About

Dr. Swati Hazra obtained her joint M.Tech.-Ph.D. degree in 2021 from the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She worked on “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 Education, Govt. of India. Dr. Hazra completed her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Botany from the University of Calcutta. 

Experience

• 8 Years

Qualification

• Ph.D.
• M.Tech. (IIT Kharagpur)
• M.Sc. (CU)
• B.Sc. (CU)

Award & Recognition

• JRF & SRF (IIT Kharagpur, MHRD, Govt. of India),
• GATE (2012)
• Order of Merit by University of Calcutta (B.Sc. Hons. in Botany)

Research

• 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

• Plant physiology,
• Plant nutrition,
• Impact of climate change on crop production systems