Dr. Pradeep Bhatnagar

Books/Monographs (Authored/Edited)

1. "Need based refresher course" Resource Material - 1991

2. "Recent Trends in Biology" - 1994

3. Bio-chemical Laboratory Manual for under Graduate Classes - 1994

4. Teratology: A synthesis - 1995

5. "Industrial Microbiology" Proceeding of Students Seminar Vol.I No.1 - 1996

6. "Industrial Microbiology" Proceeding of Students Seminar, Vol.II - No.2 and 3 - 1997

7. "Industrial Microbiology" Proceeding of Students Seminar Vol.IV No.4 & 5 - 1998

8. "Industrial Microbiology" Proceeding of Student Seminar Vol.IV No.6 & 7 - 1999

9. "Industrial Microbiology" Proceeding of Student Seminar Vol.V No. 8 & 9 - 2000 Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals(National/International)

10. 1978*: Histopathology and Histochemistry of insects treated with chemosterillants VII on the corpora cardiaca of Periplaneta Americana (L) treated with hempa.Bull.Environ.Contam.toxicol.20: 672 (with Saxena S.C.)

12. 1978*: Tumour like outgrowth in the brain of Periplaneta americans (L) treated with Thiotepa. Acta. Entomologica Bohemoelovaca. 75:223 (with Saxena S.C.)

13. 1978*: Histopathology and histochemistry of the insects treated with chemosterilants VI. Brain damage including reduced neuro-secretion caused by chemosterilants in Periplaneta americana (L).Bull Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20(2): 286 (with Saxena, S.C.).

14. 1980: Histopathological and biochemical changes in panoistic ovary of chemosterilized cockroach Periplaneta americana (L). (Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 18: 35 (with Saxena, S.C.)

15. 1983: Effects of chemosterilants on the endocrine system of insects. Biochem. Exp. Biol. 81: 223 (with Saxena, S.C.)

16. 1984: Studies on the testes of Swiss Albino mice after phosphamidon intoxication (1) Pathological Aspects. Proc. nat. Aca. Sci. India Sch B (1): 33 (with Soni, I.)

17. 1985: Effects of Hexachlorohexane (HCH) on the nervous system of Periplaneta americana (L) Ind. J. Comp. Anim. Physiol., 3(2):17 (with Bhargava, S.)

18. 1986*: Gas Chromatographic evaluation of phosphamidon intoxication in Sparrow. Bull. Environ. Contam. toxicol. 36: 47 (with Saxena, P.N.)

19. 1986*: Morphofunctional change in the liver of male mice after chronic treatment of phosphamidon. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37 (5): 767-773 (with Jain Nirmala).

10. 1987: Distribution of phosphamidon in Periplaneta americana (L) after topical application. Ind. J.Exp. Biol. 25: 325 (with Bhargava, S.).

11. 1988 Effect of phosphamidon on the haemocytes of Periplaneta americana (L) Ind. J. Comp. Ani. Physiol. 5(2):119 (with Bhargava, S.)

12. 1988*: Residues of organochlorine insecticides in the two lakes of Jaipur. Water, Air, Soil Pollution (Series A) 42: 57 - 65 (with Kumar, S., Lal, R).

13. 1988*: Uptake of dieldrin, dimethoate and permethrin by cyanobacteria, Anabaena sp. and (Aulosira fertilissima). Environ. Pollution 54: 55 - 61 (with Kumar, S. and Lal R.).

14. 1988*: Uptake and bioconcentration of dieldrin dimethoate and permethrin by Tetrahymena pyriformis. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 40: 345-350 (with Kumar, S. and Lal, R.).

15. 1988*: Evaluation of teratogenic potential of phosphamidon in mice by gavage. Toxicol. Letters 42:101 - 107 (with Soni, I.).

16. 1989*: Embryotoxic and teratogenic studies of phosphamidon in Swiss albino mice. Teratog. Carcinogenesis & Mutagenesis 9(4): 253 (with Soni, I.).

