Senior Assistant Professor (2009– till date); Assistant Professor (2005–2009), University of Delhi

Bioprospecting; Protein Biochemistry; Environmental Biotechnology

Post-Graduate Teaching (M.Sc.)

Cell Biology and Genetics (2007–till date)

Introduction to Environment (2006-till date)

Environmental Biotechnology (2006-2008)

Biodiversity and Conservation (2006-2007)

Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under progress : 02

International Conferences

M.K. Das, R.S. Sharma, V. Mishra. Prospecting of stem-parasitic weeds for novel medicinally important compounds. In: International Symposium on Biology, Ecology and Management of World’s Worst Plant Invasive Species. December 10-14 2006. 

R.S. Sharma, A. Mohmmed, V. Mishra, C.R. Babu. Diversity in functionally important traits of promiscuous group of Sesbania-rhizobia and their colonization potential to ecologically diverse habitats of a semi-arid region of India. XVII International Botanical Congress 2005, July 17-23, 2005. 

V. Mishra, R.S. Sharma, T.P. Singh, C.R. Babu. Novel ribosome inactivating proteins (RIPs) from Himalayan Viscum album (L.)- potential biomolecules for bioprospecting. XVII International Botanical Congress 2005, July 17-23, 2005. 

M.K. Das, S. Raiping, V. Mishra, M. Sharma and R.S. Sharma. Significance of bacteriophage sensitivity in rhizosphere ecology of growth promoting bacteria of Dichanthium annulatum (Willem.). In: Third International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-3), 28 November – 2 December 2005. 

S. Raiping, R.S. Sharma, M. Sharma, V. Mishra. Soil-borne bacteriophages of rhizobacteria of Dichanthium annulatum (Willem.) inhabiting mined out area and their significance in inoculation technologies. In: Third International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-3), 28 November – 2 December 2005. 

N. Rau, R.S. Sharma, V. Mishra. Variations in functional properties among rhizosphere bacteria of Saccharum munja (L.) inhabiting heavy metal contaminated fly ash dumps. In: Third International Conference on Plants and Environmental Pollution (ICPEP-3), 28 November – 2 December 2005. 

V. Mishra, R.S. Sharma, T.P. Singh, C.R. Babu. Diversity In Ribosome inactivating proteins from a Himalayan parasitic plant: Viscum album L. In: ICOB-4 & ISNP-24, IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity and Natural Products: Chemistry and Medical Applications, 26-31 January 2004. 

R. Singh, R.S. Sharma, V. Mishra, N. Seth, C.R. Babu. Chemical prospecting for medicinal compounds from a hemi-parasitic plant (Dendrophthoe trigona) inhabiting western ghats of India. In: ICOB-4 & ISNP-24, IUPAC International Conference on Biodiversity and Natural Products: Chemistry and Medical Applications, 26-31 January 2004. 

V. Mishra, R.S. Shamra, S. Bilgrami, S. Yadav and T.P. Singh. Diversity in ribosome inactivating proteins (Rips): some molecular evidences. In: International Symposium on Ecology of Biological Invasions, December 4-6, 2003. 

V. Mishra, S. Bilgrami, M. Paramsivam, S. Yadav, R.S. Sharma, C.R., Babu, T.P. Singh (2003). Crystal structure of a ribosome inactivating protein (Viscumin) from the Indian Viscum album reveals the presence of natural superinhibitor. "International Symposium on Modern Trends in Cellular and Molecular Biology" on March 6-7, 2003.

V. Mishra, S. Bilgrami, M. Paramasivam, A.K. Varma., S. Yadav, R.S. Sharma, C.R. Babu, T.P. Singh. Crystal structure of a ribosome inactivating protein (viscumin) from Indian Viscum album at 2.8 Å resolution in The First Indian Symposium of the Protein Society – Protein Structure and Function, by International Protein Society at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, October 18 - 20, 2002. 

V. Mishra, A.K. Varma, S. Yadav, R.S. Sharma, C.R. Babu, T.P. Singh. Crystal structure of a Ribosome inactivating viscumin from Indian Viscum album at 2.8 Å resolution in AsCA 01 IVth Meeting of Asian Crystallographic Association at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, November 18-21, 2001.

National Conferences

V. Mishra, A.S Ethayathulla, S. Bilgrami, R.S. Sharma, S. Yadav, P. Kaur, C.R. Babu T.P. Singh. Crystal structure determination and structure-function relationship of a type II ribosome inactivating protein from a Himalayan hemi-parasitic plant. 34^th National Seminar on Crystallography, Indian Crstallographic Association and INSA National Committee for IUPAB & IUCr, January 10-12 2005.  

R.S. Sharma, A. Mohmmed, V. Mishra, C.R. Babu. Strainal differentiation in the promiscuous group of rhizobia from three Sesbania spp. colonizing ecologically distinct habitats of semi-arid Delhi region. In: BioTech 2004: Challenges & Opportunities, 2^nd National Conference Biotechnology Society of India, New Delhi. October 13-15, 2004. 

M. Sharma, V. Mishra, C.R. Babu, R.S. Sharma. Lithophytic grasses and associated microbes: ideal inputs for biological technologies for ecological restoration of degraded lands. In: BioTech 2004: Challenges & Opportunities, 2^nd National Conference Biotechnology Society of India, New Delhi. October 13-15, 2004. 

V. Mishra, S. Yadav, R.S. Sharma, C.R. Babu, T.P. Singh. Crystal structure of a ribosome inactivating viscumin from Indian Viscum album in. XXXI National Seminar on Crystallography, BARC, Mumbai, June 19-22, 2001.

Principal Investigator, NBDB, DBT sponsored R & D project “Evaluation of Viscaceae Members of Western Ghats Region for Prospecting of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins”, 2006-2010.

Principal Investigator, “Prospecting of Ribosome Inactivating Proteins from Populations of Viscum nepalense Spreng.  from Himalaya”, 2005-2009.

INSA Young Scientist Medal in Plant Sciences (2006)

N.S. Rangaswamy Medal for the Best Ph.D. Thesis, University of Delhi