DR. NANDITA MAINI JINDAL

Assistant Professor


Biochemistry
MBBS, MD
PMC-46441

About Doctor

Dr. Nandita Maini Jindal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry. She completed her MD in Biochemistry from Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana in 2015. Following her post-graduation, she worked as an Assistant Professor in Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), Ludhiana and returned to DMCH in 2020, where she continues to contribute actively to academics and clinical services. She has extensive experience in teaching MD, MBBS, BDS, and Nursing students, in addition to training students in paramedical programs. She is proficient in performing and interpreting a wide range of routine and specialized biochemical tests. An expert in laboratory quality management, she is well-versed in implementing Total Quality Management practices. She has undergone specialized training in Internal Quality Control (IQC) and External Quality Assurance (EQA) programs, Internal Auditor’s Training for Medical Laboratories as per ISO 15189:2012 standards, and the Basics of Lean Six Sigma in clinical laboratories. Her areas of special interest include Quality Control in labs, New-born screening Molecular Diagnostics and Medical Education.

Specialization and Expertise

Biochemistry

Certifications

Certifications:

  • Quality Management Systems and Internal Audit in Medical Labs as per ISO 15189-2012
  • Basics of Lean Six Sigma in Clinical Labs
  • Clinical bioinformatics: unlocking genomics in healthcare
  • Good Clinical Practice by NIDA Clinical Trials Network
  •  Basic course in Bio-medical research “by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE)
  • Genomic Technologies in Clinical Diagnostics by St George's, University of London
  • Genetic Counseling by Wellcome Connecting Science and Wellcome Genome Campus Society and Ethics Research
  • Statistical Computing Using Excel and faculty development in advanced statistics in collaboration with National Institute of Medical Statistics-ICMR and Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics National Institute of Cancer Prevention Research

Memberships:

  • Member Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine ADLM (ID 296913)
  • Life member- Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBI)- PB/2017/56
  • Life member- Association of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI)- 3893/LM/JOUR
  • Life member- Association of Clinical Chemistry and Lab Medicine Practitioners (ACCLMP)- AMP0621
  • Life member- Indian Medical Association (IMA)


Publications

  •  Loomba R, Jindal NM. Improving process aspect of oral examination as assessment tool in undergraduate biochemistry by introducing structured oral examination: an observational study in India based on a survey among stakeholders. Korean J Med Educ. 2024 Dec;36(4):367-377
  • Suvir Singh, Kaveri Joshi, Rintu Sharma, Jagdeep Singh, Kunal Jain, Nitish Garg, Nandita Maini, Ekta Bansal. Clinical and Renal Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma with Involved Free Light Chains Exceeding 1000 mg/L at Diagnosis: Insights from an Indian Cohort. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. Sep 2024;
  • Ghosh A, Maini Jindal N, Gupta V K, et al. (October 19, 2023) Is ChatGPT’s Knowledge and Interpretative Ability Comparable to First Professional MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) Students of India in Taking a Medical Biochemistry Examination? Cureus. 2023 Oct 19; 15(10): e47329.
  • Suvir Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Arpan Mehta, Rintu Sharma, Kaveri Joshi, Kunal Jain, Davinder Paul, Gurleen Oberoi, Nandita Jindal et al. Distinctive Attributes of Indian Patients With Classical BCR::ABL1 Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Unified Clinical and Laboratory Data, Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia,  May 2023; 23(5): 360-369.
  • Nandita M Jindal, Navjot K Bajwa, Ekta Bansal, Abhra Ghosh. Evaluation of sample rejection rate in clinical biochemistry laboratory before and after implementation of six-sigma methodology. Asian Journal of Medical sciences. Feb 2023; 14 (2): 79-85.
  • Jindal NM, Sharma M, Bajwa NK. A case of Non-mosaic isodicentric Y chromosome in a male patient with ADHD. Int Educ Res J. 2022; 8 (10): 16-17.
  • Jindal, A, Maini, N. Six Sigma in blood transfusion services: A dream too big in a third world country? Vox Sang. 2022; 117(11): 1271-1278.
  •  Jindal NM, Thomas M, Joy AK. Turbid Challenge in Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Indian J Med Biochem 2021; 25 (2):88-90.        
  •  Nandita M, Navjot KB, Renuka S, Patient outcome related to arterial blood gas parameters in medicine intensive care unit. PIJR 2020; 9(3): 31-35. 


Awards

  • (2024) 2nd prize in Faculty oral presentation at National Conference ACCLMP 2024 at RNT Medica College Udaipur (February 3-4, 2024)
  • (2022) Best poster award at CME “Newborn Screening- The road ahead at AIIMS Bathinda (December 7, 2022)
  • (2021) Scholarship from Society for The Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) to attend XV International Congress of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine (ICPLM) 2021- Munich, virtual event, Nov26-27, 2021
  • (2018) 3rd prize in oral paper presentation amongst 109 entries at Chrismed Annual Research and Education Symposium (CARES) at Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana (April 11, 2018)
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