Mrs. Arti Rani Assistant Professor

Specialization

Molecular Biology

Qualification

PhD Biotechnology

Teaching Experience

After PhD, I worked in research institutions like-

• 2008-2018- As Scientist-Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation (VMSRF), Bangalore.
• 2018-2021-Team leader-Geist Microbreweries, Bangalore.
• 2022-2023-Post-Doc-IBAB, Bangalore.
• 2023-2025-Research Scientist, IBAB, Bangalore.

As a whole, I have 16 years of research experience after PhD.

Awards & Recognition

• Women Scientist Fellowship under [WOS (A)] by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, in 2014 (SR/WOS-A/LS-580/2013).

• Awarded Travel Grant by DBT (2012) to University of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA for oral presentation on “Transcriptomics and Proteomics for defining the santalol production in Santalum album L.”

• Women Scientist Fellowship under [WOS (A)] by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, in 2011 (SR/WOS-A/LS-114/2010).

• Awarded with Ph.D. in Biotechnology in 2008.

• JRF and SRF Fellowships from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for qualifying CSIR-NET examination in June 2002.

International Visits

• Received international travel grant from DBT in 2012 to Honolulu, Hawaii, USA for presenting research work conducted under a DBT-funded project.

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3090-6888

Scopus ID/Google Scholar ID

http://www.scopus.com/inward/authorDetails.url?authorID=25229443500&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Funded Project (amount sanctioned)

Publications In Refereed Journals

Key Publications (Only Q1 & Q2 rated): 11 (Citations till September 2025 included)

Other Publications: 2

• Arti Rani, Meghana R, and Anil Kush (2018). Squalene production in the cell suspension cultures of Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L.) in shake flasks and air lift bioreactor. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 135: 155–167. DOI: 10.1007/s11240-018-1452-3 (Citations: 26 by Springer and 27 by ResearchGate).
• Arti Rani, Asha Panwar, Manjary Sathe, Karunakara Alageri Chandrashekhara, and Anil Kush (2018). Biofortification of Safflower – an oil seed crop engineered for ALA – targeting better sustainability and plant-based omega-3 fatty acids. Transgenic Research 27: 253–263. DOI: 10.1007/s11248-018-0070-5 (Citations: 15 by NIH and 15 by ResearchGate).
• Arti Rani, Asha Panwar, Manjary Sathe, and Anil Kush (2018). A modified in planta method of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation enhances the transformation efficiency in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 27: 272–283. DOI: 10.1007/s13562-017-0437-3 (Citations: 6 by Springer and 5 by ResearchGate).
• Arti Rani, Puja Ravikumar, Manjunath Damodara Reddy, and Anil Kush (2013). Molecular regulation of santalol biosynthesis in Santalum album L. Gene 527: 642–648. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.06.080 (Citations: 38 by NIH).
• Arti Rani, Kashmir Singh, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, and Sanjay Kumar (2012). Molecular regulation of catechins biosynthesis in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Gene 495: 205–210. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.12.029 (Citations: 97 by NIH and 78 by ResearchGate).
• Sanjay Ghawana, Asosii Paul, Hitesh Kumar, Arun Kumar, Harsharan Singh, Pardeep K. Bhardwaj, Arti Rani, Ravi S. Singh, Jyoti Raizada, Kashmir Singh, and Sanjay Kumar (2011). An RNA isolation system for plant tissues rich in secondary metabolites. BMC Research Notes 4: 85–89. DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-85 (Citations: 248 by Springer Nature and 302 by NIH).
• Arti Rani, Sanjay Kumar, Surender Kumar Vats, and Madhu Sharma (2011). Catechin promotes root and shoot growth of Arabidopsis thaliana (Col-0) seedlings with concomitant changes in IAA levels and the rate of net photosynthesis. Biologia Plantarum 55: 779–782. DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0187-3 (Citations: 28 in Springer and 29 in ResearchGate).
• Kashmir Singh, Arti Rani, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, and Sanjay Kumar (2010). Present status and future prospects on catechins biosynthesis in tea. Journal of Plant Biology 37: 1–23.
• Arti Rani, Kashmir Singh, Payal Sood, Sanjay Kumar, and Paramvir Singh Ahuja (2009). P-Coumarate: CoA ligase as a key gene in the yield of catechins in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Functional and Integrative Genomics 9: 271–275. DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0098-3 (Citations: 65 by Springer Nature and 74 by NIH).
• Kashmir Singh, Arti Rani, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, and Sanjay Kumar (2009). Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) and catechins (flavan-3-ols) accumulation in tea. Functional and Integrative Genomics 9: 125–134. DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0092-9 (Citations: 261 by NIH, 261 by Springer, and 211 by ResearchGate).
• Kashmir Singh, Arti Rani, Asosii Paul, Som Dutt, Robin Joshi, Ashu Gulati, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, and Sanjay Kumar (2009). Differential display mediated cloning of anthocyanidin reductase gene from tea (Camellia sinensis) and its relationship with the concentration of epicatechins. Tree Physiology 29: 837–846. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp022 (Citations: 62 by NIH, 62 by Oxford Academic, and 46 by ResearchGate).
• Kashmir Singh, Arti Rani, Sanjay Kumar, Payal Sood, Monika Mahajan, Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Bikram Singh, and Paramvir Singh Ahuja (2008). An early gene of flavonoid pathway, flavanone 3-hydroxylase, exhibits a positive relationship with catechins content in tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze). Tree Physiology 28: 1349–1356. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.9.1349 (Citations: 46 by Oxford Academic, 62 by NIH, and 46 by ResearchGate).
• Kashmir Singh, Jyoti Raizada, Pradeep Kumar Bhardwaj, Sanjay Ghawana, Arti Rani, Harsharan Singh, Kiran Kaul, and Sanjay Kumar (2004). 26S rRNA-based internal control gene primer for reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction-based quantitative expression studies in diverse plant species. Analytical Biochemistry 335: 330–333. DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.08.030 (Citations: 123 by NIH and 111 by ResearchGate).

