Awards

    IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES / ACHIEVEMENTS

    1. Founder President of Society for Indian Academy of Medical Genetics [SIAMG]

    2. I C Verma Award for Excellence in Research [2016]

    3. Author of a book , ‘Genetics for Clinicians’

    4. Editor of GENETICS CLINICS, a three monthly publication of SIAMG

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    6. On the editorial board of American Journal of Medical Genetics

    7. On the editorial board of Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine

    8. On the editorial board of Indian Pediatrics

    9. Founder member of Indian Society of Inborn Errors of Metabolism

    10. Founder member of Society of Fetal Medicine (India)

    11. First DM in Medical Genetics from India

    12. Reported 10 new malformation syndromes

    13. Three new syndrome entries in OMIM [607539, 613343, 617927]

    14. Recipient of Hargobind Foundation Fellowship for training in USA

    15. Recipient of International Scholarship of Clinical Genetics Society of UK

    16. On the advisory board of Journal of Fetal Medicine

    17. References cited in London Dysmorphology Database – 48

    18. References cited in OMIM -27

    19. Launched state government funded Newborn Screening Program for Uttar Pradesh since 2015 [more than 60000 babies screened]

    20. Running Thalassemia hypertransfusion program since 1989 [ Funding from Uttar Pradesh government since 2016]

    21. Hemophilia management program funded by Uttar Pradesh government for last 10 years

    22. Contributed to identification of causative genes for 5 monogenic disorders [OMIM 607539, 615866, 617612 & IFT57, NCAPD2]

    INVITED LECTURES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

    1. “Malformation Syndromes: Our experience” Spring Conference of Clinical Genetics Society, London, UK, 12th March 2009.

    2. “Genetics of Short Stature” in Fourth International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in Developing World, New Delhi, 4 – 7th October 2009.

    3. “Genetic Screening” in Fourth International Conference on Birth Defects and Disabilities in Developing World, New Delhi, 4 – 7th October 2009.

    4. ‘Clinical Genetics: Indian Scenario’ at Twelfth ICHG and annual conference of American Society of Human Genetics at Montreal, Canada, 11th to 15th Oct 2011

    5. ‘Genomic Techniques and Consanguinity in Rare Disorders’ in MEDLAB [Arab Health Conference] on 26th Jan 2016, at Convention centre, Dubai, UAE

    6. Newborn screening in India: Experience from Pilot Initiatives (UP Experience-DBT project). in 8TH Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of International Society of Newborn Screening, 27th, 28th, 29th Sept 13, in New Delhi

    1. REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS

    2. Indian Pediatrics

    3. British Journal of Hematology

    4. Indian Journal of Medical Research

    5. Indian Journal of Pediatrics

    6. Am J Medical Genetics

    7. Clinical Genetics

    8. Clinical Dysmorphology

    9. Prenatal diagnosis [official journal of International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis]

    10. Indian Journal of Human Genetics

    11. Gene

    12. BMC journal

    13. Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine

    COMMITTEES

    1. Member of Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi Task Force on Genetic Disorders, 2013, 2014

    2. Alternate Chairperson of ‘National Task Force on Newborn Screening for congenital hypothyroidism and Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A Multicentric Study’- 2014

    3. Member of project review committee of BMS, ICMR, New Delhi, 2013, 2014

    4. Chairperson of ICMR Task Force on Rare Diseases [2018]

  • She had been two times recipient of long term Research associateship (awarded by DBT)
  • Visited Medical College of Georgia, USA (1989) and Radboud University, The Netherlands (2009). She had been visited Debre Hospital Paris, France under Scientist Exchange program offered by INSA (2001). As visiting Scientist she had been invited by Creighton University, Nebraska, Omaha, USA (1992)
  • Life member of ISHG, ISHTM, ISPD, India
  • member of American Society of Human Genetics and International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis. Dr Agarwal has also chaired as SAC member of ICMR and RBSK for evaluating several thalassemia and Down syndrome projects.
  • Under PM-Make in India program she has contributed fragile X syndrome molecular diagnosis by using in house-primers, as rapid and cost-effective method, which is successfully being used for diagnostic purposes. [This work is in the process of being patented ]
  • She is the one who established STR based Qf-PCR primers dedicated for deducting aneuploidies in Indian population, and are regularly being used for providing antenatal diagnosis. [This work is in the process of being patented ]
  • has created multiplex detection of common SCA types found in India and are not previously being used in India [This work is in the process of being patented ]
  • Prof Sarita Agarwal is the Chairman of Women Harrasment committee of SGPGI and appointed as nodal officer by the director of SGPGI for Rani Laxmi Bai Samman Kosh, UP state
  • The lab headed by Dr. Sarita Agarwal is pioneer in establishing ante natal diagnosis in India.
  • Her lab is accredited by ICMR for quality assurance of Thalassemia program in India, this is just because of regular accreditation of all the tests with audit trails.
  • The work in the lab was recently recognized when her work was awarded in 2019 FRM Conference on “Translational Reproductive Biology and Clinical Reproductive Endocrinology,” New York, USA and was awarded winner prize of USD 2500.

1. Society for Indian Academy of Medical Genetics: Executive and Founder member

2. Indian Academy of Pediatrics (Genetics Chapter): Executive member

3. Molecular pathology association of India: Executive member

Membership of societies

1. Member of American Society of Human Genetics

2. Member of European Society of Human Genetics

3. Member of International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis

4. Member of Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI)

5. Lifetime member of Society of Indian Academy of Medical Genetics (SIAMG)

6. Lifetime member of U.P. Chapter of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

7. Lifetime member of Society of Fetal Medicine.

8. Lifetime member of Indian Society of Perinatology and Reproductive Biology

9. Lifetime member of Indian Society of Prenatal Diagnosis and therapy

1. Life Member of the Society of Indian Academy of Medical Genetics (SIAMG)

2. Life Member of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)

FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS

1. Ramalingaswami Fellow, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India

2. Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA), DBT, Govt. of India

3. Best Postdoctoral Poster award (2017) in the Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School. Awarded to one postdoctoral fellow in the department at yearly retreat. Awardee receives a cash prize.

4. Awarded Senior Research Fellowship from Indian Council of Medical Research.

5. Travel Grant from several funding agencies namely DST, DBT, CSIR and ICMR, India to attend the 12th International Congress of Human Genetics, October 11-15, 2011, Montreal, Canada.

6. Best Poster Award at 35th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG) & an International Symposium on Role of Genomics in Clinical Practice 2010, Lucknow, India.

7. Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2008, conducted by Govt. of India.

8. Stood 1st in quiz competition on CSIR foundation day at CDRI, September 2004