17. 1989*: Effect of dieldrin, dimethoate and permethrin on Tetrahymena pyriformis. Environ. Pollution (Series A) 57: 275 - 280 (with Kumar, S. and Lal, R.).

18. 1989*: Bioconcentration and effects of dieldrin, dimethoate and permethrin on Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43(2): 246 - 253 (with Kumar, S. and Dhanraj, P.S.).

19. 1989: Phosphamidon induced changes in hepatic enzymes under normal conditions. Current Science 58(23): 1344 - 46 (with Jain, N.).

20. 1990: Organochlorine residues in water from Mahala water reservoir, Jaipur, India. Environ. Pollution, 63: 275 - 281 (with Misra, V. and Bakre, P.P.).

21. 1990*: Residues of Organochlorine Insecticides in fish from Mahal Water Reservoir Jaipur, India. Bull. Environ. Contam. toxicol. 45(3): 394 - 398 (with Misra, V. and Bakre, P.P.).

22. 1990: Histopathological and biochemical studies on the testes of Periplaneta americana (L) treated with sterilant compounds. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India 60 (B) II: 107-115.

23. 1990*: Toxic Effects of phosphamidon on the testes of Swiss Albino mice. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 45(4): 590-597. 24. 1991*: Teratogenic assessment of Carbaryl in Swiss Albino mice. Food & Chemical Toxicology, 29(a): 629 (with Arti Mathur)

25. 1995: Pesticide burden in Women. Health Hazards, Gender and Society Eds. Indu Mathur and Sanjay Sharma Rawat Pub. Jaipur (with Mamta Sharma).

26. 1996: Organochlorine pesticides and preterm labour in human beings. Current Science 71(8): 628 - 631.

27. 1999: Contamination of human blood with organochlorine pesticides and its relation to thyroid function. Proc. Acad. Environ. Biol. 8(1): 73-7(with Rathore, Mathur, Saxena & Chaturvedi)

28. 2001: Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residues levels in dairy milk and buffalo milk from Jaipur city, Rajasthan, India. Environment International.26 :231-236.( with P.J.John and Neela Bakore)

29. 2002: Evaluation of organochlorine insecticide residues levels in locally marketed vegetables of Jaipur City, Rajasthan, India. Journal of Environmental Biology 23(3): 247-252 (with Neela Bakore and P.J. John.)

30. 2002*: Breast Cancer incidence in relation to pesticide exposure in women of Jaipur. Environment International, UK.28: 331-336. (with Mathur Vibha)

31. 2002*: Burden of organochlorine pesticides in the blood and their effect on thyroid hormone in women. Science of total environment. 295: 207-215. (with Rathore. M, Mathur, Saxena & Chaturvedi)

32. 2002: Assessment of organochlorine pesticides and its source in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. J.Ecophysiol. Occup. Hlth. 2: 291- 297. (with B.Anju, John PJ, Soni I and Bakre P)

33. 2003: Genotoxic Studies of Dyes used in Textile Industries. Toxicology International 12:5-8. (with Mathur N, Dhewa T, Bose T and S Chug).

34. 2004: Organochlorine pesticide residues in wheat and drinking water samples from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Environ.Monit.and Assess. 98: 381-389. (with Bakore N and John PJ).

35. 2004: Assessment of teratogenic potential of fenpropathrin, a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide in Swiss albino mice. J.Ecophysiol. Occup. Hlth. 4 (3-4): 185-189. (with Dhar B and Soni I).

36. 2005*: Mutagenecity assessment of effluents from textile /dye industries of Sanganer, Jaipur (India): a case study. Ecotoxicology and Environ. Safety 61: 105- 113. (with Mathur N, Nagar P and Bijarnia M K

37. 2005: Genotoxic effects of Black RL and Green 6B Dyes used in Textile Industries. Toxicology International 12 (1): 5-8. (with Mathur N., Dhewa T., Bose T. and Chug S)

38. 2005*: Assessing mutagenicity of textile dyes from Pali (Rajasthan) using Ames Bioassay. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 4 (1): 111-118. (with Mathur N and Bakre P)

39. 2005: Mutagenicity assessment of textile dyes from Sanganer, Jaipur (India) – A case study. J. Ecophysiol. Occup. Hlth 5: 99-103. (with Mathur N)

40. 2005: Biotechnological importance of Lactobacillus sp.-a review. Anusandhan, 1 (1): 35-52 (with Sharma N., Sharma K.K. and Mathur N).

