Title Prof. First Name RAJAGOPAL Last Name RAMAN
Designation Professor
Department Department of Zoology
Email rraman@zoology.du.ac.in
Webpage
Phone.no 01127667985
Employement Info
Employee Type Nature Of Employment
Teaching Permanent
Educational Qualifications
Degree/Certification Name Institution Year of Completion
UG Kerala Agricultural University
PG Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Ph.D. - Ph. D. Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Courses/Subjects Taught
Teaching Activity Type Course Title Semester Total Assigned Classes Number of Classes Taught Duration
Practical Parasitology 3 40 36 29-07-2024 To 30-12-2024 (5 months, 1 days)
Lecture Parasitology 3 30 27 22-07-2024 To 30-12-2024 (5 months, 8 days)
Lecture Principles of Gene Manipulation 1 14 13 22-07-2024 To 30-12-2024 (5 months, 8 days)
Lecture Microbiome 4 14 6 03-01-2025 To 30-05-2025 (4 months, 27 days)
Practical Core Practical 1 9 9 05-08-2024 To 30-12-2024 (4 months, 25 days)
Lecture Agricultural & Medical Entomology 4 15 5 03-01-2025 To 30-05-2025 (4 months, 27 days)
Lecture Insect Diversity Society and Evolution 4 36 20 03-01-2025 To 30-05-2025 (4 months, 27 days)
Practical Practicals in Entomology 4 39 18 03-01-2025 To 30-05-2025 (4 months, 27 days)
Research Publications
Title of Article Type of Publication Name of Journal ISSN Journal Volume Year Link to Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
Morphometric analysis of three putative species of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) species complex from India Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2015
Bacterial endosymbionts in life stages of Asia II-1 genetic group of Bemisia tabaci Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Indian Journal of Entomology 2018
First report of the natural occurrence of groundnut bud necrosis virus on Catharanthus roseus in India Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Plant Disease 2017
Suppression of Toll-like receptor 2–mediated proinflammatory responses by Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein Rv3529c Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Journal of leukocyte biology 2017
Comparative Analysis of the Difference in the Midgut Microbiota between the Laboratory Reared and the Field-caught Populations of Spodoptera litura Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters 2019
Calcium and superoxide-mediated pathways converge to induce nitric oxide-dependent apoptosis in Mycobacterium fortuitum-infected fish macrophages Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals PloS one 2016
Reproductive potential of parthenogenetic Bemisia tabaci with different bacterial endosymbionts Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Indian Journal of Entomology 2018
Tissue damage induced midgut stem cell proliferation and microbial dysbiosis in Spodoptera litura Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2017
Houseflies (Musca domestica) as vectors of multidrug-resistant, ESBLproducing  Escherichia coli  in broiler poultry farms of North India: implications for antibiotic resistance transmission.  Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2025
Elimination of Arsenophonus and decrease in the bacterial symbionts diversity by antibiotic treatment leads to increase in fitness of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2015
Distribution of Bemisia tabaci genetic groups in India Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Environmental entomology 2015
Structural and Functional Analysis of Groundnut bud necrosis virus (GBNV) Using Computational and Biochemical Approaches Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Molecular Biotechnology 2024
A Bemisia tabaci midgut protein interacts with begomoviruses and plays a role in virus transmission Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cellular microbiology 2016
Mucin protein of Aedes aegypti interacts with dengue virus 2 and influences viral infection Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Microbiology Spectrum 2023
Influence of groundnut bud necrosis virus on the life history traits and feeding preference of its vector, Thrips palmi Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Phytopathology 2017
Aeromonas hydrophila-induced alterations in cytosolic calcium activate pro-apoptotic cPKC-MEK1/2-TNFα axis in infected headkidney macrophages of Clarias gariepinus Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Developmental & Comparative Immunology 2017
Prevalence of multiple-drug resistance and identification of underlying antibiotic resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolated from ready-to-eat chicken salads being sold in restaurants in Delhi, India Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Food and Humanity 2023
Polyubiquitin protein of Aedes aegypti as an interacting partner of dengue virus envelope protein Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2023
Molecular characterization and diversity analysis of bacterial communities associated with Dialeurolonga malleswaramensis (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) adults using 16S rDNA amplicon pyrosequencing and FISH Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Insect Science 2016
Life history traits of three cryptic species Asia I, Asia II-1 and Asia II-7 of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) reconfirm their genetic identities Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Florida Entomologist 2015
A thioredoxin-like protein of Bemisia tabaci interacts with coat protein of begomoviruses Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Virus genes 2019
Detection and Localization of Wolbachia in Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Indian Journal of Microbiology 2016
Understanding the role of insects in the acquisition and transmission of antibiotic resistance Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Science of The Total Environment 2023
Detection of unprecedented level of antibiotic resistance and identification of antibiotic resistance factors, including QRDR mutations in Escherichia coli isolated from commercial chickens from North India Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Journal of Applied Microbiology 2022
Aedes aegypti lachesin protein binds to the domain III of envelop protein of Dengue virus‐2 and inhibits viral replication Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cellular Microbiology 2020
Mycobacterium fortuitum-induced ER-Mitochondrial calcium dynamics promotes calpain/caspase-12/caspase-9 mediated apoptosis in fish macrophages Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Cell death discovery 2018
Implication of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, collagen protein in begomoviruses acquisition and transmission Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Phytopathology 2019
Insecticide resistance status in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci genetic groups Asia-I, Asia-II-1 and Asia-II-7 on the Indian subcontinent Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Scientific Reports 2017
Infection of bacterial endosymbionts in insects: a comparative study of two techniques viz PCR and FISH for detection and localization of symbionts in whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals PLoS One 2015
Pan-Genome Analysis Reveals Origin Specific Genome Expansion in Enterococcus mundtii Strains Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters 2024
Suppressive role of neddylation in dendritic cells during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Tuberculosis 2015
Isolation and characterization of arsenic-resistant bacteria from contaminated water-bodies in West Bengal, India Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Geomicrobiology Journal 2015
Lumen anatomy and localization of Wolbachia sp. in the thrips, Plicothrips apicalis (Bagnall) Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Current science 2018
Assessment of antibiotic resistance in chicken meat labelled as antibiotic-free: A focus on Escherichia coli and horizontally transmissible antibiotic resistance genes Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals LWT 2024
Research Projects
Project Title Project Type Year Of Sanction Outcome/Output Duration
Studies on the ecology and taxonomy of whitefly Bemisia tabaci in India, its symbiosis with various obligate and facultative bacterial symbionts Major 2009 Publications 06-04-2009 To 31-03-2013 (3 years, 11 months, 25 days)
The role of bacterial endosymbionts in shaping the insect-virus relationship in Bemisia tabaci. Major 2013 Publications 01-04-2013 To 31-03-2016 (2 years, 11 months, 30 days)
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