Research Papers

• Krishnani KK, Boddu VM, Moon DH, Ghadge SV, Sarkar B, Brahmane MP, Choudhary K, Kathiravan V, Meng X (2015). Metals Bioaccumulation Mechanism in Neem Bark. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 95(3): 414-419.
• Krishnani KK, V Kathiravan, NA Shakil, Manish Kumar Singh, MP Brahmane, KK Meena, Biplab Sarkar, K. Choaudhary, Mukesh Kumar Singh and Jitendra Kumar. (2015). Bactericidal activity of nanopolymers against shrimp pathogenic bacteria Vibrio harveyi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. 85(4): 1079–1086.
• Krishnani KK, and Kathiravan V (2015). Functional gene based multiplex PCR to detect bacteria implicated in biotransformation of nitrogen, sulfur and methane in aquatic environment. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 14, 482-488.
• Krishnani KK(2016). Lignocellulosic wheat straw-derived ion-exchange adsorbent for heavy metals removal. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 178(4): 670-686.
• Krishnani KK, Kathiravan V, Kailasam M, Nagavel A and Ponniah AG (2019). Isolation and characterization of antagonistic bacteria from milkfish Chanos chanos against Vibrio harveyi. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 66(1): 124-130.
• Krishnani KK, Jumin Hao, Meng X and Mulchandani A (2014). Bactericidal activity of elastin-like polypeptide biopolymer with polyhistidine domain and silver, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 119: 66-70.
• Meena KK, Sorty AM, Bitla UM, Choudhary K, Gupta P, Pareek A, Singh DP, Prabha R, Sahu PK, Gupta VK, Singh HB, Krishnani KK, Minhas PS (2017). Abiotic stress responses and microbe-mediated mitigation in plants: the omics strategies. Frontiers in Plant Science, section Functional Plant Ecology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00172
• Kumar N, Krishnani KK, Meena KK, Gupta SK and Singh NP (2016). Oxidative and cellular metabolic stress of Oreochromis mossambicus as biomarkers indicators of trace metals element contamination, Chemosphere, 171: 265-274.
• Kumar N, Krishnani KK, Gupta SK, Sharma R, Baitha R, Singh DK, Singh NP (2018). Immuno-protective role of biologically synthesized dietary selenium nanoparticles against multiple stressors in Pangasinodon hypophthalmus Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 78: 289-298.
• Kumar N,Krishnani KK, Gupta SK, Singh NP (2018) Effects of silver nanoparticles on stress biomarkers of Channa striatus: immuno-protective or toxic? Environmental Science Pollution Research 25(15): 14813-14826.
• Sarkar B, Daware AV, Gupta P, Krishnani KK, Baruah S, Bhattacharjee S (2017). Nanoscale wide-band semiconductors for photocatalytic remediation of aquatic pollution. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24 (33), 25775-25797.
• Kumar N, Krishnani KK, Kumar P, Sharma R, Baitha R, Singh D K, Singh N P (2018). Dietary nano-silver: Does support or discourage thermal tolerance and biochemical status in airbreathing fish reared under multiple stressors? Journal of Thermal Biology, 77: 111-121.
• Sorty AM, Meena KK, Choudhary K, Bitla UM, Minhas PS, Krishnani KK (2016). Effect of plant growth promoting bacteria associated with halophytic weed (Psoralea corylifolia L) on germination and seedling growth of wheat under saline conditions. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 180(5): 872-882.
• Brahmane MP, Sajjanar B, Kumar N, Pawar SS, Bal SK, Krishnani KK(2017). Impact of rearing temperatures on Tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus growth, muscle morphology and gene expression. Journal of Environmental Biology, 38 (6), 1261-1266.
• Satish Kumar, Krishnani KK, Gramopadhye S, Bhushan Bharat, Rajagopal V (2018). Phylogenetic analysis of diverse uncultured eubacterial groups from saline-alkaline soil of basaltic terrain in western Maharashtra, India. Research Journal of Biotechnology, 13: 11-15.
• Kumar N, Krishnani KK, Singh NP (2018). Comparative study of selenium and selenium nanoparticles with reference to acute toxicity, biochemical attributes, and histopathological response in fish. Environmental Science and Pollution Research Int, 25(9): 8914-8927.
• Kumar N, Krishnani KK, Singh NP (2019). Oxidative and cellular metabolic stress of fish: An appealing tool for biomonitoring of metal contamination in the Kolkata Wetland, a Ramsar Site. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 76(3): 469-482.
• Sarkar B, Bhattacharjee S, Daware A, Tribedi P, Krishnani KK, Minhas PS (2015). Selenium nanoparticles for stress-resilient fish and livestock. Nanoscale Research Letters 10(1): 371-384.
• Neeraj Kumar, Krishnani KK, Singh NP (2018). Effect of dietary zinc-nanoparticles on growth performance, anti-oxidative and immunological status of fish reared under multiple stressors. Biological Trace Element Research. 186(1): 267-278.
• Satish Kumar, Krishnani KK, Bhushan B, Brahmane MP (2015). Metagenomics: retrospect and prospects in high throughput age. Biotechnology Research International, 2015; 121735. doi: 10.1155/2015/121735.

