About Me

Dr. Anju Shrivastava is an Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi.

Career Profile

Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role
Department of Zoology,
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Reader/Associate Professor 11/2006 – Till date Teaching and research in Immunology, Genetics, Epigenetics, Physiology,
* Immunology (Department of Botany, Delhi University)
Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Lecturer 06/2003 – 11/2006 Teaching and research in Immunology, Cell biology, Animal physiology
St. Columba's College, Bazaribagh, India Lecturer 11/1996 – 06/2003 Teaching Immunology, Genetics & Cell biology
Dept of Dev and Cell Biol
University of California, USA
Post Doctoral fellow March-November 2000



Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)

  • 2007: Ref. no. Dean(R )/ R&D/2007/Ph-II/TR no. 134 (2.5 Lakh)
  • 2008: Ref. no. Dean(R )/ R&D/2008/ TR no. 180 (2.5 Lakh)
  • 2009: Ref. no. Dean(R )/ R&D/2009/ TR no. 487 (2.5 Lakh)

Important Publications:(LAST FIVE YEARS)

Year of Publication Title Journal Co-Author
2015 Natural Compounds: Role in Reversal of Epigenetic Changes. Biochemistry (Moscow). (in Press) Ruchi Aggarwal, Meenakshi Jha, , and Abhimanyu Kumar Jha
2014 Demethylation of Promoter Region of FHIT Gene in A549 Cell Line by Sweet Potato Leaf Extract Int. J. Applied Biotechnology and Biochemistry Rahul Dev Verma, ManishKatiyar, Urvashi Verma, Gitanjali Sharma, Abhimanyu Kumar Jha
2014 Peptide: N- glycanase is expressed in prestalk cells and plays a role in the differentiation of prespore cells during development of Dictyostelium discoideum. Indian J Exp Biol. Gosain A, and Saran S.


Educational Qualifications

Degree Institution Year Details
Ph.D. in Biotechnology BHU, Varanasi 1996 Thesis topic: In vitro activation of murine peritoneal macrophage and macrophage cell lines: A comparative study
M.Sc. Zoology BHU, Varanasi 1991 Subjects: Specialization in Molecular and Cyto -Genetics, Animal Physiology, Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Biostatistics, Instrumentation, etc.
B.Sc. Zoology (Hons.) Ranchi University 1989 Subjects: Zoology, Botany and Chemistry