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Dr. Deepali Joon
Assistant Professor Zoology
Email Address : deepali@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in
Address : Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Web-Page : NA
Areas of Interest / Specialization
- Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases
- Medical Biotechnology
- Chronobiology
Educational Qualifications
- PhD. in Biomedical Sciences, University of Delhi
- M. Sc. Zoology, Kuvempu University
- M.Sc. Biomedical Sciences, University of Delhi
- B.Sc.(H) Biomedical Sciences, University of Delhi
Career Profile
- Guest Lecturer , Jan 2014 to May 2017 , Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi
- Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) , July 2017 to Mar 2023 , Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi
- Assistant Professor , Mar 2023-Till date , Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi
Subjects Taught
Chronobiology, Human Physiology, Animal Behaviour, Medical Zoology, Medical Diagnostics, Aquarium Fish Keeping, Diversity of Chordates, Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Non-Chordates, Biotechnology, Applied Zoology, Physiology and Biochemistry, Environmental Science
Administrative Assignments
2023-24:
- Member, Purchase Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Admission Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, NSS, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Viksit Bharat Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, CDF Khalsa, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Monitoring Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Museum Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Department Society-Aakriti, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
2022-23:
- Member, Annual Academic/ ECA Prizes Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, CDF Khalsa, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Art and Culture Core Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Library Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Monitoring Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Museum Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Maintenance Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Department Society-Aakriti, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member of Criterion 1 AQAR/SSR (Curricular Aspects), NAAC Central Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
2021-22:
- Member, Annual Academic/ ECA Prizes Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, CDF Khalsa, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Library Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Monitoring Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Museum Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Maintenance Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Department Society-Aakriti, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
2019-20:
- Member, Annual Academic/ ECA Prizes Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, NSS, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Monitoring Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Museum Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Maintenance Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Department Society-Aakriti, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
2018-19:
- Member, Annual Academic/ ECA Prizes Committee, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Library Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Purchase Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Museum Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
- Member, Departmental Maintenance Committee, Department of Zoology, SGTB Khalsa College
Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last Five years)
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Organizing Committee Member and Resource Person for “National Hands-on Workshop on PCR for Diagnostics and Gene Expression Analyses” organized by Dr. BR Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research and Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi during Sep 27-29, 2022
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Organized a Phuse University Connect Webinar on "Data Science and Clinical Research" (April 8, 2023).
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Organized a talk on "Breaking free from Lab Life to Wildlife" by Dr. Bharti Arora, Senior Project Associate, Wildlife Institute of India (September 29, 2022)
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Organized a National Workshop on "Scientific Illustration: Context in Learning Process of Biological Sciences" (October 1, 2021).
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Organized a Webinar cum Interactive Session on Aquarium Fish Keeping by Dr. Atul Jain, Director, OFTRI (November 27, 2020).
Research Guidance
Supervision of B.Sc. Dissertation, awarded: 02
Publications Profile
- Nimesh M, Kang R, Joon D (2022) Screening the paper currency for Mycobacterium tuberculosis using loop mediated isothermal amplification. Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology 10: 221- 225.
- Joon D , Nimesh M, Gupta S, Kumar C, Varma-Basil M and Saluja D (2019) Development and evaluation of rapid and specific sdaA LAMP-LFD assay with Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of tuberculosis. Journal of Microbiological Methods 159:161-166.
- Joon D, Nimesh M, Varma-Basil M, Saluja D (2017). Evaluation of improved IS6110 LAMP assay for diagnosis of pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Journal of Microbiological Methods 139:87- 91.
- Joon D, Nimesh N, Nimesh M (2017) Clinical manifestations of Tuberculosis. Voyager- Journal of Life Sciences VIII (1): 37-46
- Nimesh N, Joon D, Nimesh M (2017) Advances in Microscopy-A Review. Voyager- Journal of Life Sciences VIII (1): 27-36
- Joon D, Nimesh M, Saluja D (2015). “Loop-mediated isothermal amplification as alternative to PCR for the diagnosis of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis” International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 19 ( 8): 986-991
- Nimesh M, Joon D , Varma-Basil M and Saluja D (2014). “Development and clinical evaluation of sdaA loop mediated isothermal amplification assay for detection of M. tuberculosis with an approach to prevent carry-over contamination” Journal of Clinical Microbiology 52: 2662-4
- Nimesh M, Joon D, Pathak AK and Saluja D (2013). “Comparative study of diagnostic accuracy of established PCR assays and in-house developed sdaA PCR method for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in symptomatic patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.” Journal of Infection 67(5): 399- 407.
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)
- Research Area Expert for multi-centric DBT funded major project titled Designing and evaluation of point of care diagnostic assay for detection of MDR Tuberculosis using Loop mediated isothermal amplification combined with lateral flow dipstick. (2019-2022)
- Co-investigator for the one-year project on Detection and evaluation of Mycobacterium marinum in catfish using nucleic acid amplification techniques funded by Science Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi (2018-19)
- Consultant for Indo-Canada Research Project on Development of hand-held molecular point- of-care test device for infectious diseases IC-IMPACTS Grant by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (2017-18)
Awards and Distinctions
- Awarded with National SUN PHARMA SCIENCE SCHOLAR AWARD FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS
- Recipient of SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE FELLOWSHIP from CSIR (2012-2017)
- Secured 1st rank in CSIR UGC JRF NET Life Sciences exam in India (2012)
- Awarded with Catch Them Young Fellowship from CSIR during Post-graduation (2010-2012)
- KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna) Fellowship from the Indian Institute of Science and the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2008-2012)
- Special Achievement Award for alumni of S. R. Century Public School, Bahadurgarh, Haryana
Association With Professional Bodies
- Member of THE UNION (The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease)
- Member of American Society of Microbiology (2018-19)
Refresher/Orientation/FDP/Workshop/ Programme
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One-Week National Faculty Development Program on "Cancer Awareness” from 21st Aug to 28th Aug 2023 organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre
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One-Month Online National Faculty Induction Programme organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, a centre under PMMMNMTT, MoE, Government of India from 20th June to 19th July, 2023.
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National Faculty Development Program on "Basic IT tools, Advanced Spreadsheet Tools and Statistical Software Package with SPSS" held on 27th Oct, 2022 to 3rd Nov, 2022 by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, a centre under PMMMNMTT, MoE, Government of India
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National Faculty Development Program on "Developing Positive Mental Health for Teaching-Learning Environment" held on 25th to 31st January 2022 with grade A+ organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre (PMMMNMTT of Ministry of .Education), SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi
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Two- week online National Certificate Program on “Biostatistical & Mathematical Skills with Excel and R” from 16th to 31st August, 2021 organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi
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National Faculty Development Program on “Academic Report Writing and Research Methodology” organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, and Department of Business Economics, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi from 04th to 10th March 2021.
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Faculty Development Program on “Pedagogical training for effective online teaching & learning" from 3rd to 10th August, 2020 organized by DDU College, University of Delhi
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Faculty Training Workshop on "Empowering Teachers: Current Technology based Educational Contents Creation and Delivery" from December 2-6, 2019 organized by ANDC, University of Delhi.
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Faculty Training Workshop on Drosophila and Zebrafish Model systems 28th -31st May,2019 organized by Dept. of Zoology and Biochemistry, DRC, University of Delhi.
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Completed one-month Faculty Induction Program of the ministry of HRD, Government of India organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi in December 2017-January 2018. Recipient of Special Appreciation certificate for Teachers e-kit and performance in examination.