About
Dr. Rakhi Agarwal is a Professor of Forensic Science at National
Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Delhi Campus. She is a Forensic Chemist
and Toxicologist with an extensive research and teaching-oriented career
spanning of 20 years. Prof. Agarwal has completed M.Sc. Forensic Science
from the Agra University (2003) and awarded with Ph.D. in Toxicology jointly
from the CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow and Jamia
Hamdard, New Delhi in 2008. She was awarded with UGC NET-JRF/SRF for Doctoral
Studies in 2004/2006 and also been awarded with CSIR-Research Associateship for
Post Doctoral Research in 2009. Prof. Agarwal is serving NFSU (erstwhile
GFSU) since its inception and from June 2022 onwards, she is shouldering
the responsibilities of academics, faculty-development and student mentorship
as Dean-Academics.
Prof. Agarwal has to her credit 32 publications in peer reviewed
international/national journals, 01 patent, 02 book chapters and 02 articles.
The total citation of her research work is more than 900 with h-index 12. In the span of
her academic career, her 05 Fellows have been awarded with PhD Degree, currently 10 Research Fellows are working for the award of Ph.D. degree. Further, she has
guided more than 100 Dissertation fellows from India and overseas countries. She
has developed academic curriculum for M.Sc. Toxicology and PG Diploma in
Forensic Toxicology in consultation with experts from various public and
private sectors. Her research interests is in the field of Analytical and
Mechanistic toxicology of various environmental toxicants along with their
possible prevention using novel animal model viz. C. elegans & assessment
of environment toxicants from different matrices using sophisticated
instrumentation.
Prof. Agarwal is associated with many public and private bodies as
subject matter expert for setting up of question papers and member of interview
panel board in the field of forensic science. She has been working as reviewer for many journals of Elsevier etc. She
is actively involved in consultancy services for insurance sectors and
pharmaceutical industries as an expert. Prof. Agarwal has received many
prestigious Awards, Honors and Fellowships. She is a life member of various
professional bodies in India and Full Member of Society of Toxicology (SOT),
USA. Prof. Agarwal has served as Executive Member for Society of Toxicology,
India from 2012-18. In 2020, she was selected as Associate Member- Toxicology,
American Association of Forensic Science, USA. She has been elected as Fellow
of The Society of Toxicology (STOX), India 2023.
No. of Publications
Research Paper
26
Book
0
Book Chapter
