1. Probiotic based-functional foods development with various health benefits

2. Extremophilic microorganisms, enzymes and their applications

3. Waste to Wealth: Renewable energy production from organic waste in Himalayan regions

Awards/Fellowships

 Junior Research Fellow (DST) 2006-2007 

 Junior Research Fellow (UGC) 2007

 Senior Research Fellow (UGC) 2009

 UGC Post-Doctoral Fellowship for woman, UGC, New Delhi, 2013

Work experience

Worked as an Examiner of Patents and Designs in the office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Government of India, (Delhi) from 2016 to 2019

Research Articles:

1. Shalini Kumari, Geetanjli Choudhary, Anu Kumari, Sarita Devi* (2024) Metagenomics insight into Puga geothermal geyser located in Himalayan Geothermal Belt (Trans-Himalayan Plateau) Ladakh, India. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 14:1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-024-01408-9
2. Geetanjli Choudhary, Shalini Kumari, Anu Kumari, Sarita Devi* (2024) Deciphering the microbial communities of alkaline hot spring in Panamik, Ladakh, India using a high-throughput sequencing approach. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 25:1-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-024-01346-6
3. Anu Kumari, Shalini Kumari, Geetanjli Choudhary, Sarita Devi* (2024) Microbial diversity analysis of Chumathang geothermal spring, Ladakh, India. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 29:1-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-024-01284-3
4. Sahdev Choudhary, Shanu Kumari, Athrinandan S Hegde, Veebhan Kesarwani, Raman Kumar, Ravi Shankar*, Sarita Devi *, Vidyashankar Srivatsan* (2024) Nutritional quality and microbial diversity of Chhurpe from different milk sources: an ethnic fermented food of high-altitude regions of the Western Himalayas. Discover Food 4, 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-024-00073-z
5. Sarita Devi, Savitri, Tilak Raj, Nikhil Sharma and Wamik Azmi (2019) In silico Analysis of L-glutaminase from Extremophiles. Current Proteomics. 16 (3):210-121. https://doi.org/10.2174/1570164615666180911110606
6. Wamik Azmi, Umesh Kumar Narta, Nishant Singh, Vibhor Gupta, Shamsher Singh Kanwar and Sarita Devi (2017) An antileukemic glutaminase free L-asparaginase from Bacillus brevis. Current Biotechnology. 6(1):58-68. DOI: 10.2174/2211550105666160805102153
7. Sarita Devi and Wamik Azmi (2015) In silico analysis of amino acid sequences in relation to specificity and physiochemical properties of mesophilic and thermophilic antileukemic Lasparaginases. Current Biotechnology. 4(3): 357-365. DOI:10.2174/2211550104666150917175410
8. Manisha Gautam, Sarita Devi, Meenu Thakur, Meenakshi Chandel, Umesh Kumar Narta and Wamik Azmi (2013) Potential of biotechnology in the treatment of human diseases. Himachal Pradesh University: A Bi-annual Research Journal. 2: 160-180.
9. Sarita Devi, Nikhil Sharma, Savitri and Tek Chand Bhalla (2013) Comparative analysis of amino acid sequences from mesophiles and thermophiles in respective of Carbon-Nitrogen Hydrolase family. 3 Biotech. DOI 10.1007/s13205-012-0111-3
10. Sarita Devi and Wamik Azmi (2012) One step purification of antileukemic of L-asparaginase from Erwinia carotovora MTCC 1428 and its application. International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research. 2(3): 36-45.
11. Sarita Devi, Aditya Kulshreshtra, Ashutosh Kumar Rai and Wamik Azmi (2012) Bench-Scale Production of L-asparaginase from Erwinia carotovora MTCC 1428 in a laboratory fermenter. International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research. 2(3): 25-35.
12. Sarita Devi and Wamik Azmi (2011) Comparative evaluation of different cell disruption methods for the release of L-asparaginase from Erwinia caratovora MTCC 1428. International Journal of Food and Fermentation Technology. 1(2): 211-219.

Book Chapters:

1. Shanu Kumari, Sahdev Choudhary, Shalini Kumari, Anu Kumari, Sarita Devi* (2024). Downstream Processing for Bio-product Recovery and Purification. InRecent Advances in Bioprocess Engineering and Bioreactor Design. pp. 139-169. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1451-3_7
2. Shanu Kumari, Sahdev Choudhary, Sarita Devi* (2024) Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Applications. InAntimicrobial Peptides from Lactic Acid Bacteria: Diversity, Biosynthesis and Applications. pp. 209-246. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3413-9_9
3. Sahdev Choudhary, Shanu Kumari and Sarita Devi^* (2024) Application of AMPs in the Food and Beverage Industry. InAntimicrobial Peptides from Lactic Acid Bacteria: Diversity, Biosynthesis and Applications. pp. 247-281. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3413-9_10
4. Sahdev Choudhary, Shanu Kumari and Sarita Devi^* (2023) Psychobiotics as an Emerging Category of Probiotic Products. InProbiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics, and Postbiotics: Human Microbiome and Human Health. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. pp. 361-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1463-0_19
5. Sarita Devi^* (2023) Live cells as biosensors, Biomaterials-Based Sensors: Recent Advances and Applications, Springer, Singapore. pp. 291-322. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8501-0_9
6. Sarita Devi^* (2023) Patenting, IPR, and regulatory issues, Bhatt AK, Bhatia RK, Balla TC, editors. Basic Biotechniques for Bioprocess and Bioentrepreneurship. Elsevier, pp: 441-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816109-8.00030-1
7. Sarita Devi and Poonam Kumari (2022) Rhizospheric Engineering for Sustainable Production of Horticultural Crops. InRe-visiting the Rhizosphere Eco-system for Agricultural Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. pp. 511-537. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4101-6_25
8. Sarita Devi^* and Prasun Kumar (2021) Use of Probiotic Bacteria and Their Bioactive Compounds for Wound Care. In: Kumar P., Kothari V. (eds) Wound Healing Research. Springer, Singapore. pp-301-330. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2677-7_10
9. Madan L. Verma, Sarita Devi, and Motilal Mathesh (2019) Photobiocatalysis: At the Interface of Photocatalysis and Biocatalysts. In book: Green Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Process, Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 36, Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp.1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17638-9_7
10. Azmi Wamik, Sarita Devi and Khatri Jitendra (2012) Antileukemic L-asparaginase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Biochemical and Genetic aspects. Microbiology Applications (191-210)

*: Corresponding Author

Research Group:

1. Kumari Shanu (Ph.D., UGC-JRF)
2. Shalini Kumari (Ph.D., CSIR-JRF)
3. Ms Geetanjli (Ph.D., CSIR-JRF)
4. Ms. Pragya Bardewa (Ph.D., GNDU)
5. Ms. Diksha Sood (PA)
6. Mr Rajneesh Kumar (PA)
7. Mr. Puneet Kumar (PA)
8. Mr. Abhishek Kumar
9. Ms. Rashmi Koundal

The interested and highly motivated candidates with independent fellowships are welcome to join my lab for Ph.D. or PDFs.