Dr. Neeti Mehla
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
neetidhaka@gmail.com
Educational Qualifications
- PhD., PDF
- MSc. (Botany), NET (JRF),
Areas of Specialization
- Plant Biotechnology
Administrative roles/ responsibilities
a) Member of Fine Arts association and convener of Choreography Society (Nritya) under Fine Arts Association. (2016-2018) b) Reviewer of SOPs of DBT star colleges under DBT star college Scheme. c) Member of Sports committee (2018) d) Organizing member of International conference on ‘Environment and sustainability challenges ENCON’ organized by Sri Venkateswara College held on 4-6 Jan 2017. e) Resource person in LNJ workshop for 11th and 12th grade students organized by SVC under DBT star college programme. f) Resource person in reviewing of Botany protocols in Life Sciences Protocol Manual” compiled under the DBT project “Generate E-SOPs & Lab Manual” by SVC during May 2017 to Dec 2017. g) Organizing member of 1st International Conference on Integrative Chemistry, Biology and Translational Medicine organized by Centre of Global Health, Hansraj College and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, USA on 25-26 February, 2019. h) Member of Organizing Committee and Teacher Trainers for the workshop entitled “Climate Across the Curriculum: Resources for Integrating Climate Topics in Discipline Specific Teaching.” Organized by Sri Venkateswara College (13 and 14 Oct 2018) i) Established Tissue culture Facility in the College under CIC sponsored project j) Convened the National workshop on Techniques in Plant Sciences organized by Department of Botany. (4 and 5 December 2019) k) Member of Fine arts Society in Sri Venkateswara college. (2019-2020)
Courses Taught
- BSc. Botany (H), BSc. Life Sciences
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• Vinita Sindhi, Manisha Jain, Deepti Josula, Pooja Bisht, Kameshwar Sharma, Nandita Narayansamy, Prasad NVSRK and Neeti Mehla: Role of antioxidant enzymes in response to salt stress in Indian rice Cultivars. Journal of Undergraduate research and Innovation. Delhi University March 2016.ISSN 2395-2334. • Prerna Chaudhary and Neeti Dhaka: Litchi Chinensis (Litchi): A general account with special reference to propagation practices. In The Lychee Biotechnology Eds. Manoj Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Ram Prasad and Ajit Verma. Publisher-Springer. Print ISBN- 978-981-10- 3643-9 • An Introduction to Antioxidants and their Roles in Plant Stress Tolerance by Neeti Mehla, Vinita Sindhi, Deepti Josula, Pooja Bisht, Shabir H. Wani* in Springer edited book entitled Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidant Systems in Plants: Role and Regulation under Abiotic Stress pp 1-23, editors, M. Iqbal R. Khan and Nafees Khan. (2017) ISBN 978-981-10-5253. • Contributed two botany protocols for the “Life Sciences Protocol Manual” compiled under the DBT project “Generate E-SOPs & Lab Manual”- a. To determine the minimum size of quadrat for study of herbaceous vegetation in college campus, using species area curve method. b. To study organogenesis in Bacopa monnieri, a medicinal plant.
E-Lesson Plans
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Created teaching resources which will enable educators to teach a topic in a particular discipline with the help of examples, case studies, and exercises related to climate change under the aegis of TROP ICSU “Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding”, a program led by International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and co-led by International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)
1. Wild Strawberry Fruiting and Climate Change by Dr. Neeti Mehla, Dr.Amit Vashishtha and Dr. Aditi Kothari-Chhajer 2. Impact of Climate Change on Photosynthesis by Dr. Aditi Kothari-Chhajer and Dr. Neeti Mehla 3. Abiotic Stress on Plants due to Climate Change by Dr. Neeti Mehla and Dr. Aditi Kothari-Chhajer 4. Plant Diseases and Climate change: Teacher contributed lesson plan by Dr.Aditi Kothari, Dr. Amit Vashishtha and Dr. Neeti Mehla 5. Phenotypic plasticity: Coping with Climate Change: Teacher contributed lesson plan by Dr. Amit Vashishtha, Dr.Aditi Kothari and Dr.Neeti Mehla
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Award