Dr. Monika Soni

Qualification:

Msc, M.Tech (Amity university, Noida) and PhD (ICMR-RMRC,Dibrugarh) in Biotechnology
Specialization in dengue vector virus interaction

Teaching Experience: 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 Experience: 8 Years

1. Achievement — Best oral presentation award
   22 Nov 2024 • International conference
   Participated in 4th Biotic Science Congress,2024 and international Conference on Climate smart farming: Adoption Impacts and Implications for sustainable development
2. Award — Community empowerment through practice of Mushroom Cutivation
   28 Sep 2021 • Uniservitate
   TO teach service learning to students and establish bond with the community
3. Award — International travel grant
   07 Jul 2019 • Serb
   To present my work n Dengue virus at Molecular Insect Science Symposium in Spain.
4. Award — Department of Science and Technology woman scientist fellowship-a
   19 May 2014 • department of science and technology, govt. of india
   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
5. Grant — Student science project
   05 May 2020 • astec,guwahati
   NA
6. Grant — FIMSA brusary award
   12 Oct 2019 • Indian Immunology Society
   Oral presenTation of my work on Dengue Virus
7. Grant — Student Science project
   24 Apr 2019 • astec, guwahati
   NA
8. Recognition — Role Model women scientist from NE Region
   22 Sep 2020 • Department of Science and Technology

1. Paper Presenter in Conference — 6 International Conference on th Bacteriophage Research and Antimicrobial Resistance (International)
   Department of Microbiology Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University • 2025-11-12 to 2025-11-13
2. Paper Presenter in Conference — Youth for Nature: Building Sustainable Communities (National)
   Assam Don Bosco University • 2025-10-10 to 2025-10-11
3. Participant in Conference — SPARC-Indo-US Immunology Workshop (International)
   online • 2020-06-12 to 2020-06-06
4. Paper Presenter in Conference — National Seminar on Sustainable and Environmental Conservation: A tool for community development (National)
   SHILLONG • 2020-03-12 to 2020-03-13
5. Participant in Conference — Genomics Ananlysis and technology (National)
   icmr-rmrc,dibrugarh • 2017-07-05 to 2017-07-05
6. Participant in Conference — Current Approaches and Applications in Biomedical Research (National)
   Biomedical Informatics Centre,ICMR-RMRC Dibrugarh • 2017-03-28 to 2017-03-29
7. Paper Presenter in Conference — National Symposium on molecular Insect Science (National)
   Assam Agriculture University • 2017-02-06 to 2017-02-08
8. Participant in Conference — Structural Bioinformatics (National)
   Dibrugarh university • 2012-09-26 to 2012-09-28
9. Participant in Conference — International Immunology Workshop (International)
   icmr-rmrc, dibrugarh • 2011-09-12 to 2011-09-23
10. Paper Presenter in Conference — 18th international conference in infectious and tropical disease (International)
    Bangkok • 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
11. Participant in Conference — TROPACON 2014 (National)
    8th National Conference of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology • 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
12. Paper Presenter in Symposium — Eighth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science (International)
    Melia, Sitges • 2019-07-07 to 2019-07-10
13. Participant in Symposium — CME on Current understanding of Immunology (National)
    Indian Immunological Society and MRHRU • 0000-00-00 to 0000-00-00
14. Participant in Training — Training Programme on Mushroom Cultivation Technology for entrepreneurs (National)
    ICAR-CHAMBAGHAT • 2023-10-16 to 2023-10-21
15. Participant in Training — “Basic and Advanced Translational Immunology” (International)
    Rajasthan University of Health Sciences • 2019-10-12 to 2019-10-16
16. Participant in Workshop — Diagnostic approaches in virology, recent advancements (National)
    department of biosciences and BIO ENGINEERING • 2019-03-04 to 2019-03-06
17. Participant in Workshop — Application of Bioinformatics in Biomedical Research (National)
    Bioinformatics Centre • 2016-03-28 to 2016-03-28

Journal

1. Syeda Tamanna Yasmin,Kandarpa K. Saikia,Saswati Sanyal Choudhury,Pranjal Kr. Chakravartty,Monika Soni, "Analysing the Correlation between Vaginal pH Levels and the Prevalence of Specific Microbial Communities of Patients Attending a Terti", J Pure Appl Microbiol, vol. 5, pp. 1-7, 2026.
   Indexing: Scopus, • IF: 0.8 • ISSN: 0973-7510
2. Gomathy Muthukrishnan*, Sabarinathan KG*, Ananthi K, Rajakumar D, Pranab Dutta, Monika Soni, Maitrayee Dutta Swargiary, Lipa Deb, Madhusmita M, Ejilane J & Ajkar A, "Biocontrol activity of yeast and AM fungi against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lycopersici", PLANT SCIENCE TODAY, vol. 1.0, pp. 10, 2025.
   Indexing: Scopus, • IF: 0.8 • ISSN: 2348-1900
3. 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, vol. NA, pp. 1-6, 2023.
   Indexing: Scopus, • IF: 2.5 • ISBN: NA
4. 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), vol. 7, pp. 1999-2001, 2022.
   Indexing: UGC list, • ISSN: 2455-6211
5. 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, vol. NA, pp. 29, 2020.
   Indexing: UGC list, • IF: 2.5 • ISSN: 0022-2011
6. 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., vol. 36(3), pp. 435-438, 2018.
   Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • IF: 1.157
7. 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, vol. 5(1), pp. 46-52 , 2017.
   Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,
8. 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, vol. 35, pp. 355-360, 2017.
   Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • IF: 1.157
9. 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, vol. 176, pp. 421-426, 2017.
   Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • IF: 2.525
10. 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, vol. 20(1), pp. 109-111, 2017.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others,
11. 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, vol. 34(2), pp. 193-7, 2016.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • IF: 1.03 • ISSN: 0255-0857
12. 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, vol. 1 (4), pp. 182-185, 2015.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • ISSN: 2423-4796
13. 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, vol. 61(1), pp. 9-14, 2014.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • IF: 1.095
14. 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., vol. 2 (4), pp. 3-5, 2014.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • ISSN: 2321-4406
15. 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., vol. 51(4), pp. 282-285, 2014.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • IF: 1.19
16. 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, vol. 2014, pp. 1-6, 2014.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • IF: 1.8
17. 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, vol. 3 (3), pp. 450-454, 2013.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • ISSN: 2230-7605
18. 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, vol. 3 (8), pp. 1-4, 2013.
    Indexing: Google Scholar,UGC list,Others, • ISSN: 2230-7850