Address for correspondence

NAME Ms. LATIKA BHATIA

Father’s Name Mr. R.C. Bhatia

Mother’s Name Mrs. Sunita Bhatia

Date of Birth 03/06/1979

Nationality Indian

Religion Hindu

Sex Female

Category General

Marital Status Single

ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE

D/o Shri R.C. Bhatia,

House No. 2777, Door Sanchar Colony,

Behind Deepak Memorial School,

Makronia, Sagar (M.P.) 470004

Phone : [phone].

E-mail Id : [e-mail]

SCHOLASTIC RECORD

NAME OF EXAM	SUBJECTS	YEAR	SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY	%
Sec School	English, Hindi, Science, Maths, Social Science.	1994	Saint Josephs Convent School /C.B.S.E.	61.8 %
AISSCE	English, Hindi, Physics, Chemistry, Biology	1996	Saint Josephs Convent School /C.B.S.E.	71 %
B.Sc.	Industrial Microbiology, Zoology, Chemistry, FC.	1999	Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar.	63 %
M.Sc. (pre)	Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology.	2000	Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar	62 %
M.Sc. (final)	Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology.	2001	Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar	68.5 %

P.S.C. EXAM QUALIFIED

Cleared Chattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) Exams for ASSITANT PROFESSOR in MICROBIOLOGY. Waiting list no. 03

PROFRESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

CSIR/UGC NET Qualified LIFE SCIENCE For LECTURESHIP TWICE. In 2001& 2004

FELLOWSHIP

Indian Academy of Sciences - Banglore, Indian National Science Academy - New Delhi, The National Academy of Sciences - Allahabad (IASc-INSA-NASI) Summer Research Fellowship in 2010. I worked with Dr. Milind Watve, Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (I.I.S.E.R), Pune. Topic of my project was “Predation by Actinomycetes of Gram Negative Bacteria”

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Registered in ITM University as a research scholar in Biotechnology. Course work completed. Tentative topic-“Economic and Ecological Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Lignocellulosic waste for ethanol production”.

INVITATION IN CONFRENCE TO DELIVER LECTURES

1. 
   As a invited speaker, to deliver lecture on the topic “Immune dysfunction during Sepsis Syndrome ant its treatment strategies”, at the “3rd National Conference on Infectious Diseases” at A.I.I.M.S, on 17th -18th April, 2010
   
2. 
   As invited speaker to deliver lectures on the aspects of molecular taxonomy on 4-5 Nov. 2011 during the training programme conducted by Department of Applied Microbiology, Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar, for biotechnology students sponsored by M.P. Biotechnology Council, Bhopal.
   

Staff Development Programme

I participated in six days staff development programme in ITM University Gwalior on ‘Emerging World of Nanotechnology’ Organized by Department of Engineering physics, sponsored by AICTE, between August 1^st to 6^th, 2011.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Of TEN years as Ad-hoc/Samvida lecturer in Dept. of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology of Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar. Worked as Contract lecturer from 02/03/07 till 09 /09 /2010, in same university.

Presently I am working as Assistant Professor, Microbiology in Institute of Technology & Management University, Gwalior, from 6^th July 2011 till this date. Salary drawn 28,000PM.

Courses taught by me

1. 
   U.G. level- Paper of Industrial Microbiology, Biochemistry, General Microbiology & Genetics, Environment Microbiology.
   
2. 
   P.G. level- Molecular Biology, Physiology, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Virology, Microbial diversity.
   

WORK PROFILE

S.N	Post	Duration		Salary P.M	Working place	Employer address
		From	To
1	Primary school teacher	1-7-01	23-9-01	2200/-	Mahar Regiment centre school.	Principal M.R.C school Cantt Sagar (M.P.)
2	Ad-hoc/ samvida lecturer	24-9-01	31-3-02	8000/-	Dept of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology , Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar (M.P.)	Registrar Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar (M.P.)
3	Ad-hoc/ samvida lecturer	5-10-02	28-2-03	8000/-	-Do-	-Do-
4	Ad-hoc/ samvida lecturer	1-12-03	7-6-04	8000/-	-Do-	-Do-
5	Ad-hoc/ samvida lecturer	2-9-04	13-5-05	8000/-	-Do-	-Do-
6	Ad-hoc/ samvida lecturer	8-9-05 24-8-06	30-6-06 28-2-07	8000/- 8000/-	-Do- -Do-	-Do- -Do-

PUBLICATIONS

Research article

1. 
   Bhatia Latika & Paliwal Shirish. Banana peel waste as substrate for ethanol production. International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering Research (ISSN No 2231- 1238). Volume 1 Number 2 (2010) 213–218
   
2. 
   Bhatia Latika & Vishwakarma Ritu. Hospital Indoor Airborne Microflora in Private and Government Owned Hospitals in Sagar City, India. World Journal of Medical Science (ISSN No- 1817- 3055). 5(3) (2010), 65-70
   
3. 
   Bhatia Latika & Paliwal Shirish. Ethanol producing potential of Pachysolen tannophilus from sugarcane bagasse. International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering Research (ISSN No 2231- 1238). Volume 2 Number 2 (2011) 271–276
   
4. 
   Bhatia Latika & Khutpale Ghansham. Evaluation of Drug resistance and Sensitivity in throat infecting bacteria. Asian Journal of Experimental Biology (ISSN No. 0975-5845), Vol 2(2), (2011), 177-181.
   

