Dr. Raman Kumar

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University (formerly Delhi College of Engineering) (July 2025 onwards)

Ph.D. Biochemistry: Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Thesis: “Study of Telomerase Activity and Shelterin complex & its associated factors in Multiple Myeloma”, PhD Supervisor: Prof. Alpana Sharma.

M.Sc. Biochemistry:  Department of Biochemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.

B.Sc. (Zoology Hons.): Department of Zoology, Zakir Husain College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.

Assistant Professor:  Department of Biochemistry, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, Delhi, India. (April 2023-July 2025)

Assistant Professor:  Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur, Jammu & Kashmir, India. (December 2021 - March 2023)

Senior Resident:  Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. (January 2019 - December 2021)

Assistant Professor:  Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur, Jammu & Kashmir, India. (February 2018 - January 2019)

Programme

MSc Biotechnology: Molecular Therapeutics (Elective) (ODD Sem)

Int. BSc-MSc Biotechnology: Human Anatomy and Physiology (Core) (ODD Sem)

                                                   Biochemistry (Core) (ODD Sem)

2013                      Life member of Indian Immunology Society.

2016                      Associate member of American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

2017                      Associate member of European Association for Cancer Research (EACR).

2017                      Life member of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI).

1. Nidhi Gupta, Raman Kumar, Alpana Sharma. Inhibition of miR-144/199 promote myeloma pathogenesis via upregulation of versican and FAK/STAT3 signaling. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Mar 2021. 1-9. 10.1007/s11010-020-04038-5.

2. Prashant Kumar, Shashi Ranjan, Himani Rathi, Raman Kumar, Shilpa Puluturu, Bela Goyal, Manisha Naithani, Swati Rajput, Satyavati Rana, Senkadhirdasan Dakshinamurthy, Ravikant, Anissa A Mirza. Biochemical Variations of Serum Magnesium with Lipid Analytes in Different Clinical Groups of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study. Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry. March 2021. 1-6

3. Raman Kumar, Himani Rathi, Afrozul Haq, Sunil J Wimalawansa, Alpana Sharma. Putative Roles of Vitamin D in Modulating Immune Response and Immunopathology Associated With COVID-19. Virus Research. 2020 Jan 292. 198235. Doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198235.

4. Himani Rathi, Vishakha Burman, Sudip Kumar Datta, Satya Vati Rana, Anissa Atif Mirza, Sarama Saha, Raman Kumar*, Manisha Naithani. Review on COVID-19 Etiopathogenesis, Clinical Presentation and Treatment Available with Emphasis on ACE2. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. Jan 21. 1-20. * Corresponding author

5. Himani Rathi^#, Raman Kumar^#, Bela Goyal. Evaluation of Tumor Markers, Hormones and Anemia Markers Stability at Deep Freezing Temperature (− 20° C): A Preliminary Study. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 2020 Aug: 1-2. ^{# Contributed equally.}

6. Himani, Raman Kumar, Busi Karunanand, Sudip Kumar Datta. Association of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism with blood lead levels in occupationally lead-exposed male battery workers in Delhi–National capital region, India. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB). 2020 May 57(2): 236-244.

7. Nidhi Gupta, Raman Kumar, Tulika Seth, Bhavuk Garg, Alpana Sharma. Targeting of stromal versican by miR-144/199 inhibits multiple myeloma by downregulating FAK/STAT3 signalling. RNA biology. 2020 Feb 19(1): 98-111. Doi: 10.1080/15476286.2019.1669405.

8. Raman Kumar, Himani, Nidhi Gupta, Vishwajeet Singh, Vimal Kumar, Afrozul Haq, Anissa Atif Mirza, Alpana Sharma. Unveiling molecular associations of polymorphic variants of VDR gene (FokI, BsmI and ApaI) in multiple myeloma patients of Indian population. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2020 May 9: 105588. Doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2020.105588.

9. Shashi Ranjan Mani Yadav, Bela Goyal, Raman Kumar, Sweety Gupta, Amit Gupta, Anissa Atif Mirza, Gaurav Sharma, Shalinee Rao, Rajesh Pasricha, Manoj Gupta. Identification of suitable reference genes in blood samples of carcinoma lung patients using quantitative real?time polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Carcinogenesis. 2020. 19:11. Doi: 10.4103/jcar.JCar_18_20.