Patents Copyrights

Patents Granted: 11 international patents published.

Technology transferred to: Bangalore Genei Pvt. Ltd. and Phyto Biotech, Kolkata (as a member of CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh research team).

• Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar A., Kishor A., Ghawana S., Rani A., Singh K., Singh H., Singh R.S., Kumar H., Sood P., Dutt S., Kumar S., Ahuja P.S. (2019). Method of cloning stable stress tolerant superoxide dismutase using universal primers. Patent publication number IN 307703.
• Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar A., Kishor A., Ghawana S., Rani A., Singh K., Singh H., Singh R.S., Kumar H., Sood P., Dutt S., Kumar S., Ahuja P.S. (2017). Method of cloning stable stress tolerant superoxide dismutase using universal primers. Patent publication number EP 2268661 B1.
• Ghawana S., Singh K., Raizada J., Rani A., Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar S. (2014). A method for rapid isolation of RNA and a kit thereof. Patent publication number IN 259562.
• Ghawana S., Singh K., Raizada J., Rani A., Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar S. (2013). A method for rapid isolation of RNA and a kit thereof. Patent publication number EP 2004822.
• Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar A., Kishor A., Ghawana S., Rani A., Singh K., Singh H., Singh R.S., Kumar H., Sood P., Dutt S., Kumar S., Ahuja P.S. (2012). Method of cloning stable stress tolerant superoxide dismutase using universal primers. Patent publication number US 2012/0070835 A1.
• Ghawana S., Singh K., Raizada J., Rani A., Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar S. (2012). A method for rapid isolation of RNA and a kit thereof. Patent publication number CN ZL20068005561.3.
• Ghawana S., Singh K., Raizada J., Rani A., Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar S. (2012). A method for rapid isolation of RNA and a kit thereof. Patent publication number AU 2006341291.
• Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar A., Kishor A., Ghawana S., Rani A., Singh K., Singh H., Singh R.S., Kumar H., Sood P., Dutt S., Kumar S., Ahuja P.S. (2011). Method of cloning stable stress tolerant superoxide dismutase using degenerate primers. Patent publication number EP 2268661 A2.
• Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar A., Kishor A., Ghawana S., Rani A., Singh K., Singh H., Singh R.S., Kumar H., Sood P., Dutt S., Kumar S., Ahuja P.S. (2009). A method of cloning stable stress tolerant Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase using universal primers. Patent publication number WO 2009/122441 A2.
• Ghawana S., Singh K., Raizada J., Rani A., Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar S. (2007). A method for rapid isolation of RNA and a kit thereof. Patent publication number WO 2007/113614 A1.
• Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar A., Kishor A., Ghawana S., Rani A., Singh K., Singh H., Singh R.S., Kumar H., Sood P., Dutt S., Kumar S., Ahuja P.S. (2007). Superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene and a method of identifying and cloning thereof. Patent publication number US 2007/0269811 A1.

Technology Transferred

• Ghawana S., Singh K., Raizada J., Rani A., Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar S. A method for rapid isolation of RNA and a kit thereof. Patent publication number WO 2007113614A1. The technology has been transferred to Bangalore Genei Pvt. Ltd. (as a member of CSIR-IHBT research team). Product link: Raflex Total RNA Isolation Kit (50 Preps) .
• Bhardwaj P.K., Kumar A., Kishor A., Ghawana S., Rani A., Singh K., Singh H., Singh R.S., Kumar H., Sood P., Dutt S., Kumar S., Ahuja P.S. Method of cloning stable stress tolerant superoxide dismutase using universal primers. Patent publication number US 2012/0070835 A1. The technology has been transferred to industrial partner Phyto Biotech, Kolkata (as a member of CSIR-IHBT research team) for production of unique autoclavable Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD) enzyme, used in cosmetic, food, and pharmaceutical industries for end applications like developing anti-ageing creams and extending the shelf life of fruits and vegetables. The licensing has brought together CSIR and the industry to enable commercial production of desired standard SOD, creating a global niche for the country.