Photograph Name Dr Vandana Sharma
Email Id vandana.sharma@ddu.du.ac.in Date Of Join
Designation Assistant Professor (Adhoc) Mobile No
Address Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi
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Educational Qualifications
Degree Institution Year
M.Sc. Environmental Sciences Department of Environmental Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 2008
Ph.D Environmental Sciences Department of Environmental Sciences, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 2016
Career Profile

Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi (Current Designation)

Assistant Professor, Department od Environmental Studies, College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi

Project Officer, Green India Mission, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India

Project Officer, CDM-BMU, German International Cooperation (GIZ)  India. 

Administrative Assignments
2021-22
 
2021-22 Coordinator Energy Audit
2021-22 Coordinator Green Audit
2021-22 AQAR 2020-21 Committee Member
2021-22 Central Allotment Committee for ECA Admissions, University of Delhi (Member)
2021-22 Kalrav Committee
2021-22 Annual Day Prize Distribution Committee (Member)
2021-22 College Coordinator Saksham 2022, Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), MNRE
 
 
2020-2021 Annual Report 2020-21 Committee Member
2020-2021 Department of Botany Subject Society (Kalpavriksha) activities
2020-2021 Annual Departmental fest (Delonix)
2020-2021 Convener of Eco-Talk  on Google Meet
2020-2021 DDUC Alumni Association life membership form Committee Member 
 
2019-2020 Annual Report 2019-20 Committee Member
2019-2020 Department of Botany Subject Society (Kalpavriksha) activities
2019-2020 Annual Departmental fest (Delonix)
2019-2020 NAAC Second Cycle Committee Member (Teaching-Learning and Evaluation)
2019-2020 India Today Group-MDRA Best Colleges Ranking 2020 Committee Member 
2019-2020 Students Mentoring (Mentor-Mentee Groups)
 
2018-2019 Annual Prize Distribution Function 26.04.2019
2018-2019 Department of Botany Subject Society (Kalpavriksha) activities
2018-2019 Annual Departmental fest (Delonix)
2018-2019 NAAC Second Cycle Committee Member (Teaching-Learning and Evaluation)
2018-2019 India Today Group-MDRA Best Colleges Ranking 2019 Committee Member 
2018-2019 Students Mentoring (Mentor-Mentee Groups)
2018-2019 Student Union Election 2018-19
 
2017-2018 Kalrav Duties
2017-2018 Department of Botany Subject Society (Kalpavriksha) activities
2017-2018 Annual Departmental fest (Delonix)
2017-2018 AQAR Committee Member (Research, Consultancy and Extension)
2017-2018 The Week-Best College Survey 2018 Committee Member 
 
2016-2017 Kalrav Duties
2016-2017 Department of Botany Subject Society (Kalpavriksha) activities
2016-2017 Annual Departmental fest (Delonix)
2016-2017 College Student Union Election
 
2015-2016 Kalrav Duties
2015-2016 Department of Botany Subject Society (Kalpavriksha) activities
2015-2016 Annual Departmental fest (Delonix)
2015-2016 College Student Union Election
2015-2016 Eight Field Trips (8)
2015-2016 Silver Jubliee Celebration
2015-2016 2016 Edition of VandeMataram
Areas of Interest / Specialization

Forestry, Ecology and Climate Change

Subjects Taught

Environmental Sciences to First year students course wise as follows: 

 

2015 -16
 
B.Com (H) Sec A
BMS
B.Sc. Phy Sci (CS)
BA (Prog) Sec B
B.Sc. (H) Electronics
B.Sc. Physical Sciences (Chemistry)
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry
B.Sc. Life Sciences
 
2016-17
 
B.Com (H) Sec C
BA (Prog) 
BA (H) English
B.Sc. (H) Physics
B.Sc. (H) Computer Science
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry
B.Sc. Life Sciences
 
