Areas of Interest/Specialization : Microbiology

Experience :

• Lecturer, Department of Botany, St. Anthony`s College, Shillong <sub>(Feb 1989- May 1995)</sub>
• Head, Departments of Biotechnology, St. Anthony`s College, Shillong _{(June 1995-May 2003)}
• Head, Department of Biochemistry, St. Anthony`s College, Shillong _{(Feb 1998-May 2003)}
• Lecturer, Centre for Science Education, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong _{(May 2003 –Nov 2005)}
• Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya INDIA _{(Dec 2005- Dec 2006)}
• Reader, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya INDIA _{(Dec 2006- Dec 2009).}
• Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya INDIA _{(Dec 2009- Dec 2012).}
• Professor, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya INDIA _{(Dec 2012- till date).}
• Head, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, North-Eastern Hill University, Mawkynroh, Umshing, Shillong-793022, Meghalaya INDIA _{(Feb 2021- till date)}

Presented Presented in conferences: International (21) : National (36).

Awards :

1. Gold Medalist in B.Sc (Botany-Hons) Examination under NEHU.     
2. Gold Medalist in M.Sc (Botany) Examination under NEHU.
3. Gold medalist in B.Ed Examination under NEHU.
4. Best Graduate of North-Eastern Hill University ( 1985-86)    
5. Merit Prize winner of NEHU for B.Sc Examination.
6. Merit Prize winner of NEHU for M.Sc Examination.
7. Merit Prize winner of Meghalaya Science Society for B.Sc Examination.
8. Merit Prize winner of Meghalaya Science Society for M.Sc Examination.
9. Merit Prize awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust, New Delhi, for B.Sc Examination.  
10. Merit Prize awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust, New Delhi, for M.Sc Examination.    
11. Merit Prize winner of NEHU for B.Ed Examination.
12. Recipient of Post-Matric Scholarship of Govt. of Meghalaya    
13. Recipient of Post-Graduate Scholarship of NEHU.
14. Recipient of National Merit Scholarship of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Recognitions

1. Felicitated by the then Prime Minister of India (Late Rajiv Gandhi) for topping in Graduate Level examination of NEHU, 1986.
2. Topper in the course for NCC officer in Officer Training School, Kamptee, 1997 and awarded All India Best Officer Cadet by NCC Directorate, New Delhi.
3. Received Felicitation Award and Certificate of Appreciation by St. Anthony's College in 1999, for outstanding teaching and involvement in extra-curricular activities.
4. Felicitated by NSS Cell of North-Eastern Hill University in 1994 for valuable contributions and services to NSS related activities.
5. Awarded the best speaker trophy by ISRO for the presentation on “Role of Space Science and Technology in Science Journalism: Science communicators in the new age” at the Science Communicators Meet during 97th Indian Science Congress at University of Kerela , Trivandrum
6. Awarded Dr. Ambedkar Fellowhip National Award 2009 by Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi for literary and social services rendered for upliftment of less fortunates by way of writing books for School curriculum in vernacular language.

Extramural Research Projects:  Completed (16); Ongoing (2)

M.Sc Dissertation Guided: 62  

National Academies (NASI-INSA-IAS) Fellowship Scholars Mentored: 11

Ph.D. Supervised and Awarded: 25 ; Thesis Submitted: 02: Registered: 08   

Research Team

Administrative responsibilities:

• Member, Board of School of Life Sciences, NEHU, Shillong
• Member, School Board of Physical Sciences. NEHU, Shillong
• Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee, Mizoram University, Mizoram
• Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee, NEHU, Shillong
• Member, Board of Studies, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, NEHU, Shillong
• Advisory member, IQAC, St. Anthony`s College, Shillong
• Advisory Member, Star College Scheme, St. Edmund`s College, Shillong
• Advisory Member, Star College Scheme, St. Mary`s College, Shillong
• Advisory Member, Star College Scheme, Lady Keane College, Shillong
• Deputy Coordinator, UGC-SAP Scheme, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, NEHU, Shillong
• Coordinator, DST-FIST Programme, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, NEHU, Shillong
• Task Force Member, DST-SERB, Govt of Inida
• Secretary, North East Region Local Chapter, The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad
• Editor, The NEHU Journal, NEHU, Shillong (2018-2021).
• Member, Board of Post Graduate Studies in Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Centre for Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali
• Member of Governing Body, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali
• Member of Governing Body, Centre for Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali
• Member, “State Steering Committee for SCF- School Education & SCF-ECCE“  Govt. of Meghalaya
• Member, NEIGRIHMS Scientific Advisory Committee (NSAC), NEIGRIHMS Shillong.
• Member, Academic Expert, Advisory Committee of Department of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Assam.
• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, NIT Arunchal Pradesh.
• Coordinator, “DBT M.Sc Support Programme” Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, NEHU, Shillong.
• Chairman, Board of Studies, North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (NEIAH), Shillong.
• Chairman, NIRF Committee, NEHU, Shillong ( 2021-till date).
• Member, Institutional Ethics Committee for Human Samples/Participants(IECHSP) (2022-2025)
• Member, Editorial Board, Annual Report, NEHU, Shillong ( 2020- till date).
• Member, NAAC Committee, NEHU, Shillong.
• Member, Institutionalization of Corpus Fund, NEHU, Shilllong
• Member, Board of Management, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Community College, Wahiajer, Meghalaya.
• Member, Board of Research Studies, Mizoram University(2021-2027).
• Member, Planning Committee, NEHU, Shillong.
• Member, Governing Boday, College of Nursing Dr. H. Gordon Roberts Hospital, Shillong.
• Member, Board of Studies in Microbiology, NEHU, Shillong (2021-2024)
• Chairman, Board of Studies in Biotechnology, NEHU, Shillong (2021-2024)
• Member, Board of Studies in  Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland ( 2022-25)
• Member, Board of Studies in  Zoology, Sikkim University, Sikkim ( 2023-26).
• Member, Institutional Ethics Committee Pasteur Institute, Govt of Meghalaya(2023-2028)

Academic affiliations:

• Indian Society of Analytical Scientists(2006)
• National Academy of Sciences, India ((NASI, Allahabad)(2007)   
• Association of Microbiologists of India (2007)
• Biotech Research Society of India (2008)    
• Mycological Society of India (2017)
• DNA Society of India (2018)

Academic Fellowships/Grants Received

• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India Travel Grant to Maastricht, The Netherlands ( 2015)
• Department of Science & Technology, SERB, Govt. of India Travel Grant to visit Boston, USA ( 2016)
• Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS-INSA) Travel Grant to Maastricht, The Netherlands ( 2015)
• Department of Biotechnology Overseas Fellowship to visit The University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA (2015-2016)

Collaboration/Mentor-Consultancy :

• Prof. A. Chattopadhyaya,Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal
• Prof. G. Haldar, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal
• Dr. Kiran K., National Agri-Biotechnology Institute, Mohali
• Prof. K. Chopra, Panjab University, Mohali
• Dr. C. Acharya, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, BARC, Mumbai
• Dr. A. Bezbaruah, North Dakota State University, USA
• Prof. T.S. Basu Baul, Department of Chemistry, NEHU, Shillong
• Prof. S. Mitra, Department of Chemistry, NEHU, Shillong
• Prof. K.M. Rao, Department of Chemistry, NEHU, Shillong
• Prof. B. Myrboh, Department of Chemistry, NEHU, Shillong
• Dr. R.L. Nongkhlaw, Department of Chemistry, NEHU, Shillong
• Prof. SB Prasad, Department of Zoology, NEHU, Shillong
• Prof. M.S. Dkhar, Department of Botany, NEHU, Shillong
• Prof. S.K. Barik, Director, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
• Mentor for a start-up company M/s Caliche, Incubated at IIT Guwahati, Assam.
• Prof. H.S. Gehlot /Dr. Nisha Tak, JNV University, Jodhpur, rajasthan
• Prof. P.R. Gajurel, NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh
• Prof. P Pandey, Assam University, Silchar, Assam
• Dr. Panna Das, Tripura University, Tripura
• Dr. Indira Devi, IBSD-Imphal, Manipur
• Prof. Madumita Barooah, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam

