Dr. Pratibha Vyas joined PAU as Assistant Professor (Microbiology) on 04.09.20018 after completing BSc (Medical) in 2000 and MSc (Microbiology) in 2002 from CSK HPKV, Palampur. She did her PhD (Microbiology) from CSIR-IHBT Palampur in 2011. She has worked with Lovely Professional University as Assistant Professor from 2015-2018 and with CSIR-IHBT, Palampur as Research Associate from 2013-2014. She is also having the additional charge of Assistant Warden Girls Hostel 16 from 2.9.2019 to date. Her field of specialization is Soil Microbiology. She has completed one testing project funded by industry and one project funded by PAU as seed grant as Co-PI. She has guided 9 MSc and one PhD as major advisor, published 38 research papers in national and international journals and presented 19 papers in national and international conferences. She has delivered 40 lectures to guide farmers in biofertilizer production technology. Presently she is the Co-chairperson of the teaching committee of Department of Microbiology. She is also a Lifetime member of Association of Microbiologists of India, Microbiologists Society of India and Indian Science Congress.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects completed

1. Scaling up of biofertilizers containing phosphate-solubilizing bacteria funded by PAU as seed grant. Completed in 2022 as Co-PI

2. Testing the bioefficacy of RALLIGOLD GR ® Mycorrhizal biofertilizer for soil application in paddy funded by Rallis India Pvt. Ltd in 2023 as Co-PI

Research Publications:

1. Kaur N, Kaur A, Pathak L, Vyas P, Singh S and Kaur R (2025) Antibacterial potential of titanium-doped zirconium ferrite nanoparticles. Ceramics International https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.05.223. (NAAS Rating 11.3)

2. Vyas P, Kaur K, Sardana V and Sharma S (2025) Seed biopriming with endophytic Pseudomonas putida and Serratia proteamaculans consortium enhanced growth, nutrient content and yield of rapeseed-mustard. Indian Journal of Microbiology 1-15 doi.org/10.1007/s12088-024-01443-y. (NAAS Rating 8.2)

3. Gulati A, Thakur R, Vyas P, Sharma A, Dhar H, Pal M and Thakur N (2024) Fostering climate-resilient agriculture with ACC-deaminase producing  rhizobacterial biostimulants from the cold deserts of the Indian Himalayas. Journal of Environmental Management 371: 123075. (NAAS Rating 14.70)

4. Kaur A, Kaur M and Vyas P (2024) Abatement of microbes and organic pollutants using heterostructural nanocomposites of rice straw CQDs with substituted strontium ferrite. Chemosphere 359: 142310. (NAAS Rating 14.80)

5. Kaur A, Kaur M and Vyas P (2023) Precise tuning of SiO 2 thickness in SiO 2 @Sr 0.4 Ti 0.4 Mg 0.2 Fe 2 O 4.4 core-shell nanocomposites for augmenting photocatalytic and antibacterial activity. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 43: 15577-15590. (NAAS Rating 15.22)

6. Rana AK, Vyas P, Sharma S and Sardana V (2023) Groundnut harbours non-nodulating non-rhizobial plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes. 3 Biotech 13: (NAAS Rating 8.89). Vyas P and Kaur R (2019) Culturable stress tolerant plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes associated with Adhatoda vasica. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 19 (2), 290-298.  (NAAS Rating 9.87)

8. Vyas P, Rahi P and Gulati A (2009) Stress tolerance and genetic variability of phosphate-solubilizing fluorescent Pseudomonas from the cold desert of the trans- Himalayas. Microbial Ecology 58: 425-434. (NAAs Rating 10.55)

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Best Teacher award by Microbiologists Society of India for the year 2021.
2. Awarded ‘Senior Research Fellowship’ by CSIR-HRDG in the year 2008.
3. Awarded Research Internship under Diamond Jubilee Research Intern Scheme by CSIR-IHBT in the year 2003.

4. Awarded certificate of honour during BSc in 2000
5. Awarded certificate of honour during MSc in 2002