Faculty Profile

1. Microbiology and Biotechnology
2. Food Safety- Microbial Biofilms and AMR
3. Precision Fermentations and Smart Proteins
4. Biofortification and functional foods
5. Probiotics, Prebiotics, Postbiotics
6. Gut Microbiology and Health Sciences
7. Omics in food and nutrition
8. Microbiological food safety and risk assessment

1. Best Innovator Award (National level) by Microbiological Society of India (MBSI)-2021.
2.  International Travel Award for Food Safety Professionals by the International Association of
   Food Protection (IAFP), USA (2022)
3.  International Travel Grant from International Association of Food Protection, USA in
   2024 and 2020
4. Nutrition leadership excellence award (GAIN-Hexagon-NIFTEM)
5.  Member of Scientific Panel on Biological Hazards (SP-06): Food Safety and Standards
   Authority of India (FSSAI) under the Ministry of Health and Family Wefare (Govt. of India)-
   Mar 2023 onwards.
6.  Member of FAD31 and FAD28 panels: Bureau of Indian Standards under the Ministry of
   Consumer Affairs (Govt of India).
7. Best Teacher Award by Sree Narayan Sanskritik Chetna Nyas, UP
8.  Post-doctoral Scholar Development Award by Wake Forest University Health Sciences,
   USA (2011).
9. CSIR, Senior and Junior research fellowship (2003-2008)

1. Abhishek Kaushik, Neetu Kumra Taneja,* Komal Chauhan, Harinder Singh Oberoi.
Dynamics of mono and dual-species biofilms of Escherichia coli and Salmonella
Typhimurium: Interspatial interactions and novel inhibition strategies, International Journal of

Food Microbiology, Volume 440, 2025,111280, ISSN 0168-1605,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2025.111280. ((IF: 5.0) (*Corresponding author)
2. Rana, A., Taneja, N.K.*, Singh, A., Tejpal Dhewa, Vikram Kumar, Ankur Kumar, Komal
Chauhan, Vijay Juneja, Harinder Singh Oberoi. Synergistic fermentation of vitamin B2
(riboflavin) bio-enriched soy milk: optimization and techno-functional characterization of
next generation functional vegan foods. Discov Food 5, 10 (2025).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-025-00269-x (*Corresponding author)
3. D P Shivaprasad, Abhishek Kaushik, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Anupama Lakra, Dinesh K
Bharadwaj, Vijay Kumar Juneja, Pankaj Taneja, Komal Chauhan, Harinder Singh Oberoi,
Breaking the biofilm barrier: vitamin C as a novel strategy against multidrug-resistant
Salmonella Typhimurium, International Journal of Food Science and Technology, Volume 60,
Issue 1, January 2025, vvae082, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijfood/vvae082 (*Corresponding
author)
4. Rishi Bhatia, Shambhavi Singh, Vikram Kumar, Neetu K Taneja, Harinder Singh Oberoi,
Komal Chauhan. Revolutionizing dairy waste: emerging solutions in conjunction with
microbial engineering. Biodegradation 36, 6 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-024-
10104-2
5. Talwar, B., Chopra, R., Taneja, N.K. et al. Use of flaxseed cake as a source of nutrients in
the food industry and possible health benefits- a review. Food Prod Process and Nutr 7, 22
(2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43014-024-00294-w
6. Akanksha Joshi, Abhishek Kaushik, Neetu Kumra Taneja*, Komal Chauhan, Amit Kumar,
Tarun Kumar Sharma*. (2024) Development of novel DNA aptamers and colorimetric
nanozyme aptasensor for targeting multi-drug-resistant, invasive Salmonella typhimurium
strain SMC25. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X. Volume 21. 100555, ISSN 2590-1370.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosx.2024.100555 (*Corresponding author)
7. Ananya Rana, Neetu Kumra Taneja*, Raposo, Alarifi*, Teixeira-Lemos, Lima, Gonçalves
and Tejpal Dhewa*. Exploring prebiotic properties and its probiotic potential of new
formulations of soy-milk derived beverages. Frontiers in Microbiology (2024), Volume 15 -
2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1404907 (*Corresponding author)
8. Abhishek Kaushik, Neetu Kumra Taneja*, Vijay K. Juneja*, Joelle K. Salazar, Akanksha
Joshi, Harinder Singh Oberoi. Enhancing Microbial Safety and Quality of Milk with
Ultrasonication: Kinetics Modeling of Pathogenic Bacteria and Milk Characteristics, LWT
(2024), 116287, ISSN 0023-6438, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2024.116287.
(*Corresponding author)
9.  Bhatia Rishi ,  Chauhan Komal,  Taneja Neetu Kumra,  Kumar Vikram,   Singh
Garima,  Kaur Kuljinder ,  Oberoi Harinder Singh. (2024).   Development of whey protein
beverage incorporating encapsulated probiotic strain Lactiplantibacillus rhamnosus NCDC
347 and its physico-chemical characteristics. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C 79 (11-12),
387-395
URN: https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2411061559035.836987954203
10. A Saini, S Jan, NK Taneja, HS Oberoi, K Chauhan. (2024). Sustainable valorization of
mushroom stalks for vitamin D extraction and flour surface functionalization. Journal of
Food Measurement and Characterization 18 (10), 8330-8343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-
024-02804-3

