Education

Registered patent agent (Regd no: IN/PA/1707)
Diploma in German Language from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

Accreditations

GATE 2005

Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET), June 2005

Fellowships Awarded

Project Fellow, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi (2004-07)

WOS-C, Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (2009-10)

Research Interests / Specialization

Cytogenetics, Population Genetics and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Competencies and Technical Skills

Software for genetic analysis (PHYLIPS, DISPAN, MEGA, POPGENE)

Isolation of human DNA by organic and salting out methods

DNA Isolation from CV and AF Samples

PCR

Chromosome preparation from human Peripheral blood

Amniotic Fluid Culture for Chromosome Analysis

Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (SCGE) or COMET ASSAY

Micronuclei Assay from Buccal Mucosa

Spectrophotometry (UV and visible)

Prior Art Searching (USPTO, EPO, IPO, MIMOSA, Thomson Innovation) and patent analysis

Patent landscaping

Patent drafting

Intellectual property filings in India

Languages

English, Hindi and German

Papers Presented

• Research Paper on “Incidence of Congenital Malformation in New Borns” in 21st National Symposium on “Recent Advances in Life Sciences and Environmental Conservation in Welfare of Human Society”. From February, 3-5, 2006. Organized by Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.

• Research Poster on “Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis (SCGE) of UV-B Induced DNA damage in Human Leukocyte cells.” In International Symposium on “Human Genomics and Public Health” and XXXI Annual Conference of Indian Society of Human Genetics from February 27-March 01, 2006. Organized by National Centre of Applied Human Genetics, School of life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi.

• Research Paper on ‘Distribution of Morphological and Behavioural Traits Among five Endogamous groups of Haryana.” In National Symposium on Biological Anthropology-Recent Perspectives from March 24-25, 2006. Organized by Department of Human Biology, Punjabi University, Patiala.

• Poster Presentation in National Seminar on Technical Advances in Environment Management and applied Zoology. January 23-25, 2008. Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.

Conferences/Workshops Attended

• DBT sponsored workshop on “Prenatal & Postnatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorder Using Molecular Methods”, organized by Department of Anatomy, Pediatrics & hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi (Feb. 28- March 14, 2003).

• Workshop on “Recent Advances in Research issues in Human Biology”, organized by Department of Human Biology, Punjabi University, Patiala (1-3 April,2003 )

• VII National Conference & Workshop on “Indian Society of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy (ISPAT)”, organized by Foundation for Research in Genetics and Endocrinology (FRIGE) held in Ahmedabad (January 23-25, 2004).

• Workshop on Patent Awareness, organized by UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra And Patent information centre, HSCST, DST, Hisar, Haryana and TIFAC, DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi (April 05, 2008).

• Conference on “2010-2020 The decade for IPR awareness and commercialization for Indian SME’s”, organized by Talwar & Talwar consultants (February 6, 2010).

• International conference on Genes, Genetics & Genomics: Today & Tomorrow - Human concerns & XXXVII Annual conference of the Indian Society of Human Genetics held at Panjab University, Chandigarh (March 3rd-5th, 2012)

Research Publications Papers

• Yadav AS, Singh S, Sharma MK and Arora P (2008). Occurrence of Chromosomal Aberrations in Human Populations of Two Endogamous Groups of Haryana. Int J Hum Genet 8(4): 343-348.

• Yadav AS and Arora P (2011). Genomic diversities and affinities among eight endogamous groups of Haryana (India) - A study on insertion/deletion polymorphisms. Ann Hum Biol. 38(1):114-118.

Chapter

• Intellectual Property rights in Animal biotechnology- communicated

Ph.D. thesis

Title: Study of Genomic Diversity of Human Populations belonging to Haryana.

Supervisor: Dr. A.S. Yadav, Professor and Chairman, Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.