Shrikant Nema is an Indian biomedical researcher, working in the field of malaria. He is also a life member of the scientific societies the Indian Society for Parasitology, National Academy of Vector-Borne Diseases, etc.
EDUCATION Shrikant Nema, a native of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, graduated with his undergraduate degree in Biotechnology in 2014 and received his master's degree in biotechnology in 2016 from the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil nadu, India. He received his M.Phil. in Biomedical technology in 2017 from Sree Chitra tirunal institute of medical science and technology, Trivandrum, India
AWARDS • American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Travel Grant Award, 2020 • Senior Research Fellowship (Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India), 2018
PUBLICATIONS
1. Nema S, Verma AK, Tiwari A, Bharti PK. Digital Health Care Services to Control and Eliminate Malaria in India. Trends Parasitol. 2021 Feb; 37(2):96-99.
2. Nema S, Ghanghoria P. Bharti PK. Malaria Elimination of India: Bridging the gap between control and elimination. Indian Pediatr. 2020; 57(7): 613–617.
3. Nema S, Verma AK, Bharti PK. Strengthening diagnosis is key to eliminating malaria in India. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019; 19: 1277–8.
4. Bharti PK, Chandel HS, Krishna S, Nema S, Ahmad A, Udhayakumar V, Singh N. Sequence variation in Plasmodium falciparum Histidine Rich Proteins 2 and 3 in Indian isolates: Implications for Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Performance. Sci. Rep. 2017; 7:1308.