Faculty Details

Dr. Neha Rajpara

Assistant Professor

Department

Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Contact Info

  • Ph.D. Microbiology (2019) :  Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India and Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
  • Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test In Engineering (GATE) in Biotechnology
  • Post-M.Sc. Diploma in Genetic Engineering and Bioprocess development (2007) :  Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
  • M.Sc. Microbiology (2005) :  Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • B.Sc. Microbiology (2003) :  MG Science College, Gujarat University, Gujarat, India

  • Molecular Basis of Microbial Drug resistance
  • Quorum sensing

  1. Kumar M, Patel AK, Shah AV, Raval J, Rajpara N, Joshi M, Joshi CG. 2020. First proof of the capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in India through detection of genetic material of SARS-CoV-2. Sci Total Enviro 746, 141326.
  2. Rajpara N, Nair M, Chowdhury G, Mukhopadhyay AK, Ramamurthy T, Niyogi SK, Bhardwaj AK. 2018. Molecular analysis of multidrug resistance in clinical isolates of Shigella spp. from 2001–2010 in Kolkata, India: role of integrons, plasmids, and topoisomerase mutations. Infect Drug resist. (11): 87-102.
  3. Rajpara N, Nair M, Bhardwaj AK. 2017. A highly promiscuous integron, plasmids, extended spectrum beta lactamases and efflux pumps as factors governing multidrug resistance in a highly drug resistant Vibrio fluvialis isolate BD146 from Kolkata, India. Indian J Microbiol, 1-8. Doi: 10.1007/s12088-017-0687-8.
  4. Rajpara N, Kutar BMRNS, Sinha R, Nag D, Koley H, Ramamurthy T, Bhardwaj AK. 2015. Role of integrons, plasmids and SXT elements in multidrug resistance of Vibrio cholerae and Providencia vermicola obtained from a clinical isolate of diarrhea. Front Microbiol. 17; 6:57.
  5. Rajpara N, Vinothkumar K, Mohanty P, Singh AK, Singh R, Sinha R , Nag D , Koley H, Bhardwaj AK .2013. Synergistic Effect of Various Virulence Factors Leading to High toxicity of Environmental V. cholerae Non-O1/ Non-O139 Isolates Lacking ctx Gene : Comparative Study with Clinical Strains. PLoS One 8(9):e76200.

Review article:

  • Bhardwaj AK, Vinothkumar K, Rajpara N. 2013. Bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors: Attractive alternatives for control of infectious pathogens showing multiple drug resistance. Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 8:68-83.

Book Chapters:

  • Bhardwaj AK, Vinothkumar K, Rajpara N, Mohanty P, Kutar BM. 2014. Therapeutic Limitations Due to Antibiotic Drug Resistance: Road to Alternate Therapies. Frontiers in Anti-Infective Drug Discovery (e. book), Vol. 3. Bentham Science Publishers. Editors: Atta-ur-Rahman and M. Iqbal Choudhary
  • Vinothkumar K, Rajpara N, Nair M, Bhardwaj AK. 2017. Multidrug Resistance in Vibrio Spp. And Shigella Spp.: Emergence of Untreatable Pathogens. Resistance to Antibiotics: Are we prepared to Handle This Growing Ghost? Omics group ebook. Editor: Bhardwaj AK