Mrunmay Kumar Giri
Mrunmay Kumar Giri
Assistant Professor
Mrunmay Kumar Giri has six years of experience in teaching and research after PhD. Throughout his academic career, he received many scholarships to continue his study. He holds a master’s degree in Biotechnology from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He loves to teach the concepts of molecular biology, genetic engineering, genomics and proteomics and plant biotechnology. He received his PhD in life sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and went to University of North Texas, USA for three years to pursue his postdoctoral research career. In KIIT School of Biotechnology, his lab mainly focuses on understanding the molecular mechanism of plant disease defense. He uses Arabidopsis and pear millet plant models to decipher the role of different transcription factors in regulating plant defense signaling against biotic stress. Recently, he also started working on identification of bioactive compounds from endogenous medicinal plants of Odisha having anticancer activity against breast cancer.
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Educational Qualification
PhD
Projects
Genome-wide analysis of WRKY transcription factors in pearl millet and their functional characterization in biotic stress tolerance, SERB/ECR/2018/001179
Administrative Responsibility
Coordinator of NET and GATE preparation team
Awards & Honours
Memberships
PhD
Projects
Genome-wide analysis of WRKY transcription factors in pearl millet and their functional characterization in biotic stress tolerance, SERB/ECR/2018/001179
Administrative Responsibility
Coordinator of NET and GATE preparation team
Awards & Honours
- Best oral presentation in the category of Young Scientist at the International Conference on Plant Developmental Biology and 3rd National Arabidopsis Meeting (ICPDB 2017) at National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Dec 12-16, 2017
- Travel award to attend the XVII IS-MPMI International Congress 2016 at Portland, Oregon, USA
- Best poster award at the National Symposium on “Functional strategies for tackling emerging diseases of major crops” held at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi on 13th December 2013
- Qualified NET-JRF conducted by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India in June and Dec 2007
- Junior Research Fellowship award by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in 2007
- Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2007 with 95.56 percentile conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Recipient of Scholarship from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India during M.Sc. 2004-2006
Memberships
- INDIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
- SOCIETY FOR PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Journals/Conferences :
1. Chanwala J., Khushbu Kumari., Jha DK., Giri MK, Dey N. Pearl millet WRKYtranscription factor PgWRKY52 positively regulates salt stress tolerance throughABA-MeJA mediated transcriptional regulation (2025), Plant stress, 16: 100814
2. Singh N., Giri MK., Chattopadhyay D (2025) Lighting the path: howlight signalingregulates stomatal movement and plant immunity. Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume76 (3), 769–786
3. Chanwala J, Jha DK, Giri MK, Dey N (2024) PgWRKY44, a pearl millet WRKYtranscription factor- Calmodulin module, enhances salt and drought stress resilienceintransgenic plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 219: 105629
4. Saha B., Nayak J., Srivastava R., Samal S, Deepak Kumar, Chanwala J, DeyN., GiriMK. (2024) Unraveling the involvement of WRKY TFs in regulating plant diseasedefensesignaling. Planta, 259:7
5. Saha B., Biswas S., Datta S., Mojumdar A., Pal S. Mohanty PS., Giri MK. (2024)Sustainable Nano solutions for global food security and biotic stress management, PlantNano Biology, Vol 9: 100090
6. Samal S, Mohanty RP, Mohanty PS, Giri, MK, Pati S, Das B (2023) Implicationsofbiosensors and nanobiosensors for the eco-friendly detection of public healthandagro-based insecticides: A comprehensive review. Helion, 9, e15848
7. Behera HT, Mojumdar A, Das S, Giri MK, Ray L (2022) Exogenous N‑acetylatedchitooligosaccharides application improves osmotic stress and water deficit toleranceinOryza sativa (cv. Swarna Sub‑1) inducing seed germination, seedling growth, andbiochemical activities. Plant Physiol. Reports, 27(2), 443-457
8. Gautam JK, Giri MK, Singh DJ, Chattopadhyay S, Nandi A (2021) MYC2 influencessalicylic acid biosynthesis and defense against bacterial pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia plantarum, 173(4).
