Rakesh Kumar Jain

Rakesh Kumar Jain (born December 24, 1957) is an Indian virologist and the former head and coordinator of the Microbial Type Culture Collection (MTCC),[1] a national research centre located at the Institute of Microbial Technology campus.[2] He is known for his research in virology. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles[3][note 1] and the online article repository of John Wiley & Sons has listed several of them.[4] Besides, he has edited one book, A Century of Plant Virology in India, an 805-page volume compiling the research done in the field of plant virology in India during the last 100 years.[5] The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2002.[6]

Rakesh Kumar Jain
Born	(1957-12-24) December 24, 1957 India
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Studies on microbes
Awards	2002 N-BIOS Prize
Scientific career
Fields	Virology
Institutions	Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank Institute of Microbial Technology

Selected bibliography

Books

• Bikash Mandal; Govind Pratap Rao; Virendra Kumar Baranwal, Rakesh Kumar Jain (28 November 2017). A Century of Plant Virology in India. Springer Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-5672-7.

Articles

• Arora, Pankaj Kumar; Jain, Rakesh Kumar (6 June 2012). "Metabolism of 2-Chloro-4-Nitrophenol in a Gram Negative Bacterium, Burkholderia sp. RKJ 800". PLOS One. 7 (6): e38676. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038676. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3368897. PMID 22701692.
• Fazlurrahman; Batra, M.; Pandey, J.; Suri, C.r.; Jain, R.k. (1 December 2009). "Isolation and characterization of an atrazine-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain MB-P1 from contaminated soil". Letters in Applied Microbiology. 49 (6): 721–729. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765x.2009.02724.x. ISSN 1472-765X. PMID 19818008.
• Jain, R. K.; Mital, R. L. (5 October 1982). "ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Some New Polyhalogenated Hydroxy-phenothiazines and Their Alkyl and Acyl Derivatives". Chemischer Informationsdienst (in German). 13 (40): no. doi:10.1002/chin.198240226. ISSN 2199-2924.

Notes

1. Please see Selected bibliography section

References

1. "OxDBase Team Members". OxDBase: A Database of Biodegradative Oxygenases. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
2. "Welcome to IMTECH". www.imtech.res.in. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
3. "On ResearchGate". On ResearchGate. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
4. "R.K. Jain in Author". Wiley. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
5. Bikash Mandal; Govind Pratap Rao; Virendra Kumar Baranwal, Rakesh Kumar Jain (28 November 2017). A Century of Plant Virology in India. Springer Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-5672-7.
6. "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.