Patents  : 01 ( Applied); (01)Published)

Publications

Research Publications: (155)

1. Paul, S., Bhagobaty, R.K., Nihalani, M.C.  and  Joshi, S.R. ( 2023) Screening of biohydrogen producing endophytic fungi from biodiesel plants.   CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water. DOI: 0.1002/clen.202300150
2. Chettri, U., Nongkhlaw, M. and  Joshi, S.R. (2023) Molecular evidence for the occurrence of heavy metal and antibiotic resistance genes among predominant metal tolerant Pseudomonas sp. and Serratia sp. prevalent in Teesta River. Current Microbiology. DOI: 10.1007/s00284-023-03334-9
3. Akoijam, N. and Joshi, S.R. (2023) Bioprospecting acid- and arsenic-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for mitigation of arsenic toxicity in acidic agricultural soils. Archives of Microbiology. DOI : 10.1007/s00203-023-03567-z.
4. Bhattacharjee, K., Barua, K.S., Chrungoo, N.K. and Joshi, S.R. (2023) Characterization of biomineralizing and plant growth-promoting attributes of lithobiontic bacteria. Current Microbiology. DOI :10.1007/s00284-022-03176-x          
5. Bhatia, R., Singh, S., Maurya, R., Bhadada, S.K., Bishnoi, M., Chopra, K., Joshi,  S.R., Kondepudi, K.K. (2022) In vitro characterization of lactic acid bacterial strains isolated from fermented foods with antiâ??inflammatory and dipeptidyl peptidaseâ??IV inhibition potential. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-022-00872-5
6. 148. Chettri, U., Chakrabarty, T.K. and Joshi, S.R. (2022) Pollution index assessment of surface water and sediment quality with reference to heavy metals in Teesta River in Eastern Himalayan range, India. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management. 18 (2022) 100742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2022.100742
7. Barooah, M., Joshi, S.R. and Bahar, B. (2022) Editorial: Genomics and Metabolomics of Microbes in Fermented Food. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13:892726. doi: 10.3389/ fmicb.2022.892726
8. Chettri, U. and  Joshi, S.R. (2022)  A first calibration of culturable bacterial diversity and their dual resistance to heavy metals and antibiotics along altitudinal zonation of the Teesta River. Archives of Microbiology. 204:241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-02858-1.
9. Singh, R.I., Chettri, U., Maity, P., Ghosh,  A.K., Joshi, S.R. and Mitra, S. (2022). Modulated Antimicrobial Activity and Drug-Protein Interaction Ability of Zinc Oxide and Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles: Effect of Doping with Few First-Row Transition Metals. Journal of Cluster Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-022-02257-y.(0123456789
10. Das, P., Behera, M. D., Barik, S. K., Mudi, S., Jagadish, B., Sarkar, S., Joshi, S.R., Adhikari, D., Behera, S.K., Sarma, K., Srivastava, P. K. and Chauhan, P.S. (2021)  Shifting cultivation induced Burn area Dynamics using Ensemble Approach in Northeast India. Trees, Forests and People.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2021.100183.
11. Shylla, L., Barik, S.K.  and Joshi, S.R. (2021) Application of Native Bacillus sp. for Sustainable Jhum Agro-ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. DOI 10.1007/s40011-021-01263-w.
12. Ka-Ot, A.L and Joshi. S.R. (2021) Application of acid and heavy metal resistant bacteria from rat-hole coal mines in bioremediation strategy. Journal of Basic Microbiology. DOI:10.1002/jobm.202100241.
13. Bhattacharjee, K., Chrungoo, N.K. and  Joshi, S.R. (2021) Cryopreservation Design for Bacterial Cell: a Non-Conventional Gizmatic Approach. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, India, Biological Sciences. doi.org/10.1007/s40011-021-01266-7.
14. Akoijam, N., Dutta, S. and Joshi, S.R. (2021) Biomineralization Potential of a ureolytic fungus isolated from Mawsmai cave in Meghalaya. The NEHU Journal, XIX: 31-48.
15. Shylla, L., Barik, S.K., Behera, M.D., Singh, H., Adhikari, D.,Upadhyay, A., Thapa, N., Sarma, K. and Joshi, S.R. (2021) Impact of heavy metals on water quality and indigenous Bacillus spp. prevalent in ratâ?hole coal mines. 3Biotech. 11:253.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02808-6.
16. Shylla L., Barik, S.K. and Joshi, S.R. (2021) Characterization and bioremediation potential of native heavy-metal tolerant bacteria isolated from rat-hole coal mine environment. Archives of Microbiology.  203: 2379-2392. DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02218-5.
17. Shylla, L., Barik, S.K. and Joshi, S.R. (2020) Impact assessment of heavy metal contamination on water quality of underground and open-cast coal mines. The NEHU Journal. XVIII (2): 58-72.
18. Paul, S., Bhagobaty, R.K., Nihalani, M.C. and Joshi, S.R. (2020) Characterization of oleaginous endophytic fungi of biodiesel plants as potential biofuel minifactories. Biomass and Bioenergy. 142: 105750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105750.
19. Dkhar, L., Sawkmie, M., Ka-Ot, A.L., Joshi, S.R., Kaminsky, W. and Rao, K.M. (2020) Cp and indenyl ruthenium complexes containing dithione derivatives: Synthesis, antibacterial and antifungal study. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 923: 121418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121418.
20. Pasha, S.V., Behera, M.D., Mahawar, S.K., Barik, S.K. and Joshi, S.R. (2020)  Assessment of shifting cultivation fallows in Northeastern India using Landsat imageries. Tropical Ecology.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-020-00062-0
21. Borthakur M, Gurung AB, Bhattacharjee A  and Joshi SR  (2020) Analysis of the bioactive metabolites of the endangered Mexican lost fungi Campanophyllum- a report from India. Mycobiology,  DOI: 10.1080/12298093.2020.1723388.
22. Ingti B, Upadhyay S, Hazarika M,Khyriem AB, Paul D, Bhattacharya P, Joshi SR, Bora D, Dhar(Chanda) D and  Bhattacharjee A (2020) Distribution of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii with blaADC-30 and induction of ADC-30 in response to beta-lactam antibiotics. Research in Microbiology. DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2020.01.002.
23.  Dutta A, Rahman N, Khongriah W, Nongrum R, Joshi SR and Nongkhlaw R (2019) l-Glutamine supported on core–shell silica iron oxide nanoparticles: A highly efficient organocatalyst for synthesis of spirooxoindoles. Chemistry Select. 4, 12399 – 12408. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201902279.  
24. Baul TSS, Nongsiej K, Ka-Ot AL, Joshi SR, Rocha BGM, daSilva MFCG ( 2020) Synthesis, crystal structures, magnetic properties and antimicrobial screening of octahedral nickel(II) complexes with substituted quinolin-8-olates and pyridine ligands. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1200: 127106. doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127106
25. Paul S, Bhagobaty RK, Nihalani MC and Joshi SR (2019) Are endophytic fungi a feasible option as biofuel nanofactories? International Journal of Scientific Research and Review. 7(5):  1112-1118.
26. Nongkhlaw M and Joshi SR (2019) Molecular insight into the expression of metal transporter genes in Chryseobacterium sp. PMSZPI isolated from uranium deposit. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0216995. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0216995