Reviews VOL 2(2) 2011: 177-181 VOL 2(2) 2011: 177-181VOL 2(2) 2011: 177-181

5. 
   Bhatia Latika, Johri Sonia, Ahmad Rumana. An economic and ecological perspective of ethanol production from renewable agro-waste- A review. In Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology Express (Springer Open journals). AMB Express 2012, 2:65. doi:10.1186/2191-0855-2-65. Editor-in-Chief: Alexander Steinbüchel. ISSN: 2191-0855 (electronic version). Impact Factor of AMB is 3.613 (2011)*
   
6. 
   Bhatia Latika. Metagenomics- Unlocking the mysteries of unculturable microbes. Everymans Science (ISSN No. 0531-495X), Volume 45(6), (2011), 345-350.
   
7. 
   Bhatia Latika. Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Future’s most potent alternate for chemical plastics (Review). International Journal of Research Hunt (ISSN No. 0973-5569). Volume V, Issue IV, 2010, 179-192.
   
8. 
   Bhatia Latika. Impact of bioaerosols on Indoor Air Quality- A growing concern. Advances in Bioresearch (ISSN No. 0976- 4585), Volume 2, Issue 2, 2011, 120-123.
   
9. 
   Bhatia Latika. Catabolic Potential of Microbes to Bioremediate plastics. In proceedings of national Seminar on Environmental safety and Solid Waste Management.
   

Chapter in book

10. 
    Bhatia Latika. Chapter on “Metagenomics”. In book “Modern Aspects of Microbiology”, ISBN-81-86644-23-7, year 2012, Madhu Publications, Bikaner.
    

Monograph- Single author, International Publication

11. 
    "Impact & Assessment Of Bioaerosols In Hospital Environment", with the project number 49015, and ISBN 978-3-8484-9097-4, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Heinrich-Böcking-Str. 6-8 , 66121, Saarbrücken, Germany
    
12. 
    “ Antibiosis under nutrient deficient conditions” ISBN 978-3-659-24729-3, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Heinrich-Böcking-Str. 6-8 , 66121, Saarbrücken, Germany
    

Papers in communication process

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  Review on "Human Microbiomics – decoding the mysteries of our permanent guests". In Resonance.
  
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  Why antibiotics: Ecological insights into the role of Streptomyces spp. and their antibiotics in microbial communities. In PLOS
  

TECHNIQUES I KNOW

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  Working with Thermocycler
  
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  Working with Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy (Apotome)
  
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  Working with NanoDrop 2000/2000c spectrophotometer.
  
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  Working with Gene Snap
  
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  Working with MALDI TOF
  
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  Gel Electrophoresis
  
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  Biochemical Testing.
  
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  Serological Testing.
  
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  Quantitative estimation of Ethanol production.
  
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  Immunofluorescence Test
  
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  MTT assay
  
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  DNA isolation.
  
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  Chromatography.
  
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  Western Blotting
  
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  FACScan
  
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  Ouchterlony
  
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  ELISA
  
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  Quantitative assay of enzyme activity.
  
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  Immunopull-down of cell lysate
  
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  Determination of Antibiotics sensitivity & Drug resistance in bacteria.
  
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  Assay of antifungal & antibacterial properties of agrochemicals including fungicide.
  
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  Isolation & Screening of Antibiotics, Protease, Amylase, cellulase producing fungi, bacteria & actinomycetes.
  

TRAINING

In State Forensic Science Laboratory (F.S.L.), Sagar, in Biological section on “Examination of forensic biological section” for ONE month.

Here I learnt

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  Detection of presence of blood.
  
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  Forensic characterization of semen.
  
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  Saliva examination.
  
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  Hair examination.
  
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  Crossed over gel electrophoresis.
  
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  Chromatography’s like Ion Exchange, Gas Liquid, H.P.L.C
  

WORKSHOP

1. 
   5-Day Hands-on Workshop on Molecular Biotechnology and Bioinformatics,
   

In School of Biotechnology, International Institute of Information Technology, Pune

Here I learnt

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  Recombinant DNA Technology: Cutting & pasting of DNA molecules (i.e. restriction digestion, ligation, DNA gel electrophoresis, and gel extraction.) 
  Bioinfo part: Bioinformatics of DNA database / Sequence 
  Analysis: Pairwise sequence alignment, Multiple sequence alignment, Pattern search. 
  Tools: BLAST, CLUSTALW/X, CLC Bio Main Workbench
  
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  Genetic Engineering: Transformation and plasmid purification, cloning and sub-cloning, amplification of DNA fragments by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
  Bioinfo part: Designing of PCR primer. In-silico cloning , Searching for homologous and paralogous sequences. Tools: CLC Bio Main Workbench, BLAST
  

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  Genomics Data Visualization: Browsing and comparing human and mouse genomic data with the help of NCBI Genome viewer and UCSC Genome browser.
  
