Awards & Recognition
1. Awarded the Honor of inclusion among top ‘75 Women in STEAM’(by the Principal Scientific advisor, Govt of India and British High Commission (March 2022), to be featured in the book She Is: 75 Women in STEAM.
2.‘Wonder Women’ award by BHU for academic contributions, (2022).
3.Awarded by DST supported GATI Program at BHU for ‘Invaluablecontribution in the Academics and scientific excellence’ (2022)
4.Nominated Member, subject expert committee on Women Scientist Scheme –A (WOS-A), Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
5.VC Nominee for selection of the post of Assistant Professor, Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh.
6.Nominated Member, General Assembly, International Union of Immunology Societies (2019-)
7.Managing Editor, Frontiers in Bioscience (2020)
8.Guest Editor, Frontiers in Immunology (2020)
9.Outstanding Scientist Award, 2020, VDGOOD Professional Association, India
10.Elected Member Executive Committee, Indian Immunology Society, (2018-)
11.Membership award, The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) (2015-)
12.Fellow, Society of Applied Biotechnology, (2015-)
13.Expert/evaluator for the PRISM program, DSIR, (Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India),
14.Domain Expert for Biotech Start-ups, Govt. of India, Initiative for ‘Make in India’, (MCIIE) IIT, BHU;
15.Project evaluator for UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) sponsored project
16.National Mentor, INSPIRE-Academy Panel of DST. (2012 onwards)
17.Mentor, Smart India Hackathon, 2018.
18.Member Executive Council BioNest Incubator, BHU.
19.G.P. Talwar Young scientist award (2013)
20.Best paper awards in oral presentations in conferences: FIVE (5)
21.Honorable Jury Academic Brilliance Award 2018
22.Award for valuable contribution in field of expertise, International Women’s day, 2018, Women Grievance cell of BHU, 2018
23.Best paper awards in oral presentations in conferences are as follows:
G.P. Talwar Young scientist award (Immunocon 2013)
Singh VV, Chauhan SK, Rai R, Soni UK, Ashok Kumar, Rai G. Impaired Genetic Mechanisms of Innate Immunity in Low Birth Weight Newborns. 40th Ann. Conf. of Indian Immunology Society, University of Delhi, North Campus, New Delhi, November 15 -17, 2013
First prize in oral presentation (Immunocon 2013)
Singh VV, Chauhan SK, Rai R, Soni UK, Ashok Kumar, Rai G. Impaired Genetic Mechanisms of Innate Immunity in Low Birth Weight Newborns. 40th Ann. Conf. of Indian Immunology Society, University of Delhi, North Campus, New Delhi, November 15 -17, 2013
First prize in oral presentation (Immunocon 2012)
Chauhan SK, Singh VV, Rai R, Rai M, Rai G. TLR7 and TLR9 upregulation associates with autoantibodies against specific nuclear targets in systemic lupus erythematosus. 39th Ann. Conf. of Indian Immunology Society, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, November 9-11, 2012
Second prize in oral presentation (Immunocon 2012)
Soni UK, Singh VV, Chauhan SK, Rai R, Kumar A, Rai G. HL60 differentiation: Highest ROS activity with maximum survivability of neutrophil-like cells achieved after 120 hrs by All Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) induction. 39th Ann. Conf. of Indian Immunol.Soc., BHU, Varanasi, November 9-11, 2012
Significant Achievements
1.Development of a novel model for autoimmune disease ‘Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
2.Development of diagnostic genetic markers for Glomerulonephritis in SLE (Patent 1).
3.Development of herbal formulation for increasing immune efficiency of neutrophils of low birth weight (LBW) newborns at risk of infections (Patent 2).
4.Formulation of milk based supplement for management of Dengue (Patent 3).
5.Development of silver nanoparticle for inducing apoptosis in cancer cells (Patent 4).
6.Recognitions as Expert/evaluator for the PRISM program, DSIR, (Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India), a Domain Expert for Biotech Start-ups, Govt. of India, Initiative for ‘Make in India’, (MCIIE) IIT, BHU; Mentor, INSPIRE-Academy Panel of DST and Member, NASI, India.
Consultancy Services
1.Scientific Advisor to NWIL, Mumbai.
2.Advisor to Neiss Lab, Mumbai.
3.Advisor Agati Health Care, Mumbai.
Products developed in association with industries
1.Live Green Real Grass (Delay Signs of Aging) NWIL
Ref: Jain MM, Kumari N, Rai G "A novel formulation of veggies with potent liver detoxifying activity".International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design. 2014, ISSN online: 1756-0764, ISSN print: 1756-0756.
2.Real Veggies (Foods Good for Liver) NWIL
Ref: Jain MM, Kumari N, Rai G "A novel formulation of veggies with potent anti-migraine activity”. International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design. 2014, ISSN online: 1756-0764, ISSN print: 1756-0756 .