41. 2005: Comparison of Different Treatment Methods of Vegetables for Removal of Microorganisms. Natl. J. Life Sci. (1; 109-113) (with Mathur N., and Bhinda S)

42. 2005: Recycled paper: 21st century point of View. Natl. J. Life Sci., 2:285-288. (with Mathur N.and Kulshreshtha S.)

43. 2005: Pesticide residues in the milk of Jaipur City. J.Ecophysiol.Occup.Hlth. 5:77-79 (with Saxena G, Agarwal M and Baroth A )

44. 2006: Organochlorine pesticide residues in milk and blood of women from Anupgarh, Rajasthan,India.Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 116:1-7 (with Kumar A,Baroth A, Soni I and John P J).

45. 2006*: Genotoxicity of vegetables irrigated by industrial wastewater. Journal of Environmental Sciences 18 (5): 964- 968. (with Mathur N., and Verma H.)

46. 2007*: Mutagenicity evaluation of industrial sludge from common effluent treatment Plant Chemosphere 67: 1229-1235 (with Mathur N., Mohan K, Bakre P, Nagar P and Bijarnia M)

47. 2007: Mutagenicity assessment of textile dyes from Sanganer (Rajasthan). J.Environ. Biol 28(1), 123-126 (with Mathur N).

48. 2007: Evaluation of mutagenecity of synthetic pyrethroids by Salmonella microsome-reversion assay. Toxicol. Intl. 14 (1): 21-24. (with Sonia Sethi and Nupur Mathur).

49. 2008*: Blood levels of organochlorine pesticide residues and risk of reproductive tract cancer among women from Jaipur, India. In Hormonal Carcinigenesis Vol. V. Ed, by Jonathan J Li, Sara Antonia Li, Suresh Mohla, Henry Rochefort and Thierry Mauclelonde. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 617, pp 387-394. Sringer Pub. 2007.

50. 2008: Seasonal analysis of Sanganer Handmade Paper and Cardboard industries and effluent. Indian J. Environ. & Ecoplan. 15(1-2): 373-378. (with Shweta Kulshreshtha and Nupur Mathur).

51. 2008: Assessment of teratogenicity and embryotoxicity of sludge from textile industries at Pali (India) in Swiss albino mice exposed during organogenetic period. J. Environ. Biol. 29(6): 965-969. (with Himani, I. Soni and P.P. Bakhre).

52. 2009*: Genotoxicity evaluation of Hospital Waste Water. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 72:1925-32. (with Preeti Gupta, Nupur Mathur, Pankaj Nagar and Sumit Srivastava).

53. 2009: Embryotoxic and teratogenic evaluation of cyfluthrin in Swiss albino mice. Toxicol. Intl. 16(2): 121-126. (with Farah Syed, I. Soni and P.J. John).

54. 2009*: Co-administration of α-lipoic acid and Vitamin C protects liver and brain from oxidative stress in mice exposed to arsenic contaminated water. Water Quality Environmental Health (Springer U.S.A.) 1:135-144 (with Harshneet Kaur, Deepshikha Mishra, Pallavi Kaushik and S.J.S. Flora).

55. 2009*: Evaluation of teratogenic potential of cyfluthrin, a synthetic pyrethroid in Swiss albino mice. Toxicol. & Ind. Hlth.(In Press, TIH-09-0062-R1). (with Farah Syed, I. Soni and P.J. John).

