Panjab University Research Scholars

S.No.	Name of the Supervisor / Co-Supervisor	Name of the Ph.D. Scholar	Mode of Ph.D.	Registration Number	Date of Registration	Research Topic	Likely Date of Completion	Availing Fellowship	Funding Agency of Fellowship
Faculty of Science : Department of Botany							Updated on: 08/11/2019
1.	Dr. S. K. Upadhyay Nil	Madhu	Full Time	19-20/111/Ph.D./R&S	09/09/2019	Cloning and characterization of incRNAs in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum)	31/03/2023	No
2.	Prof. C. Nirmala Nil	Norbu Dolma	Full Time	19-20/112/Ph.D./R&S	09/09/2019	Evaluation of Nutrients, Antinutrients, and Bioactive compounds of some underutilized plants of Leh Disrict of Ladakh	31/03/2023	Yes	CSIR
3.	Dr. Anju Rao Nil	Dhiksha Muwal	Full Time	19-20/41/Ph.D./R&S	08/08/2019	Bryophtes are the second most diverse group of plant species after the flowring plants which includes mosses, liverworts, hornworts etc.	31/03/2023	No
4.	Prof. Sunita Kapila Nil	Anshul	Full Time	19-20/46/Ph.D./R&S	05/08/2019	Screening of some west Himalayan Bryophytes for biologically active phytochemical constitutents	31/03/2023	No
5.	Prof. Sunita Kapila Nil	Swati	Full Time	19-20/42/Ph.D./R&S	05/08/2019	seasonal variations in chemical composition in some western himalayan bryophytes	31/03/2023	No
6.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish Nil	Aditi Sharma	Full Time	19-20/48/Ph.D./R&S	05/08/2019	To explore the dynamics and mechanism of plant invasion	31/03/2023	No
7.	Dr. Anju Rao Nil	Madhu	Full Time	19-20/44/Ph.D./R&S	05/08/2019	Medicinal Plants comprise of traditional such as Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Unani, chinese and modern form of medicines etc.	31/03/2023	No
8.	Prof. Promila Pathak Nil	Kirti	Full Time	19-20/43/Ph.D./R&S	05/08/2019	Studies on propagation and induction of flowering in some commercially viable orchids in vitro: Identification of suitable explants and chemical stimulus	31/03/2023	No
9.	Dr. A. N. Singh Nil	Sabir Hussain	Full Time	19-20/45/Ph.D./R&S	05/08/2019	To assess the exosystem multifuctionality of Ladakh vegetation in a changing environment	31/03/2023	Yes	CSIR
10.	Prof. Sunita Kapila Nil	Neha Dogra	Full Time	19-20/9/Ph.D./R&S	03/06/2019	Phytochemical analysis and antioxicant activity of essential oils in some Indian Bryophytes	31/08/2023	Yes	UGC
11.	Prof. C. Nirmala Nil	Mamta	Full Time	18-19/583/Ph.D./R&S	08/05/2019	Phytoremediation of heavy metals in soil using bamboo	31/08/2023	No
12.	Prof. C. Nirmala Nil	Babita Joshi	Full Time	18-19/114/Ph.D./R&S	31/03/2019	Evaluation of some underutilized plants and determination of their potential for food and pharmaceuticals	31/03/2022	Yes	UGC
13.	Dr. Anju Rao Nil	Shiwani Latwal	Full Time	19-20/8/Ph.D./R&S	19/03/2019	In vitro regeneration of mosses and studies on their developmental and cytological variations from natural plants	31/12/2022	No
14.	Prof. M. C. Sidhu Nil	Kajal	Full Time	18-19/530/Ph.D./R&S	05/02/2019	Inventorization of Floristic diversity of Kalesar National Park, Haryana	31/03/2023	No
15.	Prof. Harsh Nayyar Nil	Anjali Bhardwaj	Full Time	18-19/529/Ph.D./R&S	05/02/2019	Proposed research work: Study on responses o grain legumes to high temperature stress	31/03/2023	Yes	ACRADA
16.	Dr. S. K. Upadhyay Nil	Amandeep Kaur	Full Time	18-19/528/Ph.D./R&S	05/02/2019	Identification and characterization of Cation/CA2+ exchangers (CCXs) in Bread wheat (Triticum aestivumL.)	31/03/2023	Yes	CSIR
17.	Prof. Richa Puri Nil	Sushila Rani	Full Time	18-19/527/Ph.D./R&S	05/02/2019	To study the medicinal potential of some arare medicinal plants and their micropropagation of Himachal Pradesh	31/03/2023	Yes	CSIR
