About me and my research

Welcome! I am a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), working on isolating and characterizing rhizobia from nodules of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Dr. Senjuti Sinharoy’s Lab. My goal is to identify beneficial rhizobia, prepare a tailor-made rhizobial inoculant for chickpea after evaluating nitrogen fixation to improve symbiotic efficiency and genome sequencing of the mother and adopted strains.

I hold a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Botany from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, where I worked to delineate the potential of root phenotypic and physiological attributes of wheat genotypes under stress conditions as a postgraduate dissertation student, advised by Dr. M. Iqbal R. Khan. Additionally, I have a Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights (PGDIPR) from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Life Science at Ramjas College, University of Delhi.

During my free time, I enjoy cooking, cycling, reading, running, travelling, and volunteering.