Publications

1.     Sharma, V., Khuntia, B. K., Gupta, A., Rathore, S., Srivastava, A. K., Sharma, G. (2022). Shirodhara (Indian traditional oil flow therapy) Integrated with Brief Behavioural Therapy for unresolved Chronic Insomnia Disorder: A Case Report. Psychiatry Research Case Reports. 15:100057.

2.   Rathore, S., Khuntia, B. K., Wadhawan, M., Sharma, V., & Sharma, G. (2022). Herbal adaptogens: An integrative approach for enhancing performance and resilience in athletes. Phytotherapy research : PTR, 10.1002/ptr.7529. https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.75293.    

3. Sharma, V., Khuntia, B. K., Soneja, M., Huddar, V. G., Ramakrishnan, S., Sharma, P., Rathore, S., Valliappan, V., Wadhawan, M., Chhabra, V., Agarwal, A., Jat, M., Kumar, A., Nesari, T. M., & Sharma, G. (2022). Efficacy of add-on Ayurveda and Yoga intervention in health care workers of tertiary care hospital during COVID-19: Randomized controlled trial. Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 48, 101601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101601

4.    Khuntia, B. K., Agarwal, A., & Sharma, G. (2022). Letter to Editor on "A randomized, controlled, blinded, parallel-group, clinical trial to study the role of Ayurcov (AyurCoro3), a one-day regimen as an adjuvant therapy for COVID-19 disease management, at dedicated Covid Hospital (DCH) in India". Complementary therapies in medicine, 68, 102838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102838

5.  Sharma, G., Sharma, P., Mohan, B., Agarwal, A., Lama, S., Jat, M., Biju, K. C., Upadhyay, P., Gupta, A., Mohanty, S., Miglani, M., Sharma, S., Sagar, R., Prabhakaran, D., & Pandey, R. M. (2022). Prevalence of psychological outcomes and its associated factors in healthcare personnel working during COVID-19 outbreak in India. Indian journal of psychiatry, 64(2), 151–158. https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_60_21

6.     Khuntia, B. K., Sharma, V., Wadhawan, M., Chhabra, V., Kidambi, B., Rathore, S., ... & Sharma, G. (2022). Antiviral Potential of Indian Medicinal Plants Against Influenza and SARS-CoV: A Systematic Review. Natural Product Communications, 17(3), 1934578X221086988.

7.  Sharma, G., Gujral, J. S., Agarwal, A., Jat, M., Mohanty, S., & Pandey, R. M. (2021). Exploring knowledge, attitude and practice regarding yoga among patients attending cardiology and neurology clinics in a tertiary care hospital in northern India. The National medical journal of India, 34(4), 201–205. https://doi.org/10.25259/NMJI_11_20

8.  Khuntia, B. K., Sharma, V., Qazi, S., Das, S., Sharma, S., Raza, K. and Sharma, G. (2021). Ayurvedic medicinal plants against COVID-19: an in silico analysis. Natural Product Communications, 16(11), p.1934578X211056753.

9. Sharma, G., Ramakumar, V., Sharique, M., Bhatia, R., Naik, N., Mohanty, S., Agarwal, A., Meti, M., Shukla, A., Deepti, S., Bansal, R., Gupta, A., Ahmed, A. S., Pandey, R. M., Narang, R., Mishra, S., Saxena, A., Juneja, R., & LIVE-Yoga Investigators (2022). Effect of Yoga on Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients With Vasovagal Syncope (LIVE-Yoga). JACC. Clinical electrophysiology, 8(2), 141–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.09.007

10. Qazi, S., Das, S., Khuntia, B. K., Sharma, V., Sharma, S., Sharma, G. and Raza, K. (2021). In silico molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation analysis of phytochemicals from Indian foods as potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 RdRp and 3CLpro. Natural Product Communications, 16(9), p.1934578X211031707.

11. Ghati, N., Killa, A. K., Sharma, G., Karunakaran, B., Agarwal, A., Mohanty, S., Nivethitha, L., Siddharthan, D., & Pandey, R. M. (2021). A randomized trial of the immediate effect of Bee-Humming Breathing exercise on blood pressure and heart rate variability in patients with essential hypertension. Explore (New York, N.Y.), 17(4), 312–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2020.03.009

12. Kaur, H., Chaudhary, S., Mohanty, S., Sharma, G., Kumaran, S. S., Ghati, N., Bhatia, R., Nehra, A., & Pandey, R. M. (2022). Comparing cognition, coping skills and vedic personality of individuals practicing yoga, physical exercise or sedentary lifestyle: a cross-sectional fMRI study. Integrative medicine research, 11(1), 100750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2021.100750

13. Ramakumar, V., Sharma, G., Naik, N., Sharique, M., Agarwal, A., Kailath, D., Bansal, R. and Saxena, A. (2021). Effect of yoga on clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients with vasovagal syncope-a randomised control trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 77, pp.221-221.