56. 2009: Bioleaching; Prospects and Potentials for Handmade Paper Industry. Paper International. 12 (1): 4-8 (with Sunita Chauhan)

57. 2010: Bioremediation of Industrial Waste through mushroom cultivation J. Env. Biol. 31: 441-144 (with Shweta Kulshrestha)

58. 2010: A study of the ant diabetic activity of Barleria prioritis (L) Ind. J. Pharmacology. 42 (2): 69-72 (with Reema Dheer)

59. 2010*: Genotoxic evaluation of handmade paper industrial effluent -A case study International J of Chemical Science (Accepted) ( with Sunita Kulshrestha)

60. 2011*: Pros and Cons of P. florida cultivation for managing waste of Handmade Paper and Cardboard Industries.The IIOAB Journal. 2 (1): 45-48 (with Shweta Kulshrestha)

61. 2011*: Mycoremediation of Paper, Pulp and Cardboard Industrial Wastes and Pollutants Book series, Soil Biology; Fungi as Bioremediation Edition by Goltapeh et al. Springer 2011 (with Shweta Kulshrestha)

62. 2011*: Perinatall Toxicity of Cyfluthrin in mice; Developmental and behavioral Effects. Human and Experimental Toxicology. 30 (8): 1096-1105 (with Farah Syed, I Soni and R. Mathur)

63. 2011* Handmade paper and Cardboard industries; In health prespectives. Toxicology & Industrial Health (SAGE Pub.). 27(6):515-521.

* * International Journals Abstracts And Presentations In Scientific   Meetings 1975

Effects of chemosterilants on the fertility of Periplaneta americana (L.). Proc. All India Conference of Chemosterilant workers. Bangalore, India. pp. 12 (with Saxena, S.C.). 1979 The impact of population growth in the fauna of Jaipur and its environs. Proc. Human Ecology, An Indian Perspective. Pub. Indian Human Ecology Council, pp. 110. 1980 Histopathological and Biochemical studies on the tests of Periplaneta americana (L) treated with sterilant compounds.

XVI International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan pp. 403. (with Saxena, S.C.).

1981 Effects of sterilant compounds on the corpora allata of Periplaneta americana (L). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India.51. Goa, (with Saxena, S.C.) 1984 Studies on the testes of Swiss albino mice after phosphamidon intoxication. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. India. 54th Session. Madurai 11-13 Nov.

1985 Teratogenecity of phosphamidon in Swiss albino mice International Conference on Pesticide Toxicity, Safety and Risk Assessment, Lucknow, India, Abs. No.0-13 (with Soni, Inderpal) 1985 Effects of chemosterilants and organophosphate on the endocrine system of Periplaneta americana (L.) All India Symposium on Recent Trends in Insect Endocrinology, Ajmer, India, No.42.

1986 Evaluation of Teratogenic Potential of phosphamidon in Mica by gavaga. IVth International Congress of toxicology, Tokyo, Japan (with Soni, Inderpal). Toxicol. Lett. 31:79.

1986 Synergic effects of methyl mercury on the Teratogenecity of phosphamidon in mice. VI UOEH International Symposium and the III COMTOX on Bio and toxicokinetic of Metals, Kitakyushu, Japan. (with Soni, Inderpal). 1986 Pathological and Biochemical changes in the liver of mouse after acute administration of phosphamidon. Satellite symposium of IV International Congress of Toxicology, Sapporo, Japan. (with Jain, Nirmala).

1987 International Conference on Genetic and Environmental Toxicology, Stanford Research Institute international Melano Park, California, USA. July 5-7.

1988 International Conference on disposal of Waste materials, Stanford University. Palo Alto CA. USA. Dec. 9-11th. 1989 Embryotoxic and Teratogenic Evaluation of Pesticides - Phosphamidon, Carbaryl and Deltamelthrin in mice. 10th AEB Session & Int. Symp. on Environmental impact on Biosystems. Abstract Proceedings 132, Madras Dec. 13-17.

1989 National Symposium of Recent advances in Behavioural Science, Jaipur. Nov. 27-29. 1990 Penetration of phosphamidon in the body of male Periplaneta americana (L). The National Academy of Sciences, Hyderabad, India, Jan. 5-8.