27.   Baul TSB, Nongsiej K, Ka-ot AL, Joshi SR, Leon IR and  Hopfi H (2019) Tweaking the affinity of arylâ?substituted diazosalicylatoâ? and pyridine ligands towards Zn (II) and its neighbors in the periodic system of the elements, Cu (II) and Cd (II), and their antimicrobial activity. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. e4905. https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.4905
28. 126. Gurung AB, Pamay P, Tripathy D, Biswas K, Chatterjee A, Joshi SR and Bhattacharjee A (2019) Bioprospection of antiâ?inflammatory phytochemicals suggests rutaecarpine and quinine asâ?¨promising 15â?lipoxygenase inhibitors. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry.   DOI: 10.1002/jcb.28634
29. 29.         Biswas K, Sharma P and Joshi SR (2019) Co-occurrence of antibiotic resistance and virulence determinants in enterococci isolated from traditionally fermented fish products. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 17: 79-83. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2018.11.012
30. Joshi SR,  Nongbri  EL and Biswas K (2018)  Incidence of virulence determinants and antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus species of dairy origin. Newsletter-Probiotic Association of India , Vol 15: 9-10
31. 31.        Bhattacherjee D, Sheet SK, Khatua S, Biswas K, Joshi SR, Myrboh B (2018) A reusable magnetic nickel nanoparticle based catalyst for the aqueous synthesis of diverse heterocycles and their evaluation as potential anti-bacterial agent. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 26: 5018-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2018.08.033
32. 32.        Banerjee S, Joshi SR, Mandal T and Halder G ( 2018) Application of zirconium caged activated biochar alginate beads towards deionization of Cr(VI) laden water in a fixed bed column reactor. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 6(4). 4018-4029 . DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2018.06.011
33. Baul, TS, Nongsiej K, Biswas K, Joshi SR and  Hopfi H( 2018) Pyridine aided progression from amorphous to crystalline bis([5-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]quinolin-8-olato)zinc(II) compounds − Solution and solid-state structural characterization, nanoparticle formation and antibacterial activity. Inorganica Chimica Acta. DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2018.06.049
34. Upadhyay S, Khyriem AB, Bhattacharya P, Bhattacharjee A, Joshi SR (2018). High-level aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii recovered from intensive care unit patients in Northeastern India. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 36: 43-48
35. Paul Susmita, Bhagobaty RK, Nihalani MC and Joshi SR ( 2018) Diversity and lipid content analysis of oleaginous endophytic fungi associated with biodiesel plants. Sydowia : 70: 27-35. DOI 10.12905/0380.sydowia70-2018-0027
36. Paul Susmita, Bhagobaty RK, Nihalani MC and Joshi SR ( 2017) Prospective oleaginous endophytic fungi isolated from biodiesel plants: An assessment of diversity and lipid content. Kavaka. 49: 15-22
37. Sonu VK, Rajkumar I, Bhattacharjee K, Joshi SR and Mitra S (2018)  Interaction of caffeine and sulfadiazine with Lysozyme adsorbed at colloidal metal nanoparticle interface: Influence on drug transport ability and antibacterial activity. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/ 07391102.2018.1426497
38. Bhattacharjee  K, Palepu N R,  Rao KM and  Joshi SR (2017) Precursor-directed combinatorial biosynthesis of cephalosporin analogue by thiophene derivative utilizing endolithic bacterium Streptomyces sp. AL51. 3Biotech, DOI: 10.1007/s13205-017-1051-8
39. Kalita Debajit and Joshi SR (2017) Study on bioremediation of Lead by exopolysaccharide producing metallophilic bacteria isolated from extreme habitat. Biotechnology Reports. 16: 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2017.11.003
40. Bhattacharjee K, Kumar S, Palepu NR, Patra PK, Rao KM and Joshi SR (2017) Structure elucidation and in-silico docking studies of a novel furopyrimidine antibiotics synthesized by endolithic bacterium Actinomadura sp. AL2. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s11274-017-2343-1.
41. Biswas K, Upadhayay S, Rapsang GF and Joshi SR (2017) Antibacterial and Synergistic Activity Against β-Lactamase-Producing Nosocomial Bacteria by Bacteriocin of LAB Isolated From Lesser Known Traditionally Fermented Products of India. HAYATI Journal of Biosciences. 24: 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hjb.2017.08.008
42. Das AR, Saha AK, Joshi SR and Das P (2017) Wild edible macrofungi consumed by ethnic tribes of Tripura in Northeast India with special reference to antibacterial activity of Pleurotus djamor (Rumph. ex Fr.) Boedijn. International Food Research Journal 24(2): 834-838
43. Ojha A, Tak N, Rathi S, Chouhan B, Rao SR, Joshi SR, Barik SK, Sprent JS, James EK, Gehlot HS (2017). Molecular characterization of novel Bradyrhizobium strains nodulating Eriosema chinense and Flemingia vestita, important unexplored native legumes of the sub- Himalayan region (Meghalaya) of India. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 40: 334-344.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2017.06.003
44. Borthakur M, Gogoi J and Joshi SR ( 2017) Macro and microfungi mediated synthesis of Silver nanoparticles and its applications. ADBU-Journal of Engineering Technology. 6(1): 00610605 (09 PP)
45. Borthakur M and Joshi SR (2017) Pigskin poison earthball mushroom of
    Meghalaya: An identification paradox. The NEHU Journal. XIII(1): 65-78.
46. Soumya Banerjee, Augustine Lamin Ka-ot, S. R. Joshi, Tamal Mandal and Gopinath Halder (2016) Optimization of Fe²⁺Removal from Coal Mine Wastewater using Activated Biochar of Colocasia esculenta. Water Environment Research. 89 (2016)
47. Aishiki Banerjee, Donald A. Bareh and S.R. Joshi ( 2017) Native microorganisms as potent bioinoculants for plant growth promotion in shifting agriculture (Jhum) systems.  Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 17 (1), 127-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-95162017005000010    
48. Das AR, Borthakur M, Saha AK,  Joshi SR and Das P (2017) Molecular Characterization and Antioxidantâ?¨Potential of Three Wild Culinary-Medicinal Mushrooms from Tripura, Northeast India. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms, 19(1): 55–63
49. Nath A and Joshi  SR ( 2017) Anti-candidal efficacy of endophytic fungi isolated from tropical  ethnoveterinary plant. Revista de Biología Tropical. 64(4):1337-1347.
50. Ka-ot AL, Banerjee S, Haldar G and Joshi SR ( 2016). Acid and heavy metal tolerant    Bacillus spp. from rat-hole coal mines of Meghalaya, India. Proceedings of  National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 88(3): 1187-1198 DOI :10. 1007/s40011-017-0856-x
51. Upadhyay S, Hussain A, Ingti B, Laskar MA, Choudhury MD, Bhattacharjee A  and  
     Joshi SR (2016) Detection of a new class C beta-lactamase CM-139  in Klebsiella pneumoniae of food origin from India.  Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. DOI:  10.1016/j.jgar.2016.11.002.
52. Nongkhlaw FMW and Joshi SR (2017) Microscopic study on colonization and antimicrobial property of endophytic bacteria associated with ethnomedicinal plants of Meghalaya. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 5: 132-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmau.2016.09.002
53. Banerjee S, Joshi SR, Mandal T and Halder G (2017) Insight into Cr6þ reduction  efficiency of Rhodococcus erythropolis isolated from coalmine waste water. Chemosphere. 167 :269- 281.

