Dr. Pushpa Sahni

Assistant Professor

 

Educational Qualification - M.Sc, Ph.D.(Chemistry)

 

CONTACT

Department of Chemistry

Dayalbagh Educational Institue(Deemed to be University)

Dayalbagh, Agra 282005

Tel : (0562) 280 1545

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1.Teaching Assignments

1. • Courses Taught:
   • Odd Semester :

             

Course Code	Class	Title
CHM 504	B.Sc.(Hons.) V Sem	Biology for Chemists
CHH 101	B.Sc. I Sem	Fundamentals of Chemistry
CHM 304	B.Sc. III Sem	Practical Chemistry
CHH 103	B.Sc. I Sem	Practical Chemistry
CHW 104	B.Sc. I Sem	Extraction of Natural Products I (Work Experience)
CHM 001	All M.Sc. students	Basic Res. Meth., Sc. Comput. & Anal.
CHM 002	M.Sc. Summer Term	Pre-Dissertation
CHM 901	M.Sc. III Sem	Dissertation
CEC 191	B.Sc. I Sem	Cultural Education

 

• Even Semester :

 

Course Code	Class	Title
CHM 203	B.Sc. II Sem	Physical Chemistry II
CHM 204	B.Sc. II Sem	Practical Chemistry
CHM 804	M.Sc. VIII Sem	Magnetic Resonance, Mass Spectroscopy and Diffraction Techniques
CHM 953	M.Phil. and Research Scholars (Course work)	Self Study Course
CHM 404	B.Sc. IV Sem	Practical Chemistry
CHH 251	B.H.Sc. II Sem	Household Chemistry
CHW 204	B.Sc. II Sem	Extraction of Natural Products II (Work Experience)
CRC 291	B.Sc. I Sem	Comparative Study of Religion

 

1. Area(s) of Research

Actively involved in research in chemistry of microtubules and consciousness studies

 

1. Research Supervision

M.Sc. Thesis               [35]    M.Phil.                  [1]       

Research Interests

• Anaesthetics and Consciousness
• Topological Quantum Chemistry

Honors and Recognitions 

• 2006 : Membership of Systems Society of India
• 2016: Membership of American Chemical Society

Selected Publications

• Papers in Journals 
  • Sahni P., Natural dye-sensitized solar cells-a review, Advance Science Letters, 4, 1-10, 2011, ISSN: 1936-6612 (Print): EISSN: 1936-7317 (Online), IF : 1.253
• Sahni P., Bhanupryia, Shreya and Jaya., Tubulin Conformation and Anaesthetic Interaction - An Experimental Study, Biochemistry & Analytical Biochemistry, 2016, 5:1, 1-7, ISSN: 2161-1009, IF : 2.63.
  • Pushpa Sahni et al., Mechanism of propofol's action on MAP rich tubulin and actin-An in-vitro study. Biochem. Anal. Biochem 2017, 6:3. DOI: 10.4172/2161-1009.1000338 IF: 2.63

• Books/Book Chapters
  • Sahni P., Chemistry of Microtubules and consciousness, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-3659315121, 2013.

• Papers in Conference Proceedings

• Chemical Synthesis of Microtubules : An in-vitro study in progress, Toward a Science of Consciousness TSC 2012 Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Univ. of Arizona, USA, April 9-14, 2012
• In-vitro microtubule assembly and its role in brain cognition, Toward a Science of Consciousness TSC 2013 Conference, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India, DEI, March 3-9, 2013.
• Tubulin hydrophobic pockets and dynamical states are essential to consciousness, Toward a Science of Consciousness TSC 2014 Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Univ. of Arizona, USA, April 21-26, 2014.
• Tubulin conformation and hydrophobic pockets : An in-vitro study, Toward a Science of Consciousness TSC 2015 Conference, Helsinki, Finland, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland, June 8-June 13, 2015.
• Tubulin Conformation and Anaesthetic Interaction - An Experimental Study, The Science of Consciousness TSC 2016 Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Univ. of Arizona, USA, April 26-30, 2016.
• Anesthetic and neuronal protein assembly- An in-vitro study, The Science of Consciousness TSC 2017 Conference, San Diego, USA, June 5-10, 2017.
• Topological quantum chemistry of tubulin molecule. The Science of Consciousness TSC 2018 Conference, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Univ. of Arizona, USA, April 2-7, 2018.
• An experimental approach to understand chemistry of microtubule in reference to consciousness. The Science of Consciousness TSC 2019 Conference, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 25-28, 2019.
• Can eastern and western perspectives divide consciousness?The Science of Consciousness TSC 2019 Conference, East West Forum TSC 2019, Interlaken, Switzerland, June 25-28, 2019.

 

 

 

• Awards and Achievements

 

• Best paper presentation award in series on ‘Biological and Chemical Systems’ at joint International Conference on Applied Systems Research and XXXIII National Systems Conference (ASR-NSC 2009), DEI Dayalbagh and Systems Society of India, November 27-29, 2009.
• Regular speaker in the programme of Summer School in Science for High School Students(SCI-HIGH) since 2012.
• Lecture on Green Chemistry: Need, Concept and Principles uploaded on MHRD website developed at Quantum & Nano Computing Virtual Centre, DEI under MHRD Nano Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology.