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Dr. Ankita Jitender Singh
Assistant Professor
Qualification
PhD (Dairy Microbiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal)
Experience
Academics:12 Years

Industry: 1 Year
Contact
ankitasingh@adit.ac.in

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Events & Activities
  • ORAL PRESENTATION: Komal Sharma and Ankita Pagedar Singh , DNase I: A cue for Improvising Antibiofilm Strategies for biofilm mediated infections and medical device associated biofilms. International Conference on Advances in Biosciences and Biotechnology 2019, Organized by Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, UP, India on Jan 31st-Feb 02nd, 2019

  • ORAL PRESENTATION: Komal Sharma and Ankita Pagedar Singh. Biofilm Destabilization and Debulking effect of DNase I: A cue for Improvising Antibiofilm Strategies in Food Industries .Third National Conference on Â"Contemporary Food Processing and Preservation TechnologiesÂ" (12-13 April, 2018), Organized By: School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, Shoolini University, Solan (HP) India Â? 173229 (Awarded 3rd best paper presentation)

  • ORAL PRESENTATION Komal Sharma and Ankita Pagedar Singh. Combatting Biofilm Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance using Efflux Pump Inhibitor and Deoxyribonuclease. Conference "International Conference on phramaceutical, medical and environmental health sciencesÂ" organized by IRAJ on 28th May 2017, at Bengaluru (Awarded 1st best paper presentation)

  • ORAL PRESENTATION: Protective Effect Of Prebiotics On Probiotics? Gastric Transit And Its Application In Formulating Food Products (Prasen Shirodkar, Kunal Raval, Supriya Ingawale, Ankita Pagedar Singh), sixth international conference fermented foods, health status and social well-being (December 6-7, 2013), Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat) India

  • Phenotypic & Genotypic Screening of Efflux Pump Activity as Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance in Eenterococci of Clinical, Commensal & Food Origin (Nikita Gor, Jitender Singh, Ankita Pagedar Singh), National Symposium on Microbial Biotechnology: Advances and Future Trends 2014, Department of Microbiology & Deptt Biotechnology, gentics, bioinformatics, Natubhai V Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, on 26th Feb 2014

  • Evaluation of prebiotic potential of foods which protect survival of probiotic strain of Enterococcus faecium during gastric transit (Rupal J. Solanki, Ankita Pagedar Singh) Seminar-cum-Tech Fest "ADROIT'14" on October 15-16, 2014, Deptt. Food Processing Technology & bioenergy, Anand Agricultural University, Anand

  • Synergistic Effect of Vanillin in Combination with Antibiotics, Biocide and Efflux Pump Inhibitors in Reducing Biofilm Formation Potential of Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 (Ankita Pagedar Singh) Advances in Environmental Science & Technology: A Way Forward to Clean and Green Environment, Institute of Science & Technology for Advanced Studies & Research (ISTAR) on 28th February, 2015

  • POSTER PRESENTATION : Evaluation of antioxidant potential of prebiotic and development of functional / synbiotic foods (Devanshi Sharma and Ankita Pagedar Singh), Present ? Day Biology: A Bastion for Social and Sustainable Development, 4th-5th January, 2019, Organized by St. Xaviers College (Autonomous) Ahmedabad. P.B. 4168, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009. Gujarat

  • POSTER: Conjugated Linoleic Acid: Its Significance and Production by Lactic Acid Bacteria (Disha Ghag, Chaitrali Musale & Ankita Pagedar Singh), National Symposium on Microbial Biotechnology: Advances and Future Trends 2014, Department of Microbiology & Deptt Biotechnology, gentics, bioinformatics, Natubhai V Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, on 26th Feb 2014

  • POSTER: Effect of Food Extracts on Gastric Transit and Gut Adherence Potential of Probiotic Bacteria (Prasen Shirodkar, Kunal Raval, Supriya Ingawale and Ankita Pagedar Singh), National Symposium on Microbial Biotechnology: Advances and Future Trends 2014, Department of Microbiology & Deptt Biotechnology, gentics, bioinformatics, Natubhai V Patel College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, on 26th Feb 2014

  • two weeks faculty development program "Entrepreneurship Development", Sponsored by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM) & DST Govt. of Gujarat, 5th - 17th March 2018

  • POSTER:nvestigation of antioxidant potential of traditional foods and their role in enhancing biofilm formation by probiotics Aagam Shah,Karan Patel and Ankita Pagedar Singh*,ADROIT 17,Organized by College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-energy,Anand Agricultural University,Anand Sep 26-27, 2017

  • Emerging Technology Platforms and Packaging Needs for Food and Dairy Sector, Mr. Sumit Saha, Senior Manager, Printpack Packaging Supplies (I) Pvt Ltd. sponsored by AFST(I), Vallabh Vidyanagar Local Chapter, organized by FPT, ADIT, 26th Sep, 2016

  • World Food Day 2016, Organized by AFST(I), Vallabh VIdyanagar CHapter, ADIT, 21st Oct 2016

  • Interview Skills, by Mr. Subhanwesha Mahapatra, HR Manager, NDDB, Sposored by AFST(I), Vallabh VIdyanagar, ADIT, 24th Sep 2016

  • Efficacy of DNase and efflux pump inhibitors against efflux positive and biofilm forming enterococci (Shivani Joshi, Sherin Thomas and AnkitaPagedar Singh.) National Seminar, Present day biology: impact of research at molecular and cellular level, 3-4 January, 2020, Department of Biocehmistry- Biotechnology, St. Xavier?s College (Autonomous) Ahmedabad.P.B. 4168, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009. Gujarat.

  • Certification of Processed Food Products, by Mr. Manoj CHavan, Dy. Director, BIS, Sponsored by AFSTI, organized by ADIT, 17th Sep 2016

  • Second National Symposium on Advances in Separation and Purification Science & Technology, organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, 23-24 Spetember 2016

Publications
  • Komal Sharma and Ankita Pagedar Singh. Antibiofilm Effect of DNase against Single and Mixed Species Biofilm. Foods 2018 (March), 7, 42; doi:10.3390/foods7030042

  • Komal Sharma, Jitender Singh and Ankita Pagedar Singh. Combatting Biofilm Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance using Efflux Pump Inhibitor and Deoxyribonuclease. International Journal of Advances in Science Engineering and Technology, ISSN: 2321-9009 Volume-5, Issue-3, Jul.-2017

  • Pagedar, A., Singh, J., 2015. Evaluation of antibiofilm effect of benzalkonium chloride, iodophore and sodium hypochlorite against biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa of dairy origin. J Food Sci Technology. (2015). 52(8): 5317Â?5322. doi: 10.1007/s13197-014-1575-4 (sep 2014)

  • Pagedar, A., Singh, J., and Batish, V.K. 2012. Adaptation to benzalkonium chloride and ciprofloxacin affects biofilm formation potential, efflux pump and hemolysin activity of Escherichia coli of dairy origin. Journal of Dairy Research,79(04);383-389.

  • Pagedar, A. and Singh, J. 2012. Influence of different cell stages on biofilm formation by Bacillus cereus of dairy origin. International Dairy Journal, 23; 30-35.

  • Pagedar, A., Singh, J., and Batish, V.K. 2011. Efflux mediated adaptive and cross resistance against ciprofloxacin and benzalkonium chloride in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates of dairy origin. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 51(3);389-395.

  • Pagedar, A., Singh, J., and Batish, V.K. 2010. Surface hydrophobicity, nutritional contents affects Staphylococcus aureus biofilm and temperature influences its survival in preformed biofilm. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 50 (S1); S98-106

  • Pagedar, A. and Singh, J. 2013. Antibiofilm Strategies. In Biofilm and Bioengineering. Simoes, M.V. and Filipe, M. (Ed). Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY, USA. ISBN: 978-1-62948-161-6

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