Dr. Nidhi completed her graduation and post-graduation (Pharmacology) in Pharmacy from Jamia Hamdard and did her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, Delhi under the guidance of Prof. K. K. Sharma. Presently, she is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Translational and Clinical Research, Jamia Hamdard. She has more than 18 years of extensive teaching and research experience. Her primary area of research is neurobehavior, neuropharmacology, clinical pharmacology and clinical research. Presently, Dr. Nidhi is exploring neuroinflammatory mechanisms underlying seizures and cognitive impairment in animal models. Clinically, she is working on assessment of behavioural problems in the patients of diabetes and cancer. Recently, she has been involved in developing deep learning methodologies in cancer patients. She is the recipients of Dr. Vinod Kumar Bhargava Award-2020 for Best Research Publication from the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India). Apart from this she has won five awards for the research work presented in the national and international conferences. She holds membership of National Academy of Medical Sciences and Indian Pharmacological Society and Pharmacy Council of India. She has published a book entitled “Air Pollution-harnessing the faculties of herbs” and has about 7 chapters in books of good repute, and more than 117 publications in national and international journals with h-index of 19 and around 1388 citations to her credit. She has received ICMR grant for a research project in epilepsy. Further, she is Co-investigator in three ICMR funded projects.