18.	Prof. Sunita Kapila Nil	Hiteshi Sabharwal	Full Time	18-19/525/Ph.D./R&S	05/02/2019	Study of Medicinal aspects of various species of Bryophytes	31/03/2023	Yes	INSPIRE
19.	Prof. Kamaljit singh Nil	Chhering Dorje	Full Time	18-19/526/Ph.D./R&S	05/02/2019	Phytochemical studies on some plants used in AAmchi System of medicine practiced in cold desert region of Himachal Pradesh	31/03/2023	No
20.	Dr. Shalinder Kaur Nil	Rigzin Chuskit	Full Time	18-19/475/Ph.D./R&S	15/01/2019	Behavior and leav functional approaches of vascular plants and their involvement in ecosystem services changing climate in eastern region of Ladakh: an integrated ecological study	31/12/2022	Yes	UGC
21.	Dr. A. N. Singh Nil	Diksha	Full Time	18-19/473/Ph.D./R&S	15/01/2019	Integrated Ecological analyses of soil contamination in agro-ecosystems of a lower shivalik region	31/12/2022	No
22.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish Nil	Amrit Pal	Full Time	18-19/472/Ph.D./R&S	15/01/2019	Invasive plant species and their amnagement	31/12/2022	Yes	CSIR
23.	Dr. A. N. Singh Nil	Rajni	Full Time	18-19/474/Ph.D./R&S	15/01/2019	Exploration and characterization of soil contaminants via pesticides in Agro-Ecosystems of a lower Shivalik region, India: an ecological perspective	31/12/2022	No
24.	Dr. A. N. Singh Nil	Pardeep Kumar	Full Time	18-19/46/Ph.D./R&S	31/10/2018	Ecology	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
25.	Prof. M. C. Sidhu Nil	Skshi	Full Time	18-19/273/Ph.D./R&S	11/10/2018	Cytomorphological and Molecular characterization of selected angiosperm species of Medicinal Importance	30/11/2022	No
26.	Prof. C. Nirmala Dr. Tapan K. Mondal	Jyoti	Full Time	18-19/115/Ph.D./R&S	20/09/2018	Functional characterization of uncharacterized transcription factors of rice	31/03/2022	Yes	CSIR
27.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish Nil	Mushtaq Ahmad Dar	Full Time	18-19/113/Ph.D./R&S	20/09/2018	Invasive plants pose a major threat	31/03/2022	Yes	CSIR
28.	Prof. M.C. Sidhu Nil	Rai singh	Full Time	18-19/93/Ph.D./R&S	30/08/2018	Inventorisation of floristics in selected areas of Malwa region of Punjab, India	31/10/2021	No
29.	Prof. Neera Garg Nil	Ishta Bhardwaj	Full Time	18-19/92/Ph.D./R&S	30/08/2018	Plant Physiology	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIr
30.	Dr. Shalinder Kaur Nil	Deachen Angmo	Full Time	18-19/91/Ph.D./R&S	30/08/2018	Assessment of Ecological Status and biological activitites of Aromatic Plants of Sham Valley, District Kargil (Ladakha, J&K	31/10/2021	Yes	UGC
31.	Prof. Harsh Nayyar Nil	Poonam	Full Time	18-19/90/Ph.D./R&S	30/08/2018	Studies on heat tolerance in food Legumes	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
32.	Prof. C. Nirmala Nil	Shahar Bano	Full Time	18-19/89/Ph.D./R&S	30/08/2018	Evaluation of nutritional and medicinal properties of some underutilized plants	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
33.	Prof. Neera Garg Nil	Aditi	Full Time	18-19/48/Ph.D.R&S	01/08/2018	Plant Physiology	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
34.	Prof. Neera Garg Nil	Kanika Thakur	Full Time	18-19/52/Ph.D./R&S	01/08/2018	Plant Physiology	31/10/2021	No
35.	Prof. C. Nirmala Prof. M.S. Bisht	Mamta Rani	Full Time	18-19/49/Ph.D./R&S	01/08/2018	Cytogenetics	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
36.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Nil	Meena Kumari	Full Time	18-19/50/Ph.D./R&S	01/08/2018	Plant Physiology	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
37.	Dr. S. K. Upadhyay Nil	Meenakshi Rathour	Full Time	18-19/51/Ph.D./R&S	01/08/2018	Environmental Stress etc.	31/10/2021	Yes	UGC
38.	Prof. Richa Puri Nil	Pooja Boora	Full Time	18-19/53/Ph.D./R&S	01/08/2018	Medicinal properties of some rare plants of Kinnaur and their conservation	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