11. Kumari, P., Mane, S., Singh, A, Chauhan, K., Taneja, N. K. (2024). Green technologies for
production of microbial bioplastics from agricultural biowaste: a review. Biomass Conv.
Bioref. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-06249-y
12. Soumya Singh, Sonia Mann, Rhythm Kalsi, Shambhavi Singh, Neetu Kumra Taneja,
Harinder Singh Oberoi, Komal Chauhan, Pankaj Taneja, (2024). Exploring the therapeutic
and nutritional potential of camel milk: Challenges and prospects: A comprehensive review.
Applied Food Research. 4 (2), 100622. ISSN 2772-5022,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afres.2024.100622.
13. S Singh, M Tiwari, K Chauhan, A Singh, HS Oberoi, NK Taneja, G Singh. (2024). Green
technological interventions for controlling carbon footprint in agro-food processing: a critical
review. Food Sci Biotechnol, 1-23.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-024-01732-8.
14. Suresh Poojary, P., Shreya, A. B., Mutalik, S., Sachdev, D., Taneja, N. K., Raghu, S. V., …
Kalthur, G. (2024). Mitigating effect of chitosan-coated zinc oxide nanoparticles on
cryopreservation-induced DNA damage in human spermatozoa. Journal of Taibah University
for Science, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16583655.2024.2422648
15. Swati, Ayushi Saini, Komal Chauhan, Neetu Kumra Taneja and Harinder Singh Oberoi.
Unveiling the Nutrient-wealth of Black Soybean: A Holistic Review of Its Bioactive
Compounds and Health Implications." Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food
Safety (Accepted, August 2024) 23(5), e70001. ISSN 1541-4337
16. Meena, K.K., Taneja, N.K., Jain, D. et al. Optimization and production of dairy-cereal grain-
based probiotic beverage powder and its probiotic survivability under simulated gastric and
pancreatic conditions. Discov Food 4, 30 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-024-00099-
3
17. Mane, S., Singh, A. & Taneja, N.K. Pretreatment optimization for microalgae oil yield
enhancement and residual biomass characterization for sustainable biofuel feedstock
production. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-024-05768-y
18. Vikram Kumar, Jayesh J. Ahire, Neetu Kumra Taneja*. Advancing microbial food safety
and hazard analysis through predictive mathematical modeling. The Microbe (2024), 100049.
ISSN 2950-1946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microb.2024.100049. (*Corresponding author)
19. Juneja VK, Osoria M, Altuntas EG, Taneja NK, Thakur S, Kumar GD, Setlow P. Effects of
spore purity on the wet heat resistance of Clostridium perfringens, Bacillus cereus and
Bacillus subtilis spores. Food Res Int. 2024 Feb;177:113904. doi:
10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113904. Epub 2023 Dec 22. PMID: 38225145. (I.F: 7.101)
20. Reena Masish, Isha Mahendru, Sakshi Yadav, Ananya Rana, Mrinal Samtiya, Neetu K.
Taneja*, Tejpal Dhewa.* (2023) Effect of fermentation conditions on antioxidative,
antimicrobial and techno-functional properties of Camellia sinensis leaves. Biomedicine:
2023; 43(6): 1870-1881. DOI: https://doi.org/10.51248/.v43i6.3591 (* Corresponding author)
ISSN 2227-9059.
21. Vikram Kumar, Neetu Kumra Taneja*, Shakti Kumar, Atul Vashist, Jayesh J. Ahire,
Vijendra Mishra. Complete genome sequence of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum BBC32B
isolated from human feces sample. Microbiological Resource Announcement, ASM, Volume