1992 Teratogenesis and its mechanism (Abts). In proceedings of All India symposium on Developmental Biology, held at Ajmer from 25-27 March.

1993 Contamination of Human milk with organochlorine pesticides: How safe breast-feeding is for babies? (Abts) in the proceedings 14th Annual Session of the Academy of Environmental Biology held at Indore from 7th - 9th November.

1993 Monitoring of organochlorine pesticide residues in wheat four and drinking water samples from Jaipur. Rajasthan 14th Ann. Sess. Acad. Environ. Biol. held at Indore from 7th - 9th November.

1994 Preliminary Report of the transplacental movement of organochlorine pesticides in the women from Jaipur (Abts). In the proceedings in the Eighty First Session of the Indian Science Congress held at Jaipur from 3rd - 8th January.

1994 Placental transfer of organochlorine pesticides: how safe are the prenates? (Abts) A symposium on "Management of Ecosystem and substainable Utilization of Biological Resources" in the 15th Annual Session of the Academy of environmental Biology held at Trivandrum from 7th - 9th November.

1994 Pesticide residues in mother and their transfer to the prenates. National Seminar on Role of Women in saving the planet. University Maharani's College, Jaipur March 18 - 20.

1994 Assessment of organochlorine pesticide residue levels in bovine milk from Jaipur District (Raj.) 15th Ann. Sess. Acad. Environ. Biol. Trivandrum from 7th - 9th November.

1995 Evaluation of organochlorine pesticide residue levels in locally marketed egg, meat, and fish samples in Jaipur City. 16th Ann. Acad. Environ. Biol. pp. 94. Hyderabad.

1996 Biotechnology in pulp and paper industries. B.M. Birla Science & Technology Centre, Jaipur. Dec. 12th to 14th.

1998 Residue of organochlorine pesticides in water and Sediment of Ramgarh water reservoir, Jaipur, India. Paper presented at International Conference on Environment and Agriculture (INSEA 98) held at Kathmandu, Nepal. Nov. 1-3-1998.

1998 Monitoring of organochlorine pesticides levels in human blood and its relation to thyroid function. Paper presented at International Conference on Environment and Agriculture (INSEA 98) held at Kathmandu, Nepal. Nov. 1- 3-1998.

1998 Oranochlorine pesticides and female cancers - A preliminary report in the women from Jaipur (India). Paper presented at International Conference on Environment and Agriculture (INSEA 98) held at Kathmandu, Nepal. Nov. 1-3rd -1998.

1999 Organochlorine Pesticides in women with Breast Cancer. Paper presented at 20th Annual Session of the Academy of Environmental Biology held at Vishakhapatnam, 2-4th Dec.

1999. 2000 Cancer struck: Are pesticides responsible for breast cancer in women? XIX Annual conference of Society of Toxicology and National Symposium, on Challenges and strategies for protecting Environment from pollution in New Millennium Palampur Nov. 9-10, 2000.

2000 Study of Relationship between organochlorine pesticides and total lipids in human population suffering from thyroid malfunction. XIX Annual conference of Society of Toxicology and National Symposium, on Challenges and strategies for protecting Environment from Pollution in New Millennium Nov. 9-10, 2000, Palampur H.P.

1999 Studies on the mutagenecity of untreated and treated industrial wastes from textile industries of Sanganer, Jaipur. Micro biotech, 2000. Association of Microbiologist of India. 41st Annual Conference Nov. 25-27, 2000 Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur.

2002 1) Assessment of teratogenicity and embryotoxicity of sludge from C.E.T.P. Pali in Swiss albino mice (II): Exposed during organogenetic period.

2) Assessment of teratogenicity and embryotoxicity of sludge from C.E.T.P. Pali in Swiss albino mice (III): Postnatal studies. XXVII Annual conference of Environmental mutagen Society of India. Symposium on environmental Genomics and Health Science. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow. March 19-21, 2002.

2002 1) Teratogenicity and embryotoxicity of sludge from textile industry.

