Physical Chemistry

• Ph.D , 2017 , University of Delhi
• Msc. , 2011 , Hindu college, University of Delhi
• NET JRF , 2011 , CSIR
• BSc. Chemistry (H), , 2009 , Daulat Ram College

1. Working as an Assistant Professor (adhoc) in Hansraj college, University of   Delhi, (July 2017 to till date).
2.  Worked as an Assistant Professor (guest faculty) at Department of Chemistry, University of  Delhi, (January 2017 to April 2017).
3. Worked as an Assistant Professor (guest faculty) at Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, (January 2017).

Chemical Thermodynamics and its Applications,Chemical Energetics, Quantum chemistry and Spectroscopy, Phase Equilibria, Conductance & Chemical Kinetics, IT Skills for Chemists, States of matter, Cheminformatics.

1. Actively participated as a member of organizing committee in the INSPIRE Programme (DST) held at Hansraj college, University of Delhi from 12 DEC 2017 to 16 DEC 2017.
2.   Actively participated as a member of organizing committee for the Ist international conference on Integrative Chemistry, Biology and translational medicine organized by the Centre for Global Health, hanraj college, University of Delhi & Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, USA from 25-26 Feb 2019.
3.   Organizing Committee at the National Seminar on "Environment and Sustainability in The Third World" organized by Department of Chemistry & IQAC, Hansraj College, University of Delhi on 28 February, 2020.

4. Performed duty as external and internal examiner for various practical examinations (undergraduate level).

Title of the Thesis: Deciphering the role of ionic liquids in the structure and stability of proteins.

Book Chapter

1. Awanish Kumar, Meena Bisht, Indrani Jha, and Pannuru Venkatesu. Progress and Developments in Ionic Liquids (The Role of Ionic Liquids in Protein Folding/Unfolding Studies).  InTech publishers, 2016.

1. Indrani Jha, Pankaj Attriand Pannuru Venkatesu. Unexpected effects of the alteration of structure and stability of myoglobin and hemoglobin in ammonium-based ionic liquids. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 5514-5526. (Highlighted on the cover page of PCCP journal of this volume).
2.  Pankaj Attri, Indrani Jha, Eun Ha Choi and Pannuru Venkatesu .Variation in the structural changes of myoglobin in the presence of several protic ionic liquid. Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2014, 69, 114-123.
3. Indrani Jha and Pannuru Venkatesu. Endeavour to simplify the frustrated concept of protein ammonium family ionic liquid interactions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (Perspective), 2015, 17, 20466-20484.
4. Indrani Jha, Awanish Kumar and Pannuru Venkatesu.  The Overriding Roles of Concentration and Hydrophobic Effect on Structure and Stability of Heme Protein Induced by Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119, 8357-8368.
5. Indrani Jha and Pannuru Venkatesu.  Unprecedented improvement in the stability of hemoglobin in the presence of promising green solvent 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4, 413-421.
6. Indrani Jha and Pannuru Venkatesu. Deciphering the interactions of bromelain with carbon nanotubes: Role of protein as well as carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes in a complexation mechanism. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 15436-15445.
7. Indrani Jha, Meena Bisht and Pannuru Venkatesu. Does 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride act as a biocompatible solvent for stem bromelain? J. Phys. Chem. B, 2016, 120, 5625-5633.
8. Meena Bisht, Indrani Jha and Pannuru Venkatesu. Comprehensive Evaluation of biomolecular Interactions between Protein and Amino Acid Based Ionic Liquids: A Comparable Study between [Bmim] [Br] and [Bmim] [Gly] IonicLiquids. Chem. Select, 2016, 1 , 3510-3519.
9. Indrani Jha, Anjeeta Rani and Pannuru Venkatesu. Sustained stability and activity of lysozyme in choline chloride against pH induced denaturation. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5, 8344–8355.
10. P.K. Kumar, Indrani Jha, Pannuru Venkatesu, I. Bahadur and E. Ebenso. A comparative study of the stability of Stem bromelain based on the variation of anions of imidazolium-based ionic liquids. J. Mol. Liq., 2017, 246, 178-186.
11. A. Rani, Indrani Jha, Pannuru Venkatesu. Undesirable impact on structure and stability of insulin on addition of (+)-catechin hydrate with sugar. Arch Biochem Biophys., 646 (2018) 64–71.
12. M. Bisht, Indrani Jha Pannuru Venkatesu. Does choline-based amino acid ionic liquid behave as a biocompatible solvent for stem bromelain structure? Process biochemistry, 2018, 74, 77-85.

13. Indrani Jha, Meena Bisht, Naveen Mogha and Pannuru Venkatesu. Effect of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids on Structure and Stability of Stem Bromelain: Concentration and Alkyl Chain Length Effect. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2018, 122, 7522-7529.

