General Human Physiology And Biochemistry, Nutrition & Dietics
Physiology is concerned with specific characteristics and mechanisms of human body that makes it a living being. The department trains the students with a goal to explain the physical and chemical factors that are responsible for the origin, development and progression of life.
Biochemistry provides a sound knowledge of various biochemical reactions relevant to human system for life sustenance. Various biochemical tests performed on blood and urine samples, collected from healthy and diseased individuals make the student understand how it contributes in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease.
Head of the Department
Biochemistry, Nutrition & Dietics Department
Dr. Sandhya Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, IDST, Modinagar. Completed M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, in 2006 and Ph.D. from Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan in 2016. She has vast experience in research on the role of Proteins in the defense mechanism in relation to Host Pathogen interaction. During seven years of research studies, she has performed various analytical, biochemical techniques such as Paper chromatography, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), SDS-Gel Electrophoresis, SCION Image for Gel analysis etc. She has successfully completed a major research project which was funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Jaipur in 2011. She has published many research papers in renowned national and international journals and has written a book chapter and an article. She has actively participated in the poster presentations, conferences, workshop and seminars.
