About

Dr. Swati Hazra is currently working as Assistant Professor at School of Agriculture Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida. She received her PhD degree from the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2021. She successfully completed her MTech in Agricultural Systems and Management from the same Institute in 2014. Dr. Hazra obtained her BSc (Hons) and MSc in Botany from the University of Calcutta.
During her doctoral research, Dr. Hazra assessed the effect of elevated carbon dioxide on wheat which was a part of the project “Development of Climatic Adaptive Agro-Technologies for Sustainable Wheat and Corn Production in Eastern India” under "Sustainable Food Security through: Technological Interventions for Production, Processing and Logistics" funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. Her research interest includes Sustainable Agriculture, Plant Nutrition, Climate Change Adaptation, and Plant Stress Physiology. She has participated MHRD TEQIP-II Sponsored Short-Term Course on "Data Analytics with SAS" organized by the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur during March 22 –24, 2017. She also has attended Postgraduate Courses on “Building Resilience to Climate Change" -Course I: Science, Impacts and Vulnerability and Course II: Approaches to Adaptation conducted by the University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR) during July 14 –August 5, 2015
 

Experience

• More than 8 years in research and 2 years in teaching

Qualification

• PhD and MTech (IIT Kharagpur), MSc and BSc (Hons) in Botany (University of Calcutta)

Award & Recognition

• Travel grant from MHRD, Govt. of India to attend and present a paper in 2017 Annual International Meeting of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) held in Spokane, WA, USA
• JRF & SRF (IIT Kharagpur, MHRD, Govt. of India)
• Order of Merit by University of Calcutta for holding Rank 8 in BSc (Hons) in Botany in 2008

Research

 Research publications (2), proceeding (1)

• Hazra, S., Swain, D. K., & Bhadoria, P. B. S. (2019). Wheat grown under elevated CO₂ was more responsive to nitrogen fertilizer in Eastern India. European Journal of Agronomy, 105, 1-12.
• Hazra, S., Swain, D. K., & Bhadoria, P. B. S. (2017). Combined effect of elevated CO₂ and nitrogen fertilizer management on wheat yield in sub-tropical India (ID: 1701095). 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. doi:10.13031/aim.201701095

Certifications

• Certificate of completion for postgraduate courses in “Building Resilience to Climate Change” by the University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR)
• Certificate in “Data Analytics with SAS” (MHRD TEQIP-II, Short-Term Course) by Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
• Certificate of paper presentation (ID 1701095) at 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting held at Spokane, Washington, USA by American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• Certificate of paper presentation at 4^th International Plant Physiology Congress by CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow and Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi
• Certificate of appreciation for serving as Second Senate Member in the Hall Council for the academic session 2015-16 (Rani Laxmibai Hall of Residence, IIT Kharagpur)
• Certificate for Runner up position in the Badminton Competition (65th Annual Reunion in 2010, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta)
• Certificate of honour, first prize in Inter-Class Quiz Competition (Bethune College, session 2006 and 2007)

Area of Interest

• Sustainable Agriculture, Plant Nutrition, Climate Change Adaptation, and Plant Stress Physiology