12, Issue 11, 12(11):e0064523. 2023, ISSN 2576-098X, https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00645-
23. (*Corresponding author)

22. Kumar, V.; Arora, V.K.; Rana, A.; Kumar, A.; Taneja, N.K.*; Ahire, J.J. Predictive Modeling
of Riboflavin Production in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum MTCC 25432 Using Fuzzy
Inference System. Foods 2023, 12, 3155. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12173155
(I.F: 5.2) (*Corresponding author) ISSN 2304-8158 
23. Vikram Kumar; Jayesh J. Ahire; Amrutha R.; Sahil Nain; Neetu Kumra Taneja*.
Microencapsulation of Riboflavin-producing Lactiplantibacillus plantarum MTCC 25,432
and Evaluation of its Survival in Simulated Gastric and Intestinal Fluid
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. Aug;16(4):1365-1375. 2023-07-04
|DOI: 10.1007/s12602-023-10115-0 Springer (I.F: 5.44) (*Corresponding author)
24. Anup Kumar Ojha, Nagendra Prasad Shah, Vijendra Mishra, Neela Emanuel, Neetu Kumra
Taneja*. Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria isolated from traditional
fermented Indian food products. Food Science and Biotechnology (2023). Apr
24;32(14):2131-2143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-023-01305-1. Springer (I.F: 3.231) (*
Corresponding author)
25. Kumar V., Ahire JJ, Gouda A and Taneja NK*. Techno-functional assessment of riboflavin-
enriched yogurt-based fermented milk prepared by supplementing riboflavin-producing
probiotic strains of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins.
(2023) Dec 14. 16(1):152-162 doi: 10.1007/s12602-022-10026-6. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 36515890. Springer (I.F: 5.44) (*Corresponding author)
26. Kamalesh Kumar Meena, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Ankur Ojha, and Sunil Meena (2023).
Application of spray-drying and freeze-drying for microencapsulation of lactic acid bacteria:
A review. Ann. Phytomed., 12(1):706-716. http://dx.doi.org/10.54085/ap.2023.12.1.76.
27. Bharadwaj D., Taneja, N.K*, Taneja, P and Patel, P. Phenotypic and genotypic
characterization of multi-drug resistant, biofilm forming, human invasive strain of Salmonella
Typhimurium SMC25 isolated from poultry meat in India. Microbial Pathogenesis (2022)
Dec;173(Pt A):105830. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2022.105830. Epub 2022 Oct 19. PMID:
36272684 Elsevier (I.F: 3.738) (*Corresponding author)
28. Meena, K.K.; Taneja, N.K.; Jain, D.; Ojha, A.; Kumawat, D.; Mishra, V. In Vitro Assessment
of Probiotic and Technological Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Indigenously
Fermented Cereal-Based Food Products. Fermentation 2022, 8, 529. https://doi.org/10.3390/
fermentation8100529. MDPI (I.F: 5.123)
29. Sheetal Mane, Anupama Singh, Prabhat K. Nema, Neetu Taneja and Rajni Chopra.
Amelioration for oxidative stability and bioavailability of PUFA enriched microalgae oil: An
overview. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (2022). 64(9), 2579–2600.
doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2022.2124505 Taylor and Francis (I.F: 11.176)
30. Akanksha Joshi, Dinesh Bhardwaj, Abhishek Kaushik, Vijay K. Juneja, Pankaj Taneja,
Sheetal Thakur, Neetu Kumra Taneja.* Advances in multi-omics based quantitative
microbial risk assessment in the dairy sector: A semi-systematic review. Food Research

International (2022). Volume 156, 2022, 111323, ISSN 0963-9969,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111323. Elsevier (I.F: 7.101) (*Corresponding author)

