Prof. Neeraj Wadhwa
Professor
Biotechnology
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
India
Biography
Dr. Neeraj Wadhwa, Associate Professor joined the Department of Biotechnology at JIIT in 2002. She graduated in Zoology (Honours) from Fergusson College, University of Pune, and Masters in Zoology from Pune University. She did her PhD in 1995 from University of Delhi, where her research focus was to study the post-transcriptional and post-translational modification in Plant Gene Expression. She has a broad experience in teaching and research from 1994 to 2002 at different institutes like College for Applied Science for Women at Delhi University, Institute of Hotel Management, PUSA. She has also worked as a research associate at I.A.R.I, PUSA.
Research Interest
Dr. Wadhwa’s research focus is on purification of industrially important enzymes.
Publications
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Gupta P., Singh A.,Shukla G.and Wadhwa N. “Bio-insecticidal potential of amylase inhibitors†, Journal of Pharmacy research / BioMedRX vol 1, No 5 , pp 449-458 2013.
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​Singh A and Wadhwa N., “A Review on Multiple Potential of Aroid: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius†International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research ISSN 0976-044X (accepted for publication Oct 2013). [ Indexed in SCOPUS ]
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Singh A., Gupta, P., Wadhwa N, “Properties of cellulolytic enzymes from peel of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius ,†Int. J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci ., vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 333- 336, 2014. .[ Indexed in SCOPUS, Impact factor: 0.91]
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Singh A., Gupta, P., Wadhwa N., “Cellulase from stored Amorphophallus paeoniifolius in clarification of apple juice,†Int. Food Res. J., vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 840– 843, 2014. [Indexed in SCOPUS, Impact factor: 0.94]
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Singh A., Gupta, P., Shukla, G. and Wadhwa N. “Quality attributes and acceptability of bread made from wheat and Amorphophallus paeoniifolius flour,†J. Food Sci. Technol ., DOI 10.1007/s13197-015-1834-z.pp. 1–7. [Indexed in SCOPUS, SCI, Impact factor: 2.024]