With over 39 years of pushing the boundaries of medical innovation, Prof Sarita Agarwal’s name is often paired with a single gene disorder likeThalassemia, Cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, Myotonic Dystrophy, Fredrich’s Ataxia, IEM,VDR gene polymorphism and other genes associated with osteoporotic fractures and fragile X syndrome. She did her post graduate and PhD (Biochemistry) from Lucknow University. She had been two times recipient of long term Research associateship (awarded by DBT) and visited Medical College of Georgia, USA (1989) and Radboud University, The Netherlands (2009). She had been visited Debre Hospital Paris, France under Scientist Exchange program offered by INSA (2001). As visiting Scientist she had been invited by Creighton University, Nebraska, Omaha, USA (1992) Having spent over 33 years at the SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Dr. Sarita is credited as a Life member of ISHG, ISHTM, ISPD, India and as member of American Society of Human Genetics and International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis. Dr Agarwal has also chaired as SAC member of ICMR and RBSK for evaluating several thalassemia and Down syndrome projects. In past 33 years of her services in the Institute she had been performed her role in several institutional committees like; Academic board of studies in the department and in the dean’s review committee of board of studies, Ethical committee member, research committee member, Governing Body Member, Staff Council Member, Hospital Board Member. She actively participated in forming PhD guidelines of SGPGIMS.
International and National publications of Dr Agarwal can be credited to her medical diagnostic ability, her efficiency, proficiency and successful establishment of antenatal diagnostic facilities in India. Under PM-Make in India program she has contributed fragile X syndrome molecular diagnosis by using in house-primers, as rapid and cost-effective method, which is successfully being used for diagnostic purposes. [This work is in the process of being patented ]
She is the one who established STR based Qf-PCR primers dedicated for deducting aneuploidies in Indian population, and are regularly being used for providing antenatal diagnosis. [This work is in the process of being patented ]
Beside this she has created multiplex detection of common SCA types found in India and are not previously being used in India [This work is in the process of being patented ]
She has wide experience in the field of polygenic disorders like Asthma, CAD and PIH also. She had been credited for completion of PhD thesis and dissertation of M Sc thesis of several students. Prof Sarita Agarwal is the Chairman of Women Harrasment committee of SGPGI and appointed as nodal officer by the director of SGPGI for Rani Laxmi Bai Samman Kosh, UP state The lab headed by Dr. Sarita Agarwal is pioneer in establishing ante natal diagnosis in India. Her lab is accredited by ICMR for quality assurance of Thalassemia program in India, this is just because of regular accreditation of all the tests with audit trails.