Assam Don Bosco University

About

Designation : Assistant Professor (stage II)
Department : Life Sciences
Date of Joining : 2018-07-04
Qualification : Msc, M.Tech (Amity university, Noida) and PhD (ICMR-RMRC,Dibrugarh) in Biotechnology Specialization in dengue vector virus interaction

Experience

Teaching : 5 Years
Teaching details :
Teaching Virology, Mycology, Immunology, Infection and molecular diagnostics, Mushroom cultivation
Area of Interest :
Virology, Immunology and Infectious diseases
Mycoremediation, Bacteriophage therapy
Research : 8 Years

Award / Recognition / Achievement / Professional Membership / Grant

1. Award - Community empowerment through practice of Mushroom Cutivation
   Awarded on 2021-09-28
   Awarded by Uniservitate
   Reason TO teach service learning to students and establish bond with the community
   Grant Amount 14,000
   
2. Award - International travel grant
   Awarded on 2019-07-07
   Awarded by Serb
   Reason To present my work n Dengue virus at Molecular Insect Science Symposium in Spain. - NA
   Grant Amount 2,00,000
   
3. Award - Department of Science and Technology woman scientist fellowship-a
   Awarded on 2014-05-19
   Awarded by Department of science and technology, govt. of india
   Reason The award was granted as a financial support to carry out the research work entitled"A Study on entomological and virological investigation of dengue vectors prevailing in Assam India" at ICMR Regional medical research centre ne region,dibrugarh during the phd tenure - The award period is SUCCESSFULLY completed in 2017
   Grant Amount 20,90,000
   
4. Grant - Student science project
   Awarded on 2020-05-05
   Awarded by Astec,guwahati
   Reason NA - NA
   Grant Amount 10,000
   
5. Grant - FIMSA brusary award
   Awarded on 2019-10-12
   Awarded by Indian Immunology Society
   Reason Oral presenTation of my work on Dengue Virus - NA
   Grant Amount 5000
   
6. Grant - Student Science project
   Awarded on 2019-04-24
   Awarded by Astec, guwahati
   Reason NA - NA
   Grant Amount 10,000
   
7. Recognition - Role Model women scientist from NE Region
   Awarded on 2020-09-22
   Awarded by Department of Science and Technology
   
   Grant Amount 0
   

Conference / Workshop / Symposium / Training

1. Participant in Conference - SPARC-Indo-US Immunology Workshop (International)
   Organised at Online from 2020-06-12 to 2020-06-06
   
2. Paper Presenter in Conference - National Seminar on Sustainable and Environmental Conservation: A tool for community development (National)
   Organised at SHILLONG from 2020-03-12 to 2020-03-13
   
3. Participant in Conference - Genomics Ananlysis and technology (National)
   Organised at Icmr-rmrc,dibrugarh from 2017-07-05 to 2017-07-05
   
4. Participant in Conference - Current Approaches and Applications in Biomedical Research (National)
   Organised at Biomedical Informatics Centre,ICMR-RMRC Dibrugarh from 2017-03-28 to 2017-03-29
   
5. Paper Presenter in Conference - National Symposium on molecular Insect Science (National)
   Organised at Assam Agriculture University from 2017-02-06 to 2017-02-08
   
6. Participant in Conference - Structural Bioinformatics (National)
   Organised at Dibrugarh university from 2012-09-26 to 2012-09-28
   
7. Participant in Conference - International Immunology Workshop (International)
   Organised at Icmr-rmrc, dibrugarh from 2011-09-12 to 2011-09-23
   
8. Participant in Conference - TROPACON 2014 (National)
   Organised at 8th National Conference of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology from 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
   
9. Paper Presenter in Conference - 18th international conference in infectious and tropical disease (International)
   Organised at Bangkok from 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
   
10. Paper Presenter in Symposium - Eighth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science (International)
    Organised at Melia, Sitges from 2019-07-07 to 2019-07-10
    
11. Participant in Symposium - CME on Current understanding of Immunology (National)
    Organised at Indian Immunological Society and MRHRU from 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
    
12. Participant in Training - Training Programme on Mushroom Cultivation Technology for entrepreneurs (National)
    Organised at ICAR-CHAMBAGHAT from 2023-10-16 to 2023-10-21
    
13. Participant in Training - “Basic and Advanced Translational Immunology” (International)
    Organised at Rajasthan University of Health Sciences from 2019-10-12 to 2019-10-16
    
14. Participant in Workshop - Diagnostic approaches in virology, recent advancements (National)
    Organised at Department of biosciences and BIO ENGINEERING from 2019-03-04 to 2019-03-06
    
15. Participant in Workshop - Application of Bioinformatics in Biomedical Research (National)
    Organised at Bioinformatics Centre from 2016-03-28 to 2016-03-28
    