54. Swer P, Joshi SR and Acharya C ( 2016) Cesium and strontium tolerant Arthrobacter sp. strain KMSZP6 isolated from a pristine uranium ore deposit. AMB Express. 6:69 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-016-0247-3. Bhattacharjee K and Joshi SR (2016) A selective medium for recovery and enumeration of endolithic bacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 129: 44-54 DOI:10.1016/j.mimet.2016.07.026.
    Dey J, Ray D, Biswas K, Aswal VK, Joshi SR, Joachim Kohlbrecher J, Dey P and Kochi Ismail K (2016) AOT Micelles/Vesicles for Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Micellar Transitions Affected by Nanoparticles. Chemistry Select: 1, 2864 – 2871. DOI: 10.1002/slct.201600191.

55. Sangilipandi S, Sutradhar D, Bhattacharjee K , Kaminsky W, Joshi SR, Chandra AK,  Rao KM (2016) Synthesis, structure, antibacterial studies and DFT calculations of arene ruthenium, Cp*Rh, Cp*Ir and tricarbonylrhenium metal complexes containing 2-chloro-3-(3-(2-pyridyl) pyrazolyl) quinoxaline ligand. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 441: 95–108
56. Banerjee S, Mukherjee S, Ka-ot AL, Joshi SR, Mandal T, Halder G (2016)  Biosorptive uptake of Fe ²⁺, Cu²⁺ and As⁵⁺ by activated biochar derived from Colocasia esculenta: Isotherm, kinetics, thermodynamics, and cost estimation. Journal of Advanced Research. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016 /j.jare.2016.06.002
57. Bareh DA, Banerjee A and Joshi SR (2015) Microbial dynamics and diversity in foot hills of Eastern Himalayan range: A focus on shifting cultivation. ENVIS Himalayan Ecology. 23: 1-8
58. Upadhyay S, Joshi SR, Khryiem AB and Bhattacharyya P (2016) Acquired 16s methyl transferase associated high level aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii recovered from ICU patients from a tertiary referral hospital of northeast India. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 45S-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.144
59. Nath A and Joshi SR (2016) Endophytic fungi from tropical ethnoveterinary plants and their antibacterial efficacy against Pasteurella multocida Capsular Type A strain. Revista de Biología Tropical. Vol. 64 (2): 733-745.
60. Borthakur M and Joshi SR (2016) Micrographical analysis of growth deformities in common pathogens induced by voucher fungi from India. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 4: 203-210.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmau.2016.04.001.

61. Lyngwi NA, Nongkhlaw M, Kalita D and  Joshi SR (2016) Bioprospecting of Plant Growth Promoting Bacilli and Related Genera Prevalent in Soils of Pristine Sacred Groves: Biochemical and Molecular Approach. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0152951. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0152951.

