Designation: Associate Professor
Qualification: Ph D
Area of Interest: Toxicology, Biochemistry, Environment Engineering
Phone No: 9826355314
E-Mail:
Dr. Sunita Sharma
- About Faculty: Dr. Sunita Sharma has joined as Assistant Professor in Department of Biotechnology in 2008 and currently working as faculty of Applied Sciences. She completed her graduation from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra, M. Sc. and Ph. D in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior in the year 1999 and 2006 respectively. Her area of research includes Computer Aided Drug Design, Toxicology, Stress Biology and Environmental Engineering. She has published 18 research papers in various reputed national and international journals indexed in SCI, SCOPUS, Pubmed. She has also published 01 Book Chapter. She has also acted as moderator in Conferences. At present she is holding additional charge of Deputy Controller, Exam since 2019. She is the life member of Biotech Research Society of India and Association of Microbiology, New Delhi. She has been actively involved in designing curriculum of courses of UG and PG program of Biotechnology. She is also the member of Academic Council of the institute. She is the pioneer in direct credit transfer of MOOC courses through NPTEL platform. Her contribution has been recognized by the institute for integrating minor/honors degree in Exam at B. Tech level.
- Work Experience:
Working since Sept 2008.
- Administrative Experience:
Currently working as Deputy Controller, Exam
Worked as Coordinator, Department of Biotechnology from 2011-June 2022
Working as Associate SWAYAM Coordinator
Working as Coordinator, of Mentor- Mentee Scheme
Worked as Deputy Superintendent of Exam during Dec 2011
Worked as Department Coordinator OBE
- Research Supervision:
No. of M. Tech Thesis Guided/Co-guided: 36
Studies of the toxic effect of fenvalerate in larval stage of D. melanogaster.
P53 codon 72 polymorphism in eosphageal cancer and breast cancer in North East population
Rapid detection of Salmonella typhi from water sample of Gwalior by Sandwich ELISA and PCR
Insecticidal and genotoxic activity of Psoralea corylifolia against Culux quinquefasciatus.
Designing of cryogel matrix for separation of specific blood cell- type
Studies on in vitro and in vivo effect of Acrous calamus in adult stage of D. Melanogaster.
Vector competence of Indian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes for chikungunya virus.
Generation of recombinant construct DS Red-HPV16E6 & its co-localization with GEP-ADA3 in mammalian cells.
Preliminary investigation on haematological & biochemical alterations in petrol pumps attendants.
Studies on hepatic & renal toxicity among petrol pump attendants of Gwalior region
Modelling Anti-HIV Activity of HEPT derivatives using physico- chemical parameters in OSAR analysis.
Karyomorphology of skin disease in human population.
Phytoremediation potential of Dahlia cardiophylla and Catharanthus roseus from nickel and lead contaminated soil
Antimicrobial efficacy and antioxidant potential along with preliminary phytochemical screening of inflorescence part of weeds Parthenium hysterophorous and Acyrathusaspera.
Effect of textile dyes on Spirulina platensis.
Toxic effect of pesticides on Spirulina platensis growth rate and nutritional value.
In vitro differential effect of petrol, diesel, and kerosene on growth and biochemical composition of Spirulina platensis.
Virtual screening and ADMET analysis for identification of inhibitors against acetylcholinesterase associated with Alzheimer's Disease .
Prediction of functionally important residues using information theoretics Measures and Potential inhibitors through Virtual Screening in M.tb Mur E.
Identification of Dengue Virus (Denv1,Denv2 and Denv3) Ns2b / Ns3 Serine protease: A Molecular Docking and Simulation Approach.
Role of Spirulina platensis as a enhancer of probiotic microorganism in whey.
Effect of Heavy Metal on Antioxidant of Spirulina platensis.
Efficacy of Calendula officinalis in remediation of heavy metals (Cu and Zn ) from soil.
Isolation, screening and characterization of cellulose degrading bacteria from municipal waste soil of Gwalior region.
Screening of competitive inhibitor of Heparan Sulphate against Japanese encephalitis virus e protein .
Virtual screening and molecular docking of glycoprotein inhibitor as a treatment simplex of Herpes simplex virus type I.
Homology, Modelling and Docking of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 oncogenic protein.
Expression and purification of peptidylt-RNA hydrolase of Shigella boydii.
Sublconing, overexpression and purification of Rab5a Mutant from Leshmania donovani.
Bioethanol production from newspapers using cellulose degrading bacteria.
Effect of lead and mercury on vermicompost quality and their accumulation in Eudrillus eugenia.
Identification of inhibitors against Zika Virus NS3 helicase.
Study on Herbal Docking of HIF-L1 in Hypoxic Condition.
ARM superfamily in Solanum lycopersicum: identification characterization and expression profiling in response to tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus infection (ToLCNDV).
Molecular docking study of DOT1L as potent inhibitor of acute leukemia.
Development of self healing bio-concrete using E.coli (Dh5α) bacteria
- Honors, Award & Recognition:
No. of Patent granted: 1
- Workshop/Conference/Organized/Attended:
- AICTE QIP sponsored One Week STC on National Education Policy strategies for Engineering Institute during 21st-25th March 2022 under IQAC
- Two day workshop on Bloom’s Taxonomy for assessment Design scheduled from 13-14 Aug 2019 under IQAC
- Organized one day interactive workshop on BIG BIRAC for Entrepreneurship for students and faculty members
- AICTE QIP sponsored One Week Short Term Course On Quality In Technical Education Through Outcome Based Education” during10-14 March 2018
- Two day workshop on Effective Techniques of Question Paper Setting: An Outcome Based Education Approach” during 07-08 Feb 2018
- Two-day Industry Conclave on “Industry Ready Professionals” during 12th & 13th November 2017.