Other Publications

• Krishnani KK, Neeraj Kumar, Meena KK, Singh NP. (2018). Bioremediation of perturbed water bodies fed with wastewater for enhancing finfish and shellfish production. Comprehensive book on “wastewater management through aquaculture, 2018, Springer. (Eds: Jana BB, Mandal RN, Jayasankar P), Chapter-9, pp 185-206.
• Krishnani KK, Kathiravan V, Meena KK, Sarkar B, Satish Kumar, Brahmane MP, Neeraj Kumar, and Kailasam M (2019). Bioremediation of aquatic toxicants: Application of multi-omic approaches. Advances in Fish Research, Theme: Contemporary Research in Fish Biology and Biotechnology. Edited by: Mohanty BP. Narendra Publishing House, New Delhi, Book Chapter 21, Vol. VII, Pp 371-398.
• Krishnani KK, Kurade NP, Patel DP, Kamble AL, Meena RL, Neeraj Kumar, Nirmale AV, Minhas PS, Singh NP (2017). A TSP Bulletin on a step towards livelihood improvement of tribal farmers through Integrated farming, No.10, pp 50.
• Krishnani KK (2018). Doubling farmers income through integrated agri-aquaculture systems and Agri-market revolution NAAS News, Vol 18(4), Oct-Dec 2018, pp 15-16.
• Krishnani KK (2019). Biodegradation of chlorinated pollutants in groundwater by organohalide respiring Dehalococcoides. NAAS News Vol 19(3), July-Sept 2019, Pp 11.

• Nanobioremediation of nitrogenous contaminants using silver ion exchanged zeolites (Institute-PI, NIASM).
• • Reclamation of alkali / sodic soils using bioremediation synergizing with Integrated farming (Institute-PI, NIASM).
• Assessment and detoxification of heavy metals in aquatic water bodies (Institute: Co-PI-NIASM).
• Functional characterization of salt tolerant bacteria using multi-omics approaches and their exploitation for salt stress alleviation in crop plants (AMAAS-Co-PI, NIASM).
• Broodstock management, breeding and seed production of important finfishes in abiotic stressed farms (Institute: Co-PI-NIASM).
• Conservation agriculture for enhancing resource use efficiency, environmental quality and productivity of sugarcane cropping system (Co-PI, NIASM).
• Examination of unculturable microbial diversity of saline soils using metagenomics (Institute-Co-PI, NIASM).

Significant achievements in research & development

Dr Krishnani has 27-Years experience in the field of Environmental and Health Management of multi-disciplinary farming system including research driven teachings at four different ICAR Institutes and Overseas Institutes as well. In the last five years, Dr Krishnani has made significant contribution in the field of “Synthesis of nanostructured materials and their valorization for development of zeolite based nanocomposite for mitigation of priority abiotic and biotic stresses”; “Neutraceuticals and feed formulation with nanometallic particles for multiple stress resilience in fish”; “Microbially derived polymeric product for gel formation, microbial colonization and metals binding”; “Molecular characterization of salt tolerant bacterial diversity in saline agricultural soils using metagenomics”; “Labeo rohita myostatin gene sequencing”; “Characterization of agrowastes derived biochars”; “Tool for assessment of multiple heavy metals in sewage fed aquaculture for the safe consumption”; “Cellular and histological tools as biomarkers for assessment of metal contamination”; “Breeding and seed production of Singhi (Heteropneustes fossilis) in abiotic stressed farms”, and “Implementation of improved technology interventions in agri-aquaculture systems for livelihood improvement of farmers”.

In the last five years, the green research initiatives, hallmark of his attainment had helped him in obtaining 30 research publications including 22 papers in high visibility journals of NAAS Impact factor of 7.5 and above, and three granted patents. Microanalysis kits originally developed and commercialized by him during 2008-2010, a part of which has been re-commercialized as multi-parameter Kit and licensed to Mysore based Entrepreneur in 2019. He has guided four students for the short term project work as partial fulfillment of B.Tech and MFSc degrees. He has delivered 40 resource / invited / plenary / keynote lectures in the field of Environmental Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology and Edaphic Stress Management. Presently, he is involved in research driven teachings, extension research, guiding MFSc and PhD students.

Awards / honours

• Fellow of the Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI), 2019.
• Biennium (2017-18) Recognition award by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences in animal sciences by the NAAS.
• Member-National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-2017.
• Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)-2016.
• Best Poster Award on “Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting halotolerant methylotrophic bacteria from rhizosphere and rocks” in 5th National Seminar on Climate Resilient saline agriculture at SKRAU Bikaner on 21-23 January 2017 (As a Co-author).
• IIIrd Prize in Word - Hunt Competition for English scientific / technical words lacking proper Hindi translation - An effort to update the Hindi Technical Dictionary, Hindi Pakhwada-2018 at CIFE, Mumbai.