FACULTY PROFILE

Personal Details                                                                                                                                

1. Name RAKHI THAREJA
2. Designation ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
3. Department affiliation: DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
4. Education PhD IN CHEMISTRY (2011)

Teaching

1. Current Sc (Hons.) CHEMISTRY (I, II AND III Year), B. Sc (PS with Chemistry) (III yr.)
2. UG Sc (Hons.) CHEMISTRY (I, II AND III Year), B. Sc (PS with Chemistry) (III yr.)

B.Sc(Hons.) Physics (I and III year)

1. PG Sc (Chemistry) (Prev. and Final Year) (in 2007-2009)
2. Research level Supervising an Innovation Project at the UG level  (10/2015-present)

Research Undertaken/Interests:

Presently working on an Innovation Project at the UG level (10/2015-present) Insilico and Invitro Studies of         economically important Begomoviruses in Indian Fruits and Chemistry especially at the UG and PG level, Development of Quantum Dots, Nanomaterials and Environmental friendly Chemicals; Green Chemistry, Homology Modeling, Molecular Docking, Simulations of reactions active in the biological world

Publications:

1. Books                                             –
2. Chapters in Books                                             –
3. Articles in Edited Books –
4. Articles in Journals

• Published full paper titled “Interaction of CdSe quantum dots with some aliphatic and aromatic diamines” Journal of Integrated Science and Technology Vol 4, No. 2 (2016) 51-58
• Published full paper titled “Theoretical Modeling Replication Association Protein of Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus” Journal of Integrated Science and Technology Vol 4, No. 2 (2016) 81-86
• Published full paper titled “Theoretical studies of charged Cadmium chalcogenide Quantum Dots doped with an isovalent impurity on the surface” in the Proceedings of UGC-sponsored National Conference in Chemistry: Environment & Harmonious Development (NCC 2016)
• Published and presented the work titled “DFT studies of quantum dots as a sensor for urea” in the Proceedings of National Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas (ISCAS-2015)

Online                                 ‘Surface tension’ – online course material to ILLL

Series of lectures on topics of Chemistry available on YouTube

Channels of CBSE UDAAN XI and XII

Membership of learned bodies.

• Recognized Reviewer Status for Electronic Journal of Biotechnology (2016)
• Resource Person of Project Udaan, an initiative by CBSE, a project to provide free online resources to girls students of Class XI and Class XII from humble backgrounds
• Associated with content creation for Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi
• Member of Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS), Delhi Chapter (since 2015) (LM-20)
• Member of Sahoday, St. Francis De Sales ex-students welfare association (since 2012)
• Member of the Seminar for the Implementation of the Semester System (2009)

Awards received.

1) The Best Oral Presentation award (III) for the paper entitled “Homology Modeling and Docking Studies of Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus“ (Rakhi Thareja, Hemani Chhabra, Aman Chauhan) at the National Conference on Emerging Trends & Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences (ETFC-2016). 

2) First Prize for the Paper presented in the form of a Poster entitled “Computational Studies of Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus (ICMV) and docking of ICMV with Gold and Silver nanoparticles” (Rakhi Thareja, Veena Beri, Eva Lance, Nidhi sharma) at the National Conference on Nanoscience-Opportunities and Challenges (Feb-2016).

3) Oral Presentation on “Insilico Evaluation of Nanoclusters for antiviral action” (Rakhi Thareja, Rashmi Sachdeva, Surabhi Agrawal) at the International Conference on Material Science and Technology – 2016.

4) Best Poster Prize for the project titled “Homology Modeling of Replication Association Protein of Tomato Leaf Curl Bangalore Virus” (Rakhi Thareja, Aman Chauhan, Irene, Pulkit Joshi) at the National Seminar on Role of Analytical Sciences in Sustainable Development, 2016.

5) Oral Presentation on “Theoretical Modeling of Replication Association Protein of Indian Cassava Mosaic Virus and its docking with N-Acetyl Glucosamine” (Rakhi Thareja, Monika Rao, Sukrita Deb, Alice Paskin) at the National Seminar on Role of Analytical Sciences in Sustainable Development, 2016.

