Seema Nara



Seema Nara

Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: seemanara[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-227-1238(O)


Thesis Supervised



S.No Research Topic Name of Student Completion/Registration Year
Ph.D. Completed:
1DNA methylation in developmentally important genes in mammals.Mamta Pamnani2016
2Harnessing bacterial diversity of gangetic river system and development of nanogold based immunoassay for multiplex detection of prevalent bacterial speciesJyoti Singh 2016
3Development of a Gold nanostructure based electrochemical immunosensor assay for the detection of serum CA125Nitin Kumar2018
4Aptamer-nanozyme based detection of Ovarian cancer biomarker CA125Pranav Tripathi2020
5Investigating the effect of Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles (Co3O4 NPs) on freshwater and marine microalgae Abhishek Sharan2022
6Effect of Physicochemical Properties of Gold Nanostructures on Their Toxicity and Photothermal EfficiencyBankuru Navyatha2022
Ph.D. Ongoing
1‘Screening of high affinity oligonucleotides for capturing Staphylococcus Enterotoxin A, B and exploring their diagnostic potential’Smriti Singh2018
2Engineering nanoceria based composite nanozyme with enhanced pro-oxidative activity as an antibacterial agent Shilpa Maddheshiya-2020RBT062020
3Micro RNA based detection of Epithelial ovarian cancer using Liquid biopsy approachMridula Bhadra2020
4Single atom gold nanozyme based assay for the detection of organophosphate pesticideChumki Praharaj2021
M.Tech Students
1Biological synthesis of lead sulphide nanoparticles simultaneous to its bioremediation.Noopur Singh2012
2Template based synthesis of gold nanotubes assisted by biologically synthesized gold nanoparticles and their characterizationRicha Ballabh2012
3Toxicity assessment of gold nanotubes synthesized using gold nanoparticles from E. coli Dh5αBankuru Navyatha2014
4Toxicity Assessment of Gold Nanotubes Synthesized using Gold Nanoparticles Produced by Chemical MethodRandhir Kumar2014
5Gold nanorod based colorimetric sensor for malathion detection.Sharmila Biswas2015
6 Nanozyme based sensor for malathionShefali Singh2016
7Screening and selection of apatmers for malathion and its use in developing assay for malathion detectionAnamika2017
8validation of screened malathion aptamerChaman Prakash2018
9Screening and selection of aptamer for VP2 protein and insilico analysis of selected aptamerSarathkumar E2019
10Nanoaptasensor based biomarker detectionPooja Singh2020
11Overview of Pesticides and their Detection MethodsAMAN PRATAP SINGH-2019BT052021
12Degradation or hydrolysis of organophosphate pesticides using phosphatase mimic CeO2 nanoparticleDiksha-2020BT042022
13Identification and Functional Characterization of Novel Hv1 Channel Inhibitor against NeuroinflammationAdrita Saha2023
B.Tech Students
1Synthesis, characterization and coupling of colloidal gold nanoparticles with anti-salmonella typhi antibodyAkshay joshi, kirti kumar tiwari, Sudip agrwal2010
2Synthesis and characterization of functionalized gold nanoparticles for development of diagnostic strip for Salmonella typhiAnanth D. Naresh, Abdul R. Ansari, Ankit Omar, Sharya Pratap Singh2011
3Synthesis of Zinc Nanoparticles using Lactobacillus SpeciesMohammad Umar, PayalTak, NeelakshiSaxena, VartikaTewari2012
4 Validation of Immunochromatographic strip test for bacterial detection in water samplesPrashant Pal, Mohammed Zeeshan2014
5Gold nanorod (GNR) based colorimetric sensor for bacterial detectionAbhay Agrahari, Pavan Kushwaha, Vishal Raj2015
6Comparative analysisof catalytic potential of gold nanorods and gold nanocages using various chromogenic substratesKorra Chandershekar Naik, Ramyani Biswas, Kajal Singh2016
7Studying the effect of surface modification of gold nanoparticles on their peroxidase activityS.S. Divya Ravali, Kumari Ankita2017
8Studying the effects of aptamer coating on surface of Palladium Nanodots (PdNDs) on their peroxidase activityRavi prakash Yadav2018
9Studying the impact of cobalt oxide nanoparticles on chlorella minutissima (fresh water) microalgae grown in different mediaPrakash Mishra, Puja Kumari2018
10Comparative analysis of cytotoxicity of gold nanostructures and composite nanostructuresShivangi Tiwari2019
11Development of image analysis software for lateral flow strips towards quantitative assayAnand Kumar2019
12Insilico screening of putative aptamer candidates against CA125Mayank Bhushan2019
13Investigating acetylcholine esterase like activity in gold nanostructures using cyclic voltammetryAman Baser, Vinay Saini2019
14Aman Baser, Vinay SainiNeuropathy Target Esterase (NTE) based biosensing of organophosphorus (OP) compounds2020
15In silico selection of Aptamers against S-Protein of SARS CoV-2Ashish Kumar, Ankit Kumar2021
16Comparative analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for Emotion Recognition Using EEG Divyansh Yadav (20180012), Abhisek Mishra(20180042)2022
17Binding analysis of truncated aptamersequence with target proteinStaphylococcus enterotoxin type A using computational toolsHarshvardhan Siddharta (20190050), Mohit Gupta (20190014); Banoth Venkatesh (20190019)2023