2017-18
 
BMS
BA (Prog) 
BA (H) English
B.Sc. Mathematical Sciences
B.Sc. (H) Electronics
B.Sc. (H) Zoology
B.Sc. (H) Botany
B.Sc. Phy Sci. (Chemistry)
 
2018-19
 
B.Com (H) 
B.Sc. (H) Mathematics
B.Sc. Phy. Sci (Comp.)
B.Sc. (H) Computer Science
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry
B.Sc. Phy. Sci (Chemistry)
B.Sc. Life Sciences
 
2019-20
 
B.Com (H) 
BMS
B.Sc. Phy. Sci (Comp. Science)
B.Sc. (H) Botany
B.Sc. (H) Zoology
B.Sc. (H) Physics
 
2020-21
 
BA (Prog) 
BA (H) English
B.Sc. Mathematical Sciences
BMS
B.Sc. Phy. Sci (Comp. Science)
B.Sc. Phy. Sci (Chemistry)
B.Sc. (H) Physics
B.Sc. (H) Chemistry
B.Sc. (H) Computer Science
Research Guidance
Publications Profile
1. Sharma, V., Chaudhry, S., 2013. “An Overview of Indian Forestry Sector with REDD+ Approach”. ISRN Forestry, 1–10. Impact Factor: 1.52
 
2. Barak, A. Das, P.J. Vashisht, H. Yadav, O.S. Sharma V. and Kumar, S. 2014, “The Inhibition of Corrosion of Mild Steel in 0.5 M Sulfuric acid Solution in the presence of Telechelic Bromine Terminated Poly (Ethylene Oxide)”  Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 5(3), 495-500. Impact Factor: 0.35
 
3. Sharma, V. and Chaudhry, S. 2015, “An Evaluation of Existing Methods For Assessment Of Above-Ground Biomass In Forests” Int. J. Engg. Res. & Sci. & Tech./ ISSN 2319-5991/ Vol. 4, No. 2
 
4. Sharma, V. and Chaudhry, S. 2015, “India’s Developmental Strategy under the Low- Carbon Economy” International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN (Online): 2319-7064
 
5. Garg, S and Sharma, V. 2015, “Forest Resource Accounting: An overview and Indian Perspective” Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology; February 2015, Volume 5, Issue 1.
 
6. Garg, S and Sharma, V. 2017, “Green Marketing: An Emerging Approach to Sustainable Development” International Journal of Applied Agricultural Research, Volume 12(2), 177-184
 
7. Sharma, V. and Chaudhry, S. 2017. “ Monitoring post mining forest dynamics of the tropical thorn forest in AsolaBhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, India using multi-temporal satellite data”  International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, 12(5), 1031-1044. Impact Factor: 0.11
 
8. Teena, Sharma, V.  Koshal K.T. and Kumar, V. 2017. “Synthesis, Characterization and Analytical Applications of Antimony(III) molybdoarsenate as a Cation Exchanger and Selective for Pb(II) and Cu(II) Ions”  Oriental Journal of Chemistry, 33 (2), 725-732. Impact Factor: 0.67
 
9. Kumar, S. Goyal, M. Vashisht, H. Sharma, V. Bahadur, I. Ebenso, E.E. 2017. “Ionic Liquid(4-ethoxybenzyl)-triphenylphosphonium bromide as a green corrosion inhibitor on mild steel in acidic medium: experimental and theoretical evaluation”, RCS Advances, 2017, 1-14. Impact Factor: 4.06
 
10. Sharma, V. and Garg, S. 2018. “Moving Towards Sustainability Oriented Agriculture”, IJCRT, 2018, 6(2) , 447-452
 
11. Sharma, V. 2018. “An Overview of Ecosystem Approach”, IJCRT, 2018, 6(2), 405-410. 
 
12. Sharma, V. and Chaudhry, S. 2018. “Vegetation composition and plant diversity in mining disturbed tropical thorn forest of Asola-Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, Northern India”  Taiwania. 63(3), pp 119-131. Impact Factor: 1.04
 
13 Vashisht, H. Yadav, O. Sharma, V. Jain, R. 2021. " THEORETICAL AND WEIGHT LOSS STUDIES OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL TRIPHENYL PHOSPHINE AS CORROSION INHIBITOR FOR CARBON STEEL IN SULPHURIC ACID" Hetrocyclic Letters, Vol. 11(1), 79-85.
 