Research and Publication

Journal

1. Beyau M Konyak, Monika Soni, Shyamalima Saikia, Tochi Chang, Indrani Gogoi, Ibakmensi Khongstid, Chung-Ming Chang, Mohan Sharma, Ramendra Pati Pandey, Scrub typhus in Northeast India: epidemiology, clinical presentations, and diagnostic approaches, Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, volume NA, pages 1-6, 2023
   Indexing - Scopus,, Impact factor - 2.5
   ISSN , ISBN NA,
2. Monika Soni1, Purity Longmalai, Ibakmensi Khongstid, Bacteriophage activity against the causative agents of Nosocomial infections, International Journal of All Research Education and Scientific Methods (IJARESM), volume 7, pages 1999-2001, 2022
   Indexing - UGC list,, Impact factor - 0
   ISSN 2455-6211, ISBN ,
3. Monika Soni * , Siraj A Khan , Chandra K Bhattacharjee and Prafulla Dutta , Experimental study of dengue virus infection in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus: a comparative analysis on susceptibility, virus transmission and reproductive success, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, volume NA, pages 29, 2020
   Indexing - UGC list,, Impact factor - 2.5
   ISSN 0022-2011, ISBN ,
4. Soni M., Bhattacharya C., Sharma, J. & Dutta P, Bioassay and molecular study for detection of insecticide resistance dengue causing mosquito vectors., Indian journal of medical microbiology., volume 36(3), pages 435-438, 2018
   Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 1.157
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5. Soni M, Bhattacharya C, Khan SA, Dutta P., DNA barcoding as a complementary approach for species identification from dengue endemic regions of North East India, International journal of mosquito research, volume 5(1), pages 46-52 , 2017
   Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 0
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6. Soni M, Sharma J, Review on transovarial transmission potentiality of dengue vectors: An international perspective with special reference to North-Eastern region of India, Indian journal of medical microbiology, volume 35, pages 355-360, 2017
   Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 1.157
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7. Soni M., Bhattacharya C., Sharma J., Khan S. A., & Dutta P, Molecular typing and phylogeny of Wolbachia: A study from Assam, North-Eastern part of India, Acta tropica, volume 176, pages 421-426, 2017
   Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 2.525
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8. Jitendra Sharma, Dhrubajyoti Gogoi, Monika Soni, Prafulla Dutta, Siraj Ahmed Khan, Epidemiological and etiological study of acute encephalitis syndrome cases: A study from Lakhimpur district of Assam, Tropical Journal of Medical Research, volume 20(1), pages 109-111, 2017
   Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 0
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9. Jitendra Sharma, Monika Soni, Prafulla Dutta, SA Khan & Jagadish Mahanta, Mutational prevalence of chloroquine resistance transporter gene among Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. , Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, volume 34(2), pages 193-7, 2016
   Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 1.03
   ISSN 0255-0857, ISBN ,
10. Jitendra Sharma & Monika Soni. , Influence of rainfall on incidence of AES/JE cases -a study from Lakhimpur district of Assam in 2011-12, Applied Research Journal, volume 1 (4), pages 182-185, 2015
    Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 0
    ISSN 2423-4796, ISBN ,
11. SHARMA J, DUTTA P, KHAN SA, SONI M, DEY D, MAHANTA J, Genetic polymorphisms associated with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine drug resistance among Plasmodium falciparum field isolates in malaria endemic areas of Assam, Journal of postgraduate medicine, volume 61(1), pages 9-14, 2014
    Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 1.095
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12. Jitendra Sharma, Sashi Gupta, Monika Soni & Mridul Malakar, Pathological outcome in the patients with different ailments: a comprehensive study in Lakhimpur district, Assam. , Innovare Journal of Medical Science. , volume 2 (4), pages 3-5, 2014
    Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 0
    ISSN 2321-4406, ISBN ,
13. Sharma J, Dutta P, Khan SA, Soni M, Mahanta J, Detection of point mutation in Plasmodium falciparum ATPase6 gene associated with artemisinin resistance from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Journal of vector borne diseases. , volume 51(4), pages 282-285, 2014
    Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 1.19
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14. Siraj A. Khan, Prafulla Dutta, Rashmee Topno, Monika Soni, and Jagadish Mahanta, Dengue Outbreak in a Hilly State of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, The scientific world journal, volume 2014, pages 1-6, 2014
    Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 1.8
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15. JITENDRA SHARMA, MRIDUL MALAKAR, MONIKA SONI & ANJUMONI PATHAK , Outbreak of Cholera in some villages of Boginodi area in Lakhimpur district of Assam, International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences, volume 3 (3), pages 450-454, 2013
    Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 0
    ISSN 2230-7605, ISBN ,
16. Jitendra Sharma, Mridul Malakar, Monika Soni, Dr Prafulla Dutta & Dr SA Khan, Comparison of diagnostic performance of different kits for detection of acute dengue infection during an outbreak in Lakhimpur district of Assam, Indian streams research journal, volume 3 (8), pages 1-4, 2013
    Indexing - Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,, Impact factor - 0
    ISSN 2230-7850, ISBN ,

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