Projects Undertaken
Project Guided:
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Use of Mint & Eucalyptus leaf extract for making herbal formulation against Acne Vulgaris
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Use of Aloe vera & Neem leaf extract for making herbal formulation against Acne Vulgaris
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Optimization of anti-infective herbal soap using natural ingredients
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Process optimization for anti-infective herbal soap making to retain activity of natural ingredients used
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Other Projects:
PhD Work
Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow (October 2005-July 2010)
PhD degree awarded by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2010) under supervision of Dr. Shailja Bhattacharya (Deputy Director and Scientist ‘G’), CDRI, Lucknow
Thesis Title: “Molecular cloning and characterization of functional antigen/s of infective larvae of human lymphatic filariid Brugia malayi”
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Post Doctoral Fellow
Dept of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Bombay (July 2010-July 2012)
Awarded DBT Post doctoral Fellowship for project entitled “Low molecular weight proteome analysis of human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum” in the Molecular Parasitology Laboratory of Prof. Swati Patankar.
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Project Associate
Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow (July 2004-October, 2005)
NMITLI (CSIR), Govt of INDIA funded project entitled “Immunomodulatory and immunopharmacological properties of an Indian medicinal plant- Withania Somnifera”.
The objective of the study was to check the immunomodulatory properties of Withania somnifera and to identify the most active chemotypes and their immunological characterization