Ankita Singh (PhD Scholar)

Dr. Usha Mina’s research group of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Tel: +91-9540306534
Email: ankita.singh2567@gmail.com

PhD Thesis Title

“Bioprospecting for Anti-tubercular potential of selected medicinal plants”

Profile & curriculum

• B.Sc. Botany, Gargi College, Delhi University (2012-2015)
• M.Sc. Biodiversity and Conservation, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi (2015-2017)
• P.G. Diploma in International Environment Law, Indian Society of International Law, Delhi (2017-2018)
• UGC NET JRF in Environmental Sciences (2018)
• ASRB NET in Environmental Sciences (2018)
• PhD in Environmental Sciences, (2019-present)

Research interests

• Stress behaviour in medicinal and aromatic plants
• Climate change and air pollution
• Conservation of biodiversity
• Bioinformatics and drug discovery

Research experience

• Master Dissertation- Study on Survival and Growth of Selected Medicinal Plant Species in Indoor Conditions at Centre for Herbal Garden, Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions, Bengaluru (Jan’17-June’17). The objective of study was to identify and enlisting the medicinal plants in Indoor garden and study the effect of interior environment on their growth
• Group awareness project on “Save Mangar Bani Forest” in the academic session 2016-17. Theproject was a part of post-graduation and involved small scale campaigning through the use ofposters; rally walk in Mangar Bani Village and University Campus; online petition and facebookpage
• Summer Internship with the Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, underthe project “Rare Medicinal Herbs of India and Their Conservation in June’16-July’16. The objectiveof study was to know the different rare medicinal herbs in India, to assess the depletion factorsand to suggest conservation measures

Publications

• Ankita Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Vivek Kumar Gupta, Shailja Singh, Vivek Dhar Dwivedi & Usha Mina (2023) Computational assessment of Withania somnifera phytomolecules as putative inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis CTP synthase PyrG, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 41:11, 4903-4916.
• Jithisree Kanneganti, Usha Mina, Ankita Singh, Anuradha Gautam, Pallavi Somvanshi, Anti Mtb Medicinal Plants Database (AMMPDB): A curated database of Indian anti-tubercular medicinal plants, Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 10(2).
• Ankita Singh and Usha Mina (2024). Stone Mining Industry: Assessing the Socioeconomic Importance and Livelihood Security for Economic Development. In: Sharma, G.K., Rashmi, I., Ali, S., Kala, S., Kumar, A., Madhu, M. (eds) Ecological Impacts of Stone Mining. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-4746-7_2
• Singh, A. and Mina, U.: Effect of elevated temperature on the morphology and phytochemical profile of Withania somnifera’s varieties, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-2213, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-2213, 2024.
• Singh, A., Mina, U. and Yadav, P. (2025) ‘Exploring Withania somnifera-derived natural products as promising inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pantothenate Kinase-PanK: An Integrated In silico and In vitro approach’, Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine.

Conferences

• Rapid oral presentation at an international conference on International Conference on Innovations in Biotechnology for Sustainability (IBS-2024), entitled “Potential of Withania somnifera Phytochemicals as Natural Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis” (Ankita Singh and Usha Mina), held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India) on 23th-25th November 2024.
• Poster presentation at an international conference on World Environment Summit 2021(ESDAWES-2022), entitled “Assessment of Withania Somnifera phytochemicals potential to inhibit Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.” (Ankita Singh and Usha Mina) held at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, North Campus, New Delhi (India) on 15th-16th Oct.2022.
• Oral presentation (Virtual) at International Conclave on Materials, Energy & Climate (ICMEC,2022) on the topic entitled “Phytochemical Profiling of the Medicinal Plant Withania somnifera subjected to elevated temperature” (Ankita Singh and Usha Mina), held at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, New Delhi between 12th-14th December 2022.
• Oral presentation at International Conference on Environmental Challenges and Solutions entitled “Effect of Abiotic Stress on the Production of Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal Plants” (Ankita Singh and Usha Mina) held at Manav Rachana International Institute of Research and Studies between 29th Jan-1st Feb 2020.