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  Basic Biostatistics for Molecular Biologist: Data visualization and summarization technique. Univariate and Bivariate data analysis
  

2. 
   10- days Active participation in deliberation and providing hands on training of microbial technology to the participants of workshop on Microbial technology and Molecular Biology.
   
3. 
   3-Days hands-on workshop on Frontiers in Structural Bioinformatics, in Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi
   
4. 
   13 Days UGC-NRC-DBS workshop on Basic Immunological Techniques, in Indian Institute Of Sciences, Banglore
   

SEMINARS/CONFRENCES/SYMPOSIUMS ATTENDED

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  National Seminar on “Present Status of Microbiology And Challenges For Sustainable Development”. Sagar University (2001).
  
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  National Seminar on “Biodiversity and Human Welfare” National Environment Awareness Campaign. State Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar (2003)
  
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  *National Seminar on “50 Years of DNA, 25 Years of IVF” Blue Print of life. (2003).
  
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  *National Science Day (2005 & 2007)
  
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  47^th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologist of India, Barkatullah University Bhopal (2006).
  
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  *National Symposium on Plant Pathogens: Exploitation & Management. Jabalpur R.D University (2007).
  
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  50^th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologist of India, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (2009).
  
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  97^th Indian Science Congress, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram (2010).
  
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  *National Conference on Cellular And Molecular Medicines, School of Biotechnology, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (State Technological University of M.P) (2010).
  
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  *International Conference on Recent trends in Nano And Biosciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad (2010).
  
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  Symposium on 5^th AOHUPO, 14^th ADNAT, 1^st PSI in CCMB, Hyderabad (2010)
  
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  *National Seminar on Environmental Safety and Solid Waste Management.
  
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  *National Seminar on Infectious Diseases, A.I.I.M.S. New Delhi (2010).
  
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  *National Symposium on Advances in Nanosience, ABV-IIITM, Gwalior (2011).
  
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  * International Conference on “Technology & Innovation for management of sustainable development”, ITM University, Gwalior (2012) ***
  
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  * National Seminar on “ Frontiers in environmental Research”, Gwalior (2012)
  

*Presented paper either oral/poster

AWARDS & HONOUR

Best poster presentation award in seminar sponsored by ministry of Environment And Forest (Govt. of India).

I was honored for best oral presentation in National Science Day 2005 in Sagar University.

COMPUTER EDUCATION

Master Diploma in Software Technology from “INDIA EDUCATION CENTRE ’’ Grade “A’’ in 1999

MEMBERSHIP

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  Life member of Association of Microbiologist Of India (AMI).
  
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  Life member of Indian Science Congress Association.
  

Other Activities Undertaken (Teaching/ Social/ Cultural/ Examination etc):

Activity	Organizer/ University/ College	Place and Date
Social- Attended Rashtriya Peryavaran Jagrukta Abhiyan	State F.S.L Sagar	Sagar, 12/06/03
Teaching- Gave lecture on Metagenomics, and hands on training to the participants of workshop	Workshop on Microbial Technology & Molecular Biology, Dept. of Applied Microbiology n Biotechnology, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University.	Sagar, 10-19 Sept, 2009
Extracurricular Dept. Activities- 1)Actively participated in all activities conducted by AMI unit Sagar		Dept. Of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar 13 Jan 2007
2)Helped in organizing Poster Presentation during National Science Day-2009 in Department	Department Of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology	Sagar, 28 Feb 2009
3)Hosting all the programs held in Department	Opening n Valedictory Functions of Workshop	Dept. Of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar , 10^th & 19^th March 2008 and 10^th& 19^th Sept 2009
4)Plantation Programs in Department	Dept. Of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar	Dept. Of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar 2 October 2009
Examinations As an invigilator in Mid semester exams of Department Main and Entrance exams of University VYAPAM exams that took place in university. As a paper setter and evaluator	Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar Vanrakshak exam by VYAPAM in ITM University In ITM University	Dated as the duties were given

CO-CURRICULAR & EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

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  Participated in one day training program on Water Conservation, Sponsored by Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Organized by State Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar.
  
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  Participated in one day workshop on Self Employment Opportunities for youth, Sponsored by Dept. Of Higher Education, M.P.
  
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  Participated in one day workshop on Parliamentary Procedures and Patterns, Organized by Govt. Nodal Arts And Commerce College.
  

REFREES

1. 
   Dr. Naveen Kango (Senior Lecturer)
   

Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology,

Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya

Sagar M.P.

Ph 9425635736, 07582-264475-120 (off)

Fax [phone] [e-mail]

(2) Dr. Deepti Verma (mob) 9424657108

AND

Dr. Veena Ben Trivedi (Scientific Officer)

Biological section

State F.S.L.

Sagar M.P (470003) Ph 07582-22676

(3) Dr. Milind Watve

Department of Biology,

Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (I.I.S.E.R)

Pune

[e-mail], ph-02025908093 .

ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I have read the important instruction carefully before sending this application. I hereby declare that all the statements made in the above application are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that any discrepancy found in the information will lead to the cancellation of my candidature.

LATIKA BHATIA

Date: 24/ Dec/2012

Place: Sagar