14. Pannuru Kiran Kumar, Indrani Jha, Anamika Sindhu, Pannuru Venkatesu, Indra Bahadur Eno E. Ebenso. Experimental and molecular docking studies in understanding the biomolecular interactions between stem bromelain and imidazolium-based ionic liquids. J. Mol. Liq., 2020, 297, 111785

15. Sumit Kumar, Indrani Jha, Navin Kumar Mogha, Pannuru Venkatesu. Biocompatibility of surface-modified gold nanoparticles towards red blood cells and haemoglobin. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2020, 512, 145573.

Poster Presentations in National and International Conferences

1. An International Conference, Chemical Constellation Cheminar, Department of Chemistry, Dr B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, 2012, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.
2. 49th Annual Convention of Chemists, Indian Chemical Society, National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research, NITTR, 2012, Bhopal, India.
3. 7th National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Processes (TCBEP-2012), The Indian Thermodynamics Society and Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, 2012, Tirupati, India.
4. 8th National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical, Biological and Environmental systems (TCBES-2013), Department of Applied Chemistry, School for Physical Sciences, BabasahebBhim Rao Ambedkar University, 2013, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
5. 1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences (Novel Molecules for Diagnosis and Therapeutics), ICRACS-2013, Department of Chemistry, Arya Post Graduate College, 2013, Panipat, Haryana, India.
6. 50th Annual Convention of Chemists, Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Punjab University, 2013, Chandigarh, India.
7. Current Research Trends and Developments in Chemical Sciences-2013, CRTDCS-2013, Department of Chemistry, P. V. K. N. Govt. College, 2013, Chittoor, India.
8. Mid-Year Symposium, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, 2013, Surathkal, Mangalore, India.
9. 20th ISCB International Conference (ISCB-2014), Chemistry and Medicinal Plants in Translational Medicine for healthcare, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, 2014, Delhi, India.
10. International Conference on “Recent Advances in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology- 2014” (ICRANN-2014), Dec 15-16, 2014, Special Centre for Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
11. 10th Mid-year symposium, Chemical Research Society Of India, July 23-25, 2015, National Institute of Technology and Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapplli, Tamil Nadu, India.
12. National Symposium on Biophysics & Golden Jubilee Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society, Feb 14-17, 2015, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Science, JamiaMilliaIslamia, New Delhi, India.

Oral Presentationsin National and International Conferences:

1. 9th National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical, Biological, Environmental and Non-Conventional Energy Systems-2014, (TCBNES-14), Oct 17-18, 2014, Department of Chemistry, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India.
2. 51st Annual Convention of Chemist 2014, December 09-12, 2014, Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, Haryana, India.
3. 10th National Conference on Thermodynamics of Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Biological Systems on November 21-21, 2015, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
4. RSC workshop on Chemistry for Tomorrow’s World, December 2-3, 2015, Green Chemistry Network Centre, Delhi University, ManavRachna University, Faridabad & Shiv Nadar University, Great Noida, India.
5. 3rd Indo-Italian Workshop on Electrochemistry for Energy & Health (IIWEc-2015),July 3-4, 2015, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India.

1. Participated in one day webinar on Role of ICC and Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Workmen at Workplace on May 22, 2020.
2.    Participated in the Webinar held on 13-07-2020 from 04:00 p.m. to 05:30 p.m. through video-communication service google meet on “Student Learning Centre: Objectives and Perspectives” organized by Student Learning Centre, IQAC, Hansraj College.
3.    Attended the webinar on “Basic Documentation For Teachers" June 22th, 2020 organized in collaboration with IQAC, HANSRAJ COLLEGE Under PARAMARSH, a UGC scheme for mentoring NAAC accreditation aspirant institutions to promote quality assurance in higher education.

Other activities/responsibilities: (academic/administrative)

1.   Actively participated as a member of organizing committee in the INSPIRE Programme (DST) held at Hansraj college, University of Delhi from 12 DEC 2017 to 16 DEC 2017.
2.   Actively participated as a member of organizing committee for the Ist international conference on Integrative Chemistry, Biology and translational medicine organized by the Centre for Global Health, hanraj college, University of Delhi & Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, USA from 25-26 Feb 2019.
3. Organizing Committee at the National Seminar on "Environment and Sustainability in The Third World" organized by Department of Chemistry & IQAC, Hansraj College, University of Delhi on 28 February, 2020.

Others

1.   Participated in One week Faculty Development Programme on “Mathematica - A System for Modern Technical Computing” (21st– 26th August, 2020) organised by Mahatma Hansraj Faculty Development Centre Hansraj College, University of Delhi.