31. Shweta Suri, Anupama Singh, Prabhat K. Nema, Neetu Taneja. Comparative study on
debittering of kinnow (Citrus reticulate L.) peels: Microbial, Chemical, & Ultrasound-
assisted microbial treatment. Fermentation (2022). 8(8), 389;
 https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation8080389 MDPI (I.F: 5.123)
32. Mitharwal S, Kumar A, Chauhan K, Taneja NK. Nutritional, phytochemical composition and
potential health benefits of taro (Colocasia esculenta L.) leaves: A review. Food Chemistry.
(2022) Feb 14;383:132406. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132406. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 35176712. Elsevier (I.F: 9.231)
33. Md. Sajid Hussain, Atul Vashist, Mahadevan Kumar, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Uma Shankar
Gautam, Seema Dwivedi, Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi and Rajesh Kumar Gupta. Anti-
mycobacterial activity of heat and pH stable high molecular weight protein(s) secreted
by a bacterial laboratory contaminant. Microbial Cell Factories (2022) 21:15.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-022-01743-2 Springer (I.F: 6.352)
34. Kamalesh Kumar Meena, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Devendra Jain, Ankur Ojha,
Chakkaravarthi Saravanan, Deepak Mudgil. Bioactive Components and Health Benefits of
Maize-based Fermented Foods: A Review. Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry.
Review Volume 13, Issue 4, 2023, 338. https://doi.org/10.33263/BRIAC134.338 (I.F: 1.949)
35. Kamalesh Kumar Meena, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Devendra Jain, Ankur Ojha,
Chakkaravarthi Saravanan, Durga Shankar Bunkar. Spontaneously fermented Cereal based
products: An ancient health promoting formulae for consumption of probiotic lactic acid
bacteria. (2023). Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry 13(5), 465
https://doi.org/10.33263/BRIAC135.465). (I.F: 1.949)
36. In vitro and In situ Abrogation of Biofilm Formation In E. coli by Vitamin C through ROS
generation, disruption of quorum sensing and EPS production. Shivaprasad DP, Taneja NK*,
Lakra DP and Sachdev D (2021). Food Chemistry 341(Pt 1):128171. doi:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128171. ISSN No. 18737072, 03088146 Elsevier (I.F: 10.07)
(*Corresponding author)
37. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of biofilm forming, antimicrobial resistant
Escherichia coli isolated from Indian dairy and meat products. Bhardwaj DK, Taneja NK*,
Shivaprasad DP, Chakotiya A, Patel P, Taneja P, Sachdev D. (2021). International Journal
of Food Microbiology. 336:108899. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108899. Epub 2020
Sep 30. PMID: 33160121. Elsevier (I.F: 5.892) (*Corresponding author) ISSN No.
18793460, 01681605
38. A surveillance of Food-borne outbreaks in India. Akshay Bisht, Manoj P. Kamble, Pritesh
Choudhary , Kartikey Chaturvedi, Gautam Kohli, Vijay Kumar Juneja, Shalini Sehgal, Neetu
Kumra Taneja* (2021). Food Control. 121: 107630. doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107630
Elsevier (I.F: 6.652) (*Corresponding author)  ISSN 0956-7135
39. Molecular docking, synthesis and anticancer activity of thiosemicarbazone derivatives against
MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line. Belay Zeleke Sibuh, Sonia Khanna, Pankaj Taneja,

Paratpar Sarkar, Neetu Kumra Taneja (2021). Life Sciences. 273: 11930.
doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119305 Elsevier (I.F: 6.78).

