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Date: 21, November 2024
Time: 14:20
Hello friends! I am working as a Assistant Professor of Zoology in Miranda house University of Delhi. I did my B.Sc. and M. Sc. in Zoology from Miranda House. My M.Phil. work was on Biodiversity of rotifers in the backwaters of Delhi segment of river Yamuna and
Ph. D. was on Limnological studies on two shallow, eutrophic, man-made lakes in Delhi. I did my research work in the Limnology Unit of Department of Zoology, University of Delhi.
Research Interests
Limnological studies on Shallow lakes
- Patterns of spatio-temporal variations in physicochemical and biological characteristics. Analyzing the trend of patterns using indirect gradient multivariate data analysis technique, Principal Component Analysis (PCA).
- Preparing a checklist of micro-floral and faunal planktonic and/or epiphytic species.
- Elucidating relationships between biological assemblages of species and their environment by using direct gradient multivariate data analysis technique, Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA).
- Comparative analyses of the results obtain from the diverse ecosystems with contrasting characters.
- Factors determining Algal Blooms mainly due to Cyanobacteria
Biodiversity of zooplankton, especially Rotifers and Claodcerans in various aquatic ecosystems
Plankton dynamics in relation to water quality in the Flood plains and Backwaters of rivers
Host specificity of epiphytic assemblages for different macrophytes, especially water hyacinth and water fern
Teaching Interests
- Ecology and Environmental Management
- Zoogeographical Distribution of Animals
- Diversity of Animals- Non-Chordata
Awards and Distinctions
- 2005: Awarded CSIR Travel Grant to attend 9th International Society for Salt Lake Research (ISSLR) Conference held at Curtin university of Technology, Perth, Western Australia from 26th-30th September.
- 2005: Awarded CSIR-UGC LECTURESHIP (National Eligibility Test) certificate in LIFE SCIENCES.
- 1999: Awarded Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ICAR) National Eligibility Test certificate for Lectureship/ Assistant Professorship in the Professional subject FISH & FISHERIES SCIENCE.
- 1996: Awarded Trade Certificate in Data Preparation and Computer Software from State Council for Vocational Training, Delhi, Government of India
Workshops/Training Course/Refresher Course attended
- Mentor for workshop on “Designing Life: Small Experiments” from 16 -20 December 2013 organized under Inspire Internship Programme, Innovation in Science Persuit for Inspired Research, an initiative of DST, Government of India
- Participated in International Workshop on “New Frontiers in Global Learning and Communications” from 28th December’13 to 2nd January’14 organized by Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Oriented Program, University of Delhi, India and University of Massachusetts Boston, USA at Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women.
- Member of Organizing Committee for workshop on “Understanding Proteins: Structures and Functions” from 15-18 July, 2013 organized under DBT Star College Project at D.S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi.
- National Workshop on RNAomics Isolation to Interference organized by Department of Biochemistry, Shivaji College, University of Delhi from 25-29 October, 2010
- Participated as a facilitator and mentor at the Experimental summer workshop for undergraduate science students, Flavour of Research, Investigative Projects in Multidisciplinary Contexts organized by D.S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi from 19 May to 19 July 2010. The Title of the Research Project was Application of Natural Dyes on different textile materials: An ECO-friendly Approach
- Workshop on Bioinformatics: Unravelling Genes and Proteins organized by D.S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi from 10-15 May, 2010.
- Workshop on Art and Science of Paper Recycling organized by Miranda House, University of Delhi from 22-23 January, 2010
- ICT workshop on Capacity Building organized by Miranda House, University of Delhi from 11 - 16 January, 2010
- UGC-ASC UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Biotechnology and its Applications organized by Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi held from 21 July - 10 August , 2009 at CPDHE (ILLL), Delhi.
- Training Course on “Silk Dyeing and Printing” with special course on Natural Dyeing of Silk using Turmeric with different Mordants organized by Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles-Govt. of India held from 22 June - 3 July 2009 at Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI), Bangalore.
- Collaborative Workshop for College Science Teachers –Active Learning with Computer-based Experiments in Multidisciplinary Context organized by D.S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi from 16-21 April, 2009 at Multidisciplinary Project Lab, Miranda House, Delhi.
- Face to Face Learning for Content Workshop, WikiED'09 organized by Acharya Narendra Dev College from Jan 9-12 2009 in Delhi.
- A three-day workshop on Biology Laboratory Course organized by ILLL and Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, Delhi held from September 2-4, 2008 at Daulat Ram College, Delhi.
- UGC-ASC UGC sponsored 4-weeks Orientation Course organized by Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi held from July 3-30, 2008 at CPDHE (ILLL), Delhi.