2) Assessment of organochlorine pesticides and their source in Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur.

3) Assessment of organochlorine pesticides in soil and water from Anupgarh.

22nd Annual session of the Academy of Environmental Biology & National symposium on “Biodiversity and Resource Management. National bureau of Fish and genetic resources, Lucknow. Sept. 11-13th –2002 2002.

Pesticide residue in water samples from Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. 72nd Annual session of National Academy of Sciences, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Oct. 25-27, 2002 2003 Assessment of teratogenic potential of carbofuran in Swiss albino mice.

National Conference on Recent Advances in Reproductive Health, Abstract No.31 Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Feb6-8 2003 Assessment of teratogenic potential of Fenpropathrin: a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide in Swiss albino mice.

National Conference on Recent Advances in Reproductive Health, Abstract No.63. Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Feb6-8 2003 Intellectual Property Rights (patenting) Workshop organized by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) February.

2003 Source of organochlorine pesticides in the lactating women of Anupgarh tehsil, Ganganagar, Rajasthan (India). 23rd Annual Session of Academy of Environmental Biology. Oct 9-11, 2003. 2003 Environmental pollution and toxicity caused by Dioxin compounds: A Review. Their possible degradation by microbes. 23rd Annual Session of Academy of Environmental Biology. Oct 9-11, 2003.

2004 Mutagenicity based criteria for evaluation of textile waste waters of common effluent treatment plant National Symposium on Management of Aquatic Resources for Biodiversity Maintenance and Conservation, organized by Department of Zoology, Jai Narain Vyas University ,Jodhpur, February 2-4,2004.

2004 Silver Jubilee Year Celebrations: Society of Toxicology (STOX), India and National Symposium on Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Regulatory Issue .Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology.

Thiruvananthapuram,October 28-30

Abstracts:

(i) Assessment of organochlorine pesticides in the blood of Thyroid patients and their influence on calcium level in the blood serum

(ii) Effects of pyrethroids on different microorganisms with special reference to mutagenic studies.

(iii) Monitoring of pesticide burden in Acute Lymphoid Leukemia (ALL) patients.

(iv) The use of 200 kept birds as monitors for metal pollution in Jaipur. 2005 Botanical Seminar cum Expo. 5th to 7th February, organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur. 2005 National Symposium on “Recent trends in environmental biology and biotechnological approach to conserve biodiversity” and 25th annual session of the Academy of Environmental Biology, Gulbarga (Oct. 22-24, 2005).

2005 National Symposium on “Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Environmental Toxicology in the New Millennium” and 24th Annual Session of The Academy Of Environmental Biology. Department of Zoology. The Institute of Science, Mumbai ,November 22-24 Abstract No.234, Biobleaching: A new tool to maintain Ecofriendly credentials of Handmade Paper Industry. 2005 National Conference on Environment and Natural Disaster Management, Department of Zoology, Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur, November 28-30. 2006 International Conference on Toxicology, Toxicogenomics and Occupational Health (ICTTOH) & 26th annual Meeting of Toxicology (STOX) India. School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, October 9-11. 2006 National Symposium on AIDS-Awareness and Prevention Strategies, organized by Centre For Advanced Studies, Dept. of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Dec.1. 2007 Mutagenicity assessment of industrial effluent treated with Phanerochaete chrysosporium. National Conference on Application of Biotechnology in Sustaining the Environment. Organized by International College for Girls, Jaipur and Indian Science Congress Association, Feb. 5-6. 2008 International Conference on Biodiversity –Environment & Sustainability: Challenges for future. Organized by University of Delhi, Delhi, Sept. 4-6.

Abstracts:

(i) Zero waste technology for industries using cellulosic and lingo-cellulosic substances.

(ii) Genotoxicity evaluation of Hospital Waste Water. 2008 International Conference on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Organized by Deptt. Of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Banasthali, Oct. 19-21.