10. Nidhi Gupta, Raman Kumar, Tulika Seth, Bhavuk Garg, Hem Chandra Sati, Alpana Sharma. Clinical significance of circulatory microRNA-203 in serum as novel potential diagnostic marker for multiple myeloma. Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology. 2019 Mar 145(6):1601-1611. Doi: 10.1007/s00432-019-02896-1.

11. Himani, Raman Kumar, Jamal Akhtar Ansari, Abbas Ali Mahdi, Dilutpal Sharma, Busi Karunanand, Sudip Kumar Datta. Blood lead levels in occupationally-exposed workers involved in battery industry in Delhi-NCR region: Effect on vitamin D and calcium metabolism. Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 2020 Jan 35: 80–87. DOI: 10.1007/s12291-018-0797-z.

12. Raman Kumar, Nidhi Gupta, Himani, Alpana Sharma. Novel combination of Tanshinone I and Lenalidomide induces chemo-sensitivity in myeloma cells by modulating telomerase activity and expression of shelterin complex and its associated molecules. Molecular Biology Reports. 2018 Dec; 45(6): 2429-2439. Doi: 10.1007/s11033-018-4409-z.

13. Venus Dalal#, Raman Kumar^#, Sunesh Kumar Jain, Alpana Sharma, Lalit Kumar, Jai Bhagwan Sharma, Kallol Kumar Roy, Neeta Singh, Perumal Vanamail. Biomarker potential of IL-6 and VEGF-A in ascitic fluid of epithelial ovarian cancer patients. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2018 July; 482:27-32. Doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2018.03.019.
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14. Raman Kumar, Rehan Khan, Nidhi Gupta, Tulika Seth, Atul Sharma, Mani Kalaivani, Alpana Sharma. Identifying the biomarker potential of Telomerase activity and Shelterin complex molecule, TERF2, in Multiple Myeloma”. Leukemia and lymphoma. 2017 Oct; 59(7): 1677-1689. DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1387915.

15. Nidhi Gupta, Raman Kumar, Alpana Sharma. Versikine, a proteolysis product of Versican: novel therapeutics for multiple myeloma”, Translational Cancer Research. 2016;5(Suppl 7): S1437-S1439. DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2016.12.67.

16. Suhasini Joshi, Nidhi Gupta, Rehan Khan, Raman Kumar, Manoj Sharma, Lalit Kumar, Alpana Sharma. Interrelationship between angiogenesis, inflammation and oxidative stress in Indian patients with multiple myeloma. Clinical Translational Oncology. 2016 Feb;18(2):132-137. Doi: 10.1007/s12094-015-1344-5.

17. Nidhi Gupta, Rehan Khan, Raman Kumar, Lalit Kumar, Alpana Sharma. Versican and its associated molecules: potential diagnostic markers for multiple myeloma”, Clinica Chimica Acta. 2015 Mar 10; 442:119-124. Doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.01.012.

18. Rehan Khan, Nidhi Gupta, Raman Kumar, Manoj Sharma, Lalit Kumar, Alpana Sharma. Augmented expression of urokinase plasminogen activator and extracellular matrix proteins associates with multiple myeloma progression”. Clinical Experimental Metastasis. 2014 Jun; 31(5):585-593. Doi: 10.1007/s10585-014-9652-7.

2009                      Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)

2009                      Qualified CSIR-NET (Life Sciences)

2011                      Qualified ICMR-JRF (Life Sciences)

2012-2014             Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

2014-2017             Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

2017                      Awarded best paper presentation in ACBICON 2017, KGMU, Lucknow, India.

2018                      Awarded consolation prize in CME 2018 at SRGH, Delhi, India.

1. Faculty Induction Program conducted by Ramanujan College under the aegis of MHRD and UGC, GOI from 10th Nov, 2020 – 09th Dec, 2020.
2. Faculty Development Program conducted by Ramanujan College under the aegis of MHRD and UGC, GOI from 7th Dec, 2020 – 13th Dec, 2020.
3. Faculty Development Program on Course File Preparation and Question Paper Setting based on OBE ogranized by Delhi Technological University in association with NITTTR Chennai from 13th Oct - 17th Oct 2025.