Plant–microbe interactions, molecular mechanisms of plant–microbe associations, plant defense and stress responses, beneficial microbes for plant growth and crop improvement, and molecular characterization of plant–microbe interactions.

1) DBT-JRF/SRF 2017

2) CSIR-UGC-JRF 2017 in life sciences

3) Best Poster Presentation award in Plant specialized metabolism and metabolic engineering virtual conference 2020 at CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow (India).

4) Outstanding research publication award 2023 and 2024 at CSIR-CIMAP, (India).

5) Carl Tryggers Stiftelse Fellow 2025-2026 at Umea plant Science Centre, Sweden. 

1) Sinha H, Kumar RS, Datta T, Singh D, Srivastava S, Trivedi PK. ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 regulates steroidal glycoalkaloid biosynthesis and fungal tolerance in tomato. Plant Physiology 2024. 

2) Sinha H, Rai T, Kumar RS, Datta T, Srivastava S, Singh A, Trivedi PK. Arabidopsis MYB12 overexpression modulates flavonoid levels and confers enhanced fungal resistance in plants. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 2026.

3) Sharma A, Gautam H, Anyatama A, Gaddam SR, Singh D, Sinha H, Trivedi PK. Enhancing Nutritional Quality in Plants using Complementary Peptide for Sustainable Agriculture. Plant
Physiology 2024.

4) Singh D, Dwivedi S, Sinha H, Singh N, Trivedi PK. Mutation in shoot-to-root mobile transcription factor, ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5, leads to low nicotine levels in tobacco. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2024. 

5) Kumar RS, Sinha H, Datta T, Asif MH, Trivedi PK. miRNA408 and its encoded peptide regulate sulphur assimilation and arsenic stress response in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 2023. 

6) Kumar RS, Datta T, Sinha H, Asif MH, Trivedi, Light-dependent expression, and accumulation of miR408-encoded peptide, miPEP408, is regulated by HY5 in Arabidopsis. Biochemical and
Biophysical Research Communications 2024.

7) Gautam H, Sharma A, Anyatama A, Sinha H and Trivedi, P.K. miR858a encoded peptide, miPEP858a, interacts with the miR858a promoter and requires the C-terminus for associated functions. Plant physiology 2025.

8) Kumar R.S, Datta T, Sinha H and Trivedi, P.K. MIR408-encoded peptide, miPEP408, regulates cadmium stress response through sulfur assimilation pathway. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2025.

Review Article

1) Datta T, Kumar RS, Sinha H, Trivedi PK, Small but mighty: Peptides regulating abiotic stress responses in plants. Plant, Cell & Environment 2024.

Book Chapter

1) Kumar RS, Sinha H, Datta T, Sharma A, Trivedi PK. Genome‐Editing Tools for Engineering of MicroRNAs and Their Encoded Peptides, miPEPs, in Plants. Applications of Genome Engineering in Plants 2024.