Abstract:

(i) Role of a retinoid in growth and reproduction of bacteria

(ii) Aerobic treatment technology for mutagenicity reduction of cardboard industries effluents. 2008 International Symposium on “Monitoring and Modulating Global resources of Environmental and Food Contaminants: Nature verses chemicals” and 28th Annual Conference of Society of Toxicology (STOX), India. Organized by Deptt. Of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana, Oct.16-18. Abstract: Evaluation of teratogenic potential of cyfluthrin, a synthetic pyrethroid in Swiss albino mice. 2008 National Conference on Molecular Mechanism of Diseases. Organized by Defence Research & Development Establishment and DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, Gwalior, Dec. 15-16. Abstract: Protective value of α-lipoic acid and Vitamin C individually and in combination against arsenic induced oxidative stress in mouse. 2009 National Conference on Recent trends in Environmental Toxicology and Biotechnology approach to conserve environment. Organized by International College for Girls, Jan.30-31.

Abstracts:

(i) Evaluation of protective efficacy of A-Lipolic acid and Vitamin C against arsenic induced oxidative stress.

(ii) Biomonitoring of organic pollutants in environment using Avian Guano: a non-destructive approach. 2009 National Conference on Environmental Sustainability of Textile Industry. Organized by the International College for Girls, Mar. 27-28. Abstract: Physico-chemical and microbial analysis of the soil contaminated by textile industries located in Sanganer Industrial area, Jaipur. 2009 National Seminar on Response of Eco-biological components to the Phenomenon of Global Warming (NSERG-2009).Organized by Deptt. Of Zoology, Kumaun University, Nainital & Indian Academy of Environmental Sciences, Sep. 26-27. 2009 International Symposium on Current Trends in Toxicology & Pre-clinical Toxicology , XXIX Annual Conference of Society of Toxicology, India (STOX 2009). Organized by Food and Drug Toxicology Research Centre, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Hyderabad, Nov.4-7. Abstract: Isolation of arsenite hypertolerant bacteria from soil receiving dye discharge. 2010 30th Annual Conference of Society of Toxicology (India) Symposium, on strategies for safety requirements for Herbal Formulations, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi from December 9th-11th 2010 2010 51st Annual Conference of AMI, International Symposium on Recent Advances in cross disciplinary Microbiology: Avenues and challengers and International workshop on RNA sequencing : Phylogeny and Next Generation Genome Sequencing B.I.T Mesra, Ranchi from December 14th-17th 2010 2011 52nd Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), International Conference on Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable Development. Panjab University, Chandigarh, November 3-6, 2011.

Abstracts:

i) Cellulase production by an actinomycete isolate of Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan.

ii) α- amylase activity of an actinomycete isolate of Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan.

iii) Isolation and characterization of protease producing bacteria from cattle hide using 16srDNA based molecular technique 2012 XXXI Annual International Conference of Society of Toxicology, (STOX) India and Symposium on Current Trends in Environmental Toxicology (as organizing secretary) from 22-24 December, 2011.

Absracts:

i) Developmental Behavioural Toxicity Of Cyfluthrin In Mice

ii) Genotoxic effect of Ciprofloxacin photo-oxidation monitored by the in vitro micronucleus test (CB-MNvit) in HepG2 cells

iii) Biobleaching of Paper Mulberry (Broussentia papyrifera) pulp using Laccase Mediator System

iv) Acetamide hydrolyzing activity of amidase: optimization of production and reaction conditions

v) Detoxification of Arsenite by Bacteria Isolated from Arsenic Contaminated Soil

vi) Heavy metals tolerance by Microbacterium paraoxydans strain CF36 and its bioremediation approach

vii) Reduced Arsenite toxicity by coexposure of Fluoride in Arsenite hyper-tolerant Microbacterium paraoxydans strain CF36

viii) A Teratogenic Study Of Carbofuran In Swiss Albino Mice

ix) Growth response of Microbial Populations exposed to different Synthetic pyrethoids

x) Quality Assurance of Barleria prionitis through standardization

xi) Enhanced production of alkaline protease from an actinomycete strain isolated from Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan, by acridine orange, ethidium bromide and UV mutagenesis