62. Banerjee S and Joshi SR (2016) Culturable bacteria associated with the caves of  Meghalaya in  India  contribute to speleogenesis. Journal of Caves and Karst Studies :78(3) 144–157. DOI: 10.4311/2015MB0131.
63. Palepu NR, Premkumar JR, Verma AK, Bhattacharjee K, Joshi SR, Forbes S, Mozharivskyj Y, Rao KM (2015) Antibacterial, in vitro antitumor activity and structural studies of rhodium and iridium complexes featuring the two positional isomers of pyridine carbaldehyde picolinic hydrazone ligand. Arabian Journal of Chemistry. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2015.10.011
64. Upadhyay S, Mustafa M, Joshi SR (2016) Naturally evolving extended spectrum cephalosporin resistance in soil borne isolates of Enterobacteriaceae. National Academy Science Letters.39. 181-184. DOI:101007/s40009-016-0463-z.
65. Khaund P and Joshi SR (2016) Lentinula edodes based GIS mapping, biometabolites and antiinflamatory activity of wild edible mushrooms from tropical ‘sacred grove’ forests ofMeghalaya, India. Revista de Biología Tropical. Vol. 64 (1): 247-257.
66. Upadhyay S, Hussain A, Mishra S, Maurya AP, Bhattacharjee A and Joshi SR (2015) Genetic environment of plasmid mediated CTX-M-15 extended spectrum beta- lactamases from clinical and food borne bacteria in north-eastern India.  PLoS ONE 10(9): e0138056. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0138056
67. Nongkhlaw FMW and Joshi SR (2016) Horizontal gene transfer of the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene among endophytic and epiphytic bacteria associated with ethnomedicinal plants. Current Microbiology. 72: 1-11. doi:10.1007/s00284-015-0910-y.
68. Banerjee S and Joshi SR (2016) Mineralogical footprints of bacterial biofilms associated with Labit cave, a part of the longest cave system in India. Geomicrobiolgy Journal      33(8): 699–708.  DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2015.1083060 
69. Das, AR, Borthakur M, Saha AK, Joshi SR and Das P (2015) Growth of mycelial biomass and fruit body cultivation of Lentinus squarrosulus collected from home garden of Tripura in Northeast India. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology. 03(04): 17-19.
70. Lyngwi, NA and Joshi SR (2015) ‘Traditional Sacred Groves’, an ethnic strategy for conservation of microbial diversity. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 14(3): 474-480.
71. Upadhyay, S and Joshi SR ( 2015) Carriage of multidrug resistant integrin gene cassette arrays within environment and food isolates in a high altitude city of northeast India. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 45(suppl. 2): S84-S85.
72. Palepu NR, Nongbri SL, Premkumar JR, Verma AK, Bhattacharjee K, Joshi SR, Forbes S, Mozharivskyi Y, Thounaojam R, Aguan K, Rao KM (2015) Synthesis and evaluation of new salicylaldehyde-2- picolinylhydrazone Schiff base compounds of Ru(II), Rh(III) and Ir(III) as in vitro antitumor, antibacterial and fluorescence imaging agents. Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 20(4):619-638. DOI: 10.1007/s00775-015-1249-3.
73. Joshi SR, Banerjee S., Bhattacharjee K,  Lyngwi NA , Koijam K , Khaund P , Dev LS, and Nongkhlaw FMW (2015). Northeast Microbial database: A web based databank of culturable soil microbes from Northeast India. Current Science. 108(9): 1702-1706
74. Khaund P and  Joshi SR ( 2014) Functional nutraceutical profiling of wild edible and medicinal mushrooms consumed by ethnic tribes in India. International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 17(2): 187-197
75. Dey J, Biswas K, Thapa U, Joshi SR, Kharbanga I,; Sultana N and ,  Ismail K ( 2014) Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their synergistic antibacterial activity in combination with commercial antibiotics. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 88, 352–357 | doi:10.1246/bcsj.20140255
76. Upadhyay  S   and  Joshi SR (2015)  TEM mediated extended spectrum cephalosporin resistance in clinical and environmental isolates: A report from northeast India. Indian Journal of Medical Research. 142: 614-617
77. Nongkhlaw FMW and Joshi SR (2014) L-asparaginase and antioxidant activity of endophytic bacteria associated with ethnomedicinal plants. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. Vol 14: 59-64 
78. Nath A, Pathak J and Joshi SR (2014) Bioactivity assessment of endophytic fungi associated with Centella asiatica and Murraya koengii. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology. 2(5): 6-11. DOI: 10.7324JABB.2014.2502
79. Devi LS and Joshi SR (2014) Ultrastructures of silver nanoparticles biosynthesized using endophytic fungi. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 3: 29-37 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmau.2014.10.004
80. Devi LS and Joshi SR (2014) Evaluation of the antimicrobial potency of silver nanoparticles  biosynthesized by using an endophytic fungus, Cryptosporiopsis ericae PS4. Journal of Microbiology. 58(4): 667-674. DOI 10.1007/s12275-014-4113-1
81. Nath A and Joshi SR (2014) Ultrastructural effect on mastitis pathogens by extract of endophytic fungi associated with ethnoveterinary plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa L. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 3: 38-43 . DOI: 10.1016/j.jmau.2014.10.001
82. Khaund P and Joshi SR (2014) DNA barcoding of wild edible mushrooms consumed by the ethnic tribes of India. Gene. 550:123–130 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2014.08.027
83. Khaund P and Joshi SR (2014) Micromorphological characterization of wild edible mushroom spores using Scanning Electron Microscopy. National Academy Science Letters. 37(6):521-527. DOI: 10.1007/s40009-014-0272-1
84. Khaund P and Joshi SR (2014) Enzymatic profiling of wild edible mushrooms  consumed by the ethnic tribes of India. Journal of  Korean Society of Applied Biological Chemistry.57(2): 263−271       
85. Banerjee S and Joshi SR (2014) Ultrastructural analysis of calcite crystal patterns formed by biofilm bacteria associated with cave speleothems. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 2: 217-223. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmau.2014.06.001
86. Thokchom S and Joshi SR (2015) Screening of fibrinolytic enzymes from lactic acid bacterial isolates associated with traditional fermented soybean foods. Food Science and Biotechnology. 23(5): 1601-1604 (2014) DOI :10.1007/s10068-014-0217-y
87. Bhattacharjee K and Joshi SR (2014) NEMiD: A web-based curated microbial diversity database with Geo-based plotting. PLoS ONE. 9(4): e94088. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094088.
88. Nongkhlaw FMW and Joshi SR (2014) Distribution pattern analysis of epiphytic bacteria on ethnomedicinal plant surfaces: A micrographical and molecular approach. Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure. 2: 34-40. DOI 10.1016/j.jmau.2014.02.003
89. Nongkhlaw FMW and Joshi SR (2014) Micrographical assessment of antifungal effect of endophytic bacteria. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences.  DOI: 10.1007/s40011-014-0321-z
90. Nath A and Joshi SR (2013) Bioactivity assessment of endophytic fungi  associated with the ethnomedicinal plant Potentilla fulgens. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 2(6): 2596-2607
91. Rapsang GF and Joshi SR (2015) Molecular and probiotic functional characterization of Lactobacillus spp. associated with traditionally fermented fish, Tungtap of Meghalaya in Northeast India.  Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 85(4): 923-933 DOI 10.1007/s40011-013-0234-2.
92. Koijam K and Joshi SR (2014) Exopolysaccharide production by a lactic acid bacteria, Leuconostoc lactis isolated from ethnically fermented beverage. National Academy Science Letters. 37(1):59–64 DOI 10.1007/s40009-013-0203-6
93. Sarma B, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2013) Characterization of metal tolerant Serratia spp. isolates from sediments of uranium ore deposit of Domiasiat in Northeast India. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 86(2) 253-260. DOI: 10.1007/s40011-013-0236-0
94. Sarma B, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2013) Plant growth promoting and metal bioadsorption activity of metal tolerant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate characterized from uranium ore deposit. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. DOI 10.1007/s40011-012-0136-8.
95. Khaund P and Joshi SR ( 2013) Wild edible macrofungal species consumed by the Khasi tribe of Meghalaya, India. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources. 4(2):179-204
96. Bhattacharjee K, Banerjee S, Bawitlung L, Krishnappa D and Joshi SR (2014) A study on parameter optimization for degradation of endosulfan by bacterial consortia isolated from contaminated soil. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 84(3):657–667.DOI: 10.1007/s40011-013-0223-.
97. Blah MM and Joshi SR (2013) Nutritional content evaluation of traditional recipes consumed by ethnic communities of Meghalaya, India. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.12(3), 498-505
98. Thokchom S and Joshi SR (2013) Physicochemical analysis of ethnically fermented soybean products of North-East India and molecular characterization of associated lactic acid bacteria.   Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 85(2)  527-533 . DOI: 10.1007/s40011-013-0199-1 
99. Nath A, Chattopadhyay A and Joshi SR (2013) Biological activity of endophytic fungi of Rouwolfia serpentina Benth, an ethnomedicinal plant used in folk medicines in Northeast India. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s40011-013-0184-8.
100. Devi LS, Bareh DA and Joshi SR (2014) Studies on biosynthesis of antimicrobial silver nanoparticles using endophytic fungi isolated from the ethno-medicinal plant Gloriosa superba L. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 84(4):1091–1099. DOI: 10.1007/s40011-013-0185-7
101. Banerjee S and Joshi SR (2012) Preliminary screening and compositional analysis of bacterial biofilm from hypogean environments of Meghalaya, India. Keanean Journal of Science.1:20-32
102. Banerjee S and Joshi SR (2012) Insights into cave architecture and the role of bacterial biofilm. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 83(3): 277-290. DOI: 10.1007/s40011-012-0149-3.
103. Bhattacharjee K and Joshi SR (2013) Phylogenetic rearrangement of Streptomyces spp. On the basis of Internal transcribed Spacer (ITS) region using molecular morphometrics approach. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 12: 67-79.
104. Kumar R, Nongkhlaw M, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2013) Soil bacterial metagenomic analysis from uranium ore deposit of Domiasiat in North-east India.  Current Science:105(4): 495-498
