Dr. Priyanka Khurana

• DBT, India Travel Award to attend Human Genome Meeting at Sydney, 2013.
• UGC-NET-JRF Award, March, 2009

PhD thesis

• Priyanka Khurana “A Genomic Study onthe Sub-StructuredChaudhari Tribe ofSouthern Gujarat”. Under the Guidance of Prof. Gautam K Kshatriya, University of Delhi, 2014.

Book Articles (Authored/Edited)

• Policy Document, Programme Implementation plan monitoring  report entrusted by the Ministry to lay before assembly  in 2018-19  in four districts of Odisha, submitted to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. Of India.
• Policy Document, Programme Implementation plan monitoring  report entrusted by the Ministry to lay before assembly  in 2019-20  in Eight districts of Odisha, submitted to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. Of India.
• Khurana, Discovery and Techniques for Recovering Skeletonized Human Remains (Book Chapter) in Introduction to Forensic Anthropology IGNOU, 2021
• Khurana. Archaic Homo sapiens (Book Chapter)in Fundamental of Human Origin and Evolution , IGNOU. 2018.
• Khurana .Genomic Identity of populations of India: An Anthropological Insight India and Western aspects of Identity , 2017. ISBN 9789385329227
• Khurana, Human Skeleton (Book Chapter) in Understanding Forensic Science through Anthropology, IGNOU, 2016.

Journal Articles

• P. Khurana, ¨ An Ethnographic Note on the Chaudhari Tribe of Southern Gujarat, Man in Society, 2019  ISSN :  2347-1530
• P. Khurana. Patterns of population sub-structuring among Chaudhary tribe of Southern Gujarat. Man In Society, 2017;24: 38-41.
• S. Mitra, P. Khurana, T. Panmei, G.K. Kshatriya. Global Paraoxonase 1 Gln192Arg(Q192R) allele frequencies with new data from India. Environmental Toxicologyand Pharmacology 2016, 39 (3): 1051-6.
• P. Khurana, A. Aggarwal, S. Mitra, Y. M. Italia, K.N. Saraswathy, A. Chandrasekar,G.K. Kshatriya;Y chromosome haplogroup distribution in Indo-European speaking tribes of Gujarat, Western India; PLOS ONE, 2014; 9 (3) e90414.
• Aggarwal, P. Khurana, Siuli Mitra, Bhavesh Raicha, Yazdi M. Italia, K.N.Saraswathy and Gautam K. Kshatriya; Distribution of beta-globin haplotypes among the tribes of southern Gujarat,India; Gene, 2013; 521(2):287-92.
• P. Khurana, A. Aggarwal, H. S. Singh and G. K. Kshatriya; Haptoglobin polymorphism among thetribes of southern Gujarat; Indian Journal of HumanGenetics, 2011; 17 (3).
• S. Kabita, P. Khurana, K. N. Saraswathy and M.P. Sachdeva; Status of Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase defficiency among the Rajputs and Brahmins of Solan district, Himachal Pradesh;The Anthropologist; 2011; 13(1): 39-41.
• G. K. Kshatriya, A. Aggarwal, P. Khurana and Y. M. Italia; Genomic congruence ofIndo-European speaking tribes of westerm India with dravidian speakingpopulations of southern India: A study of 20 autosomal DNA markers; Annals ofHuman Biology; 2011; 38(5): 583-591.
• G. K. Kshatriya, A. Aggarwal, P. Khurana, H. S. Singh, Y.M.Italia, K. N.Saraswathy and P. K.Ghosh; Genomic and Linguistic Affinities: A study of allelic and haplotype diversity at DRD2 locus among the tribes of Gujarat, Western India;Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers; 2010; 14(2): 215-223.

