Ms. Madhuri Belekar

Ph.D. in Biochemical Science, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pursuing

M.Sc. in Forensic Science, Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University, Sagar, 2017

B.Sc. in Forensic Science, RTMNU, 2015

• Assistant professor at Shivaji Science College, Akola, June 2017 to December 2017.
• Assistant Chemical Analyzer at Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Nagpur, Jan 2018 to Nov 2018.
• Forensic Professional at Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh, Jan 2019 to Aug 2019.
• Research Fellow at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Sep 2019 to May 2025
• Assistant Professor, JSPM University, June 2025 to Present

• Forensic Biology
• Forensic Toxicology
• DNA Forensic
• Fingerprinting and documentation
• Cancer cell biology
• Genetics

• Asokan MS, Madhuri Belekar et, (2024). Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines BBV152 (COVAXIN®) and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (COVISHIELD™) in seronegative and seropositive individuals in India: a multicentre, nonrandomised observational study. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia 22, 100361.
• Niveditha D, Khan S, Khilari A, Belekar M, Pathak M, Shah P, Ranade S, Phadke N, Das R, Joshi S, Karyakarte R, Ghose A, Kadoo N, Shashidhara LS, Monteiro JM, Shanmugam D, Raghunathan A, Karmodiya K. A tale of two waves: Delineating diverse genomic and transmission landscapes driving the COVID-19 pandemic in Pune, India. J Infect Public Health. 2023 Aug;16(8):1290-1300. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2023.06.004. Epub 2023 Jun 9. PMID: 37331277; PMCID: PMC10250058.

• Master’s dissertation: “Determination of Erythrosine in Cotton Candy by Using Micellar Liquid Chromatography.” Dr. Harisingh Gaur Central University, 2017
• D. thesis: “Differential cellular metabolism: Metabolomics and fluxomics approach”, DST-DBT, 2019 to 2025

• 3-MT winner, NCL-RF Students’ Conference
• FACT Plus (Forensic Biology, 2018)
• UGC-NET-JRF
• State Eligibility Test (SET) (Maharashtra)
• Acquire 8/10 grade in the course Chemometrics and Liquid Chromatographic Method Development held at DHSGU Sagar from 6th June to 11th June 2016 under the GIAN program of MHRD, GOI.
• Acquire 2nd rank in order of merit in the examination for M.Sc. Forensic Science programme 2015-17 under the choice-based Credit System.

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• Introduction to Forensic Science
• Forensic Chemistry 
• Forensic Ballistics

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• Participated in 3MT competition at CSIR-NCL in 2024.
• Poster presentation at international conference on Interface of physical , Chemical, and biological sciences at Dr. Harisingh Gour central university, Sagar, M. P. from Jan 11-13, 2017
• Poster presentation at National conference on Forensic science at the service of mankind at Lucknow university from march 23-24, 2017
• Participated in the 103^rd Indian Science Congress held at university of Mysore from Jan 3-7,2016
• Participated in Basic fire safety and emergency preparedness program held at CSIR-NCL on 24^th Nov 2021
• Participated in one day workshop on good laboratory practices organized by centre for biopharma analysis at venture centre, Pune on 15^th Feb 2020
• Participated in one day workshop on Alternate careers in STEM at CSIR-NCL on 20^th Feb 2023
• Attended Induction course in Forensic science from LNJN National Institute of criminology and forensic science from 25 th Feb to 15^th March 2019
• Attended course in Metabolic modelling tools, techniques, and application in research during 17 Sep – 20 Sep 2024
• Attended 4^th ICGA conference 2023 held at Indian institute of science education and research, Pune from 6 – 8 oct,2023
• Attended annual student conference 2023 organized by NCL research foundation and CSIR-NCL, Pune.
• Poster presented at BESCON 2022 during 4 Nov -6 Nov, 2022
• Participated in 8^th International bioprocessing India conference on Recent advancements and application in bioprocessing for biosimilars, vaccines and bioenergy held during Dec 16-18,2022 at CSIR-NCL, Pune
• Participated in one day workshop on good laboratory practices organized by centre for biopharma analysis at venture centre, Pune on 15th Feb 2022

• 3-MT winner, NCL-RF Students’ Conference
• FACT Plus (Forensic Biology, 2018)
• UGC-NET-JRF
• State Eligibility Test (SET) (Maharashtra)
• Acquire 8/10 grade in the course Chemometrics and Liquid Chromatographic Method Development held at DHSGU Sagar from 6th June to 11th June 2016 under GIAN program of MHRD, GOI.
• Acquire 2nd rank in order of merit in the examination of M.Sc. Forensic Science programme 2015-17 under choice-based Credit System.

• Office Address: School of Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, JSPM University, Pune.
• Email: mbb.sfos@jspmuni.ac.in

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