About

She obtained her Ph.D. in Plant Protection from AMU, Aligarh and qualified NET.  She has worked on bio-ecological and management of insect pests in vegetable crops; climate resilient agriculture and honey bees & Pollinators at IARI, New Delhi before joining Sharda University in December, 2017. She was a DST-Inspire Fellow and has received two university gold medals. She has published 16 research papers, 3 book chapters, 5 lead papers and a book.

Experience

• 5 years (Research) and 2.5 years (Teaching)

Qualification

• Ph.D. (AMU)
• NET
• M.Sc.

Award & Recognition

• DST INSPIRE Fellow since 2013.
• Gold medalist M.Sc. (Agriculture) Plant Protection (Hons), AMU in 2011.
• Gold medalist M.Sc. Faculty of Agricultural Science, AMU in 2011.
• Gold medalist B.Sc. Zoology (Hons), AMU in 2009.
• Certificate of merit for academic excellence in 2009.
• Begum Hafiz Award for securing highest marks in Zoology in 2009.
• First prize on National Science Day in Scientific Model making competition in 2009.
• Second Prize, Oral Paper Presentation. Insect and avian pest complex of pea and their management. 16^th 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.

Research

• She has published 16 research papers, 3 book chapters, 5 lead papers and a book

Area of Interest

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