9. Chaturvedi R., Giri M.K., Chowdhury Z., Venables V.J., Mohanty D., Petros R., ShahJ. (2020) CYP720A1 function in roots is required for flowering time and systemic acquiredresistance in the foliage of Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 71, Issue20, 6612–6622
10. Chowdhury Z., Mohanty D, Giri M.K., Venables V.J., Chaturvedi R., ChaoA., PetrosR., Shah J. (2020) Dehydroabietinal promotes flowering time and plant defenseviatheautonomous pathway genes FLD, FVE and REF6. Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume71, Issue 16, 4903– 4913
11. Chanwala J., Satpati S., Dixit A., Parida A., Giri M.K.& Dey N. (2020) Genome-wideidentification and expression analysis of WRKY transcription factors in pearl millet(Pennisetum glaucum) under dehydration and salinity stress. BMC Genomics, volume21, Article number: 231
12. Giri M.K., Singh N., Banday Z.Z., Singh V., HathiRam, Singh D., ChattopadhyayS., Nandi A.K. (2017) GBF1 differentially regulates CAT2 and PAD4 transcription topromotepathogen defense in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal 91(5), 802-815
13. Giri M.K., Gautam J, Prasad V.B.R., Chattopadhyay S., Nandi A.K. (2017) RiceMYC2(OsMYC2) modulates light-dependent seedling phenotype, disease defense but not ABAsignaling. Journal of Biosciences, 42 (3), 501-508
14. Shah J., Giri M.K., Chowdhury Z., Venables V.J. (2016). Signaling functionofdehydroabietinal in plant defense and development. Phytochemistry Review15, 1115–1126
15. Giri M.K., Swain S., Gautam J., Singh S., Singh N., Bhattacharjee L., Nandi A.K. (2014). The Arabidopsis thaliana At4g13040 gene, a unique member of AP2/EREBPfamily, is a positive regulator for salicylic acid accumulation and basal defenseagainstbacterial pathogens. Journal of Plant Physiology 171(10), 860-867
16. Singh S., Giri M.K., Singh P.K., Siddiqui A., Nandi A.K. (2013). Down-regulationofOsSAG12-1 results in enhanced senescence and pathogen induced cell death intransgenicrice plants. Journal of Biosciences 38(3), 583-592
17. Singh V., Roy S., Giri M.K., Chaturvedi R., Chowdhury Z., Shah J., Nandi A.K. (2013). Arabidopsis thaliana FLOWERING LOCUS D is required for systemic acquired resistance. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 26(9), 1079–1088
1. Chanwala J., Khushbu Kumari., Jha DK., Giri MK, Dey N. Pearl millet WRKYtranscription factor PgWRKY52 positively regulates salt stress tolerance throughABA-MeJA mediated transcriptional regulation (2025), Plant stress, 16: 100814
2. Singh N., Giri MK., Chattopadhyay D (2025) Lighting the path: howlight signalingregulates stomatal movement and plant immunity. Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume76 (3), 769–786
3. Chanwala J, Jha DK, Giri MK, Dey N (2024) PgWRKY44, a pearl millet WRKYtranscription factor- Calmodulin module, enhances salt and drought stress resilienceintransgenic plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 219: 105629
4. Saha B., Nayak J., Srivastava R., Samal S, Deepak Kumar, Chanwala J, DeyN., GiriMK. (2024) Unraveling the involvement of WRKY TFs in regulating plant diseasedefensesignaling. Planta, 259:7
5. Saha B., Biswas S., Datta S., Mojumdar A., Pal S. Mohanty PS., Giri MK. (2024)Sustainable Nano solutions for global food security and biotic stress management, PlantNano Biology, Vol 9: 100090
6. Samal S, Mohanty RP, Mohanty PS, Giri, MK, Pati S, Das B (2023) Implicationsofbiosensors and nanobiosensors for the eco-friendly detection of public healthandagro-based insecticides: A comprehensive review. Helion, 9, e15848
7. Behera HT, Mojumdar A, Das S, Giri MK, Ray L (2022) Exogenous N‑acetylatedchitooligosaccharides application improves osmotic stress and water deficit toleranceinOryza sativa (cv. Swarna Sub‑1) inducing seed germination, seedling growth, andbiochemical activities. Plant Physiol. Reports, 27(2), 443-457
8. Gautam JK, Giri MK, Singh DJ, Chattopadhyay S, Nandi A (2021) MYC2 influencessalicylic acid biosynthesis and defense against bacterial pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia plantarum, 173(4).
9. Chaturvedi R., Giri M.K., Chowdhury Z., Venables V.J., Mohanty D., Petros R., ShahJ. (2020) CYP720A1 function in roots is required for flowering time and systemic acquiredresistance in the foliage of Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 71, Issue20, 6612–6622
10. Chowdhury Z., Mohanty D, Giri M.K., Venables V.J., Chaturvedi R., ChaoA., PetrosR., Shah J. (2020) Dehydroabietinal promotes flowering time and plant defenseviatheautonomous pathway genes FLD, FVE and REF6. Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume71, Issue 16, 4903– 4913
11. Chanwala J., Satpati S., Dixit A., Parida A., Giri M.K.& Dey N. (2020) Genome-wideidentification and expression analysis of WRKY transcription factors in pearl millet(Pennisetum glaucum) under dehydration and salinity stress. BMC Genomics, volume21, Article number: 231
12. Giri M.K., Singh N., Banday Z.Z., Singh V., HathiRam, Singh D., ChattopadhyayS., Nandi A.K. (2017) GBF1 differentially regulates CAT2 and PAD4 transcription topromotepathogen defense in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal 91(5), 802-815
13. Giri M.K., Gautam J, Prasad V.B.R., Chattopadhyay S., Nandi A.K. (2017) RiceMYC2(OsMYC2) modulates light-dependent seedling phenotype, disease defense but not ABAsignaling. Journal of Biosciences, 42 (3), 501-508
14. Shah J., Giri M.K., Chowdhury Z., Venables V.J. (2016). Signaling functionofdehydroabietinal in plant defense and development. Phytochemistry Review15, 1115–1126
15. Giri M.K., Swain S., Gautam J., Singh S., Singh N., Bhattacharjee L., Nandi A.K. (2014). The Arabidopsis thaliana At4g13040 gene, a unique member of AP2/EREBPfamily, is a positive regulator for salicylic acid accumulation and basal defenseagainstbacterial pathogens. Journal of Plant Physiology 171(10), 860-867
16. Singh S., Giri M.K., Singh P.K., Siddiqui A., Nandi A.K. (2013). Down-regulationofOsSAG12-1 results in enhanced senescence and pathogen induced cell death intransgenicrice plants. Journal of Biosciences 38(3), 583-592
17. Singh V., Roy S., Giri M.K., Chaturvedi R., Chowdhury Z., Shah J., Nandi A.K. (2013). Arabidopsis thaliana FLOWERING LOCUS D is required for systemic acquired resistance. Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 26(9), 1079–1088