Faculty Details

Title Dr First Name Rashmi Last Name Sharma Photograph

Designation Associate Professor
Address Department of Botany, Acharya Narendra Dev College,
Govindpuri, Kalkaji, New Delhi – 110 019, INDIA

Phone No 011-226294542
Office
Email/ rashmisharma@andc.du.ac.in
Web-Page
Educational Qualifications
Degree Institution Year
B.Sc. St Bede’s College Shimla, PGGDC, Chamba 1995
M.Sc. Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla 1997
Ph.D. University of Delhi 2008
Career Profile
Permanent in the present college since March 2009.
Ad-hoc assignment at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Gargi College, Ramjas College and Sri
Venkateswara College (2006-2009)
Administrative Assignments
• Teacher-in-Charge 2012-2014
• Program Coordinator B.Sc. Life Science 2020-2022
• DBT Star Department Coordinator since 2017
• Admission Convenor 2020-2022
• Convenor of Alumni Affairs Committee, Garden Committee, Editorial Committee (Hindi Section)
Areas of Interest / Specialization
Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
Subjects Taught
Bioinformatics, Genetics, Biomolecules and Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genomics,
Analytical Techniques in Plant Sciences, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Metabolism

Publications Profile
1. Sharma R and Gupta R (2007) Cyperus rotundus extract inhibits acetylcholinesterase activity
from animal and plants as well as inhibits germination and seedling growth in wheat and
tomato. Life Sciences 80; 2389-2392
2. Sharma, R, & Sisodia, R. (2021) Bibliometric Analysis of Peer Reviewed Literature on Sustainable
Agriculture Research – Challenges and Prospects. Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis, 2(2):
16-37.
3. Sisodia R, Sharma R. (2022) Bibliometric Analysis of Peer-Reviewed Literature on Stress Factors
Affecting Agricultural Productivity. Curr Agri Res 10(3).

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Conference / Presentations /Workshops

Workshops Organised
a) As Convenor
1. RBPT based workshop on microbial techniques for college students on 10-11 January, 2018.
2. RBPT based workshop on microbial techniques for college students on 4-6 April, 2018.
3. A workshop for college students ‘Hands-on to Computational Biology for (meta)genomic
analysis’ in collaboration with department of Zoology, 4-5 April, 2019.
4. A workshop for school students ‘Learning Science: The Do-It Yourself way’ in collaboration with
department of Zoology and National Bal Bhawan 17-19 July 2019.
5. One-day seminar on “Career in Forensic Science” in the ANDC career counselling series on
March 20, 2021.
6. A one-day seminar on ‘Studying in Europe-Interaction with seniors’ in the ANDC career
counselling series on March 14, 2021.
7. A one-day seminar on ‘Career after MBA- exploring the unexplored’ in the ANDC career
counselling series on March 7, 2021.
8. A three day online hands-on workshop on ‘A step-by step guide to Data mining from literature
to pathways’ from March 1-3, 2021.
9. A Five day online National RBPT based hands-on workshop on Bioinformatics from January 9–
13, 2021.
10. A hands-on workshop on Revisiting Laboratory Techniques in Botany October 20-26, 2021.
11. A hands-on workshop on Superheroes against Superbugs for the students to familiarize them
with Anti-microbial resistance and Foldscope, October 11, 2022.
12. A workshop on ‘How to Read Scientific Literature’ for the students on October 14, 2022.

b) As Member Organising Team

1. Two-day National Symposium on Chemistry in Biology: The Future of Life Sciences organized by
Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi at India International Centre, New Delhi
(2010). “New Frontiers in Science” held on 22 October 2019 and organized under the aegis of
DBT sponsored Star College programme.
2. A level-I workshop as Trainer on RBPT based regional teachers training program organised by
IISER Pune and Sri Shivaji Science College, Shivaji Nagar, Amravati, Maharashtra, 26-28 June
2018.
3. A 4-day level-I workshop as invited observer and volunteer on RBPT based teachers training
program organised by IISER Pune at Kolkatta, West Bengal, 23-26 September, 2018.
4. Two-week national workshop (online) on ‘Tools and Techniques in Statistical Analysis’ from April
06-09, 2021.

Workshops Attended

1. National Workshop: Quality Assurance Through Blended Learning, Maitreyi College, 2009
2. Workshop on Multimedia Content Development: Easy Now Techniques, Acharya Narendra Dev
College, 2009
3. Five-day workshop on Science Education and Research co-organized by Vidya Bhavan Society
and Acharya Narendra Dev College (2012).
4. 11-day workshop on bioinformatics and computational biology organised by Supercomputing

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 facility for bioinformatics and computational Biology, IIT Delhi from 20-31 August, 2017.
5. A level-I workshop on RBPT based teachers training program organised by IISER Pune at Kochi,
Kerala from 11-14 October, 2017.
6. A level-II workshop on RBPT based teachers training program organised by IISER Pune at Delhi
from 6-8 December, 2017.
7. A 10-day Faculty Development Program on University Functioning and Blended Learning
organised by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of
Delhi, 8- 20 December, 2018.
8. A level-III workshop on RBPT based teachers training program organised by IISER Pune at Pune,
Maharashtra from 20-23 January, 2019.
9. Global Bio- India 2019 from 21st to 23rd November, 2019 at Aerocity, New Delhi.

Association With Professional Bodies

Life Member Delhi University Botanical Society (DUBS)

Other Activities
1. Member of the Committee for drafting the syllabus of UGCF 2022 based on NEP 2020 guidelines
for B.Sc. (H) Botany Discipline Specific Core (DSC) Semester I for Paper: Cell Biology: Organelles
and Biomolecules (b) Member of the Committee for drafting the syllabus of UGCF 2022 based
on NEP 2020 guidelines for B.Sc. (Hons) Botany for DSC Semester IV Molecular Biology of the
Cell.
2. Presented paper with Rama 61st Annual Conference ’Microbial World: Recent Developments in
Health, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences’ being organised jointly by The Energy and
resources Institute, University of Delhi and IARI under the aegis of Association of Microbiologists
of India (AMI) and Indian Network for Soil Contamination and Research (INSCR) from February
03-05, 2021.
3. Reviewed Articles of the Journals ‘Acta Physiologiae Plantarum’, ‘Asian Journal of Water,
Environment and Pollution and Medicinal Plant Journal’.
4. Organized talks by several eminent speakers department convenor of Botanical Society
Tarumitra and DBT STAR College Scheme

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