Conference Organization/ Presentations (in the last three years)
i. Sharma, V. 2019, “Ecosystem Management”, module content writing for e-pg-pathshala for all four quadrants
 
ii. Sharma, V. 2019, “Types of Ecosystem”, module content writing for e-pg-pathshala for all four quadrants
 
iii. Sharma, V. and Garg, S. 2017, “Green Marketing: The Next Logical StepTowards Market Oriented Ecological Preservation”, Contemporary Strategiesfor Sustainable Development: Marketing and HR, Deen Dayal UpadhyayaCollege, University of Delhi, 10thNovember, 2017
 
iv. Sharma, V. and Garg, S. 2017, “Forest Resource Accounting- A Way Forward”, Contemporary Strategies for Sustainable Development: Marketing and HR, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, 10th November, 2017
 
v. Presented Poster & Abstract published in Tropical Ecology Congress 2014- “Tropical Ecosystems in a Changing World” (10-12th Dec, 2014), titled “Vegetation Composition and Plant Diversity in Relation to Disturbance in AsollaBhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern Ridge of Delhi, Northern India” organised by School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India in collaboration with International Society for Tropical Ecology (ISTE).
 
vi. Sharma, V. “Integrating REDD+ into Indian Protected Area Management”National Conference “New Horizons in Technology for Sustainable Energyand Environment” (NHTSEE 2017) on 9th-10th March, 2017 at YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad.
 
vii. Sharma, V. “Marketing SustainableAgriculture in IndianContext” National Conference “New Horizons in Technology for Sustainable Energy and Environment” (NHTSEE 2017) on 9th-10th March, 2017 at YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad.
 
viii. Presented paper on the topic ‘Confronting Climate Change’ during the programme organized by Haryana State Pollution Control Board on 5 June 2008.
 
ix. Paper presentation on the policy brief on Climate change by Ministry of Environment and Forests with the title ‘Road to Copenhagen’ during a one day Seminar on “Climate, Science and Society” organized by Kurukshetra University on 6 December 2009.
 
x. Paper Presentation in National Seminar on Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Climate Change: The Challenge Ahead on “India’s development strategy under the low-carbon economy” organized by National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi.
 
xi. Abstract Published in a two-day National Conference on Climate Change Social Vulnerability Assessment (19-20 Feb., 2014), titled “Potential Of Protected Areas for REDD – An Indian Perspective” organised by Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, HNB Garhwal (A Central) University, Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttarakhand (India).
 
xii. “Land use/Land Cover Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS of Kalesar National Park, Haryana” under the guidance of Prof. Brijgopal, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) June 2008, Delhi.
 
xiii. Sharma, V. “Recent Trends in Bioinformatics” 31 st January 2018, Deen DayalUpadhyaya College, University of Delhi.
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)

Sl. No.

Organization

Title of Project

Amount of grant

Period

Co-investigator (If any)

1

RT Division

Evaluation of Centre sector Subscheme for training of IFS Officers

Rs. 6,25,000

3 months

Dr. R.K. Srivastava, IFS Retd.

 

Awards and Distinctions
Association With Professional Bodies
Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association. 
 
Life Time Member of ENBIOS (Environment & Biodiversity Conservation) Society 
 
Member of Young Indians and Integrety India Campaign by CII (Confideration of Indian Industry)
 
Member of programme “Environmental Education” of British India Council, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IES and Kurukshetra University 
 
Life Time Member of Environmental awareness programme of The Regional chapter of “Society of Education and Environment Development (SEED)”, Haryana, at Kurukshetra.
 
Other Activities
Assignment, Notes for Students