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Dr. Amit Vashishtha

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Assistant Professor Department of Botany vashishtha24@svc.ac.in


Educational Qualifications

  • Postdoctoral Associate (Rockefeller University, New York)
  • M.Phil.; Ph.D. (Delhi University)

Areas of Specialization

  • Plant Molecular Biology; Insect-host Plant Interactions

Administrative roles/ responsibilities

    I.	Co-Convener of National Workshop for College/ University Faculty on “Techniques in Plant Sciences” organized by Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi on 4-5 December, 2019.
    II.	Co-Convener of International Conference and outreach Program “Environment and Ecology: Sustainability and Challenges” (ENCON-2017) organized by Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi on 4-6 January, 2017.
    III.	Participated in NAAC report compilation
    IV.	Organizing secretary of “National Symposium on Recent Trends in Innovative Research at Undergraduation: Science and Society” organized by Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi on 28th Feb – 2nd March 2013.
    V.	Member of organizing committee of “First International Conference on Emerging Trends of Nanotechnology in Drug Discovery” held on May 26-27, 2014 at Sri Venkateswara College (South Campus)
    VI.	Organizing member of a workshop organized for College Lab staff funded by DBT Star college scheme. 
    VII.	Research presentations and class room teaching in undergraduate colleges of Triputi, A.P under DBT-Star College student exchange programme  
    VIII.	Organizing Member of an educational tour to CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) for laboratory assistants.
    IX.	Volunteer member of organizing team of Innovation Plaza at Antardhwani, 2015.
    X.	Member of College garden committee (2015-2017)
    XI.	Important role in setting up of research laboratory including procurement of equipment’s and chemicals as per GFRs
    														
    														

Courses Taught

  • Molecular Biology (B.Sc. H Botany and Biological Sciences), Bioinformatics (B.Sc. H Botany), Cell and Molecular Biology (B.Sc. Life Sciences)
  • 1.	Aishwarye Sharma, Shruti Sharma, Kuldeep Sharma, Siva P. K. Chetri, Amit Vashishtha, Pushpa Singh, Ravindra Kumar, Brijesh Rathi, Veena Agrawal (2016) Algae as crucial organism in advancing nanotechnology: A systematic review. Journal of Applied Phycology 28, 1759-1774 ISSN, 1573-5176, (A Springer Journal).
    2.	Sandeep Kaushik , Amit Vashishtha,  S Shweta , K K Sharma , Suman Lakhanpaul (2020) Essential amino acid profiling of the four lac hosts belonging to genus Flemingia: its implications on lac productivity Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 26(9):1867-1874.  ISSN: 0971-5894, (A Springer Journal).
    
    Manuscripts in Preparation/Submitted
    
    3.	Henry A. Adeola, Afsareen Bano, Amit Vashishtha, Rashmi Bhardwaj (2021) Bioactive compounds and their libraries: An insight into prospective phytotherapeutics approach for oral mucocutaneous cancers. Submitted to Journal of Ethnopharmacology
    4.	Pooja Yadav; Ravina Vats; Afsareen Bano; Amit Vashishtha, Rashmi Bhardwaj (2021) Evaluation of Anti-Cancer Efficacy of Phytochemicals-Quercetin dihydrate, Gallic Acid and Naringin. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
    5.	Tabassum Jehan, Amit Vashishtha, S.R. Yadav and Suman Lakhanpaul (2021) Inferring phylogenetic relationships in Hyacinthaceae in India based on ITS and cpDNA. 
    6.	Amit Vashishtha, Kuldeep Sharma and Vinay Kalia (2021) Molecular analysis revealing cohabitation of bacterial endosymbionts in Lipaphis erysimi - An aphid pest of cole crops in India.
    
    																

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