About
As a professor in the realm of academia, my journey has been one of continuous growth and enrichment. With years of dedicated research, teaching, and mentorship, I have honed my expertise in the field of Neurorehabiliation, Research (CTRI, PEDRO, PRISMA, ICH Guidelines, RCT, Descriptive study, Data analysis, Case report, Case series)Virtual reality, Artificial Intelligence, Oncorehabilitation, Gait rehabilitation, Spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Body weight supported treadmill training, Neurorobotics, Wheelchair games and Concussion rehabilitation contributing significantly to its advancement. Through my presentation and publications nationally and internationally, I have disseminated knowledge and fostered critical discourse within the academic community. My commitment to excellence in teaching is reflected in my interactions with students, where I strive to instill a passion for learning and critical thinking. With compassion as my guiding principle, I approach each patient encounter with empathy and understanding, recognizing the unique needs and concerns of individuals under my care. Through years of clinical practice and continuous professional development, I have cultivated a deep understanding of medical conditions and treatment modalities, allowing me to tailor personalized treatment plans for each patient. Whether diagnosing complex illnesses, performing delicate procedures, or offering supportive care, my focus remains steadfast on the well-being and recovery of my patients. As a academician and clinician I am dedicated to nurturing the next generation of scholars, empowering them to make meaningful contributions to physiotherapy field and society at large.
Experience
She is having total 13 years of experience in academic, clinical and administrative domain.
Academic Qualification
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YEAR
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INSTITUTION
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DEGREE/
CERTIFICATE
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TOPIC/PERCENTAGE
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2017 - 2023
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National Institute of Medical Sciences and Research University, Jaipur
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Ph.D in Physiotherapy
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TOPIC: Deficits in balance, function, cognition and quality of life in Indian Cancer Survivors.
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2008-2010
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ISIC Institute Of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sector- c, Vasant kunj, Delhi. Affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
(GGSIPU).
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M.P.T
Masters of Physiotherapy (Neurology)
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I Year 71.42%
(1st rank holder)
II Year 66.52%
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2003-2007
2007- 2008
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Banarasidas Chandiwala Institute Of Physiotherapy, Chandiwala estate, Kalka ji, New Delhi -19. Affiliated to GGSIPU.
INTERNSHIP
G. B. Pant Hospital, J.L. Nehru marg, Delhi
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B.P.T
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
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I Year 72 %
II Year 81.1 %
(2nd University Topper)
III Year 70.1 %
IV Year 74.8%
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2002
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Kendriya Vidyalaya, Robert square, Gole market, New Delhi.
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12th Board, CBSE.
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68.4%
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2000
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Kendriya Vidyalaya, Robert square, Gole market, New Delhi.
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10th Board, CBSE
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70.8%
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Awards and Recognitions
- Assistant Professor at IAMR, Ghaziabad, UP (2010 -2014)
- Assistant Professor at Amarjyoti Institute of Physiotherapy, Delhi University, Delhi (2014 –2023)
- Having 13 years of academic and clinical experience.
- Teaching bachelors and masters students.
- Assessing and treating patients in OPD.
- Member of conference and workshop organizing committee in IAMR.
- Member of research committee meeting in Banarasidas Chandiwala Institute of Physiotherapy (Delhi) to evaluate performance of MPT students research work to approve proceedings of their dissertation on Jan 2012.
- External expert for practical examination in Banarasidas Chandiwala Institute of Physiotherapy (Delhi) to evaluate BPT students on April 2012.
- External expert for practical examination in Banarasidas Chandiwala Institute of Physiotherapy (Delhi) to evaluate MPT student’s dissertation on May 2012.
- External examiner in Amity university, IAMR Ghaziabad, Galgotia university, Banarasidas chandiwala institute of Physiotherapy. Jamia milia islamia.
- Question paper setting in GGSIPU university, 2013,Delhi.
- Question paper setting for the End Term Examination , 2016, 2018in Pt B.D. Sharma university of health sciences, Rohtak.