- Two-week QIP-STC on “Quality Enhancement of Teaching Learning Processes”, MITS, Gwalior, 27th February-09th March 2017, sponsored by AICTE. (as Organizing Secretary)
- One-day workshop on “IPR & Patents”, MITS, Gwalior, 04th Feb 2017, sponsored by IET & TEQIP. (as Organizing Secretary)
- TEQIP Sponsored two-day workshop on “Quality in Technical Education: A Challenge”, 18th-19th November 2016. (as Organizing Secretary)
- TEQIP Sponsored five days Short term course on “Research Methodology”, 11th-15th November 2013. (as Organizing Secretary)
- TEQIP Sponsored two days workshop on “Computer Aided Drug Design”, 15th-16th April 2013. (as Coordinator)
- Publications:
- Sunita Sharma, MS Rohilla, PVJ Reddy and PK Tiwari. 2008. In Vitro Induction of 60kD and 70kD Heat Shock Proteins by Endosulphan and Monocrotophos in Sheep BlowflyLucilia cuprina. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 55: 46-592010-11
- M S Rohilla, P V J Reddy, Sunita Sharma, P K Tiwari. 2011. In vitro induction of the ubiquitous 60 and 70kd heat shock proteins by pesticides monocrotophos and endosulphan in Musca domestica: potential biomarkers of toxicity. Cellular and Molecular Biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France), 57(1):100-11.2011-12
- Ram Singh Sachin K Shrivastava and Sunita Sharma. 2011. Assessment of toxicity of chemicals in workers of rubber industry. Journal of Pharmacy Research, 4(9): 3229-3231.
- Vinod K Jatav, Deepali Agrawal, Sachin Kumar and Sunita Sharma. 2011. Lethal efficacy of Acorus calamusin larval and adult stages of Drosophila melanogaster. World Journal of Science and Technology, 1(10): 64-73.
- Neha Sharma, Sunita Sharma and N Ganesh. 2011. Karyomorphology of skin disease in Indian population. Recent research in science and Technology, 4(1): 10-13.
- Sunita Sharma, Nidhi Gupta. 2012. Antimicrobial potential of a weed plant Parthenium hysterophorus: an in vitro study. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, 4(04): 112 – 118.
- Anandi Kavimandan and Sunita Sharma. 2015. Role of Spirulina platensisas an enhancer of probiotic organism in whey. International Journal of Diary Science Research, 3(1):1-6.
- Arvind Kumar, Sunita Sharma and Gaurav Verma. 2015. Insecticidal and genotoxic potential of Acorus calamusrhizome extract against Drosophila melanogaster. Asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research, 8(4): 113-16.
- Ruchi Bhadoria and Sunita Sharma. 2014. Comparative evaluation of nickel and lead scavenging efficiency by in vivo grown plants using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. International journal of phytomedicine, 6: 306-309.
- Mayank Agrawal, Vinod K Jatav and Sunita Sharma. 2015. Screening of competitive inhibitor of heparin sulphate in Japanese Encephalitis. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 8(4): 70-73.
- Shilpi Gupta, Shilpi Singh and Sunita Sharma. 2015. Tolerance against heavy metal toxicity in cyanobacteria: role of antioxidant defense system. International Journal of Pharm Sci., 7(2): 9-16.
- Renukesh Verma, Vinod K Jatav and Sunita Sharma. 2015. Identification of inhibitors of dengue virus (DENV1, DENV2 and DENV3) NS2B/NS3 serine protease: A molecular docking and simulation approach. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 8(4) 287-292-73.
- Rahul Anand, Shubhangi Soni and Sunita Sharma. 2015. Phytoremediation of commonly used metals (Cu and Zn) from soil by Calendula officinalis. International Res J of Env Sciences , 4:52-58.
- Priyanka Sahu and Sunita Sharma 2016. Mercury and Lead Accumulation by Eudrilus eugeniaein Soils Amended with Vermicompost. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 8(1): 565-569.
- Pooja Raj Chansoliya, Rahul Anand and Sunita Sharma. 2016. Analysis of Bioethanol production from Newspaper by Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Zymomonas mobilis. International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), 4(3):517-519.
- Swati Kamal, Rahul Anand, Sunita Sharma. 2016. Molecular modeling study of DOT1L for the discovery of new potent inhibitors, drug for acute leukemia. International Journal of Engineering Development and Research, 4(3): 904-910.
- Jatav, V., and S. Sharma. 2018. Stem cells: An approach for treatment of atherosclerosis. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 11(10): 55-58.
- P Gupta Vinod K Jatav, Sunita Sharma. 2019 Preclusion of Hypoxia: Identification of Potential Inhibitor against HIF1 alpha protein through Molecular docking. International Journal of Pharmaceutical science and Research 10 (12), 5410-5415
- Sohit Sharma, Archana Tiwari & Sunita Sharma. 2019. Experimental Study on use of bacteria in mortar. International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology, 7(4),
