Name : Sumya Pathak Designation : Sr. Scientist Address : CSIR- CIMAP Lucknow E. mail : sumyapathak@cimap.res.in Contact No : 9532212203 Epabx No. : 501 Download Resume Area of Specialization Science Technology and Innovation Studies to understand the social dynamics of technologies specifically the area of Indian Traditional Medicine, Understanding of interface between science, technology and society to drive the Technological Innovations, Study of innovation strategies to globalize Traditional Medicine, R&D innovation ecosystem analysis, Secondary Metabolite Pathway Engineering of Medicinal Plant, Bioinformatics and Plant Tissue culture. Education Ph.D. Botany Academic/Research Experience CSIR- CIMAP, Project Monitoring and Evaluation - Senior Scientist (May 2024- till date ) Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru, Center for Policy Research O/A DST, New Delhi - Specialist Scientist (September 2021- January 2024 ) Honours and Awards DST-Science technology and Innovation Senior Policy Fellow ,by DST, New Delhi in DST- Science technology and Innovation Post-Doctoral Fellow ,by DST, New Delhi in Bio Care Women Scientist,by DST, New Delhi in N-PDF ,by DST- SERB New Delhi in DSK-PDF ,by UGC in SRF ,by CSIR in Publication S. Pathak and R. Singh. . Digital Interventions to uplift AYUSH system. RIS, Policy Brief, Journal of Traditional Medicine 2022 N. Singh, G Sharma, S. Pathak, R Trikha, A.S Dayama, M C Chaudhary . Innovation Ecosystem for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in India: Analysis of the role of Actors (Policy Brief); DST CPR, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. . Policy Brief 2022 R Singh, P Dua and S Pathak . Robust clinical trials in AYUSH systems: compelling necessity (2022); Current science, 0767. Current Science 2022 S Pathak, R Singh, S Saraf. COVID -19: An Opportunity to Revamp Pharmacovigilance System (2021) . RIS- Policy paper 270 2021 S Pathak, AV Agarwal, VC Pandey . Phytoremediation—a holistic approach for remediation of heavy metals and metalloids;. Bioremediation of Pollutants 3-16. 2020 P Agarwal, S Pathak, RS Kumar, YV Dhar, S Shukla, MH Asif, PK Trivedi . Short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase, PsDeHase, from opium poppy: putative involvement in papaverine biosynthesis;. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 143 (2), 431-440. 2020 P Agarwal, S Pathak, R S Kumar, YV Dhar, A Pandey, S Shukla, PK Trivedi . 3'O-Methyltransferase, Ps3'OMT, from opium poppy: involvement in papaverine biosynthesis . Plant Cell Reports 38 (10), 1235-1248 2019 S Pathak, AV Agarwal, P Agarwal, PK Trivedi . Secondary Metabolite Pathways in Medicinal Plants: Approaches in Reconstruction and Analysis. Molecular Approaches in Plant Biology and Environmental Challenges 2019 Agarwal P*, Pathak S*, Lakhwani D, Gupta P, Asif MH, Trivedi PK (2015). Comparative analysis of transcription factor gene families from Papaver somniferum: identification of regulatory factors involved in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis. Protoplasma. DOI. 10.1007/s00709-015-0848-8 2015 Asif MH, Lakhwani D, Pathak S, Bhambhani S, Bag SK, Trivedi PK (2014). Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the mitogen-activated protein kinase gene family from banana suggest involvement of specific members in different stages of fruit ripening. Functional and Integrative Genomics. March 2014, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp 161–175 2014 M H Asif, D Lakhwani, S Pathak, P Gupta, S K Bag, P Nath, and P K Trivedi . Transcriptome analysis of ripe and unripe fruit tissue of banana identifies major metabolic networks involved in fruit ripening process. . BMC Plant biology.14, 316 2014 Pathak S, Lakhwani D, Gupta P, Mishra BK, Shukla S, Asif MH, Trivedi PK (2013). Comparative transcriptome analysis using high papaverine mutant of Papaver somniferum reveals pathway and uncharacterized steps of papaverine biosynthesis. PLoS ONE, 8, e65622 2013 Gupta P, Goel R, Pathak S, Srivastava A, Singh SP, Sangwan RS, Asif MH, Trivedi PK . De novo transcriptome sequencing of Withania somnifera to identify genes involved in the biosynthesis of tissue-specific withanolides. PLoS ONE, 8, e62714. 2013 Pathak S, Mishra BK, Misra P, Misra P, Joshi VK, Shukla S, Trivedi PK . High frequency somatic embryogenesis, regeneration and correlation of alkaloid biosynthesis with gene expression in Papaver somniferum. . Plant Growth Regulation, 68, 17–25. 2012 Mishra BK, Pathak S, Sharma A, Trivedi PK, Shukla S . Modulated gene expression in newly synthesized autotetraploid of Papaver somniferum L. . S A Journal of Botany, 76, 447–452 2010 Patents File No Title Inventors Patent No. Abstract