• Establishment of plant cultures to obtain pharmaceutically important compounds.
• Selection of elite accessions for high yield of Secondary Metabolites of industrial importance.
• Phyto-remediation
• Algal Biotechnology

Teaching Experience

• Working as Assistant Professor, in the Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University since 2010
• Worked as a Lecturer for 8 months in the Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering & Technology, IFTM, Lodhpur Rajput, Moradabad

PhD Students

Nupur Jauhari:- Invitro and Insilico studies of important medicinal plants (Completed)

Deshika Kohli:- Identification of key Genes involved in Root Knot Nematode (M. incognita) Development for Effective Resistance in Plants using RNAi. (Completed)

Mansi Punjabi:-RNAi- induced transcriptional silencing of inositol polyphosphate 6-/3-/5- kinase (ipk2) gene in soybean seeds to generate low phytate lines. (Completed)

Arpita Roy: - Biotechnological production of plumbagin from P. zeylanica (Ongoing)

Lakhan Kumar: Algal bioprocessing for enhanced biofuel and biochemical production (Ongoing)

List of Papers published (SCI Indexed)

1. Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja Establishment of root suspension culture of Plumbago zeylanica and enhanced production of plumbagin, Industrial Crops and products. (Elsevier-Accepted)
2. Nupur Jauhari, Neelam Sharma and Navneeta Bharadvaja, Assessment of bacoside production, total phenol content and antioxidant potential of elicited and non-elicited shoot culture of Bacopa monnieri (L.), Journal of Environmental Sustainability (Springer-Accepted)
3. M. Laxmi Krishnan, Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja “Elicitation effect on the production of asiaticoside and asiatic acid in shoot, callus and cell suspension culture of Centella asiatica”, Journal of applied Pharmaceutical Science. (Accepted)
4. Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja “Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis from Plumbago zeylanica and its Dye Degradation Activity”, Bioinspired Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials, https://doi.org/10.1680/jbibn.18.00036 (Accepted)
5. Lakhan Kumar, Raj Kumar Bidlan, Jai Gopal Sharma and Navneeta Bharadvaja, Biotechnological Management of Water Quality: A Mini Review. Biosci. Biotech. Res. Comm. 12(1): 1-4 (2019).
6. Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja “Effect of Various Culture Condition on Shoot Multiplication and GC-MS Analysis of Plumbago zeylanica Accessions for Plumbagin Production”, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2018, 40, 190. doi: 10.1007/s11738-018-2766-9.
7. Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja “Biotechnological Approaches for Production of Pharmaceutically Important Compound: Plumbagin”, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 2018, 19. doi: 10.2174/1389201019666180629143842.
8. Mansi Punjabi, Navneeta Bharadvaja, Jolly M, Dahuja A, Archana Sachdev. Development and Evaluation of Low Phytic Acid Soybean by siRNA Triggered Seed Specific Silencing of Inositol Polyphosphate 6-/3-/5-Kinase Gene. Frontiers in Plant Science. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00804
9. Mansi Punjabi, Navneeta Bharadvaja, Archana Sachdev and Veda Krishnan. Molecular characterization, modeling and docking analysis of late phytic acid biosynthesis pathway gene, inositol polyphosphate 6-/3-/5-kinase, a potential candidate for developing low phytate crops. 3Biotech, 2018, ;8(8):344. doi: 10.1007/s13205-018-1343-7.
10. Deshika Kohli, Anil Sirohi, Ramamurthy Srinivasan, Navneeta Bharadvaja, Pradeep K. Jain,  Isolation, cloning and characterization of cuticle collagen genes, Mi-dpy-10 and Mi-dpy-31, in Meloidogyne incognita” Indian Journal of Nematology 2018 (1), June issue.
11. Deshika Kohli,Parameswaran Chidambaranathan, J. Prasanth Tej Kumar, Ashish Kumar Singh, Anil Kumar, Anil Sirohi, K. Subramaniam, Ramamurthy Srinicasen,Navneeta Bharadvaja and Pradeep K Jain. Host-mediated RNAi of a Notch-like receptor gene in Meloidogyne incognita induces nematode resistance. Parasitology, 2018, 1-11. Journal ISSN: 0031-1820 (Print), doi: 10.1017/S0031182018000641.
12. Nupur Jauhari, Navneeta Bharadvaja, Neelam Sharma (2017) Swertia chirata: A comprehensive review with recent advances. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 18:730-739. doi: 10.2174/1389201018666171026153515.,ISSN: 1873-4316.
13. Nupur Jauhari, Sanjay Menon, Neelam Sharma, Navneeta Bharadvaja (2017) Uptake of heavy metals from industrial wastewater using in vitro plant cultures. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 99:614-618. doi: 10.1007/s00128-017-183-6. ISSN: 0007-ISSN: 1432-.
14. Patel K, Tyagi C, Goyal S, Jamal S, Wahi D, Jain R, Bharadvaja N and Grover A (2015) Identification of Chebulinic acid as potent natural inhibitor of M. tuberculosis DNA gyrase and molecular insights into its binding mode of action. Computational Biology and Chemistry 59:37-47, ISSN: 1476-9271
15. Vats C, Dhanjal J, Goyal S, Gupta A, Bharadvaja N, Grover A. (2015) Mechanistic analysis elucidating the relationship between Lys96 mutation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pyrazinamidase enzyme and pyrazinamide susceptibility. BMC Genomics, 16 (Suppl 2S14 (21 January 2015). ISSN: 1471-2164
16. Raina H., Soni G., Jauhari N., Sharma N and Bharadvaja N. Phytochemical Importance of Medicinal Plants as Potential Source of Anticancer Agents. (2014). Turkish Journal of Botany doi:10.3906/bot-1405-93, ISSN: 1300-008X
17. Vats C, Dhanjal JK,Goyal S, Bharadvaja N, Grover A. (2014) Computational design of novel flavonoid analogues as potential AChE inhibitors: analysis using group-based QSAR, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations. Struct Chem. DOI 10.1007/s11224-014-0494-3. ISSN: 1040-0400
18. Patel K, Tyagi C, Goyal S, Dhanjal JK, Bharadvaja N, Grover A. (2014). Curcumin based IKKβ inhibiting anticancer lead design using novel fragment based group QSAR modelling. Med Chem Res. DOI 10.1007/s00044-014. ISSN: 1054-2523

