Curriculum vitae

· Name : Miss Nishaki Kiran Mehta

· Address: 208,Jewellers Apartments,

56,Peddar Road,

Mumbai - 400026

· Phone no : 23886356/23860540

· Mobile: 9821018195/9820773747/33860540

· Email address:

nishaki_m@hotmail.com

naivenish@yahoo.co.in

· Currently studying in: III/I M.B.B.S in Seth G.S.Medical College and K.E.M Hospital, Mumbai

· School: Villa Theresa High School

· Junior college: D.G.Ruparel College

(I)Academic awards and scholarships obtained

· Have been awarded the “ Best Student Award” for the year 2003-2004 by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences , Nashik for excellence in academics and extra curricular activities from amongst all the medical and para medical students in the state of Maharashtra.

• Secured 81% in second year MBBS exams (Oct 2003)

• Distinction in Pharmacology
• Distinction in Pathology
• Distinction in Forensic medicine
• Distinction in Microbiology

• Topped Mumbai in first year MBBS conducted by the MUHS, Nashik and secured 82%(Aug 2002)

• Distinction in Anatomy
• Distinction in Physiology
• Distinction in Biochemistry

• Conferred with the “Shirwalkar Scholarship” for excellence in the extracurricular aspects of medicine( Jan 2002)

Am the recipient of

• Dr. R. P. Koppikar prize

• Dr. R.H.Karmarkar book award

• The Clementina Desa scholarship

• Dr . Sanjeev .G . Ghodke scholarship

• Lalaji Narayanji scholarship

• Master Sudhir Bantwal memorial prize

• K.G. Munsif memorial scholarship

• Awarded the Ratan Tata scholarship for outstanding performance in first and second year M.B.B.S. (2002 and 2003)

• Have topped Maharashtra State among girls in the Maharashtra Common Entrance Exams (Mh- CET) 2001 for medical and paramedical courses in which 68000 students appeared.

• Secured a 94% in PCM in HSC exams( May 2001)

• Have successfully cleared IIT - JEE (joint entrance examination)

• Have cleared the preliminaries for the Biology Olympiad. (Dec 2000)

• Was a merit ranker in 11^th standard in the exclusive merit list of D.G.Ruparel College in the faculty of science.

• Obtained scholarship from the Government of India in the prestigious N.T.S exams and was adjudged as a national talent scholar in standard ten.

• Notched 92% securing the highest marks all over India in Science 99/100, English 94/100 and Social Sciences 98/100 in standard ten.

• Was honored with Homi Bhabha silver medallist award for being a young scientist ( Oct 1998).

• Secured distinction in the Maharashtra Talent Search Exams.

• Was a merit ranker in the Brihanmumbai Centre for Talent Search course conducted by D.G.Ruparel college for two successive years 1997 and 1998

• Awarded scholarship for excellence in academics by the Maharashtra Government in the seventh standard (May 1996)

• Have successfully cleared the Parichay,Prathmik and Pravesh exams in Hindi conducted by Maharashtra state.

• Have secured distinction in the exams conducted by University of New South Wales (Australia) in the faculty of Science, English and Math.

• Secured an A+ grade in the All India level English proficiency and general knowledge test.

• Was awarded subscription for frontline, a weekly news magazine on the basis of my performance in EMATS.

(II)Research Experience

1) Research Presentations

A)International presentations

• Our research project titled “An analytical study of the incidence rates, efficacy of intervention studies and mortality rates of HIV in 14 hospitals in Mumbai from December 2003 to May 2004.”was selected for a poster presentation in the International Symposium on Emerging Viral Infections hosted at National Institute of Virology, Pune on the 11^th, 12^th and 13^th of October,2004

• Represented India in the London International Youth Science Forum as the first Indian Woman Young scientist and presented my research paper on “Transgenics” based on my research stint at the Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai.

• Our team secured the first place in the Science Forum Olympiad held in London in the London International Youth Science Forum, July 2002

• Our team secured the first place in the great train race in The London International Youth Science Forum, July 2002

• Have contributed to the success of the international science conference “Gosumeet” held at Seth G.S.Medical College celebrating its platinum jubilee

B)National Presentation

• My team represented our college in an intercollegiate symposium hosted by the Armed Forces Medical College of India and presented on the topic of “Nanomedicine”(Feb 2003). Our team has been

invited to medical colleges of the state to present our topic as we were the award winning team.

• Delivered a talk on Animal experiments in a seminar which is to be presented in the GOLDCON conference commemorating 50 years of medical publishing by the esteemed indexed journal” Journal of Postgraduate Medicine”

• Represented my college and interviewed Nobel Laureate for Medicine Sir Paul Nurse when he visited India in an international exchange programme organized by the British Council and this interview was put up for the benefit of the students on the college board

2)Research Projects

• Am currently awaiting approval for my project Socioeconomic determinants and psychological impact of Medical Termination of Pregnancy(MTP) from the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
• Have worked on a research project with Harvard International, Boston , United States of America on a global project on HIV and AIDS.