105. Kumar R, Nongkhlaw M, Acharya C and SR Joshi (2013) Bacterial community structure from the perspective of the uranium ore deposits of Domiasiat in India. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 83(4):485-497.DOI: 10.1007/s40011-013-0164-z.
106. Kumar R, Nongkhlaw M, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2013) Growth media composition and heavy metal tolerance behaviour of bacteria characterized from the sub-surface soil of uranium rich ore bearing site of Domiasiat in Meghalaya. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 12: 115-119
107. Kumar R, Nongkhlaw M, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2013) Uranium (U)-tolerant bacterial diversity from U ore deposit of Domiasiat in North-East India and its prospective utilisation in bioremediation. Microbes and Environment. 28(1):33-41.
108. Saikia P and Joshi SR (2014) A study on the occurrence of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates in retail chicken meats marketed in North-East India . Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. Section B: Biological Sciences. 84:337-342 ; DOI: 10.1007/s40011-012-0143-9.
109. Lyngwi NA, Koijam K, Sharma D and Joshi SR (2013) Culturable bacterial diversity along the altitudinal zonations and vegetation range of tropical Eastern Himalaya. Revista de Biología Tropical. 61(1): 467-490
110. Nongkhlaw M, Kumar R, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2012) Occurrence of horizontal gene transfer of P_IB-type ATPase genes among bacteria isolated from the uranium rich deposit of Domiasiat in North East India. PLoS ONE. 7(10): e48199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048199
111. Devi LS, Khaund P, Nongkhlaw FMW and Joshi SR (2012) Diversity of culturable soil micro-fungi along altitudinal gradients of eastern Himalayas. Mycobiology 40(3): 151-158.
112. Saikia P and Joshi SR (2012) Changes in microfungal community in Cherrapunjee – the wettest patch on earth as influenced by heavy rain and soil degradation. Advances in Microbiology. 2: 456-464. doi:10.4236/aim.2012.24059
113. Banerjee S, Rai S, Sarma B and Joshi SR (2012) Bacterial biofilm in water bodies of Cherrapunjee: the rainiest place on planet earth. Advances in Microbiology.2:465-475. doi:10.4236/aim.2012.24060
114. Bhattacharjee K, Banerjee S and Joshi SR (2012) Diversity of Streptomyces spp. in eastern Himalayan region- computational RNomics approach to phylogeny. Bioinformation. 8(12): 548-554
115. Kumar R, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2012) Diversity of uranium tolerating bacteria at Domiasiat, West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Assam University Journal of Science & Technology: Biological and Environmental Sciences. 9(1): 186-190
116. Devi LS and Joshi SR (2012) Antimicrobial and synergistic effects of silver nanoparticles synthesized using soil fungi of high altitudes of eastern Himalaya.  Mycobiology: 40(1): 27-34
117. Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR (2012) Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of endophytic  fungi isolated from ethnomedicinal plants of the  “Sacred forests" of Meghalaya, India. Mikologia Lekarska 19 (1): 5-11
118. Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR (2012) Enzymatic activity of fungi endophytic on five medicinal plant species of the pristine sacred forests of Meghalaya, India. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. 17:33-40
119. Nath A, Raghunatha P and Joshi SR ( 2012) Diversity and biological activities of endophytic fungi of Emblica officinalis, an ethnomedicinal  plant of India. Mycobiology 40(1): 8-13
120. Thokchom S and Joshi SR (2012) Probiotic and bacteriocin efficacy of lactic acid bacteria from traditionally fermented foods: a review. Assam University Journal of Science and Technology: Biological and Environmental Sciences. 10(1): 142-155
121. Thokchom S and Joshi SR (2012) Antibiotic resistance and probiotic properties of dominant lactic microflora from Tungrymbai, an ethnic fermented soybean food of India. Journal of Microbiology. 50(3): 535-539  
122. Thokchom S and Joshi SR (2012) Microbial and chemical changes during preparation in the traditionally fermented soybean product Tungrymbai of ethnic tribes of Meghalaya. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 11(1):139-42
123. Rapsang George F. and Joshi SR ( 2012) Bacterial diversity associated with Tungtap, an ethnic traditionally fermented fish product of Meghalaya. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.11(1):134-138
124. Rapsang GF, Kumar R and Joshi SR (2011) Identification of Lactobaccilus pobuzihii from Tungtap-a traditionally fermented fish food and analysis of its bacteriociogenic potential.  African Journal of Biotechnology. 10(57): 12237-12243.
125. Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR (2011) Fungal endophytes of five medicinal plants prevalent in the traditionally preserved `sacred forests` of Meghalaya, India. Forest Science and Technology. 7(4): 151–154
126. Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR (2011) Metabolite profiling of endophytic fungal isolates of five ethno-pharmacologically important plants of Meghalaya, India. Journal of Metabolomics and Systems Biology.  2(2): 20-31
127. Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR (2011) Multi-loci molecular characterization of endophytic fungi isolated from five medicinal plants of Meghalaya, India. Mycobiology, 39(2): 71-78
128. Pfoze NL, Kumar Y, Myrboh B, Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR (2011) In vitro antibacterial activity of alkaloid extract from stem bark of Mahonia manipurensis Takeda.  Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 5(5),  859-86
129. Kumar R, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2011) Isolation and analyses of uranium tolerant Serratia marcescens strains and their utilization for aerobic uranium U(VI) bioadsorption. Journal of Microbiology. 49(4):568-574
130. Purusothaman KG, Bhattacharjee K, Joshi SR and Vasanthakumari R (2010) Comparative efficacies of three acid-fast staining techniques under field conditions for  Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Indian context. The Internet Journal of Microbiology. 4 (2)
131. Sarma B, Acharya C and Joshi SR (2010) Pseudomonads : a versatile bacterial group exhibiting dual resistance to metals and antibiotics. African journal of Microbiology Research. 4(25): 2828-2835.
132. Saikia P and Joshi SR (2010) Retail market poultry meats of North-east India : A microbiological survey for pathogenic microorganisms. Research Journal of Microbiology. 5(1) : 36-43
133. Devi LS, Khaund P and Joshi SR (2010) Thermostable α-amylase from natural variants of Bacillus spp. Prevalent in eastern himalayan range. African journal of Microbiology Research. 4(23): 2534-2542
134. Bhagobaty RK, Joshi SR and Kumar R (2010) Penicillium verruculosum RS7PF: a root fungal endophyte associated with an ethno-medicinal plant of the indigenous tribes of eastern India. African journal of Microbiology Research. 4(9): 766-770.
135. Joshi SR, R Kumar, Saikia P, Bhagobaty RK and Thokchom S (2010) Impact of roadside pollution on microbial activities in sub-tropical forest soils of North-East India. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4(3) : 280-287
136. Bhagobaty RK, Ghosh A and Joshi SR (2009) Degradation of non-petroleum based natural and synthetic oil by lipase producing fluorescent Pseudomonas spp isolated from petroleum based hydrocarbon saturated soils of shilling, Meghalaya, India. Online Journal of Biotechnology Research  1(3): 78-83
137. Joshi SR, Saikia P and Koijam K (2009) Characterization of microbial indicators to assess the health of degraded soil in Cherrapunjee, India-highest rainfall area of the world. International Journal of Biotechnology & Biochemistry. 5(4) 379-391
138. Sohliya I,  Bhagobaty RK,  Kumar R and Joshi SR ( 2009) Tungrymbai- traditional fermented soybean food of the ethnic tribes of Meghalaya.  Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.  8(4): 559-561     
139. Rapsang GF and Joshi SR (2009) Microbes in food: Hazards and regulating factors. Agrobios   VII(12) 15-17
140. Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR (2009) Promotion of seed germination of green gram and chick pea by Penicillium verruculosum RS&PF, a root endophytic fungus of Potentilla fulgens L.  Advanced Biotech. VIII (07): 16-18
141. Bhagobaty RK, Joshi SR and  Das RN ( 2008) Prediction of the microbial biodegradative  pathway of  organophosphorus pesticide Chlorpyrifos using the web based open access pathway prediction system of the University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation database. Bioinformatics Trends . 3(4) : 9-14
142. Kumar R, Acharya C and Joshi SR ( 2008) Metal tolerant Bacillus and Pseudomonas from uranium rich soils of Meghalaya. Research Journal of Biotechnology (Special Issue. Dec 2008)  345-350 
143. Bhattacharjee A,  Choudhury H,  Maheshwari  U and Joshi SR (2008)  In-silico prediction of structural and functional aspects of a hypothetical protein of Arabidopsis thaliana (L) Heynh. Advanced Biotech.VII (06):14-18
144. Majaw S,  Kurkalang S, Joshi SR  and A  Chatterjee (2008) Effect of Clerodendron colebrokianum walp.leaf extract on cold – restraint stress in mice. Pharmacologyonline. 2: 742-753.
145. Bhagobaty RK and Joshi SR  (2008) DNA damage protective activity of the crude metabolites of endophytic fungi isolated from two ethno-pharmacologically important medicinal plants of the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India. Pharmacologyonline. 3: 882-888.
146. Joshi SR, Bhagobaty RK and Kumar R (2008).Microbial community on leaf surfaces of broad-leaved alder (Alnus nepalensis D.Don) and needle-leaved khasi pine (Pinus kesiya Royle Ex Gordon) as influenced by atmospheric dry deposition of roadside pollution In eastern Himalayas. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences.2(4) : 234-242 
147. Joshi SR (2008). Influence of roadside pollution on phylloplane microbial community of  Alnus  nepalensis . Revista de Biología Tropical. 56(3) : 1521-29
148. Bhagobaty RK, Joshi SR and Malik A (2007). Microbial Degradation of  Organophosphorous Pesticide:  Chlorpyrifos (Mini-Review). The Internet  Journal of Microbiology. Vol 4 No. 1
149. Joshi SR, Sharma GD and Mishra RR (1993). Effect of heavy metal accumulation on leaf surface microorganisms of sub-tropical pine   ( Pinus kesiya). Tropical Ecology.  34(2): 230-239.
150. Joshi SR, Sharma GD and Mishra RR (1993). Microbial enzyme activities related to litter decomposition near a highway in a sub-tropical forest of North-East India. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.  25(12). 1763-1770. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(93)90181-A
151. Joshi SR, Chauhan M, Sharma GD and Mishra RR (1991). Effect of deforestation on microbes, VAM fungi and their enzymatic activity in Eastern Himalaya. Recent Researches in Ecology, Environment and Pollution. 6: 141-152. 