- Question paper settingfor the End Term Examination, 2017 in Galgotia university, Noida
- External examiner for conducting practical examination of PT in Neuro in RPIIMS, on 14thNovember 2022 held in Karnal.
- Question paper settingfor the End Term Examination, MPT 3RD Semester in 2021 and 2022 in Jamia Milia Islamia.
- Question paper settingfor the End Term Examination, MPT 3RD Semester in 2023 in Jamia Milia Islamia
- Involvedin teaching curricula of bachelor and master of physiotherapy students, supervising bachelor of physiotherapy students in the physiotherapy clinic, guide for dissertation of master of physiotherapy students, supervising BPT students projects and have active participation in assessment, planning and treatment implementation for various neurological, Orthopedic, gynecological disorders.
- Deputy Superintendent of Examination.
- Nodal officer of Minority committee.
- Chairperson for the Grievance Committee.
- Supervising the Early intervention program.
- Transcript Certification
- HCPC and CAPR Credential work of BPT and MPT students.
- Scheduling of lectures for BPT and MPT students.
- Organizing and conducting camps and community based rehabilitation program.
- Organizing and conducting Annual day, Ripples, Orientation day, Sports week program.
- Administrative work: Records of attendance and Internal marks compilation.
- Nodal officer of Anti Tobacco/ Smoking committee
- Organizing workshops and webinars.
- Organizing and conducting Course committee meetings.
- Imbibing the knowledge for the latest software’s used for gait rehabilitation and oncorehabiliation.
- Imparting services to the D. Ed and special education program.
- Organizing and conducting entrance examination for BPT and MPT Program.
CLINICAL TRAINING DURING BPT AND MPT
- B. Pant Hospital J. L. Nehru marg, New Delhi.
- Rajan Babu Tuberculosis Hospital, Kingsway camp, Mall road, Delhi.
- Jain Neurological Centre, Dr. Anil Jain, Jagriti enclave, Delhi.
- Physicare, Dr. Anil Sharma, Karn gali, Vishwas nagar, Delhi.
- Banarasidas Chandiwala Institute of Physiotherapy, Chandiwala estate, Maa anandmai ashram, Kalka ji, New Delhi.
- Special School, Neta ji subhash palace, Pitampura, Delhi.
- Dr Gagan Kapoor, near swarn cinema, Krishna nagar, Delhi.
- Institute of Childhood Disability, T/5 begum pur, Malviya nagar, Delhi.
- ISIC Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, OPD, Wards, HYDROTHERAPY, Sector – c, vasant kunj, Delhi.
- Akshay Pratisthan Special School, sector- D, Vasant kunj, Delhi.
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED PATIENTS
Spinal cord injury (traumatic and non traumatic), multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, post polio syndrome, chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy, cancer, stroke, osteoarthritis, myasthenia gravis, brain abcess, vestibular disorder, perceptual disorders, urinary incontinence, dysmenorrhoea, pelvic inflammatory disease, polycystic ovarian disease, brain tumor, AIDS(HIV+), Duchene muscular dystrophy, arthrogryposis multiplex congenital, total knee and hip replacement, partial knee replacement, potts spine, have done disability assessment, tuberculosis, fracture cases (humerus, tibia shaft, femur, phalanges etc), traumatic head injury, gulliane barrie syndrome, Parkinson, Wilson disease, frozen shoulder, cerebral palsy(spastic, flaccid, athetoid, ataxic, mixed),West syndrome, Down’s syndrome, cervical and lumber spondylosis, spondylolysthesis, Cancer, spinal canal stenosis, trigger finger, coccydynia, calcaneal spur, saccroilitis, cervical rib, tennis elbow, golfers elbow, amputee, hydrocephalous, menningomyloceole, spina bifida, ataxia and lot more.
ACHEIVEMENTS
- First position in Masters of Physiotherapy (Neurology) I Year.
- Third position in Masters of Physiotherapy (Neurology) IIYear.
