Research Projects

Research Publications

1. Gupta, U., Feroz, N., Devi, K. S., Dhall, M., Dhamija, N., & Mangla, A. G. (2023). Digital Screen Time as a Characteristic of Academic Performance among School-Going Children. Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, 72(2), 253-266 (ISSN 2632-4369).
2. Sharma, S., Singh, L., Yadav, J., Gupta, U., Singh, K. J., & Rao, M. V. V. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on utilization of maternal and child health services in India: Health management information system data analysis. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 101285 (ISSN 2213-3984). 
3. Gupta, U., Nilupher, Devi, K.S., Kaur J., Dhall M. (2022). Baseline characteristics of menstruation among adolescent girls of Delhi. Antrocom Online Journal of Anthropology, 18(1):299-312 (ISSN 1973-2880). 
4. Dhall, M., Tyagi, R., Tungdim, M. G., Nilupher, Gupta, U., Devi, K. S., Kaur, J., Kapoor, A.P., Saini, M., Dhall, P., Rulu, P., Bhasin, P. & Kapoor, S. (2022). Nutrition, physical activity and psychological status during lockdown due to covid-19. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 44:e57231-e57231 (ISSN 18078648). 
5. Gupta, U., Jain, S. & Dhall, M. (2021). Quality of Life, Lifestyle Diseases, Mental Health and Cognitive Functioning: A Neuroanthropological Approach. Mathews Journal of Neurology. 5(1):19 (ISSN 2572-6536). 
6. Mangla, A. G., Dhamija, N., Gupta, U., & Dhall, M. (2020). Anthropometric Markers as a Paradigm for Obesity Risk Assessment. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 8(2):1-16 (ISSN 2327-5081). 
7. Devi, K.S., Nilupher, Gupta, U., Dhall, M. & Kapoor, S. (2019). Incidence of obesity, adiposity and physical activity pattern as risk factor in adults of Delhi, India. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 8(1):8-12 (ISSN 2213-3984). 
8. Gupta, U. et al. (2019). Body age as an Undeniable Adiposity and Obesity Indicator. International Journal of Current Innovations in Advanced Research, 2(8):1-13 (ISSN 2636-6282). 
9. Feroz, N., Devi, K. S., Gupta, U., Dhall, M., Tyagi, R., & Kapoor, S. (2019). Association of adiposity markers with Uncoupling Protein 1 3826 AG genotype. Meta Gene, 22:100601 (ISBN 2214-5400). 
10. Mangla, A.G., Dhamija, N., Gupta, U. & Dhall, M. (2019). Familial background as a hidden cause for obesity among college going girls. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 7:1-13 (ISSN 2327-5081). 
11. Mangla, A.G., Dhamija, N., Gupta, U. & Dhall, M. (2019). Lifestyle Trends and Obesity among College Going Girls of Delhi. Health, 11:201-210 (ISSN 1949-5005). 
12. Nilupher, Gupta, U., Devi, K. S., Dhall, M., Tyagi, R. & Kapoor, S. (2018). The FTO Gene rs9939609 Polymorphism and its Association with BAI as Well as Other Adiposity Markers. Archives of Epidemiology: AEPD-126. DOI, 10, 2577-2252 (ISBN 2577-2252). 
13. Dhall, M., Devi, K. S., Gupta, U., Tyagi, R., & Kapoor, S. (2018). Hypertension and its correlate with general and central adiposity: A study among urban population of Delhi. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews. 12(6), 881-884 (ISBN 1871-4021). 
14. Gupta, U. (2018). Chief Integrants of sports performance: an appraisal study. International Journal of Physical Education Health and Sports Sciences. 7(1): 9-18 (ISSN 22790306).
15. Gupta, U., Dhall, M., Kapoor, S. (2017). Association of high blood pressure and obesity among adult females of Delhi. Human Rights International Research Journal. 5(1):27-30 (ISSN 2320-6942). 
16. Gupta, U., Mazumder, J., Saini, S., Saraswathy, K.N., Kiranmala Devi, N. (2016). MTHFR C677T Polymorphism among a caste and a tribal population of Mount Abu (Rajasthan). Voice of Intellectual Man. 6:135-142 (ISSN 2231-6914(P), 2319-4308(O)). 
17. Saini, S., Rajkumari, S., Gupta, U., Saraswathy, K.N. (2016). Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Gene Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism among the Tribal and Non-tribal Populations of Rajasthan. Voice of Intellectual Man. 6:69-76 (ISSN 2231-6914(P), 2319-4308(O)). 
18. Mazumder, J., Gupta, U., Sachdeva, M.P. (2016). Distribution of Morphogenetic Traits among Bhils and Rajputs of Rajasthan. Voice of Intellectual Man. 6(2):79-84 (ISSN 2231-6914(P), 2319-4308(O)).

Other Assignments

1. Reviewed manuscripts for the • Asian Journal of Biology & the • Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
2. Assisted and developed multiple modules/e-learning contents in Anthropology subject for Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT) under the project e-PG Pathshala.

