Pathfinder Projects

The Gargi Pathfinder Award, in the streams: Science, Commerce and Humanities has been instituted to encourage research and innovation among our students. Contestants have to submit an original project guided and certified by a faculty supervisor and supplemented with an audio-visual presentation to a panel of external judges, followed by a viva-voce. This Award promotes originality and encourages the innovative spirit of undergraduate students. The students of the three streams put forward their ideas and, after stringent selection, are encouraged to research on their topics. The award comes with a cash-cum- certificate award, one each in Humanities, Commerce and Sciences. As individuals or in teams, contestants can present original research on significant issues, innovative business proposals or new scientific experiments. Details are continuously updated on the college website.

2023-24

Pathfinder Award –Science

Winners

Topic: Identifying areas of inventions for Enhancing student’s mental well-being through questionnaire data collection.
Students: Aanchal Sharma, Anushka, B.Sc. (H) Zoology I year, Kritika Sharma, B.Sc. (P) Life Science, I year, BSc. (H)Zoology, I year
Mentors: Dr. Shivani Tyagi, Dr. Thoudam Regina

Selected for Stipend

Topic: DES as the New-Age Solvent: The Extraction of Purple Lavender Essential Oil Using Green Deep Eutectic Solvent Reline, and Other Applications.
Students: Priyank and Nikita Giri; BSc (H) Chemistry, III year
Mentors: Dr. B. Vaijayanthi, Dr. Tripti Kumari

Topic: Comparative Analysis Of Psychotropic Drugs And Phytochemicals Through Machine Learning.
Students: Rakshita Dhyani, Shubhra Pandey and Trisha Mazumdar; BSc (P) Life Science, III year
Mentors: Dr. M. Divya Gnaneshwari, Dr. Smriti Sharma

Topic: Comparative analysis of natural water bodies of Delhi NCR region.
Students: Manisha Ahirwar, Krishna, Anushka kumari; BSc (H) Botany, III year
Mentors: Dr. Chaitali Ghosh, Dr. Thoudam Regina

Topic: Effective Sanitization of Solid Organic Waste and Comparative Analysis of Organic Manure and Chemical Fertilizers .
Students: Dhiseka Pawaiya, Jyoti Kumari; BSc (H) Botany, II year
Mentors: Dr. Pritam Kaur, Dr. Preeti Agarwal

2022-23

Pathfinder Award –Science

Topic: Synthesis of bioplastic from starch: Incorporated with silver nano-particles using Cocoa powder and turmeric.
Students: Pranshu Jain, Prachi Gupta, Vishakha; B.Sc. (H) Chemistry, III year
Mentors: Dr. Chingrishon Kathing, Dr. Poonam kumari

2021-22

Pathfinder Award –Commerce

Topic: Impact of Telemedicine on Consumers, Medical Professionals, and Government Services in the Pandemic Era
Students: Deepti Narang, Prerna Rana, Yashika Kedia; B.Com (H) II Year
Mentors: Mr. Siddharth Rathore

Topic: Impact of Indian Election System on its Economic System and Growth
Students: Tripty Wig, Tripti Bansal, Radhika; B.Com II Year
Mentors: Dr. Manju Sahai, Dr. Varun Bhandari

Topic: Impact of Automation on Future of Work for Women
Students: Simran Kaur, Shreshtha Bhattacharya; B.Com III Year
Mentors: Ms. Mohini Rajput

Topic: An Empirical Study on Bank Frauds and Scams in India
Students: Karuna Aggarwal, Manomita Das; B.Com III Year
Mentors: Dr. Mandakini Das, Dr. Payal Jain

Pathfinder Award –Science

Topic: Comparative Analysis of TP53 Gene Encoding for Tumor Protein p53 in different organisms to understand the Molecular Mechanism of Cancer Resistance.
Student: Yashasvi Saini, B.Sc. (H) Botany II Year
Mentors: Dr. Geeta and Dr. Shweta Sharma

Topic: Beyond Conventional: Managing Floral Waste as a Social Welfare Project
Students: Shraddha R Bhat, Swati Sharma,B.Sc. (H) Chemistry, III Year
Mentor: Dr Geeta Saini

2020-21

Pathfinder Award –Humanities

Topic: Educational Inequality during School Closure
Students: 
Disha Peswani, Mehak Aggarwal, Niral Jain and Pretty Srivastava; Bachelor of Elementary Education III Year
Mentor: Dr. Jyoti Raina