39.	Prof. Promila Pathak Nil	Sunita	Full Time	18-19/47/Ph.D./R&S	01/08/2018	In vitro Propagation and cytological studies of some Indian Orchids	01/10/2018	Yes	CSIR
40.	Prof. Neera Garg Nil	Vaishali Sharma	Full Time	18-19/54/Ph.D.R&S	01/08/2018	Plant Physiology	31/10/2021	Yes	CSIR
41.	Prof. Promila Pathak nil	Vasundhra	Full Time	18-19/55/Ph.D./R&S	01/08/2018	In vitro Propagation of some medicinal orchids	31/10/2021	No
42.	Prof. C. Nirmala Prof. Ashwani Koul	Aribam Indira Devi	Full Time	17-18/527/Ph.D./R&S	15/05/2018	Phytochemicals in bamboo and their health benefits	31/05/2021	Yes	CSIR
43.	Prof. Richa Puri Nil	Dechan Angmo	Full Time	17-18/528/Ph.D./R&S	15/05/2018	Wethno-Medicinal study of Ladakh Region	31/05/2021	Yes	UGC
44.	Prof. Sunita Kapila Nil	Pooja Rani	Full Time	17-18/481/Ph.D. R&S	03/03/2018	Bryophytes	31/03/2021	Yes	PU
45.	Dr. A. N. Singh Nil	Meenu	Full Time	17-18/483/Ph.D.	28/02/2018		30/04/2021	Yes	UGC-JRF
46.	Prof. Harsh Nayyar Nil	Shikha Chaudhary	Full Time	17-18/482/Ph.D.R&S	27/02/2018	Evaluation of responses of summer season food legumes to high temperature stress	28/02/2021	Yes	CSIR Project
47.	Prof. Richa Puri Nil	Sudhir Kharyal	Full Time	17-18/432/Ph.D./R&S	06/02/2018	Survey of Angiospermic flora of Chandigarh along with adjoining area and screening of some plants for corosolic acid	28/02/2021	No
48.	Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Nil	Madhvi Kanchan	Full Time	17-18/435/Ph.D.	05/02/2018	Characterization of wox gene in orchids	31/03/2020	Yes	DST, INSPIRE
49.	Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Nil	Devina Ghai	Full Time	17-18/434/Ph.D.	05/02/2018	Characterization of somatic embryogenesis reaptor like kinases (SERK) genes in orchid	30/04/2022	Yes	CSIR
50.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish Nil	Sonia Rathee	Full Time	17-18/431/Ph.D.	05/02/2018	Ecological status and impact of invasive alien plants in Kinnaur region of Halalayas	31/03/2022	No
51.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish Nil	Disket Zomba	Full Time	17-18/430/Ph.D.	05/02/2018	Traditional knowledge and Inventorization of high altitude species	31/03/2022	Yes	CSIR
52.	Prof. M. C. Sidhu Nil	Anita Kumari	Full Time	17-18/325/Ph.D.	08/01/2018	Medicinal Plant	30/04/2021	Yes	UGC-JRF
53.	Prof. Promila Pathak Nil	Roshan Lal	Full Time	17-18/331/Ph.D. R&S	01/12/2017	Reproductive Biology and Conservation of some terrestrial orchids of Himachal Pradesh	30/04/2021	Yes	UGC-JRF
54.	Dr. A. N. Singh Nil	Abhishek Kumar	Full Time	17-18/324/Ph.D. R&S	01/12/2017	Biodiviersity analysis and nutrient cycling in lower shivalik region	30/04/2021	Yes	UGC-JRF
55.	Dr. Papiya Mukherjee nil	Kiran Parasher	Full Time	17-18/130/Ph.D./R&S	18/09/2017	Microprpagation and cryopreservation of medicinal plants of Himalayan region	30/04/2018	No
56.	Prof. Promila Pathak Nil	Babita Thakur	Full Time	17-18/128/Ph.D.R&S	13/09/2017	Conservation and restoration ecology of some floriculturally important orchids	31/12/2020	Yes	Panjab University Fellowship
57.	Prof. Richa Puri Dr. M. L. Sharma, Emeritus Professor	Monika Mehta	Full Time	17-18/90/Ph.D	01/09/2017	Stydt if antidiabetic activity of some unexploited antidiabetic plants of Kinnaur of Himachal Pradesh	31/10/2020	No
58.	Prof. I.B. Prasher Nil	Vijay Kumar	Full Time	17-18/114/Ph.D.	31/08/2017	Mycology	30/09/2020	No
59.	Dr. S. K. Upadhyay Nil	Alok Sharma	Full Time	17-18/91/Ph.D.	29/08/2017	Genome-wide characterization of superoxide dismutase (SOD) etc. .........	30/11/2020	Yes	CSIR
60.	Prof. Promila Pathak Nil	Pratibha	Full Time	17-18/98/Ph.D./ R&S	28/08/2017	In vitro mass Propagation, morphological and Molecular characterization of two medicinally important orchids of North West Himalaya	31/10/2020	Yes	UGC-JRF