• Am currently working on “Epidemiological study of defaulters under RNTCP DOTS with special reference to defaulter retrieval” which has been approved and sanctioned by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) ( Jan 2004) .It is my dream to eradicate TB from the country.

• Was awarded the Short Term Research Studentship by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the year 2003 for my research study titled “Tethered cord syndrome: an analysis of surgical experience of 48 cases.” done in the Neurosurgery department of KEM Hospital

• Worked on a project on HIV with the Preventive and Social Medicine Department, KEM Hospital in collaboration with UNICEF.

3)Research articles under way for publication :

• Brainstem gliomas – A study of 45 cases with p53 immunohistochemistry. It has been submitted to the indexed journal “Indian Journal of Cancer”

• Am working on “ Cerebral amyloid angiopathy – the first study of its kind for the Indian population”. It has been submitted to the Bombay Hospital Journal for publication.

4) Workshops

· Have attended the workshop on Data Analysis for research sample conducted by the Tata Institute in Social Sciences(TISS) in Jan 2004.

• Have attended the workshop organized by the research society of KEM Hospital on “Research methodology with emphasis on clinical epidemiology” conducted by Dr Sanjay Zodpey and presented the research proposal on behalf of the team. (Apr 2003)

• Have attended a workshop on management and organizational skills conducted by Gautam Gouthi(nov 2003)

(III)Mensa

• Am a life member in Mensa International (Mensa is a group of highly intellectual individuals who are in the top 1 percentile of the worlds populace in terms of their intelligence quotient (I.Q.))

• Am the editor for the Mensa newsletter “MInd” for the section on health and medicine

• Organized a workshop on lateral thinking along for Mensans in Feb 2004.

· Actively participate in Mensa activities which include debates, quizzes, adventure sports, elocutions and group discussions

(IV)Extracurricular Activities

(1)College Activities

• Am the Lady’s welfare secretary in the Students council for the year 2003-2004.

· Was adjudged Miss Personality in the grand junior miss personality contest for the Seth G.S . Medical college( Jan 2002)

• Was a member of the core committee which organized the annual college festival “Aavishkaar 2003”

• Was in the informals team for organizing the three day event in the annual college festival Aavishkaar in Jan 2002.

(2)Fine Arts

• Was the fine arts secretary in the college festival “Aavishkaar, 2003” and organized 10 events in the three day festival.

• Have cleared the Elementary and Intermediate drawing exams conducted by the municipal body corporation, Mumbai.

• Was felicitated by Bal Bhavan for excelling in the computer and clay modelling course conducted by this institution

• Won the first prize in the photography competition in the intercollegiate festival “ Aavishkaar “ in 2003.

• Won the first prize in mehendi in the intercollegiate festival “ Aavishkaar “ in 2003.

• Won the second prize in the intercollegiate face painting contest

• Held an exhibition on stainglass, murals and pots in an event sponsored by m-seal at Y.B.Chauhan art gallery in Mumbi in 1990.

(3)Music

• Have given several stage performances playing the casio and the guitar under the guidance of music maestro Sir Jayant Mhatre.

(4)Literary events

(A)Editorials

• Am on the editorial board for the second consecutive year for the annual magazine of Seth G.S.Medical College and K.E.M.Hospital “Gosumag 2004”.

• Was on the editorial board for the annual magazine of Seth G.S.Medical College and K.E.M.Hospital “Gosumag 2003”.

• Have contributed to the editorial for the college festival magazine “ Aakar 2003”

• Am the editor for the Mensa newsletter “Mind” for the section on medicine and health.

• Have contributed numerous articles to the school magazine.

(B)Quizzes, Debates and Elocutions

• Have won quizzes conducted by
• Jaldi-Jaldi (a t.v.show telecast on doordarshan), Big Babol , Prem Puri ashram ,Nehru Science centre,,Maggie and Twinkle by securing prominent places amongst the other contestants.
• Have won debates and elocutions at school and college level.
• Have compeered several functions at school and college level.

(5)Sports

• Have successfully undertaken a course of paragliding in Nw Zealand.

• Have scuba dived off the coast of Australia in the great barrier reef at Cairns, Australia

• Have done a skiing course in Mount titlis , Switzerland and in Kulu Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

• Have attended numerous treks and hikes and done rappling, river rafting.

• Have participated and won in roller skating competitions

• Have won the relay swimming competitions at the interschool competitions

6)Social Service Activities

• Have also been actively involved in social service activities like running of mobile dispensaries and projects for the underprivileged workers under the leadership of my grandfather Shri R J Mehta , President of Free Trade Union Movement, Mumbai.

• Have participated in Caduceus ( medical rotaract) in 2001- 2002.

• Have raised funds for the Bombay Disabled Association

• Have helped in HELP AGE for senior citizens

• Have been actively involved in the projects undertaken by LIFE

(7)Hobbies and interests

• Enjoy swimming, reading, group discussions, organizing events, painting, music , traveling, trekking and adventure sports. Have also been actively involved in social service activities like running of mobile dispensaries and projects for the underprivileged workers under the leadership of my grandfather Shri R J Mehta , President of Free Trade Union Movement, Mumbai.