40. Vijay K Juneja, Marangeli Osoria, Anuj S Purohit, Chase E Golden, Abhinav Mishra, Neetu
K Taneja, Joelle K Salazar, Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Govindaraj Dev Kumar (2021).
Predictive model for growth of Clostridium perfringens during cooling of cooked pork
supplemented with sodium chloride and sodium pyrophosphate. Meat Science
Oct;180:108557. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108557 Elsevier (I.F: 7.077)
41. Zemenu Almaw, Neetu Kumra Taneja and Pankaj Taneja (2021). Evaluation of the
Biochemical and Genetic Effects of the in vitro Antimicrobial Activities Triphala Powder
Extracts on Bacillus subtilis. (2021). Int J Pharm Sci & Scient Res. 7:1, 15-23 (I.F: 6.857)
42. Aman Sharma, Shivaprasad D.P., Komal Chauhan, Neetu Kumra Taneja* (2019). Control
of E. coli growth and survival in Indian Soft Cheese (Paneer) using multiple hurdles:
phytochemicals, temperature and vacuum. LWT- Food Science and Technology. Volume
114, November 2019, 108350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2019.108350 (I.F: 6.91)
(*Corresponding author) Elsevier ISSN 0023-6438.
43. Dinesh Kumar Bharadwaj, Neetu Kumra Taneja* (2019). Animal Food Export: Challenges
and Opportunities in India. Appro Poult Dairy & Vet Sci 7(1):615-617.
APDV.000655.2019. DOI: 10.31031/APDV.2019.07.000655 (I.F: 1.82) (*Corresponding
author)
44. Vinay Kumar, Divya Sachdev, Renu Pasricha, Priyanka H. Maheshwari, Neetu Kumra
Taneja. Zinc Supported Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite; a synergism to
micronutrient release and a smart distributor to promote the growth of Onion Seeds in arid
conditions (2018). ACS applied materials & interfaces Oct 31;10(43):36733-36745. doi:
10.1021/acsami.8b13464. Epub 2018 Oct 22. ACS (I.F: 10.38)
45. Sikri K, Batra SD, Nandi M, Kumari P, Taneja NK, Tyagi JS. The pleiotropic transcriptional
response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to vitamin C is robust and overlaps with the
bacterial response to multiple intracellular stresses. Microbiology. 2015 Apr;161(Pt 4):739-
53.  doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000049. Epub 2015 Feb 2. Springer (I.F: 2.7)
46. Kaur K*, Taneja NK*, Dhingra S, Tyagi JS. DevR (DosR) mimetic peptides impair
transcriptional regulation and survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis under hypoxia by
inhibiting the autokinase activity of DevS sensor kinase. BMC Microbiol 14, 195 (2014).
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-195(*Co-First author) Springer (I.F: 4.203)
47. Taneja NK, Ganguly T, Bakaletz LO, Nelson KJ, Dubey P, Poole LB, Deora R. D-alanine
Modification of a Protease-Susceptible Outer Membrane Component by the Bordetella
pertussis dra Locus Promotes Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides and PMN-mediated
Killing. J Bacteriol. 2013. Nov;195(22):5102-11. doi: 10.1128/JB.00510-13 ASM (I.F:
3.490)
48. Dhingra S*, Kaur K*, Taneja N.K*, and Tyagi J.S. DevR (DosR) binding peptide inhibits
adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis under hypoxia. 2012 May;330(1):66-71. FEMS
Microbiol Lett. doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02534.x (*Co-First author) Oxford
University Press (I.F: 2.742)

49. Taneja NK, Dhingra S, Mittal A, Naresh M, Tyagi JS. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
transcriptional adaptation, growth arrest and dormancy phenotype development is triggered
by vitamin C. PLoS One. 2010 May 27;5(5):e10860. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010860
PLOS (I.F: 3.752)

50. Taneja NK, Tyagi JS. Resazurin reduction assays for screening of anti-tubercular compounds
against dormant and actively growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis
BCG and Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Aug;60(2):288-93.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkm207 Oxford Press (I.F: 5.758)
51. Majumdar SD, Sharma D, Vashist A, Kaur K, Taneja NK, Chauhan S, Challu VK,
Ramanathan VD, Balasangameshwara V, Kumar P, Tyagi JS. Co-expression of DevR and
DevR(N)-Aph proteins is associated with hypoxic adaptation defect and virulence attenuation
of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS One. 2010 Feb 26;5(2):e9448.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009448 PLOS (I.F: 3.752)
52. Taneja P, Frazier DP, Kendig RD, Maglic D, Sugiyama T, Kai F, Taneja NK, Inoue K.
MMTV mouse models and the diagnostic values of MMTV-like sequences in human breast
cancer. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2009 Jul;9(5):423-40.  doi: 10.1586/erm.09.31. Review.
Taylor and Francis (I.F: 5.67)
53. Biofilms and Food Industry. Newsletter October 2015, pp:2-6. AFSTI Chapter Mumbai.
54. Bionanocomposites and their Application in Food Packaging. Shivaprasad D.P and Neetu
Kumra Taneja. FMT Magazine (July 2019 issue)

BOOKS:

1. Phytochemicals in therapy of radiation induced damage and cancer. In Book:Cancer Preventive and Therapeutic Compounds: Gift from Mother Nature. Edited by Sahdeo Prasad and Amit K Tyagi. Bentham Science Publishers (2017). ISBN 978-1-68108-492-3.
2. Divya Sachdev, Akanksha Joshi, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Renu Pasricha. Emerging Silver Nanomaterials for Smart Food Packaging in Combating Food Borne Pathogens. In Book: Silver Nanomaterials for environmental and agri-food applications” Eds: Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam. Elsevier (Accepted 2021). Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection. 2021, Pages 147-185. ISBN 9780128235287. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823528-7.00009-3
3. Nutraceuticals and natural product derivatives for disease prevention. In Book: Handbook of Nutraceuticals and Natural Products" Edited by: Sreerag Gopi and Preetha Balakrishnan. Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-119-74683-6 (Published June 2022)
4. Advances in Fermented Foods and Therapeutics. In Book: Innovations in Fermentation and Phytopharmaceutical Technologies. ISBN 978-0-12-821877-8, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821877-8.00018-X (Accepted 2022). Pages 341-358. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821877-8.00018-X
5. Pankaj Taneja, Samuel Shiferaw Biresaw, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Saurabh Kumar Jha, Belay Zeleke, Saumya Srivastava, Mayank Taneja, Sahdeo Prasad, Vijay Juneja. Chapter 15 - Advances in fermented foods and therapeutics, Editor(s): Hrudayanath Thatoi, Sonali Mohapatra, Swagat Kumar Das, In book: Innovations in Fermentation and Phytopharmaceutical Technologies, Elsevier, 2022, Pages 341-358, ISBN 9780128218778, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821877-8.00018-X.
6. Vijay K. Juneja, Abhishek Kaushik, Neetu K. Taneja. Microbiological safety of meat | Bacillus cereus. In Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences (Third Edition), Elsevier, 2024, Editor(s): Michael Dikeman. Pages 237-244, ISBN 9780323851985, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85125-1.00196-4.
7. Neetu K.Taneja1, Abhishek Kaushik1 and Vijay K. Juneja2. Characteristics of Foodborne Hazard and Diseases: Sublethally Injured and Viable but Nonculturable Cells. Encyclopedia of Food Safety (edition 2) 2022. ISBN 978-0-12-822520-2
8. Vijay K. Juneja , Neetu Kumra Taneja , Sheetal Thakur.  Bacteria: Clostridium perfringens. In Encyclopedia of Food Safety Second Edition (2024), Pages 128-136. (https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822521-9.00089-7). 
9. Neetu K. Taneja, Abhishek Kaushik and Vijay K. Juneja. Bacteria: Clostridium botulinum. In Encyclopedia of Food Safety (Accepted, 2023). Pages 111-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822521-9.00213-6
10.  Guidance Document Foodborne Diseases Investigation. Rubeena Shaheen, Neetu Kumra Taneja, Kartikey Chaturvedi, Rama Chaudhary, Sonu, Tanzin Dikid, Sudhir Kumar Jain, Abhishek Mishra, Khyati Aroskar. Publication date: 2022/6. Source FSSAI – CHIFSS. Report number. 7th June 2022 ver.1
11. Ananya Rana , Shivangi Mishra, Komal Soni, Mrinal Samtiya, Neetu Kumra Taneja and Tejpal Dhewa. Consumer Viewpoints Regarding Food and Risk Assessment.; In: Nutritional Science and Technology: Concept to Application, (273–294). Tejpal Dhewa, Anil Kumar Puniya and Anil Panghal (eds.) © 2023 Scrivener Publishing LLC. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394229116.ch12. Print ISBN:9781119808961 |Online ISBN:9781394229116 |DOI:10.1002/9781394229116
12. Vikram Kumar, Ananya Rana, Prajakta Jagtap, Tejpal Dhewa and Neetu Kumra Taneja. Prebiotics, Probiotics and Synbiotics. In: Nutritional Science and Technology: Concept to Application, (21-62). Tejpal Dhewa, Anil Kumar Puniya and Anil Panghal (eds.) © 2023 Scrivener Publishing LLC. Print ISBN:9781119808961 |Online ISBN:9781394229116. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394229116.ch2
13. Rana, A., Kumar, V., Taneja, N.K., Dhewa, T. (2023). Microbial Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. In: Sobti, R., Kuhad, R.C., Lal, R., Rishi, P. (eds) Role of Microbes in Sustainable Development. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3126-2_28. Print ISBN 978-981-99-3125-5.  Online ISBN978-981-99-3126-2
14. Kumar, V., Rana, A., Ahire, J.J., Taneja, N.K. (2023). Utilization of Whey for Production of Bioenergy and Biofuels. In: Poonia, A., Trajkovska Petkoska, A. (eds) Whey Valorization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5459-9_15. ISBN 978-981-99-5458-2
15. Rana, A., Kumar, V., Dhewa, T., Taneja, N.K. (2023). Bioplastic Production Using Whey (Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Polyhydroxybutyrates). In: Poonia, A., Trajkovska Petkoska, A. (eds) Whey Valorization. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5459-9_6. ISBN 978-981-99-5458-2
16. Kumar, V., Rana, A., Jagtap, P., Dhewa, T. and Taneja, N.K. (2023). Prebiotics, Probiotics and Synbiotics. In Nutritional Science and Technology (eds T. Dhewa, A.K. Puniya and A. Panghal). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394229116.ch2