Book Chapters: (42)

1. SR Joshi,  G.D.Sharma and R.R.Mishra (1991). Effect of disturbance on microbial population and their activities in forest soils at higher altitudes of Meghalaya. In:  High Altitudes of Himalaya (Biogeography, Ecology & Conservation) (Eds. P.S.Pangtey & R.S. Rawal) Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital,  pp.298-309
2. D  Syiem, SR Joshi and MB Syiem (2004).  Intellectual Property rights and North East India- Issues and relevance.  In: Intellectual Property Rights. pp.145-149.
3. SR Joshi ( 2005) . Bioresource and Bioprospecting in NE India: Unlocking the  treasure   for  socio-economic   development of the region. In:  Socio-Economic Development of India with special reference to NE India. Shillong College Academic Society     pp.141-144.   
4. R Kumar and SR Joshi  (2008). Microbial ecology of the soil: Studying the diversity of microorganisms in the most complex of environments- A review.  In: Advances in Applied Microbiology, Agrobios, Jodhpur, India.  pp: 267-277
5. SR Joshi (2008) Relevance of microbial biosensors in environmental toxicity studies. In :Proceedings of National Seminar on toxicity of chemicals & their hazards with special reference to heavy metals. St.Edmund’s College, Meghalaya (India), pp.81-86.
6. RK  Bhagobaty, P  Biswa, and SR  Joshi (2009) Isolation of endophytic fungus from Osbeckia stellata Buch. Ham.ex D.Don, a medicinal plant of the Pine forests of Meghalaya, India. In: Biodiversity– Herbal Medicine, pp: 148-157. Akansha Publishing House, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, India.
7. RM Syiem,  A Chatterjee,  S Majaw and SR Joshi  ( 2009). Study on the adaptogenic properties of  Clerodendron colebrrokianum walp. On cold stress induced –mice. In: Biodiversity–Herbal Medicine, pp: 134-139. Akansha Publishing House, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, India
8. R  Kumar and SR  Joshi  (2009). Probiotics: Indigenous fermented foods as a source of potential medicinal microbes.In: Biodiversity–   Herbal Medicine, pp: 211-222. Akansha Publishing House, Darya Ganj, New Delhi, India.
9. Rakshak Kumar and SR Joshi ( 2009) Probiotics: Biotechnology in prolongation of life . In: Biotechnology Applications (eds CSK Mishra and Pascale Champagne). IK International Publishing House . India. Pp. 187-212
10. RK Bhagobaty  and SR Joshi ( 2009) Endophytes: A biotechnological goldmine . In: Biotechnology Applications ( eds CSK Mishra and Pascale Champagne) IK International Publishing House . India. Pp. 300-308
11. SR Joshi (2010) Roadside pollution and microbial community of alder and khasi pine . In: Advances in Biotechnology and Microbiology ( Eds PR Jatkar, P parihar and L Parihar) . Agrobios ( India) pp.101-108
12. SR Joshi and RS Singh (1999). Comparative study on the production of biogas using different slurries in a miniature biogas production system. In:  Proceedings of National Seminar on Pollution, Man & Environment. Pp. 87-91.
13. Nathaniel A Lyngwi and SR Joshi ( 2014) Economically important Bacillus and related genera: a mini review. In: Biology of useful plants and microbes. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India  pp 33-43.
14. Polashree Khaund and SR Joshi ( 2014) The Gomphus Paradox of Meghalaya: Wild Edible Fungus or a Poisonous Mushroom? In: Microbial Diversity and Biotechnology in Food Security ( Eds:R.N. Kharwar, R.S. Upadhyay, N.K. Dubey, Richa Raghuwanshi ) Pp 171-176 .DOI:10.1007/978-81-322-1801-2_13. Springer Link
15. SR Joshi, Debajit Kalita, Rakshak Kumar, Macmillan Nongkhlaw,  Pynskhem Bok Swer (2014)  Metal–Microbe Interaction and Bioremediation. In: Radionuclide Contamination and Remediation Through Plants (Eds Dharmendra Kumar Gupta,   Clemens Walther) pp 235-251.DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-07665-2_12 http://link.springer.com/chapter/
16.  Debajit Kalita, Barnali Sarma and SR Joshi(2015) Lead(Pb) tolerant bacterial strains from uranium rich soil of Domiasiat in Meghalaya. In: Bioreview-National Perspectives and Sustainable Development” Morigaon College, Assam. pp 63-69.
17. Barnali Sarma and SR Joshi (2015) Environmental toxicity and the role of Pseudomonads in biodegradation of xenobiotics. In: Biology, Biotechnology and Sustainable Development. (Ed: H. Choudhury) Research India Publications, India pp. 41-61
18. Joshi SR and Biswas K(2015) Antioxidants in fermented Foods. In: Health Benefits of Fermented Foods and Beverages (Ed: J.P. Tamang), CRC Press. Pp 553-565.
19. Molins AC, Galvez A, Joshi SR, et al. ( 2016) Indigenous Fermented Foods of South Asia. In: Indigenous Fermented Foods of South Asia (Ed: V.K. Joshi). Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Pp. 1-67.
20. Senapati AK, Ann A, Joshi SR, et al. (2016) Diversity of Indigenous Fermented Foods and Beverages of South Asia. In: Indigenous Fermented Foods of South Asia (Ed: V.K. Joshi). Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Pp.69-106.
21. Kumari K, Pandey A, Joshi SR, et al. (2016) Indigenous Alcoholic beverages of South Asia. In: Indigenous Fermented Foods of South Asia (Ed: V.K. Joshi). Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Pp. 501-596.
22. Rosma A, Singh A, Joshi SR, et al. (2016) Indigenous Fermented foods. In: Indigenous Fermented Foods of South Asia (Ed: V.K. Joshi). Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Pp. 645-713.
23. Joshi SR and Biswas K (2017) Enterococci Prevalent in Processed Food Products: From Probiotics to Food Safety. In: Kalia V., Shouche Y., Purohit H., Rahi P. (eds) Mining of Microbial Wealth and MetaGenomics. Springer, Singapore . pp. 287-299. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5708-3_17.
24.  Bhattacharjee K and Joshi SR (2018) Lithic bacteria, a lesser known group in biomining arena. In: Microbial Cell Factories. (Eds: Deepansh Sharma, Baljeet Singh Saharan ) Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. pp 51-68
25. Joshi SR and Kalita D (2018) Biological, Chemical and Nanosorption Approaches in Remediation of Metal Wastes. In: Remediation Measures for Radioactively Contaminated Areas. (Eds: D.K. Gupta and A.Voronina) Springer Nature, Switzerland. Pp. 93-112.
26. Borthakur M and Joshi SR (2019) Wild Mushrooms as Functional Foods: The Significance of Inherent Perilous Metabolites. In: New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (Eds: VK Gupta & A Pandey) Elsevier , Netherlands. Pg 1-12 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63504-4.00001-3 
27. Banerjee S, Jha DK and Joshi SR (2019) Cave Microbiome for Human Welfare. In: Satyanarayana T., Das S., Johri B. (eds) Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications. Springer, Singapore.  pp. 3-30.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8487-5_1 
28. Joshi SR, Bareh D and  Banerjee A (2019) Soil Microbiota and Sustainable Jhum Agroecosystem. In: Satyanarayana T., Das S., Johri B. (eds) Microbial Diversity in Ecosystem Sustainability and Biotechnological Applications. Springer, Singapore. pp 57-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8487-5_3.
29. Joshi SR and Chettri Upashna (2019) Fungi in Hypogean Environment: Bioprospection Perspective.  In: Satyanarayana T, Deshmukh SK, Deshpande MV  (eds)  Advancing Frontiers in Mycology and Mycotechnology: Basic and Applied Aspects of Fungi.  Springer, Singapore pp. 539-562.
30. Joshi SR, Khongriah Welfareson and Biswas Koel (2020) Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of Meghalaya. In: J.P. Tamang (ed.) Ethnic Fermented Foods and Beverages of India: Science History and Culture. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.  pp. 421-434.
31. Nath Archana and Joshi SR (2020) Bioprospection of endophytic fungi associated with ethnoveterinary plants for novel metabolites. In: VK Sharma, MP Shah, S Parmar and A Kumar (Eds).  Fungi Bio-Prospects in Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Nano-Technology. Volume 1: Fungal Diversity of Sustainable Agriculture Academic Press, Elsevier, United Kingdom. pp. 375-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821394-0.00015-9.
32. Thabah S. and Joshi S.R. (2021) Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from the perspectives of tea plantations and diseases. In: HB Singh and Anukool Vaishnav (Eds). New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering . Elsevier Amsterdam, Netherlands pp. 315-332. ISBN: 978-0-323-85163-3
33. Pun B. and Joshi S.R. (2022)  Microbes as biomedicinal minifactories and medical product evaluation models. In: PV Mohanan (Ed.) Biomedical Product and Materials Evaluation Standards and Ethics. Elsevier WoodHead Publishing. United Kingdom. pp. 667-701.
34. Akoijam N.  and Joshi S.R. (2022) Conservation Metagenomics: Understanding Microbiomes for Biodiversity Sustenance and Conservation. In: A. Kumar et al. (eds.), Molecular Genetics and Genomics Tools in Biodiversity Conservation, Springer Nature Singapore Ltd.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6005-4_3
35. Banerjee A. Barik S.K. and Joshi S.R. (2022) Bacilli and Sustainable Jhum Agrobiotechnology. In: M. T. Islam et al. (eds.), Bacilli in Agrobiotechnology, Bacilli in Climateâ?¨Resilient Agriculture and Bioprospecting.  Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85465-2_11
36. Chanda P. and Joshi S.R.   (2022) Understanding the Small World. In: ( P. Verma Ed.) The Microbes Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.  Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. pp. 1-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5214-1. ISBN 978-981-16-5213-4 ISBN 978-981-16-5214-1 (eBook)
37. Akoijam N., Kalita D. and Joshi S.R. (2022) Bacteria and Their Industrial Importance. In: ( P. Verma Ed.) The Microbes Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.  Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd . pp.  63-80. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5214-1. ISBN 978-981-16-5213-4 ISBN 978-981-16-5214-1 (eBook)
38. Paul S. and Joshi S.R. (2022) Industrial Perspectives of Fungi. In: ( P. Verma Ed.)  The Microbes Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.  Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd .  pp. 81- 106.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5214-1. ISBN 978-981-16-5213-4 ISBN 978-981-16-5214-1 (eBook)
39. Chettri U., Rai A.K. Thabah S. and Joshi S.R. (2020) Production of Malt-Based Beverages. In: P.Verma  (Ed.) The Microbes Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. pp. 279-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5214-1. ISBN 978-981-16-5213-4 ISBN 978-981-16-5214-1 (eBook)
40. Joshi, S.R. and  Baskar, S. (2022). Factors Affecting Biomineralization. In: Berenjian, A., Seifan, M. (eds) Mineral Formation by Microorganisms. Microbiology Monographs, vol 36. Springer, Cham. Pp. 283-314  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80807-5_8
41. Pun, B., Nongkhlaw, F.M.W. and Joshi S.R. (2022) Metaomics Technologies in Understanding Ethnomedicinal Plants and Endophyte Microbiome. In: J. Sahu, A. Vaishnav and HB Singh (Eds) . Plant-Microbe Interactions, harnessing Next-Generation Molecular technologies for Sustainable Agriculture CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). DOI: 10.1201/9781003171416. ISBN: 9781003171416
42. Joshi, S.R. and Kalita,  D. (2022) Bioderived and bioconjugated materials for remediation of heavy metals and dyes from waste water. In: Recent Trends and Innovations in Sustainable Treatment Technologies for Heavy Metals, Dyes and Other Xenobiotics. (Ed: Biswanath Bhunia & Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj). Bentham Science Publishers Pte Ltd. Singapore . ISBN: 978-981-5049-72-5

