About

Dr. Uzma Manzoor obtained her Ph.D. in Agriculture (Entomology) from Aligarh Muslim University.  She has worked on Bionomics and Management of Insect Pests in Vegetable Crops; Climate Resilient Agriculture and Honey Bees & Pollinators at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi before joining Sharda University in December 2017. She was a DST-Inspire Fellow and has received two university gold medals. She is a member of reputed Entomological Society of India and reviewer of many Peer Reviewed Journals.

Experience

• 5 Years of Research Experience and 5 years of experience in Teaching and Research at Sharda School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University.

Qualification

• Ph.D. in Agriculture (Entomology)
• M.Sc. Plant Protection (Entomology)

Award & Recognition

• DST INSPIRE Fellow since 2013.
• Qualified ASRB NET in 2013.
• Gold medalist M.Sc. Plant Protection, AMU in 2011.
• Gold medalist M.Sc. Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, AMU in 2011.
• Gold medalist B.Sc. Zoology (Hons), AMU in 2009.
• Certificate of merit for academic excellence in 2009 from AMU, Aligarh.
• Begum Hafiz Award for securing highest marks in Zoology in 2009 from AMU, Aligarh.
• First prize on National Science Day in Scientific Model making competition in 2009 by Science Society, AMU, Aligarh.
• Second Prize, Oral Paper Presentation. Insect and avian pest complex of pea and their management. 16th Indian Agricultural Scientists and Farmers Congress on ‘Nano-biotechnological approaches for sustainable agriculture and rural development, 22-23 February, 2014 held at Integral University, Lucknow.
• Judge in 27th Regional Level National Children Science Congress, 7-8 November, 2019 organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Agra Region.
• First Prize in Poster Presentation in International Webinar on Recent Advances in Disease Management of Vegetable Crops, Department of Botany, Bundelkhand University, June 26- 27, 2020.
• Best Article Award by Agriculture and Food Magazine: e Letter, 2020
• Invited Speaker at Shankar Lal Agrawal Science College, Nagpur University, 2020
• Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing by Journal of Scientific Research and Reports
• Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing by Annual Research and Review in Biology
• Certificate of Appreciation as Ambassador for Agri-Hackathon, 2021 by Director ICAR, New Delhi
• Certificate of Appreciation by Farming for All, an agri-start up in Greater Noida
• Completed Advanced Innovation Ambassador Training conducted by MoEs Innovation Cell and AICTE, New Delhi from Sharda University, 2021
• Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing by Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology
• Best Young Faculty Award, 2021-22 by National Faculty Award, Novel Research Academy, Puducherry.
• Editor, Agriculture and food e newsletter

Research

• She has more than 56 publications to her credit including research papers (National as well as International), books, book chapters, manuals, popular articles, etc.

Area of Interest

• Biological control
• Beneficial Insects
• Insect pest management
• Pest forecasting