Hairy Roots

Dr Vikas Srivastava is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Central University of Jammu, India. He completed his joint PhD at the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow) and Lucknow University, India. Further, he completed his postdoctorate from the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, India. He has published numerous articles for books and prominent international journals and has been a Principal Investigator for major projects sanctioned by the University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi. In addition, he is a recipient of various awards and prestigious fellowships. Dr Shakti Mehrotra received her joint PhD from the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow) and Lucknow University, India. Further, she completed her postdoctorate at the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow (DBT-PDF) and CSIR-CIMAP (DST-Young Scientist). She has published several articles and book chapters and worked as a Principal Investigator for major projects sanctioned by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India. Her contributions have been recognized with various awards and fellowships.Dr Sonal Mishra is a SERB-National Post Doc Fellow (SERB-NPDF) at the School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, India. She received her joint PhD from the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow) and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Further, she completed her postdoctorate at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), India. She has published in many books and prominent international journals, and is currently a Principal investigator for a major project sanctioned by SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board), India. She has received various awards and fellowships in the course of her career.