Books Authored:

1. SR Joshi and N Joshi (1999): Man & His Environment. A text book for Degree Course. Published by Gautam Bros. Shillong. 1999 pp. 132
2. SR Joshi: Health Education.(1993) A text book for high school . Published by Gautam Bros. Shillong. 1993. pp.202
3. SR Joshi and SP Adhikari (2000): Paryavaran Adhyan – Part I A Text Book on Environmental Studies   for   Class   I   and   Class   II.   .   Published   by   Text   Book   Committee Shillong, Meghalaya. Recommended by Meghalaya & Mizoram Board of School Education.pp. 87.
4. SR Joshi and SP Adhikari (2000): Paryavaran Adhyan – Part II A Text Book on Environmental Studies   for   Class   I   and   Class   II.   .   Published   by   Text   Book   Committee Shillong, Meghalaya. Recommended by Meghalaya & Mizoram Board of School Education. pp. 89
5. SR Joshi and SP Adhikari (2001): ParyavaranAdhyan – Part III. A Text Book on Environmental Studies for Class III and Class IV. Published by Text Book Committee Shillong, Meghalaya. Recommended by Meghalaya & Mizoram Board of School Education..pp. 98.
6. SR Joshi and SP Adhikari (2001): Paryavaran Adhyan – Part IV. A Text Book on Environmental Studies for Class III and Class IV. Published by Text Book Committee Shillong, Meghalaya. Recommended by Meghalaya & Mizoram Board of School Education. pp.158
7. SR Joshi (2005): The Teaching of Science. A reference book for science teachers and B.Ed trainees Courses. Published by APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi,. pp. 383
8. SR Joshi (2006): Biopesticides: A Biotechnological Approach. A reference book on Biopesticides. Published by New Age International(P) Limited, New Delhi.. pp.103
9. SR Joshi (2007) Microbes: Redefined Personality. Published by APH Publishing Corporation. Ansari Road, New Delhi. pp 236.
10. SR Joshi and SP Adhikari (2008): Art of Healthy and Productive Living. Text Book for Class II. Book Palace, Shillong. pp 100
11. SR Joshi and SP Adhikari (2008): Art of Healthy and Productive Living. Text Book for Class III. Book Palace, Shillong. pp 63.

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