Dr. Neha Deora

Assistant Professor

Dr. Neha Deora is a Biochemist enthusiast, currently working an Assistant Professor at the School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University. She earned her Ph.D. from the Centre of Bio-Separation Technology, VIT, Vellore, focusing on the identification and characterization of plant-derived compounds using Bio-Separation techniques. Her research explored the anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects of Aloe vera in genetically obese and hyper-glycaemic models, targeting key pathways such as DPP-IV inhibition and pancreatic lipase activity. She has trained at leading research institutes including CBST-VIT, NIN-ICMR (Hyderabad), and DMRC-ICMR (Jodhpur), gaining multidisciplinary expertise. She has published several peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. During her Ph.D., she received a Senior Research Fellowship from ICMR and an international travel award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend the Keystone Symposium on Diabetes and Obesity. She has also presented her work at various national and international forums and briefly worked as a consultant with Jhpiego on maternal and child health nutrition. Her team received the Best Project Award in the 48th Student Project Programme by KSCST, 2025. Her current research focuses on identification and characterization of bioactive peptides from natural products and elucidate their potential against important drug targets in the management of diabetes mellitus and obesity.

Qualification - Ph.D.

Area of Expertise - HPLC, Gel Filtration chromatography, Diabetes mellitus, Obesity, Natural Products, Drug discovery

Research Interests at DSU - Drug discovery and development, Diabetes mellitus, Obesity, Bioactive peptides from natural resources, Isolation and identification of phytocompounds from plants using different purification techniques, Sustainable agriculture

Awards and Recognition:

• Best project award under 48th series of Student Project Programme funded by Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (2025)
• Best presenter under Life science category at conference organized by Indian women scientist association, Mumbai (2023)
• Research award from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (2018)
• Recipient of National award from the Indian Council of Medical Research- ICMR-SRF (2018-2020)
• Recipient of International Travel Award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend Keystone Symposium on Diabetes and adipose tissue biology (2017)

LinkedIn URL: http://www.linkedin.com/in/neha-deora-ph-d-42617448

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kSrlYXoAAAAJ&hl=en