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Faculty Profile

Dr. Rekha Valecha

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Lecturer - Pharmacy at Meerabai DSEU Maharani Bagh Campus (formerly known as Meerabai Institute of Technology, Maharani Bagh)
  • Ph.D. – Guru Jhambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar
  • M.Pharm. – Guru Jhambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar
  • B.Pharm. – Guru Jhambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar

Dr. Rekha Valecha has also worked as Associate Professor in R.K.S.D. College of Pharmacy, Kaithal, Haryana. She has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience.

She has published eight original research articles and one review article in prestigious National and International Journals and fifteen research papers in National and International Conferences.

Her areas of research include Psychopharmacology, Neuro-Pharmacology, and Pharmacotherapy of Bipolar Disorders.

Courses Taught

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  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Pharmacology, Biotechnology
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Health Education and Community Pharmacy
  • Pharmacology
  • Drug Store and Business Management
  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry Practical

Research & Publications

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  • Dhingra D., & Valecha R. (2007). Evaluation of antidepressant-like activity of Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy in the mouse forced swim and tail suspension test. Medical Science Monitor, 13(7), 155-61. https://www.medscimonit.com/download/index/idArt/487343
  • Dhingra D., & Valecha R. (2007). Evaluation of antidepressant-like activity of Terminalia bellirica Roxb. fruits in mice. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 45(7), 610-16. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/5331
  • Dhingra, D.., & Valecha, R. (2007). Screening for antidepressant-like activity of Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy in mice. Pharmacologyonline, 1, 262-78. https://pharmacologyonline.silae.it/files/archives/2007/vol1/30_Dhingra.pdf
  • Lather A., Valecha R., Sharma K., & Garg M. (2011). World-wide potential of plants causing teratogenicity – an overview. Spatula DD, 1(2), 101-06. https://doi.org/10.5455/SPATULA.20110515060758
  • Dhingra D., & Valecha R. (2014). Behavioral and neuroendocrine effects of aqueous extract of Boerhaavia diffusa in mice using tail suspension and forced swim tests – A preliminary study. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 52, 53-59. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/25159
  • Dhingra D., & Valecha R. (2014). Evidence for involvement of the monoaminergic system in antidepressant-like activity of an ethanol extract of Boerhaavia diffusa and its isolated constituent, punarnavine, in mice. Pharmaceutical Biology, 52(6), 767-774. https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209.2013.870583
  • Dhingra D., & Valecha R. (2014). Punarnavine, an alkaloid isolated from ethanolic extract of Boerhaavia diffusa reverses depression-like behavior in mice subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 52(8), 799-807. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/29298
  • Valecha R., & Dhingra D. (2014). Antidepressant-like activity of Celastrus paniculatus seed oil in mice subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 4(5), 576-593. doi: 10.9734/BJPR/2014/5677
  • Valecha R., & Dhingra D. (2016). Behavioral and Biochemical Evidences for Antidepressant-Like Activity of Celastrus Paniculatus Seed Oil in Mice. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 17(1), 49-56. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892330/