1. Current academic session 2023-24: Co-convenor admissions, Department of Microbiology;
Convenor, Mikrobiologika; Co-convenor, ECA admissions committee; Member, subject
committee (Microbiology); Member, Alumni Committee; Convenor, NIRF Parameter 3
(Graduation outcomes); Co-convenor ILLUSION (Western Dance Society); Co-convenor
Grassroots (Western Music Society)
2. Participated in the revision and restructuring of syllabi for BSc (H) Microbiology, University
of Delhi under the Annual System, Semester System, FYUP System, CBCS System and
current UGCF (NEP)
3. Examinership (Theory and Practicals)
4. Mentorship of students

1. Food and Dairy Microbiology
2. Probiotics
3. Diversity of the Microbial World
4. Industrial Microbiology
5. Biosafety
6. Groundwater
7. Development of Soft Skills

1. Food and Dairy Microbiology
2. Introduction to the Microbial World
3. Industrial Microbiology
4. Medical Microbiology
5. Biosafety
6. Microbial Quality Control in Food and Pharmaceutical Industries
7. Bacteriology

1. Guided students in Innovation projects RLA-203 (Groundwater in Delhi); RLA-
302 (Antimicrobial Plant Extracts); CRG/RLA/06 (Health aspects of College
Students)
2. Title of current CRG project (Project CRG/RLA/206/2023): Evaluating
Parmotrema perlatum Extracts for the Presence of Antifungal Bioactives.

1. Rita J, Deboshree D, Salome JM. Body Mass Index as an Indicator of Depression and
Stress-induced Eating Disorders among College Students in Delhi, India. Asian Pac. J.
Health Sci., 2022;9(3):184-187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2022.9.3.37
2. Jatin Chadha; Manish Gupta; Nishtha Nagpal; Madhav Sharma; Tarun Adarsh; Vaibhav
Joshi; Vidhi Tiku; Tamanna Mittal; Vaibhav Kumar Nain; Ashish Singh et al.
Antibacterial potential of indigenous plant extracts against multidrug-resistantbacterial
strains isolated from New Delhi region. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
2021, 14(02), 185-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2021.14.2.0053
3. Vishal Dashora, Ashish Singh, Yash Chaudhary, Simarpreet Kaur, Vaibhav Kumar Nain,
Salome John, Sanjay K. Sharma, Vandana Gupta Rakesh Kumar Gupta. Impact of Sanitary
Landfills on Microbiological Activity and Water Quality Index of Groundwater in Delhi,
India. Sambodhi (UGC Care Journal). (2020) Vol-43, No.-04 (IV) July-September: 219-
226
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348417995_IMPACT_OF_SANITARY_LAN
DFILLS_ON_MICROBIOLOGICAL_ACTIVITY_AND_WATER_QUALITY_INDEX
_OF_GROUNDWATER_IN_DELHI_INDIA
4. Kaur J., Kaur S., Dashora V., Chaudhary Y., Nijhawan P., Saini S., Dabas M., Sharma K.,
Aggarwal R., Gupta V., Singh R., Pande P., Sharma SK., John S., Gupta RK. (2015)
Microbiological and Physico-Chemical Quality of Groundwater at a Resettlement Colony,
Madanpur Khadar in Delhi, India. DU Journal of Undergraduate Research and Innovation:
1 (3), 26-38. https://journals.du.ac.in/ugresearch/pdf-vol3/U4.pdf
5. Sharma A., John S. and Bhatia K.L. (1996) Nutraceuticals – Foods of the Future, Beverage
and Food World: 23 (4), 24-27.

 Organizing Secretary, Symposium: Role of Probiotics on Neonatal and Child Health
 Course coordinator: Online certificate course (40 hours) on Basic statistics for Biological
Sciences (1st edition: July 2021; 2nd Edition: Jan-Feb 2023)
 Coordinator, Science Setu program with THSTI: Since March 2021
 Resource Person: “One-week Hands-on workshop on Basic Techniques in Microbiology
jointly organized by RLAC, CIIDRET & DSSEED) 17th to 23rd Dec 2022
 Resource person: Hands-on Summer Training under DBT star college scheme on “Exploring
and Identifying Microbial diversity” 13th - 17th July 2022
 Seminar organized as Convenor, Mikrobiologika: Antibodies- Ek Naam, Anek Kaam by
Prof V K Chaudhry (24th Feb 2021)
 Coordinator: One-week online FDP on Biosafety and Bioethics (25 Aug to 28 Aug 2020)
 Member, Organizing Committee: One Day National Seminar on “Meta-genomics and
 Genome Editing”; 5th Feb 2020
 Member, Organizing Committee: International Seminar on “Nanoparticles in Biology” 29th
Jan, 2020

 Received Elite Topper certificate for successfully completing NPTEL online certificate
course “Developing Soft Skills and Personality”; and followed it up with “Enhancing
Soft Skills and Personality” conducted by IIT Kanpur

Life Member, AMI
Life Member, PAI
Life Member, MBSI

 Successfully completed 4-Week Faculty Induction/Orientation Programme for “Faculty in
Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” from 23 April – 22 May, 2023 ( Grade A+)
 Outreach initiatives for School Students (Apeejay School, 120; Ramjas international, 20; DL DAV public school, 33;
St Edmund’s college, 19)
 Successfully completed EDP on Food Processing, 7th July 2022
 Successfully completed Hands on Workshop on Fermentation Technology at BioNest, UDSC
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration):
1. Innovation Project 2013-15, RLA-206: Potable Water in Delhi and NCR – Assessment
of quality, resources and remediation
2. Innovation Project 2015-16, RLA-302: Prospecting biologically active antibacterial
compounds from plant extracts against multi-drug resistant strains
3. Project CRG/RLA/06/2019: An Epidemiological Study of Emotional and Physical
Health of College Students in Delhi
4. Project CRG/RLA/206/2023: Evaluating Parmotrema perlatum Extracts for the Presence
of Antifungal Bioactives