Book chapters

1. Arpita Roy, Nupur Jauhari and Navneeta Bharadvaja, “Medicinal plants as a potential source of chemopreventive agents”, In: Akhtar M., Swamy M. (eds) Anticancer Plants: Natural Products and Biotechnological Implements. Springer, Singapore. ISBN No.  978-981-10-8064-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8064-7_6
2. Lakhan Kumar and Navneeta Bharadvaja, “Enzymatic bioremediation: a smart tool to fight environmental pollutants”, Smart Bioremediation Technologies: Microbial Enzymes. ISBN 978-0-12-818307-6, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818307-6.00006-8
3. Arpita Roy Tushita Attre and Navneeta Bharadvaja, “Anticancer agent from medicinal plants: A Review”, New apects in medicinal plants and pharmacognosy, JB Books Publisher, ISBN No.  978-83-947078-0-4. 
4. Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja, “Biotechnology: applications and challenges”. Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Technology, Write and Print Publisher. ISBN 9789386283641.
5. Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja, “A Review on Multi-Purpose Medicinal Plant Plumbago zeylanica and In-vitro Production of Plumbagin”. Scope of Phytochemically Unexplored Medicinal Plants, Enriched Publications Pvt. Ltd Publisher, ISBN No.  978-1-63535-013-5.
6. Tushita Attre, Arpita Roy and Navneeta Bharadvaja, “Centella asiatica: Plant with Immense Pharmacological Potential”. Scope of Phytochemically Unexplored Medicinal Plants, Enriched Publications Pvt. Ltd Publisher, ISBN No.  978-1-63535-013-5.
7. Neeru Thakran, Gaurav Saxena, Mukulita Upadhyay, Navneeta Bharadvaja. Biotechnology and biodiversity Conservation. Book Chapter- In ‘Impact of Environment and Climate change on Biodiversity. Global Book Publishers. Page no 169-183
8. Rohit Bhardwaj,  Amit Kumar, Himanshu Goel, Neha Gupta, Navneeta Bharadvaja, Naveen Kumar (2010). In vitro Mass Propagation of Jatropha Curcas from Various Explants. 'New Frontiers in Biofuels 'Edited by Prof. P.B. Sharma and Prof. Naveen Kumar. Scitech Publication (India) Pvt. Ltd

Invited Lectures

• Delivered Plenary Lecture on Biotechnology as Knowledge Power at National Program on Knowledge Power in the World of Learning at Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi on 25^th-26^th August 2008.