- Training Course on “Silk Dyeing and Printing” organized by Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles-Govt. of India held from June 16-27, 2008 at Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI), Bangalore.
- The Second ASEAN-INDIA BIOINFORMATICS HRD Programme supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, India, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Sceince and Technology and ASEAN secretariat and organized by Sri Venkateswara Colllege, University of Delhi held from December 14-16, 2006 at New Delhi.
- Workshop on “Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology” organized by Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007 from august 10-12, 2006.
Conferences/Seminars Attended
- Garima Virmani, Gunjan Shukla, Prachi Sharma, Priyanka Pant, Simran Vinaik, Jyoti Arora, Rekha Kumari, Mallika Pathak, Efficacy of Natural Dyes in Dyeing and Imparting Antimicrobial Properties to Different Textile Materials. Poster Presentations in National Symposium on Environment: Challenges and Awareness held on 5 November, 2014 at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi.
- Jyoti Arora, Prerna Aggarwal and Gunjan Gupta, Rainbow of Natural Dyes: An Eco-friendly Approach. Poster Presentations in National Symposium on Environment: Challenges and Awareness held on 5 November, 2014 at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi.
- Jyoti Arora, Rekha Kumari and Mallika Pathak, Development of Sustainable and Eco-friendly Processes for Natural Dyeing of Textiles using Plants Extracts. Oral Presentation in the 5th Asia Oceania Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (AOC-5 GSC) held at India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Raod, New Delhi from 15-17 January 2015 organized by North India Section of The Royal
Society of Chemistry (London), Green Chemistry Network Centre (New Delhi) and The Energy and Resources Institute (New Delhi).
- Jyoti Arora, Anjana Singha Naorem and Prerna Agarwal, Cyclopoid Copepods as a Bio-control Agent against Mosquito Larvae: Opportunities and Challenges. Poster presentation in National Symposium on Vector Biology and Vector Management held on Feb 12, 2015 at Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi.
- Jyoti Arora, Rekha Kumari, Mallika Pathak, Efficacy of Natural Dyes in Dyeing and Imparting Antimicrobial Properties to Different Textile Materials: Industrial Applications of Natural Dyes. Oral Presentation by Jyoti Arora at Industry-Academia Interface held on 21 February, 2015 during Anterdwani, 2015, Academic and Cultural Festival, at Cluster Innovation Center, University of Delhi.
- Prachi Sharma, Priyanka Pant, Simran Vinaik, Jyoti Arora, Rekha Kumari and Mallika Pathak, Natural Dyeing of Textiles using Plant Extracts: Dyeing potential and Antimicrobial Properties. Oral presentation in one Day Symposium on Recent trends in Biology held on 25 Feb 2015 at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi.
- Priyanka Pant, Garima Virmani, Prerna Aggarwal, Vaishali Khokhar, Aayushi Arora, Jyoti Arora, Rekha Kumari and Mallika Pathak, Application of Plant Dyes on different Textile Materials: An Eco-friendly Approach. Poster presentation in one Day Symposium on Recent trends in Biology held on 25 Feb 2015 at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi.
- Jyoti Arora, Rekha Kumari, Simran Jit, Impact of climate change on human diseases: Outbreaks, weather extremes and deadly diseases. DST-SERB supported National Conference on Climate Change: Impact, Adaptation, Mitigation Scenario and Future Challenges in Indian Perspective held on March 2 – 3, 2015 at Conference Center, University of Delhi organized by Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi.National Conference on Relevance of Nanotechnology in Biology organized by Departments of Botany and Zoology, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, Delhi on 1 March, 2013.
- Symposium on Prevention is better than Cure: Ways to keep Lifestyle Diseases at Bay organized by Department of Zoology, Hindu College, University of Delhi from 8-10 September, 2010.
- Seminar on FOSS: Awareness and Possibilities organized by AND College in association with the National Resource Centre for Free/ Open Source Software (NRCFOSS), Anna University, Chennai at University of Delhi, South Campus on April 16, 2010.
- Attended National Sysmposium on Chemistry in Biology: The Future of Life Sciences organized by Acharya Narendra Dev College from 12-13 February 2010 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
- Participated in the National Conference on Showcasing Cutting Edge Science and Technology by Woman, an Initiative of the National Task Force for Women in Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 8-9 March 2008.
- J. Arora and N. K. Mehra. “Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton in a shallow eutrophic, man-made hyposaline lake in Delhi (India): role of environmental factors”. Oral presentation at 9th International Society for Salt Lake Research (ISSLR) Conference held at Curtin university of Technology, Perth, Western Australia from 26th-30th September, 2005.
