Academic record & distinction

MSc (Microbiology) Maharaja Sayajirao University

PhD (Biology) Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Post Doctorate Research, Louisiana State University Health Science Center (LSUHSC), Shreveport, LA, USA.

Awards

1. Best Publication Award: Awarded by Sikkim University in the year 2019
2. Indian Overseas Research Associateship: Awarded by Department of Biotechnology,
Government of India in the year 2018.
3. Senior Scientist Award: Awarded by Microbiologists Society, India. 2023.

Areas of Specialization

Environmental Microbiology and Virology. Dr. Nagendra Thakur research interest is in
understanding the biology of microorganisms from extreme environments. It includes the
characterization of thermophiles and psychrophiles obtained from hot springs and glaciers of
Sikkim using culture dependent and culture independent techniques.

Latest Publications

1) Kumar, S., Najar, I.N., Sharma, P., Tamang, S., Ranjan, R.K., and Thakur, N. (2023).
Temperature – A critical abiotic paradigm that governs bacterial heterogeneity in
natural ecological system. Environmental Research. 234. 116547. ISSN 0013-9351.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116547. (Impact factor: 8.3).

2) Das, S., Najar, I.N., Sherpa, M.T. Kumar, S., Sharma, P., Mondal, K., Tamang, S.,
Thakur, N. (2023) Baseline metagenome-assembled genome (MAG) data of Sikkim
hot springs from Indian Himalayan geothermal belt (IHGB) showcasing its potential
CAZymes, and sulfur-nitrogen metabolic activity. World Journal of Microbiology
and Biotechnology 39:179 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03631-2. (Impact
factor: 4.1)

3) Das, S., Najar, I.N., Sherpa, M.T. Kumari, A., Thakur, N. (2023). Post-monsoon
seasonal variation of prokaryotic diversity in solfataric soil from the North Sikkim hot
spring. International Microbiology. May; 26(2):281-294. 

 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10123-022-00298-x (Impact factor: 3.1).
4) Sharma, P., Mondal, K., Kumar, S., Tamang, S., Najar, I.N., Das, S., and Thakur, N.
(2022) RNA Thermometers in Bacteria: Role in Thermoregulation. BBA - Gene
Regulatory Mechanisms. 28;1865 (7):194871. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2022.194871.
(Impact factor: 6.3).

5) Thakur N, Das S, Kumar S, Maurya VK, Dhama K, Paweska JT, Abdel-Moneim AS,
Jain A, Tripathi AK, Puri B, Saxena SK. (2022) Tracing the origin of Severe acute
respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2): A systematic review and narrative
synthesis. J Med Virol. 1‐14. doi:10.1002/jmv.28060 (Impact factor: 20.69).

6) Sharma, P., Mondal, K., Mondal, K.C., Thakur, N. (2022) Hunt for α-amylase from
metagenome and strategies to improve its thermostability: a systematic review. World J
Microbiol Biotechnol 38, 203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-022-03396-0 (Impact
factor: 4.25)

7) Najar IN, Das S, Kumar S, Sharma P, Mondal K, Sherpa MT and Thakur N (2022)
Coexistence of Heavy Metal Tolerance and Antibiotic Resistance in Thermophilic
Bacteria Belonging to Genus Geobacillus. Front. Microbiol. 13:914037. doi:
10.3389/fmicb.2022.914037. (Impact factor: 6.06)

8) Najar IN, Das S, Thakur N. 2020. Reclassification of Geobacillus galactosidasius and
Geobacillus yumthangensis as Parageobacillus galactosidasius comb. nov. and
Parageobacillus yumthangensis comb. Nov. respectively. International Journal of
Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70(12), 6518-6523
https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004550 [ISSN: 1466-5026, Microbiology Society].
(Impact factor: 2.689).

9) Sherpa MT, Najar IN, Das S, Thakur N. 2020. Distribution of antibiotic and metal
resistance genes in two glaciers of North Sikkim, India. Ecotoxicology and
Environmental Safety 203(111037). doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111037 [IF= 7.129;
Springer]. ISSN: 0147-6513. (Impact factor: 7.129)

10) Najar IN, Sherpa MT, Das S, Das S, Thakur N. 2018. Microbial ecology of two hot
springs of Sikkim: Predominate population and geochemistry. Science of The Total
Environment, 637-638(1):730-745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.0 37
[ISSN: 0048-9697 (print); Elsevier]. (Impact factor: 10.753)

Google Scholar Citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=61Nwh2gAAAAJ&hl=en