Seminar/FDP/STTP

• Workshop on Mendeley, 12^th October 2018
• Workshop on NAAC-SSR/NBA-SAR Filling and preparedness for assessment, 21-23, May 2018
• TEQIP-III sponsored STTP on Health, human values, ethics and empowerment, April 13-18, 2018, Department of Information technology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• TEQIP-III sponsored FDP on Recent Developments in Translational Medicine
  (RDTM-2018), March 12-16, 2018, Department of Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• Workshop on Recent advances in alternative energy sources, January 29, 2018, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• Workshop on Mendeley, 13^th October 2017
• STTP on Research Methodology, December 14-18, 2016, Delhi School of management, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• TEQIP-II sponsored FDP on Environmental pollution: monitoring and control (EPMC-2016), October 24-28, 2016, Department of Environmental Engineering , Delhi Technological University, Delhi
• TEQIP-II Sponsored STTP on Research and Publication, July 25-29, 2016, Department of Humanities, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• TEQIP-II Sponsored National Seminar on Social Responsibility of Higher Educational institutions during July 21-22, 2016
• TEQIP-II sponsored FDP on Recent Trends in Geoevironmental Engineering (RTGE-2016), April 18-22, 2016, Department of Civil Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• National seminar on Frontiers in applied science and technology (FAST-2016), March 22, 2016, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• TEQIP-II sponsored FDP on Advances in Information Security (AIS-2016), January 18-22, 2016, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• TEQIP-II Sponsored Faculty Development Program on “Automation in Manufacturing” (AIM-2015), May, 4-15, 2015, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• TEQIP-II Sponsored Faculty Development Program on Urban Environmental challenges and their control strategies, Organized by Department of Environmental Engineering, 13th-17^th July, 2015
• National seminar on Recent advances in Physics (NSRAP-2015), February 16, 2015, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• UGC sponsored STTP on The Idea Tree: Journey from Inception to Publication, February 9-13, 2015, Department of Humanities, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• TEQIP sponsored FDP on Frontiers in Chemical and Polymer Sciences July 15^-26, 2014, Department of Applied Chemistry and Polymer Technology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi
• TEQIP sponsored FDP on Renewable energy and alternative fuels,  June 16-20, 2014, Dept of Mechanical Engg, Delhi Technological University, Delhi
• TEQIP-II sponsored STTP on Advanced Web Designing Techniques, July 14-25, 2014, Department of Applied Mathematics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi
• India-Japan Workshop on Biomolecular Electronics and Organic nanotechnology for Environment Preservation (IJWBME 2013), Delhi Technological University, Delhi
• Conference on Science and spiritual quest, March 12-14, 2011, Delhi Technological University, Delhi
• FICCI organized Indian R&D 2008-Nanotechnology: The science of the future, September 5, 2008, New Delhi.
• National program on Knowledge power in the world of learning, August 25-26, 2008, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi
• National Conference on Showing cutting edge science and technology by women, March 8-9, 2008, New Delhi.
• Seminar on Bioinformatics and molecular modeling in drug design, January 30, 2008, University of Delhi
• Corporate meet on Knowledge park and national seminar on latest research and industrial trends in biotechnology and bioengineering, December 19, 2007, Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi
• National Symposium on Improving crop productivity in an ecofriendly environment: physiological and molecular approaches. October 15-17, 2003, Department of Plant Physiology, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar.
• Attended UGC sponsored refresher course, Academic staff college, JNU from 28.7.14 to 22.8.14.
• Attended UGC sponsored Orientation course, at B P S Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Sonipat from 22.4.14 to 20.5.14.
• One day seminar in applied science and technology, 22 March 2016
• Training on IPR and WTO Issues: Relevance for Uttaranchal, 27-28^th February, 2003.
• Attended Patent Awareness Workshop from 10^th-11^th September, 2003, Patent Office, New Delhi.
• IPR awareness workshop from 26^th-27^th April, 2004, Patent Information Centre, Pantnagar in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi.

Professional activities

• Departmental MOOCs coordinator
• Coordinator of Karyon 19
• Coordinator M.Tech  IBT
• Time table coordinator
• Departmental coordinator NAAC/ISO
• Member University level NAAC Committee Criteria 4
• Updated syllabus of Molecular biology, Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering
• Student counseling during admission and for project, arranging training of students in different companies and research institutes like INMAS, DU.
• Member Departmental Purchase Committee
• Member Departmental BoS
• Member Interview Board for selection of the candidates for admission to M.Tech/ Ph.D degree course in the discipline Bioinformatics.
• Member anti-ragging squad, Department of Biotechnology
• Syllabus revision of B.Tech Biotechnololgy
• Reviewer International J of Pharma and Science
• Reviewer Industrial Crops and Products
• Reviewer Indian Journal of Biotechnology
• Reviewer In vitro Cell Developmental Biology Plant
• Involved in the curriculum development of M.Tech Bioinformatics, M.Tech Industrial Biotechnology and M.Tech Biomedical Engineering.
• Involved in the curriculum development of B.Tech Biotechnology      

Awards and recognition

Excellence in research award 2018- DTU