- J. Arora and N. K. Mehra. “Phytoplankton dynamics in a shallow, eutrophic man-made lake in Delhi: Relationships between species composition and environmental factors. Oral Presentation at National Symposium on Ecology and biodiversity of Aquatic organisms organized by Allahabad University during February 15-17, 2003.
- J. Arora and N. K. Mehra. “Species diversity of rotifers in some Freshwater Habitats of NCT, Delhi”. Oral presentation at International Symposium on Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Animals organized by Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University in Collaboration with Freshwater Biological Association of India during Februrary 26 – March 2, 2002.
- J. Arora and N. K. Mehra. “Rotifer fauna in the backwaters of Delhi segment of river Yamuna”. Poster presentation at International Conference on Tropical Aquatic Ecosystems: Health, Conservation and Management held at Nainital, India from 24-30 October, 1999.
Publications
- Arora J. and N. K. Mehra, 2009a. Seasonal dynamics of zooplankton in a shallow eutrophic, man-made Hyposaline Lake in Delhi (India): role of environmental factors. Hydrobiologia 626(1): 27-40.
- Arora, J. and N. K. Mehra, 2009b. Phytoplankton dynamics in a shallow, eutrophic man-made Lake in Delhi: relationships between species composition and environmental factors. In: Biodiversity and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms (Chapter 3), Nautiyal, P and H. K. Singh (ed.), 2009b.
- Arora, J. and N. K. Mehra, 2004. Species diversity of Rotifera in some freshwater habitats of NCT, Delhi. J. Aqua. 11: 19-28.
- Arora, J. and N. K. Mehra, 2003a. Seasonal dynamics of rotifers in relation to physicochemical conditions of river Yamuna (Delhi), India. Hydrobiologia 491: 101-109.
- Arora, J. and N. K. Mehra, 2003b. Species diversity of planktonic and epiphytic rotifers in the backwaters of the Delhi segment of River Yamuna, with remarks on new records from India. Zoological Studies 42(2): 239-247.
Laboratory Skills
- Morphometric data collection and analysis
- Physicochemical and biological Analysis of water
- Identification of zooplankton and phytoplankton species
- Identification of macrophytes and associated floral and faunal assemblages and their quantification
- Drawing of species through picture tube
- SEM pictures analysis and identification of new records/ species
- Data base management and analysis
Other Activities
- Principal Investigator of the Innovation Project 2013-14 entitled Efficacy of Natural Dyes in dyeing and imparting antimicrobial properties to different textile materials (Project No. MH 203) funded by University of Delhi.
- Facilitator and mentor at the Experimental summer workshop for undergraduate science students, Flavour of Research, Investigative Projects in Multidisciplinary Contexts organized by D.S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi from 19 May to 19 July 2013. The Title of the Research Project was Limnological studies on three shallow, eutrophic, man-made lakes in Delhi: A Comparative Analysis.
- Member of Organizing Committee in 4-day workshop on “Techniques in Biotechnology” for B.Sc. (H) Zoology (Paper no. ZOHT 611) and B.Sc. (Programme) Life Sciences (Paper no. LSPT 613) IIIrd year from 9-12 January, organized at Miranda House, University of Delhi.
- Member of Organizing Committee for workshop on “ Understanding Proteins: Structures and Functions” from 15-18 July, 2013 organized under DBT Star College Project at D.S. Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education, Miranda House, University of Delhi.
- Member of Prospectus Committee, 2009
- Member of Archival Vol. Committee, April 2008-till date
- Convenor of Jigyasa, the Quiz Society of Miranda House in 2008
- Member of Jigyasa, the Quiz Society of Miranda House in 2009
- Advisor for Zoological Society of Miranda house since 2006-2009
- Member of Organizing Committee of National Symposium on “Science of Life: The New Horizon” organized by Miranda House held from 21-23 November, 2007.
- Coordinator for Baseline Science Test – Biology (2008) held in the Miranda House
- Member of Organizing Committee of Workshop on Biology Laboratory Course (LS-206) B.Sc. (Programme) Life Sciences II Yr held from 24-26 September, 2008 at Miranda House.
- Member of Organizing Committee and Treasurer of Workshop on Techniques in Biotechnology for B.Sc. (H) Zoology paper ZOHP 611 and B. Sc. (Life Sciences ) paper LSPP 613 held from 9-12 January, 2013 organized by Miranda House in association with Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILLL).
- Awarded certificate of appreciation in recognition of assistance rendered during CPDHE-sponsored Refresher Course on Current Trends in Physiology from December 26, 2002 to January 17, 2003 in the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi.
- Participated as a main panelist in a live show Meri Baat on the topic Depleting Water Resources: A Man-Made Crisistelecasted from Television channel DD Bharti on 25th September, 2006.
Presentations
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