Department of Botany - Achievements

It is very creditable that every year/ semester our students have a rank in the university, usually among the first three positions..Ms. Ninadini Sharma, Ms. C. V. Neha and Ms. Dhara Arora of B.Sc. (Hons) Botany have been awardees of the Project Oriented Biological Education programme (POBE) organized by the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru. Ms. Anvekshaa Rao was chosen as the Google Student Ambassador of Miranda House for the year 2012-13. Dr. Sushma Moitra, Dr. Janaki Subramanyan, Dr. Saloni Bahri and Dr. Somdutta Sinha Roy have successfully completed seven innovation projects under the University of Delhi Innovation Scheme. Dr. Janaki Subramanyan and Dr. Saloni Bahri are mentors in two different ongoing Star Innovation Projects awarded to the college. Dr. Janaki Subramanyan and Dr. Saloni Bahri were a part of the 9-member team to receive the Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships (ALAF) to participate in the project Building Leadership Capacity in Undergraduate Science Teaching at the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, in April 2013. Dr. Rashmi Shakya was selected by the University of Delhi under the Faculty Training programme for doing Masters in Systems and Synthetic Biology in the University of Edinburgh, UK, in 2012. Dr. Anita Sehal was invited to present a paper in the XVI, XVII and XVIII International Botanical Congress, held in St Louis, USA, in Augst 1999, in Veinna, Austria, in July 2005, and Melbourne, Australia, in July 2011, respectively.

Some Notable Alumnae

• Dr. Neelam Sharma (1978) and Dr. Anuradha Aggarwal, Principal Scientists, NBPGR, New Delhi
• Ms. Anju Chandna Puri (1978), Principal, DAV School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi
• Ms. Rohini Kapur Ghalaut, (1987), was in NIIT for the last 13 years. Currently among the top 10 finalist teams in the Intel and DST Innovate for Digital India Challenge
• Dr. Meenu Kapur (1989), Associate Professor, GGSIP University, New Delhi
• Dr. Saman Habib (1989), Principal Scientist, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow; INSA Young Scientist Awardee
• Prof. Sudeshna Mazumdar-Leighton (1989), Department of Botany, DU
• Dr. Payal Mago, Principal, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, DU
• Dr. Himani Pandey, (1991), Indian Administrative Service, Jharkhand cadre
• Dr. Shruti Rai (1996), Joint Director, Ministry of Environment & Forests
• Dr. Parul Khurana (2000), Assistant Professor of Biology, School of Natural Science and Mathematics, Indiana University
• Dr. Geetanjali Kaushik (2003), Associate Professor in Management and Campus Director of Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College, Aurangabad
• Ms. Aryaka Akhoury (2006), Indian Administrative Service, UP cadre. Currently Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
• Ms. Shashi Meena (2011), Scientist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
• Ms. Sweta (2011), Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar