• Screening of  Chlamydiatrachomatis  by molecular   methods in pregnant women   and in patients  attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in North India ( 2009-2012) ICMR
• Development and evaluation of multiplex real-time PCR for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis detected from patients of cervicitis and infertility .2013- ongoing ICMR
•  Comparison of the efficacies  of newly developed  Loop-Mediated  Isothermal amplification fluorescence (LAMP), IS6110 PCR and conventional techniques for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) in resource poor setting
• Multicentric evaluation of TB confirm test ;A rapid Immunochromatography test   forculture confirmation  of M. tuberculosis (2010- 2013)-DBT

• Prevalence of MDR TB in HIV seropositive and HIV seronegative individuals in Chandigarh  ICMR –August 2005-08)
• Isolation, purification , Characterisation and expression of antimicrobial peptides from human female reproductive tract (ICMR)
• Identification of novel mutational patterns in the Par C and Gyr A genes of Ciprofloxacin resistant clinical isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (ICMR)
• Disease burden due to Leptospirosis in North India(ICMR)

• Role of Atopobium vaginae , a recently described hard to culture anaerobe  in 

• Evaluation of the simple and rapid Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) assay for drug susceptibility testing of  Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Development and evaluation of multiplex real-time PCR for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis detected from patients of cervicitis and infertility.

Comparison of the efficacies  of newly developed  Loop-Mediated Isothermal amplification fluorescence (LAMP), IS6110 PCR and conventional techniques for the diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) in resource poor setting

• Awarded ICMR International fellowship for specialized training  on advanced  molecular techniques  for 5 months(March 2011 to July 2011) in Sweden on sexually transmitted infections
• Awarded fogarty fellowship in New york school of medicine in  AIDS and TB international training and Research Program (AITRP) sponsored by  NIH in 2004-05

•   Elected as Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in October 2011

• Was nominated on Expert panel for WHO SEARO Project entitled, “Development of Guidelines for Still births review and sentinel surveillance in context of congenital syphilis”.
• Appointed as  Vice chairman  of  South Asia Region  of International Union of Sexually Transmitted Diseases- Asia Pacific ( IUSTI AP).
• Appointed  as Lead/Technical Assessor by National Accreditation Board Laboratories(NABL) in (NABL), DST, New Delhi 2009
• Appointed as Joint Secretary of Indian Association of Mycoplasmologists in 2012
• Awarded Snehlata memorial Award  for best paper entitled “Role of Mycoplasma genitalium in infertility and cervicitis in north Indian non pregnant women A pilot study”in  9^th national   Conference  cum workshop of  Indian association of Mycoplasmologists held from 17th- 18^th  September 2010 at GMCH sector 32 Chandigarh
• Awarded Best Paper entitled “ Prevalence and genetic characterization of TEM genes and their carrying B–lactamases plasmids in Neisseria gonorrhoeae cultured in 2000-2011 in 15 countries  in IUSTI New delhi 2011 from 2^nd to 5^th November 
• Invited as judge in panel for adjudging the best poster  presentation in a conference on Biotechnica 2010 held from 16^th to 18^th  November 2010 at Panjab university Chandigarh
•  Appointed as Nodal officer of RNTCP accredited lab and line probe assay Lab in PGI Chandigarh
• Awarded  travel scholarship by 13^th  IUSTI world congress , to speak on “Risk factors for STI and HIV in India” in Melbourne , Australia from 14^th to 17^th October 2012 
• Awarded  travel scholarship by11th IUSTI world congress Africa to speak on  “Association of Atopobium vaginae, a recently described hard to culture anaerobe with bacterial vaginosis and its role in recurrence” in capetown South Africa.

•   Awarded Travel scholarship by17^th International society for STD Research  and 10^th IUSTI world congress to speak on “Role of genital Mycoplasma including Mycoplasma genitalium in HIV positive Men with Non gonococcal uretheritis “  in Seattle, Washington, USA from July 29- 1^St August ,2007

• Appointed member of International Collaboration on Gonococci ( ICG)
• Awarded travel Scholarship for conference “8^th world STI/AIDS congress 40^th International Union of Sexually transmitted  Infections ( IUSTI), World General Assembly .Punta Del Este, Uruguay, South America  December 2-5,2003.
• Sponsored by WHO   for 13^th International Conference of IUSTI- Asia Pacific at Chiang Mai, Thailand  from 6^th to 9^th july 2004 and delivered a talk on “Serodiagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections’
•   Invited faculty in National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New delhi for sensitization Programme of Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme ( IDSP)  on 27^th to 28^th August 2009 for strengthening the Labs in India.
• Was invited by University of Mumbai in haffkine Institute Mumbai as  external examiner of PhD thesis entitled ““Study of seroprevalence of Leptospirosis using conventional and Modern diagnostic tools’ in july2010
•   Received a training in Ahmedabad Central TB division,Directorate General of Health services, Ministry of health and family Welfare on national programme of DOTS PLUS under RNTCP from  31^st to 4^th February 2011
• Was External Examiner in AIIMS for PhD thesis enitled” Biosensors in Neisseria gonorrhoeae” on 8^th November 2012