Topic: Impact of COVID-19 on Democracies of the World
Students: Disha Peswani, Mehak Aggarwal, Niral Jain and Pretty Srivastava; B. 
A. (Hons.) Business Economics III Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi

Pathfinder Award – Commerce

Topic: Advertisements on Social Networking Platforms and their Impact on Consumers' Buying Behaviours
Students: Chhavi Agarwal, Pragya Modi and Shruti Jain; B.Com (Hons.) II Year
Mentors: Dr. Mandakini Das and Dr. Payal Jain 

2019-20

Pathfinder Award –Humanities

Topic: Health and Disability - A Problematic Equation?
Students: Afnan Mohammad and Aastha Singh; B. A. Prog. II Year
Mentor: Mr. Sahin Shah

Pathfinder Award – Commerce

Topic: Online Payment Failures and Profit of Commercial Banks under RBI Regulations
Students: Aditi, B. A. (Hons.) Economics II Year
Mentors: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi

2018-19

Pathfinder Award –Humanities

Topic: Mitigating the Kashmir Conflict using the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Students: Mahuri Salpekar; B.B.E (Hons.) II Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi

TopicEconomics of the #MeToo Movement
Students: 
Anamika Pandey, Ananya Chhabra, Muskan Goel
Mentor: Mr. Siddharth Rathore

Pathfinder Award – Commerce

Topic: Climbing the Corporate Ladder: A Gender Analysis
Students: Yukti Nagpal, Shubhangi Srivastava
Mentors: Dr. Geeta Kichlu & Dr. Sangeeta Jerath

Topic: Beating the Curve and Fostering Innovation: A Study of Entrepreneurial Traits in Delhi University Students
Students: Kritika Baluja, Riya Shankar, Sikta Pandit
Mentors: Ms. Anjali Siwal

Pathfinder Award –Science

Topic: From Waste to Essentials -Studying the Potential of Sawdust & Waste Tea Leaves, for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions: A Case Study of Contaminated Soil from the Yamuna River Basin.
Students: Muskan Gill and Divya Saini
Mentor: Dr. Tripti Kumari

Topic: Effect of chemicals on stone monuments and ways to prevent the corrosion of monuments.
Students: Priyanda Giri, Dorothy Sachdeva and Shilpi Lamba
Mentor: Dr. Chandana Mukherjee and Dr. Himani Chauhan

2017-18

Pathfinder Award –Humanities

Topic: Menstrual Cups- Break the Taboo!
Students: 
Aditi Chawla And Kanishka Singhal, B. A. (Hons.) Economics I Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi

Topic: Negative impact of aluminium foil paper on youth's health and environment
Students: 
Jayantika Kalani; B. A. (Prog.) III Year
Mentor: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi and Dr. Taruna Singh

Pathfinder Award – Commerce

Topic: Mitigating the Kashmir Conflict using the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Students: Mahuri Salpekar; B.B.E (Hons.) II Year
Mentors: Mr. Ganesh Manjhi

Pathfinder Award –Science

Topic:From Waste to Essentials- A Green extraction of Limonene Oil from Waste Fruits Peels and Studying ts Larvicidal, Insect
Student: Nandana Pal Chowdhury
Mentor:Dr. Tripti Kumari

2016-17

Pathfinder Award –Humanities

Topic: Media Constructed Humour Among Youth
Students: 
Chitali Kohli and Sanskriti Trivedy; B. A. (Prog.) II Year and B. A. (Hons.) Political Science II Year
Mentor: 
Mr. Ganesh Manjhi

Pathfinder Award – Commerce

Topic: Protecting Youth from Depression
Students: Chitrali Daw, Mehak Mehrotra and Aarushi Gupta; B. Com. (Hons.) III Year
Mentors: Dr. Geeta Kichlu and Dr. Sangeeta Jerath

Topic: Menstrual Leave as a HR Policy – Impact & Solutions
Students: Mallika Raj, Isha Uttam and Meghna Jain; B. Com (Hons.) II Year
Mentors: Dr. Mandakini Das and Ms. Aakriti Chaudhry

Pathfinder Award –Science

Topic:Understanding the Role of Photosynthetic and Sunscreen Pigments in Anabaenasp. under UV B Stress
Students: Ankita, Rozy Yadav, Shivani, B.Sc. (H) Botany II Year
Mentor:Dr. Garvita Singh

Topic:Synthesis and characterization of Starch:PVA:NanoAg based completely biodegradable polymeric blends-An alternative to conventional polymers.
Students:Gunjan and Witty Tyagi, BSc. (H) Microbiology III Year
Mentor:Dr. Geeta Saini