Refereed Conference Publications

• P. Khurana,   Ethics in human genetics research in WORLD Bank -OHEPEE and Rusa 2.0 sponsored international conference on Science, Society and politics in South Asia organized by COE OF North East India studies and International Office from March, 2020.
• P. Khurana,   African by ancestry Indian by Nationality: A case study of Siddis of India Community, Caste and Tribe in Odisha  at P.G. Department of Anthropology, Utkal University , Bhubaneswar  January-2019
• P. Khurana,   Characterization of Pain in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease; Nociceptive versus Neuropathic Pain t Indian Anthropology congress, 2019 , Indian Anthropology congress, 2019
• P. Khurana,   Integrating tribal health culture into modern health care: problem and prospects, Understanding tribes in neo-liberal era , World Bank –OHEPEE P.G Department of Anthropology, Utkal university,  March, 2019
• P. Khurana,   Culture and Climate : An insight from Anthropological Prespectives 20th Odisha Bigyan ‘O’ Paribesh Congress (OBPC) NISER, , Bhubaneswar, November, 2018
• P. Khurana  A polymorphism study of the human serum paraoxonase 1 gene amongfour populations of India, at Genomics and Cultural Variation of Indian Populations: An Appraisal of Health and Disease Susceptibility organized by P.G Department of Anthropology, Sri venkateswara university,Tirupati, Feb, 2017

Selected Unrefereed Reports:

• P. Khurana   ,“Title of the News Paper Article: Paradigm and Paradoxes related to Pandemic of 2020.”. Orissa today, 06 May 2020.
• P. Khurana   , “Title of the News Paper Article: Future of India’s population expansion; an apocalyptic prophecy or an ungrounded panic”. The Pioneer, 13 the July

• Attendee of Refresher Programme in Tribal Studies  from 8th January – 21st January 2021from UGC-HRDC, Utkal University
• Short term course on Disaster management and climate change at UGC-HRDC, Utkal University from Oct 17 – 21, 2020
• Attendee of Refresher Programme in disaster Management from  15 January to 04 February, 2018 from UGC-HRDC, Utkal University
• Attendee of Orientation programme from 25th Nov-23rd Dec 2016 from CPDHE, University of Delhi
• Short term course on Stress Management at UGC-HRDC, Utkal University 20-25^th July, 2017
• Co-Chair session on Anthropological Genetics  for Indian Anthropology Congress 2021 held from February 21-23, 2021at University of Delhi
• Organized organised e-syposium on Covid-19 and Women on 24^th july, 2020
• Organized  a two-day online conference in collaboration with Save the Children, on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health rights (SRHR), in the times of COVID & Adolescent and youth skilling and decent employment in the times of COVID India on 12^th and 13^th October, 2020.
• Co-Organized Workshop on Scientific Research Paper Writing Workshop from 31st oct- 1st Nov, 2017         P.G department of anthropology, Utkal university
• Co-Organized workshop on National workshop on research methodology in social sciences , from 15-17th February, 2018      Anthropological survey of India sponsored at P.G department of anthropology, Utkal university
• Journal Reviewing: Editorial Board member of  Man in Society , Department of Anthropology, Utkal University

• An Anthropological srudy of nutritional status among children of Bonda tribe of Odisha (PI): The project aims to investigate the status of malnutrition among the Bonda tribe children under five year of age groups and attempts to evaluate the socio-cultural reasons for it.  , Funding Agency: OURIIP , OSHEC , Status : On going
• Evolutionary and Social Implications of Genome diversity Study among ethnic group of Odisha (PI): : The project aims at evaluating the genetic and phenotypic variation with respect to pain observed among the patients with sickle cell anaemia from the tribal communities.  Funding Agency: Utkal University Seed Grant, Status : Completed

• Ms. Sasmita Sahoo, Phd Scholar (Utkal University) –Topic/ Thesis: An Anthropological study of mother and children nutritional status among the Bonda Tribe of Odisha

• Administrative Experience:  Positions held
• Superintendent Ladies Hostel -04 ( Malati Devi Chatri niwas)
• Assistant Superintendent,   Ladies Hostel -04 ( Malati Devi Chatri niwas)
• Deputy director,  Population Research centre ( MoHFW)
• Assistant Deputy Director, Population Research centre ( MoHFW)
• Co coordinator , Master in Public Health , Utkal University Chandikhol campus
• Member of  Department committees like e-admission committee,  library technical committee, Teacher-in charge of scientific equipment,  Teacher in charge  for biological anthropology Lab,  member of committee of Student Seminar

Member of Association & Societies:

• Life time Member of Indian Society of Human Genetics
• Life time Member of Indian Science Congress
• Member of The United Indian Anthropology Forum