- First position in Exercise Therapy in B. P. T. I Year.
- First position in Annual Examination in B.P.T. II Year
- Second University Topper in B.P.T. II Year
- First position in Exercise Therapy in B.P.T II Year
- First position in Surgery in B.P.T II Year.
- Second position in B.P.T Program (overall) vides end examination.
- Successfully completed the‘Basic Wheelchair Skills program’ with a score of 100%.
- Successfully completed the ‘Advanced Wheelchair Skills program’with a score of 97%.
- Successfully taught I Year MPT studentsduring course of master’s degree.
- Distinction in Physio Gyan- 2007 held on 18 Feb 2007.
Research
WORKSHOP/ CONFERENCES/ POSTER PRESENTATION/ SCIENTIFIC PAPER PRESENTATION/FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM/ PATENT/ PUBLICATION
- Participated in ‘Annual National Conference and Workshop Physical Therapy -2010’held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Successfully completed the course on ‘Clinical Neurodynamics’conducted by neurodynamics solutions held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Participated in ‘Annual National Conference and Workshop Physical Therapy -2011’held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Participated in ‘Surviving Trauma Emergency Medical Rescue Conference’(2008) held at Indian spinal injuries center, Delhi.
- Participated in a workshop on practical training on rehabilitation techniques includes ‘Active user wheelchair skills training, Hydrotherapy and Partial body weight supported treadmill training’ held at
- Participated in a workshop on ‘Basic Techniques and Application of PNF to gait disorders’ held at
- Participated in ‘Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy workshop’ held at IAMR in 2011, Ghaziabad.
- Participated in ‘Cyriax manipulation workshop’ held at IAMR in 2011, Ghaziabad.
- Participated in ‘Hemiplegic rehabilitation workshop’ held at IAMR in 2011, Ghaziabad.
- Participated in international workshop on ‘Balancing evidence based medicine with clinical reasoning proprioception/ neuromuscular control workshop’ held at IAMR in 2012, Ghaziabad.
- Participated in ‘Taping techniques workshop’held at IAMR in 2012, Ghaziabad.
- Participated in ‘Bands, balls and balance – A global approach to evidence based functional therapeutic exercises workshop’ held at IAMR in 2013, Ghaziabad.
- Participated in ‘Vestibular rehabilitation rehabilitation workshop’ held at AJIPT in 2016, Delhi.
- Organized and attended workshop on ‘Manual lymphatic drainage’in sri balaji action medical institute on 9th December 2019.
- Attended ‘8thINCPT AIIMS CONFERENCE’ on 21st and 22nd December 2019
- Attended workshop on ‘Radioimaging technique for physiotherapist’in 8th INCPT, AIIMS on 23rd December 2019.
- Presented poster on ‘Effectiveness of bwstt on gait parameters in children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy’in 8th INCPT AIIMS on 22nd December 2019
- Attended physiotherapy education workshop on ‘Creating an effective learning environment using multiple intelligence strategies’on 13thMay 2022 at Amarjyoti institute of physiotherapy, as a pre conference of SIPCON.
- Presented a talk on ‘Clinical gait analysis: low tech and High tech strategies and solutions’during SIPCON 2022 in May 2022 held in Chennai.
- Presented paper on ‘A systematic review for cognitive rehabilitation for cancer survivor reporting cognitive deficits by Prisma Method’in SIPCON 2022 on 1st May 2022 held in Chennai.
- Attended ‘6thSIPCON Annual Conference’ held on 29th , 30th april & 1st may 2022 in Chennai.
- Presented paper on ‘Comparison between subjective and objective assessment of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy in cancer survivor: A case study’in National Physicon on 15 May 2022 in Nims University, Jaipur.