Papers/Chapters in Books

Papers/chapters in book-

• Dhall, M., Feroz, N., Devi, K.S., Gupta, U. (2021). Health and Nutrition among various population of India: An Anthropological Perspective. In V. Nambiar (Ed.), Indian Food Anthropology and the Eat Right Movement (pp. 29-40). New Delhi, Delhi: Selective & scientific Books (ISBN:8195149227).
• Gupta, U. & Dhall, M. (2020). Evaluating academic-concerns and associated factors among Adolescents of Delhi. In Covid-19 in Indian Society: Social Sciences perspectives (pp. 230-241). Beau Bassin, Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (ISBN:9786203042580). 
• Gupta, U. (2019). Archaeology: Medium for Investigating the Evolution of Human. In R. Sinha (Ed.), Issues and Perspectives in Anthropology (pp. 220-226). New Delhi, Delhi: Rawat Publications (ISBN:978-81-316-0875-3). 
• Gupta, U. (2019). Risk factors for high blood glucose level among the adults of Delhi. In G.K. Kshatriya, A. Kumari, N. Mahajan (Eds.), Anthropology, Health and Development: Trends and Future Perspectives (pp. 239-248). New Delhi, Delhi: BR. Publishing Corporations (ISBN: 9789388789356). 
• Gupta, U. (2017). Risk factors of lifestyle diseases among adults in an urban setting. In Anthropology and Forensic Science: The Current Dynamism (pp. 76-83). New Delhi, Delhi: Selective and Scientific Books (ISBN: 9788189128647).

Papers Presented

Papers presented-

• Oral presentation entitled ‘Menstrual health among adolescent girls of Delhi’ at 51st Annual conference of the Indian anthropological society and international seminar on Anthropology of Health and Disease: Past, Present and Future jointly organized by Department of Anthropology, West Bengal State University & The Indian Anthropological Society (December 21-23, 2021). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Body composition and corpulence status among adolescents of Delhi’ at Indian Anthropology Congress 2021 on “Anthropology: Theory to Application”, organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi in collaboration with Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA) (February 21-23, 2021). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Evaluating academic concerns and associated factors among adolescents of Delhi’ at International Online Conference on “COVID-19: Emergence and Resurgence of Communicable Diseases from Social Sciences Perspectives”, organized by the School of Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya, India in collaboration with the RC-12 of Indian Sociological Society; Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT-Guwahati; Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi; FLAIR-Delhi & TRIBAC-Agartala (July 21-22, 2020). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Defining fat mass and lean body mass using anthropometric indices’ in the section of Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences during the 106th Indian Science Congress' held at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar (January 04-07, 2019).
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Talent Identification using Genetic Analysis’ in the UGC National Conference on Yoga, Physical Education and Sports organized by C.H.C. Athletic Association B.H.U. Varanasi (June 25-26, 2018). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Association of Menopause with biosocial factors: A comparative account’ in the section of Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences during the 105th Indian Science Congress held at Manipur University, Imphal (March 16-20, 2018). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Risk factors for high blood glucose level among the adults of Delhi’ in the National seminar on “Anthropology, Health and Development: Trends and Future Perspectives” at Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi (February 20-21, 2018). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Chief integrants of sports performance: an appraisal study’ in the 4 th National Conference on Physical Education & Sports Sciences held at Convention Center, NDMC, Sansad Marg, New Delhi organized by Physical Education Foundation of India (February 09-10, 2018). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Assessment of lifestyle patterns of adults in an urban centre’ at National seminar on Role of Anthropology and Forensic Science in National Development organized by Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi (March 24-25, 2017). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Association of High Blood Pressure and Obesity among adult females of Delhi’ at International Conference on Women Studies and Social Sciences, Chandigarh organized by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation (March 09-11, 2017). 
• Poster presentation entitled ‘Relationship of Anemia with Social factors among adults of Delhi’ in the section of Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences during the 104th Indian Science Congress held at S.V. University, Tirupati (January 03-07, 2017).
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Archaeology: Medium for investigating the evolution of humans’ at National seminar on Anthropology: Unveiling the Mystique organized by Discipline of Anthropology, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi (October 28-29, 2015). 
• Oral presentation entitled ‘Status of MTHFR gene polymorphism among Bhils of Rajasthan’ at National seminar on Anthropology of Cardiometabolic Adversities organized by Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi (September 25-26, 2015).

Trainings & Workshops

• Attended and participated in the workshop on “Sustainable Development Goals and Gender” jointly organized by Council of Social Development, Hyderabad and Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi from 02nd August, 2023 to 4 th August, 2023.
• Attended Pre-Conference Workshop on “Qualitative Research using NVivo” held virtually from January 22-25, 2022 organised by KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai.
• Attended and successfully completed the online workshop on “Anthropological Research Techniques” organized by Department of Anthropology, Manipur University from 19th May, 2020 to 23rd May, 2020. 
• Attended and successfully completed the ‘Web of Science Advanced Series’ by Clarivate Analytics on 6 th April 2020. 
• Attended a 10 days Research Methodology Workshop organized by Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi sponsored by Indian Council of Social Sciences (ICSSR), New Delhi from February 11 th to 21st 2019.
• One month training in blood sample drawing at W.U.S. Health Centre (North), University of Delhi (23rd May, 2016 to 29th June, 2016). 
• One week training on Statistical Package for Social Sciences from Delhi University Computer Centre, University of Delhi (June 8-12, 2015).

Membership of Scientific & Academic Organizations

Awards Obtained