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Dr. Sunita Yadav

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


Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D. (Botany), Department of Botany, University of Delhi (Awarded 2012)
  • Qualified UGC-CSIR NET, JRF-SRF (2008)
  • M.Sc. Botany, Department of Botany, University of Delhi (2008), Gold medalist
  • B.Sc. Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi (2006), Gold medalist

Areas of Specialization

  • Plant physiology and biochemistry

Administrative roles/ responsibilities

    •	Actively involved in filling up of AQAR data for 2019-2020 for B.Sc. (H) Biological Sciences 
•	Actively involved with the process of Admissions of undergraduate students in B.Sc. (H) Botany for the Academic year 2018-2019; 2020-21 in Department of Botany, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi.
•	Actively involved with the process of Admissions of undergraduate students in B.Sc. (H) Biological sciences for the Academic year 2019-2020 in Department of Botany, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi.
•	Engaged in Invigilation Duties for semester theory examinations in Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi from October 2017 to May 2019.
•	Resource Person for Exhibition Stall for VISTAAR- One day Science Popularization event held on Nov. 1, 2019.
•	Working Group Member for the revision of the Course titled Plant Physiology Course Code BS DSE-1 in Programme (CBCS) B.Sc (Hons.) Biological Science in the light of UGC's Learning Outcome-Based Curriculum Framework (UGC-LOCF).

Organising Seminars/ workshops:

•	Member of the Organizing Committee of the National Workshop on Techniques in Plant Sciences held from 4-5 December, 2019, by Botany Department, Sri Venkateswara College.
•	Course coordinator of Add-on course on “Climate change: issues, concerns and strategies” conducted in Sri Venkateswara College from January, 2020 to April, 2020.
•	Co-Convener of National seminar on “Challenges in Climate change and sustainable development” organized by Sri Venkateswara College and Society for Environment and Development, India on April 6-7, 2019.
•	Course coordinator of Add-on course on “Climate change: issues, concerns and strategies” conducted in Sri Venkateswara College from January 1, 2019 to April 6, 2019.

Courses Taught

  • B.Sc. (H) Botany, B.Sc. (P) Life Sciences, B.Sc. (H) Biological Sciences
  • •	Kaur M, Yadav S (2021) Role of MAPKs during plant-insect interactions. In Plant-pest interactions: from molecular mechanisms to chemical ecology; Singh, Indrakant K., Singh, Archana (Eds.); ISBN 978-981-15-2467-7. 

•	Yadav S, Singh A, Singh I (2019) Reactive oxygen species –mediated signaling during abiotic stress. Plant Gene 18 (100173). ISSN No. 2352-4073. 

•	Yadav S, Chhibbar AK (2018) Plant-virus interactions. In Singh A, Singh IK (Eds), Molecular aspects of plant-pathogen interactions, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, Chapter 3 (ISBN No. 978-981-10-7370-0). 

•	Singh N, Kaur H, Yadav S, Bhatla SC (2016) Does N-Nitrosomelatonin compete with S-Nitrosothiols as a long distance nitric oxide carrier in plants?; Biochemistry and Analytical Biochemistry, 5(1); 1-4,  262, doi: 10.4172/2161-1009.1000262 (ISSN No.2161-1009).

•	David A, Yadav S, Baluska F, Bhatla SC (2015) Nitric oxide accumulation and protein tyrosine nitration as a rapid and long distance signalling response to salt stress in sunflower seedlings;  Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, 50; 28-37 (ISSN No. 1089-8603).

•	Developed e-lessons (Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi, Delhi) entitled “Principles of Microscopy: Light and phase contrast Microscopy”; “Fluorescence and Confocal Microscopy” and “Nitrogen Metabolism” for discipline course in Botany under the four year undergraduate program (FYUP).