- Presented abstract on ‘Prevalence of neurological and neuropsychological deficits related to balance, coordination, reaction time, attention and cognition in young soccer players: a cross sectional study’in World Physiotherapy- AWP Regional Congress on 20 June 2022 held in
- Presented e-poster on ‘A framework for cognitive rehabilitation for cancer survivor reporting cognitive deficits: a systematic review’in World Physiotherapy- AWP Regional Congress on 20 June 2022 held in
- Successfully conducted one day ‘Hands on workshop on Assessment of Gait’ in 8TH Annual Rohtak Medical students conference (ARMSCON)on 14th October 2022 held in Rohtak.
- Presented scientific paper on ‘A cross sectional study of deficits in quality of life associated with post chemotherapy in Indian cancer survivors’at IAP- Delhi Physio conference 2022 on 7th Nov 2022 held in Jamia milia islamia university.
- Presented scientific paper on ‘A correlation study between Quality of life and chemotherapy cycle in Indian cancer survivors’ in Neuraxis 2022, 10th International conference on 11thDec 2022.
- Attended ‘Neuraxis 2022, 10th International conferenceon 10th &11th Dec 2022.
- Presented poster on ‘Prevalence of neurosensory and vascular impairment from occupational hand arm vibration in building construction workers using vibrating tools’in World Physiotherapy Congress 2023 on 2nd June 2023 held in
- Presented poster on ‘A cross sectional study of deficits in balance and function associated with post chemotherapy in Indian cancer survivors’in World Physiotherapy Congress 2023 on 2nd June 2023 held in
- Attended webinar on ‘How to draft and file an Patent’organized by the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell of Sree Buddha college of Engineering,, Kerala on 6th September 2023.
- Presented a talk on ‘Exercise Training In Elder Adults With Breast Cancer – An Evidence Based Approach’ during GERICON 2023on 9th september 2023 held in AIIMS Delhi.
PATENT
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Instrument name
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Certificate design number
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Dated
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Rocker balance shoe
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390372-001
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14/07/2023
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PUBLICATIONS
- Nidhi Singh, Anchit Gugnani, R. Parasher,Prashant Mehta, Sidhharth Sood.(2022). Comparison Between Subjective And Objective Assessment Of Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy In Cancer Survivor: A Case Study. Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results, 2503-2505 [Indexed: Scopus]
- Nidhi Singh, Anchit Gugnani, R. Parasher,Prashant Mehta, Sidhharth Sood.(2022)A Framework for Cognitive Rehabilitation for Cancer Survivor Reporting Cognitive Deficits: A Systematic Review. NeuroQuantology. 20. 9432-9442 [Indexed: Scopus]
- Nidhi Singh, Anchit Gugnani, R. Parasher,Prashant Mehta, Sidhharth Sood.(2023) A Cross-Sectional Study of Deficits in Quality Of Life Associated With Post-Chemotherapy in Indian Cancer Survivors. NeuoQuantology, 626-632 [Indexed: Scopus]
- Rama Saraswat, Nidhi Singh.(2018) The effect of visual cues verses treadmill training on balance and gait parameters in subject with Parkinson disease: a comparative study. International journal of science and research, Volume 7, Issue 3, pg 1517-20.
COUNCILMEMBERSHIP
- IndianAssociation of Physiotherapists
- DelhiCouncil for Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- First position in Annual Day ‘Reflection 2008’held at ISIC Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences.
- Participated as a member of the participatory rating process panel in ‘WE CARE’film fest celebrating diversity 2010 held at ISIC Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences.
- Anchoring and organizing cultural events.
- Active participation and organizing debates, science quiz, poetry, rangoli and poster competitions in School and university.
- Attended anti tobacco campaign in Sardar vallabh pant hospital, Delhi University on 13thNovember 2019.
Area of Interest
Research (CTRI, PEDRO, PRISMA, ICH Guidelines, RCT, Descriptive study, Data analysis, Case report, Case series)Virtual reality, Artificial Intelligence, Oncorehabilitation, Gait rehabilitation, Spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Body weight supported treadmill training, Neurorobotics and rehabilitation, Wheelchair games, Concussion rehabilitation, Shoulder injury rehabilitation, Gynecology.