14.  Sharma, G., Mooventhan, A., Naik, G., & Nivethitha, L. (2021). A Review on Role of Yoga in the Management of Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmias. International journal of yoga, 14(1), 26–35. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_7_20

15. Mandal, S., Misra, P., Sharma, G., Sagar, R., Kant, S., Dwivedi, S. N., Lakshmy, R., & Goswami, K. (2021). Effect of Structured Yoga Program on Stress and Professional Quality of Life Among Nursing Staff in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Delhi-A Small Scale Phase-II Trial. Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine, 26, 2515690X21991998. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515690X21991998

16.  Gupta, U., Gupta, Y., Jose, D., Mani, K., Jyotsna, V. P., Sharma, G., & Tandon, N. (2020). Effectiveness of Yoga-based Exercise Program Compared to Usual Care, in Improving HbA1c in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Control Trial. International journal of yoga, 13(3), 233–238. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_33_20

17. Mohanty, S., Sharma, P., & Sharma, G. (2020). Yoga for infirmity in geriatric population amidst COVID-19 pandemic: Comment on "Age and Ageism in COVID-19: Elderly mental health-care vulnerabilities and needs". Asian journal of psychiatry, 53, 102199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102199

18. Kumar, A., Bhatia, R., Sharma, G., Dhanlika, D., Vishnubhatla, S., Singh, R. K., Dash, D., Tripathi, M., & Srivastava, M. (2020). Effect of yoga as add-on therapy in migraine (CONTAIN): A randomized clinical trial. Neurology, 94(21), e2203–e2212. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000009473

19. Gupta, U., Gupta, Y., Jose, D., Mani, K., Jyotsna, V. P., Sharma, G., & Tandon, N. (2020). Effectiveness of a Video-Based Lifestyle Education Program Compared to Usual Care in Improving HbA1c and Other Metabolic Parameters in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes: An Open-Label Parallel Arm Randomized Control Trial (RCT). Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders, 11(3), 667–679. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-020-00769-2.

20. Neyaz, O., Sumila, L., Nanda, S., & Wadhwa, S. (2019). Effectiveness of Hatha Yoga Versus Conventional Therapeutic Exercises for Chronic Nonspecific Low-Back Pain. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 25(9), 938–945. https://doi.org/10.1089/acm.2019.0140

Academic activities by CIMR (Lectures, talks, conferences, seminars):  

Dr. Gautam Sharma, Prof. In-charge  

• Participated as a mentor in the meeting of the 2^nd CIMER (Centre for Integrative Medicine, Education, and Research) committee. (Virtual participation), organized by AIIMS, Raipur. (29^th March 2022)
• Title: Newer evidence of Yoga in Medicine at the Cardiology Update and Cardio-Imaging Conference organized under the aegis of Society of Image-guided therapy at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. (5^th-6^th March 2022)
• Title: How Yoga Promotes Faster Recovery in Cardiac Rehabilitation” in the 5^th Asian Yoga Therapy Association Hybrid Webinar, organized and hosted by VYASA Yoga, Singapore. (25^th September 2021)
• Title: Yoga for Wellbeing as guest speaker at DD News channel. (20^th June 2021)
• Title: Effect of Yoga on Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients with Vasovagal Syncope (LIVE-YOGA). Venue: International YOGACON USA 2021 organized by American Academy of Yoga & Meditation and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. (Virtual participation) (13^th June 2021)
• Participated in the first virtual committee meeting of “Yoga for Productivity”. (24^th March 2021)
• Participated in a committee meeting for “Formulation of Integrative Health Policy”, NITI Aayog, New Delhi, India. ( 8^th October 2020)
• Participated in “Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi” meeting. Venue: Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. (1^st September 2020)
• Title: Yoga as Lifestyle Medicine. Venue: “23rd International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its publications (INCOFYRA)”organized by S-VYASA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. (4^th January 2020)
• Panel discussion, Title: Back to the Future. Venue: Zee Jaipur Literature Festival. (23^rd January 2020)
• Panel discussion. Title: Opportunities and Challenges in Integrative Medicine. Venue: All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, India. (22^nd November 2019)
• Title: Yoga: A Potential adjunct therapy for patients with Cardiac Arrhythmia”. Venue: First symposium on “Role of Meditation for prevention and treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases” Integrated approach to prevention of cardiovascular diseases, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India. (9^th-10^th March 2019)
• 2^nd Round Table on “Integrative Medicine”. Venue: NITI Aayog. (6^th February 2019)
• Title: Integrative Research-Opportunities and Future Directions. Venue: Orientation program conducted for PG scholars at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi. (21^st January 2019)
• Chairperson of the 10th Annual Conference of the Indian Heart Rhythm Society (IHRS). Venue: The Lalit Hotel, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. (8^th December 2018)
• Title: Yoga and Cardiovascular health. Venue: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India. (21^st June 2018) 

Sudha Lama (Nursing Officer)

• Title: A study to assess parenting stress and psychological health of women having single parenting experience in Delhi-NCR. Venue: Geriatric Nursing: A multidisciplinary approach towards active ageing organized by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi, India. (24^th March 2022)  

Dr Bharat Krushna Khuptia (Scientist C)

• Title: Healthy Ageing: Complementary Medicine insights & evidence. Venue: Geriatric Nursing: A multidisciplinary approach towards active ageing Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, New Delhi, India. (23^rd March 2022)  

• Title: Sleep and the autonomic nervous system: A bidirectional relationship: Restless legs Syndrome and Autonomic function. Venue: World Sleep Congress 2022, Rome, Italy. (15^th March 2022)

• Title: Evaluation of the prophylactic effect of Comprehensive Ayurveda and Mindfulness-based Yoga regimen among health care workers (HCW) of a tertiary care hospital in Delhi during COVID-19 Pandemic: A randomized controlled trial. Venue: international Virtual Convention on Ayurveda and Research advances on COVID-19, organized by Ayurveda College Coimbatore and Diskha E- learning, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. (Virtual participation) (20^th June 2021)

• Title: Paediatric Developmental Disorders. Venue: Global Ayurveda Medical Travel organized by Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) (Virtual participation). (18^th February 2021)