1. Sethi S, Singh S, Dhatwalia SK, Yadav R, Mewara A, Singh M, Tewari R, Sharma M. Evaluation of In-House Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Rapid Diagnosis of M. tuberculosis in Pulmonary Specimens. J Clin Lab Anal. 2013 Jul;27(4):272-6. doi: 10.1002/jcla.21596.
2. Mishra B, Singhal L, Sethi S, Ratho RK.  Leptospirosis Coexistent with Dengue Fever: A Diagnostic Dilemma Journal of Global Infectious Diseases. Jul-Sep ;5(3),2013

3.     Hallur V, Sethi S, Sharma Development andevaluation of Multiplex PCR for rapid diagnosis of Abdominal tuberculosis D. DiagnosticMicrobiology and Infectious Disease 76 (2013) 51–55

4.    Sethi S, Mewara A, Dhatwalia SK, Singh H, Yadav R,Singh K, Gupta D, Wanchu A and Sharma M. Prevalence of multidrug resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from HIV seropositive and seronegativepatients with pulmonary tuberculosis in north India. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Mar 15;13:137.doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-137.

5.    Sethi S, Golparian D, Bala M, Dorji D, Ibrahim M,Jabeen K, Unemo M.Antimicrobialsusceptibility and genetic characteristics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from India, Pakistan and Bhutan in2007-2011.BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Jan 24;13:35. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-35.

6. Yadav R, Sethi S, Dhatwalia SK, Gupta D, Mewara A, Sharma M. Molecular characterisation of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from north India , Int J of Tuberc Lung Dis 2013 Volume 17, Number 2, 251-257(7)
7. Sethi S, Yadav R, Mewara A, Dhatwalia SK, Sharma M, Gupta D.Evaluation of in-house mpt64 real-time PCR for rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary and extra-pulmonary specimens. Braz J Infect Dis. 2012 Sep 11. pii: S1413-8670(12)00124-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.010.
8. Sethi S, Biswal M, Chatterjee SS, Mewara A, Gupta D, Kumar S, Singh K and Sharma M African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 6(15), pp. 3696-3699, 23 April, 2012
9. Jones D & Bagga R & Nehra R &  Deepika Sethi S &  Walia K & Kumar M & Loubet OV  Lopez M & Weiss SM. Reducing Sexual Risk Behavior Among High-Risk Couples in Northern India. Int.J. Behav. Med. DOI 10.1007/s12529-012-9235-4

10.    Sharma SK , Sethi S Geneticpolymorphisms among mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from patients withpulmonary tuberculosis in Northern India Southeast  Asian  Journal  of  Tropical Medicine   and  Public  Health   Volume  43 No.  5  September   2012.

11.     Yadav R, Sethi S, Mewara A, DhatwaliaSK, Gupta D, Sharma M.Rapid detection of rifampicin, isoniazid, andstreptomycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates by highresolution melting curve analysis" JAppl Microbiol. 2012 Jul 2. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05379.x. [Epub ahead of print]

12.    Sharma SK, Sethi S, Sharma M, MeharwalSK, Katoch VM, Jindal SK, Tewari R. Development and evaluation of a multiplexpolymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosisfrom pulmonary specimens. Scand J Infect Dis. 2012 Oct;44(10):739-44. Epub 2012 Jun 18.

13. Sethi S,Gupta V,Bhattacharyya S,Sharma M. Post-laparoscopic wound infection caused by scotochromogenic nontuberculous Mycobacterium. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2011;64(5):426-7

14. SharmaM, Wanchu A, Biswal M, Banga SS, Sethi S.Syphilis serology inhuman immunodeficiency virus patients: a need to redefine the VDRL test cut-offfor biological false-positives.J Med Microbiol. 2010Jan;59(Pt 1):130-1.

15. Sethi S, Sharma N, Kakkar N,Taneja J, Chatterjee SS, Banga SS, Sharma M. Increasing trends ofleptospirosis in northern India: a clinico-epidemiological study.PLoSNegl Trop Dis. 2010 Jan 12;4(1):e579.