Researcher Fellowship” (Not Availed)
- Performance Incentive Scheme (PIS) Award in Research, Thapar University
- DST Young Scientist Award, Govt. of India
- Institute award for excellence in PhD Thesis, IIT Bombay
- Editorial board member, American Institute of Science
- Best Paper Award in an International Conference INCEEE-2015, NIT-Warangal
- International travel award from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India
- Institute graduate research fellowship, IIT-Bombay
- Fellowship, Ministry of Human resources and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India IIT-BHU
- All India rank 15, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Examination
- Dhiman N. Kaur and Agnihotri S. (2020) Hierarchically aligned nano silver/chitosan-PVA hydrogel for point-of-use water disinfection: Contact-active mechanism revealed, Environmental Sciences: Nano (Accepted, IF 7.7)
- Sillu D and Agnihotri S (2019) Cellulase immobilization onto magnetic halloysite nanotubes: Enhanced enzyme activity and stability with high cellulose saccharification, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8 (2), 900-913 (IF 7.4).
- Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S. (2019) Impact of background water quality on disinfection performance and silver release of immobilized silver nanoparticles: Modeling disinfection kinetics, bactericidal mechanism and aggregation behavior, Chemical Engineering Journal, 372, 684-696 (IF 8.3)
- Chauhan A., Sillu D. and Agnihotri S. (2019) Removal of pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewater using nanomaterials: A comprehensive review, Current Drug Metabolism, 20(6), 483-505 (IF 3.0)
- Agnihotri S., Sillu D, Sharma G. and Arya R.K. (2018), Photocatalytic and antibacterial potential of silver nanoparticles derived from pineapple waste: process optimization and modeling kinetics for dye removal, Applied Nanoscience, 8(8), 2077-2092 (IF 3.2)
- Sharma D., Sharma J., Arya R.K., Ahuja S. and Agnihotri S. (2018), Surfactant enhanced drying of water based poly(vinyl alcohol) coatings, Progress in Organic Coatings, 125, 443-452. (IF 3.2)
- Chakraborty D., Sharma V., Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S. (2017) Disinfection of water in a batch reactor using chloridized silver surfaces, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 16, 41-49. (Citations 7, IF 3.2)
- Agnihotri S., Bajaj G., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S(2015) Arginine assisted immobilization of silver nanoparticles on ZnO nanorods: An enhanced and reusable antibacterial substrate without human cell cytotoxicity, Nanoscale, 7, 7415-7429. (IF 7.9, Citations 91)
- Bharti S., Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S. (2015) Effectiveness of immobilized silver nanoparticles in inactivation of pathogenic bacteria, Journal of Environmental Research and Development, 9, 849-856 (IF 1.6, Citations 13)
- Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S. (2014) Size-controlled silver nanoparticles synthesized over the range 5-100 nm using the same protocol and their antibacterial efficacy, RSC Advances, 4, 3974- 3983. (IF 3.4, Citations 956)
- Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S. (2013) Immobilized silver nanoparticles enhance contact killing and show highest efficacy: Elucidation of the mechanism of bactericidal action of silver, Nanoscale, 5(16), 7328-7340. (IF 7.9, Citations 280)
- Agnihotri S., Mukherji S., and Mukherji S. (2012) Antimicrobial chitosan-PVA hydrogel as a nanoreactor and immobilization matrix for silver nanoparticles, Applied Nanoscience, 2(3), 179-188.(IF 3.3, Citations 98)
Books/Book Chapters:
- Dhiman N. Kaur, Agnihotri S., and Shukla R. (2019), Silver-based polymeric nanocomposites as antimicrobial coatings for biomedical applications. In: Singh S., Maurya P. (eds) Nanotechnology in Modern Animal Biotechnology. Springer, Ch 4, 115-171
- Agnihotri S., Dhiman N. Kaur and Tripathi A (2018), Antimicrobial surface modification of polymeric biomaterials, Handbook of Antimicrobial Coatings (Ed. A. Tiwari), 1st Edition, Elsevier, 435-486
- Agnihotri S. and Dhiman N. Kaur (2017), Development of nano-antimicrobial biomaterials for biomedical applications, Advances in Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications (Eds. A. Tripathi and J.S. Melo), Springer Singapore, 479-545. (Citation 3)
- Mukherji S., Ruparelia J., and Agnihotri S. (2012) Antimicrobial activity of silver and copper nanoparticles: Variation in sensitivity across various strains of bacteria and fungi. Nano-Antimicrobials: Progress and Prospects (Eds. N. Cioffi and M. Rai) Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 225-251. (Scopus Indexed, Citations 10)
1. Qualification
# |
Degree Name |
Subject |
University/College |
Year |
1 |
Ph.D |
Nanotechnology |
IIT-Bombay, Mumbai |
2014 |
2 |
M.Tech |
Biochemical Engineering |
IIT-BHU, Varanasi |
2008 |
2. Experience
# |
Designation |
University/College |
Duration |
1 |
Assistant Professor |
NIFTEM |
2020-Present |
2 |
Assistant Professor |
TIET, Patiala |
2014-2020 |
3 |
Research Associate |
IIT - Bombay |
2014 |