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: 8 Years

Teaching Details

Teaching Virology, Mycology, Immunology, Infection and molecular diagnostics, Mushroom cultivation technology

Area of Interest

Virology, Immunology and Infectious diseases

Mycoremediation, Bacteriophage therapy

Research Experience: 8 Years

1. Award — Huayu Enrichment Scholarship
   29 Jul 2026 • Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
   Awarded to undertake Mandarin Chinese language training and gain a deeper understanding of Taiwanese culture, society, and traditions through international cultural exchange. The scholarship supported language proficiency, cross-cultural communication, and broader academic and professional development.
2. Award — 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
3. Award — International travel grant
   07 Jul 2019 • SERB
   To present my work on the dengue vector virus interaction at Molecular Insect Science Symposium in Spain.
4. Grant — Student science project
   05 May 2020 • ASTEC ,Guwahati
   NA
5. Grant — FIMSA brusary award
   12 Oct 2019 • Indian Immunology Society
   Oral presenTation of my work on Dengue Virus
6. Grant — Student Science project
   24 Apr 2019 • ASTEC , Guwahati
   NA
7. Recognition — Role Model women scientist from NE Region
   22 Sep 2020 • Department of Science and Technology

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