6) Best Oral Presentation Award (III) on “DFT Studies of oxygen doped charged quantum dots of zinc chalcogenides” and presented a Poster titled “Theoretical Modeling and Docking Studies of Replication Association Protein of Chilli infected by Begomovirus in India” (Rakhi Thareja, Irene Abraham, Monika Rao, Hemani Chhabra” in National Seminar on “Emerging Economics and Challenges to Sustainability towards Developing Nation”, 2016.

7)  Oral Presentation on the Paper “Theoretical Studies of charged Cadmium Chalcogenides quantum dots doped with an isovalent impurity” at National Conference in Chemistry on Environment and Harmonious Development (NCC-2016)

8) Presented a paper on Theoretical study of quantum dots as a sensor for urea at 9^th National Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas held at University of Delhi, 2015

9)  Presented a paper at the International Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Programme – 2011 held at Mysore, 2011

10) Presented a Poster at 13^th International Conference on Interplay of Chemical and Biological Sciences: Impact on Health and Environment at Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, 2009

Conferences, Seminars attended:

• National Conference on Emerging Trends & Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences (ETFC-2016) held at Conference Centre By Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi (2016)
• National Conference on Nanoscience-Opportunities and Challenges held at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi, Delhi (2016)
• International Conference on Material Science and Technology at the Conference Centre, University of Delhi (2016)
• National Seminar on Role of Analytical Sciences in Sustainable Development by Hansraj College, University of Delhi and Petrotech Society of India, 2016
• Emerging Economics and Challenges to Sustainability towards Developing Nation, 2016 at Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi (2016)
• National Conference in Chemistry on Environment and Harmonious Development organized by Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi (2016)
• National Seminar on Recent Trends in Technical Terminology in Science organized by Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Delhi (2016)
• National Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas (ISCAS-2015) organized by Bhaskaracharya College of Applied sciences, University of Delhi (2015)
• UGC-Sponsored 3 weeks Refresher Course in Chemistry organized by CPDHE, University of Delhi (2015)
• Workshop on Electronic Structure, Atomistic and Statistical Modeling in Chemistry, Materials and Life Sciences for 3 days organized by Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) and Schrodinger, Bangalore at DU (2014)
• Got appointed as a fellow in Chemistry by ILLL, Institute of Life Long Learning, DU for the academic year 2014-15.
• Content creator for ILLL for states of matter of FYUP course for Chemistry
• International Symposium on Challenges in Drug Discovery Programme held at Karnataka State Open University, Mysore (2011)
• International conference on Advances in Applied Chemical Sciences and Innovative Materials held at IIT, Delhi (2011)
• National Seminar on Alternative Energy Sources for sustainable environment, held at Lingaya’s University, Faridabad (2011)
• National Seminar on Role of Analytical Techniques in Biological and Environmental Sciences, held at KMC, DU by Petrotech Society of India (2011)
• National Workshop on Renewable Energy and Environment held at University of Delhi (2011)
• Polyurethane exhibition and Conference held at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, UP (2011)
• Participated in UGC-sponsored Orientation Programme conducted by CPDHE, ILLL, DU (2011)
• National Workshop on Role of Analytical Techniques in Industry, Delhi (2010)
• National Workshop on Information Literacy and Competency, Delhi(2010)
• 13^th ISCB International Conference on Interpaly of Chemical and Biological Sciences (2009)
• Attended a seminar on Implementation of the Semester system in B.Sc (Hons.) Chemistry (2009)
• National Seminar on Green Chemistry and Natural Products, Delhi (2007)

• 3^rd Indo-Italian workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants, Delhi (2007)

Invited talks, lectures and workshops conducted.

Convenor for workshop on “Computer Aided Molecular Modeling and Drug Discovery” hosted by Department of Chemistry, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, on July 25-26, 2016 with participation from National and International Delegates.