FACULTY PROFILE
Name:	Dr Astha Chaudhry
Punch Line:	Sincere, responsible, reliable and astute radiologist
Designation:	Reader, Member Secretary IQAC
Email:	dr.asthac@gmail.com astha.chaudhry@sgtuniversity.org
Mobile Number	9711807733
Educational Qualification:	Program	Year of Passing	Board /University
Bachelors	BDS	2008	Manipal University
Masters (Specialization)	MDS	2012	RGUHS, Bangalore
Doctorate (Specialization)
Any Other
Work Experience: (in Years)
	Total	7 years 2 months
	Academics	7 years 2 months
	Industry	1 year 5 months experience in diagnostic centre as a consultant radiologist
	Research	7 years 2 months
	Any Other
Recognition and awards
	Membership of Associations:	Secretary of UNESCO-BIOETHICS Unit at SGT University
		Member Secretary of IQAC
		Life member of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology
	Awards & recognitions:	Dr Pushpanjali Mohaptra Award and Gold medal for Young Scientist for year 2017-18
		Excellence award for “Most active member of Bioethics unit” of SGT University by UNESCO CHAIR in BIOETHICS
		Gold Medal instituted by Dr C.VMohan, Bangalore in the name of Prof. K.S Nagesh at 15th Annual Convocation of RGUHS, Bangalore on 25th March 2013 for scoring highest marks in MDS Oral Medicine and Radiology.   (UNIVERSITY TOPPER)
		Secured third prize in Quiz competition held at XXIII National conference and silver jubilee celebration of IAOMR at Bengaluru on 9-11th December 2011.
		Recipient of IAOMR HIGHEST SCORER award for the year 2007
		Recipient of Dr. TMA Pai Gold medal award for the BEST OUTGOING STUDENT for the year 2006-2007
		First in total marks for BDS II & final year.
		First in the subjects of preclinical prosthodontics, oral pathology, pedodontics, oral medicine and radiology, conservative dentistry and endodontics and oral and maxillofacial surgery in BDS examination.
		BEST OUTGOING STUDENT in class XII and the HIGHEST SCORER at the DISTRICT LEVEL in the year 2003
	Editor of any Scientific Journal/ member of editorial board	Reviewer for the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Research(International, Pubmed indexed).
		Reviewer for European Journal of Dental education(International, Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science indexed)
		Reviewer for International Journal of Medical Research(Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science indexed)
		Reviewer for Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research(International, Pubmed indexed)
		Reviewer for Journal of evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences.
	Fund received/ Grant received:	University incentive for publication in high impact journal
		University incentive for contribution in Institution development
	Any Other	Member of Departmental Board of Studies
		Member of Departmental Research Committee
		3) Member of SGT Council of Biomedical Research
		Member of feedback committee of SGT University
		Member secretary of curriculum and Learning process committee, SGT University
Research guidance:
	Master’s:	Co-Guide in dissertations:
		VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PARANASAL SINUSES FOR GENDER DETERMINATION: – A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY( Dr Bhargavi Sood)
		COMPARISON OF BIOPSY SAMPLES OF LEUKOPLAKIA OBTAINED BY SURGICAL EXCISION AND LASER EXCISION – A HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY(Dr Garima Gulati)
		To evaluate the effectiveness of cyclobenzaprine therapy, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation therapy and correlation of both in temporomandibular disorders: a comparative study.(Dr Jyoti Prajapat)
		Comparative evaluation of efficacies of chemiluminescence and toluidine blue for potentially malignant disorders. (Dr Amwani Sood)
		Estimation of salivary flow rate and protein concentration among mobile users.(Dr Tamanna)
		Co-Guide in Library dissertations like:
		Transplantation Medicine by Dr. Seema Basoya
		Saliva and its diagnostic applications by Dr Neha Khanna
		Lasers and its applications in dentistry by Dr. Priyanka Jain
		CBCT and its applications in dentistry by Dr. Sushil Kr Dokwal.
	Ph D:
	Others	Guided as moderator for seminars, Case presentations and Journal clubs for PGs.
		Mentor for Final year students year 2016, 2017, 2018
No of papers published:		Click Here to View
	National:	6
	International:	12
	Book Chapter (s):	–
	Book Authored:	3
	Any Other	–
No.: Attended	Attached
	Conferences:	12
	Seminars:	9
	CME/CPE/FDP:	31 CDEs + 12 FDPs
	Guest Lectures Delivered:	–
	Resource Person /Chairperson in a session:	Resource person for FDP-5
	Event(s) organized by department:	30
	Any Other	Scientific presentations
		Paper presentation on : “Simple ways to prevent Oral Cancer: The role of Dental providers”
		Paper presentation: “Comparative evaluation ofefficacies of Chemiluminescence andtoluidine blue in the detectionof Oral Potentially malignant lesions” during the 29th National Conference of IndianAcademy of Oral Medicine and Radiology at ITS Centre for Dental Studies andResearch, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad on 1st- 3rd December 2017.
		Paper presentation on “Is pigmented mucosal patch potentially malignant????A case report and review of literature” in XIV National OOO Symposium held on 4th,5th and 6th March 2016 at Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Meerut.
		Poster Presentation on “Lasers in dentistry” in CDE programme on “Lasers in Dentistry-An Insight” on 27th October 2015 at Faculty of Dental Sciences, SGT University.
		Paper: “Recurrent central giant cell granuloma- a case report” presented in National PG convention in Oral Medicine & Radiology, held at Chennai on 4-5th September 2010.
		Paper: “Congenital pain insensitivity” presented in National PG convention, held at KLE VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belgaum on 23-24th September 2011
		Poster: “Saliva more than a spit!! Signaling oral cancer” presented in XXI National IAOMR conference held at Indore from 4-6th December 2009
		Poster: “Lets spear the bands without the knife- medical management of OSMF” presented in XXII National IAOMR conference held at New Delhi on 17-19th December 2010
		Poster: “Remembering the forgotten disease- Lemierre syndrome” presented  in XXIII National conference and silver jubilee celebration of IAOMR at Bengaluru on 9-11th December 2011.
Any Other Information
	Chief Coordinator for NAAC and related documentation
	As a member of IQAC actively involved in all activities related to curriculum and syllabus revision, teaching methodolgies implementation, examination reforms of the University and all other activities of IQAC
	Conducted online feedback for students and faculty members related to syllabus and curriculum and quality of teaching
	Coordinator for value added course on “Professional Ethics and Human Values”
	Website coordinator for verification of data for main university and faculty websites
	Incharge for DCI Inspection related documentation for the dept of Oral Mediicne and radiologyfor the year 2014,2015, 2016, 2017.
	Resource Person for online lecture module of Professional ethics and human values
	Participated in mehndi competition in Pre Diwali Events 2016 and got First Prize
	Participated in mehndi competition in Pre Diwali Events 2015 and gotThird  Prize