61.	Dr. Papiya Mukharjee Nil	Shailika Sharma	Full Time	17-18/66/Ph.D./R&S	25/05/2017	In vitro propagation and cryoperservation of clonally propagated crops for conservation of genetic resources	30/04/2021	Yes	CSIR
62.	Dr. shalinder Kaur Nil	Meenal Sharma	Full Time	17-18/9/Ph.D.	19/04/2017	Allelopatric effects of Ricinus coconunis L.	31/05/2020	No
63.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Nil	Kusum Singh Sahariya	Full Time	17/469/Ph.D.	11/04/2017	Study of root architecture on leguminous crops	30/04/2020	Yes	UGC-JRF
64.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish Prof. H.P. Singh	Kulwinder Kaur	Full Time	16/1199/Ph.D.	09/11/2016	Weed Ecology		Yes	CSIR
65.	Prof. Harsh Nayyar Nil	Anju Rani	Full Time	16/12323/Ph.D.	03/11/2016	Cold Stress in chickpea		No
66.	Prof. Promila Pathak Nil	Anamika Kumari	Full Time	16/1190/Ph.	25/10/2016	Microprpagation and conservation of some medicinaly important orchids of North Western Himalayas		Yes	UGC
67.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Nil	Sujata Khamn	Full Time	16/1200/Ph.D.	10/10/2016	Medininal Plants		No
68.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Nil	Sujata Khamn	Full Time	16/1200/Ph.D.	10/10/2016	Medininal Plants		No
69.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Nil	Sujata Khamn	Full Time	16/1200/Ph.D.	10/10/2016	Medininal Plants		No
70.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Nil	Gagandeep Kaur	Full Time	16/1229/Ph.d.	10/10/2016	Stress Physiology		No
71.	Prof. Promila Pathak Nil	Aakanksha Sharma	Full Time	16/1198/Ph.D.	07/10/2016	Application of Fragrant Orchid onCosmetology		No
72.	Prof. Neera Garg Nil	Amandeep Cheema	Full Time	16/1192/Ph.D.	07/09/2016	Functional diversity amongst Amf in modulating Asineluced responses in chickpea genotypes		No
73.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Nil	Jyoti Sharma	Full Time	16/1193/Ph.D.	06/09/2016	Medininal Plants		Yes	CSIR
74.	Dr. S. K. Upadhyay Nil	Shivi Tyagi	Full Time	16/1191/Ph.D.	06/09/2016	Genome-wide characterization of superoxide dismutase (SoD) and qlutathione peroxidase (GPX) genes in Triticum aestivum L.)	31/03/2020	Yes	DST-SERB
75.	Prof. A. S. Ahluwalia Nil	Bhavna Kabila	Full Time	16/1165/Ph.D.	16/08/2016	Algea		No
76.	Prof. A. S. Ahluwalia Prof. Sanjeev Puri	Alisha Sood	Full Time	16/1148/Ph.D.	04/08/2016	Algea		Yes	CSIR
77.	Prof. Promila Pathak nil	Ankush Prakash	Full Time	15/1280/Ph.D.	05/11/2015	Orchid		No
78.	Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Nil	Himani	Full Time	15/1281/Ph.D.	05/11/2015	nil		No
79.	Dr. Shalinder Kaur nil	Roop Lal	Full Time	15/1285/Ph.D.	05/11/2015	Nil		No
80.	Dr. Shalinder Kaur Nil	Shikha Chandel	Full Time	16/1041	05/11/2015	Ph.D.		Yes	DST Research Project
81.	Prof. Neera Garg Nil	Kiran Saroy	Full Time	15/1282/Ph.D.	08/10/2015	Nil		No
82.	Dr. M. C. Sidhu Nil	Punita	Full Time	15/1284/Ph.D.	08/10/2015	Nil		No
83.	Prof. I. B. Prasher nil	Shivani Raghuwanshi	Full Time	15/1286/Ph.D.	08/10/2015	Nil		No
84.	Prof. Neera Garg Nil	Kiran Saroy	Full Time	13-Bot-24	08/10/2015	Relative contributions of ppolyamines and Arbuscular mycorrhiza in modulating Nickel induced physiological and biochemical responses in Cajanus cajan (L.) ZMillsp.		Yes	UGC-BSR
85.	Prof. Harsh Nayyar	Lomeshwar	Full Time	15/1062/Ph.D	01/05/2015			Yes	ICRISAT Project Fellowship
86.	Prof. Richa Puri	Rinku Jhamta	Full Time	14/308/Ph.D	19/12/2014			Yes	UGC
87.	Dr. Kamaljit Singh Dr. Jaspreet Kaur	Navdeep Kaur	Full Time	14/374/Ph.D	10/12/2014			No
88.	Prof. Richa Puri	Sana Khan	Full Time	14/370/Ph.D.	10/12/2014			Yes	MAF, UGC
89.	Prof. Kamaljit Singh Dr. Jaspreet Kaur	Navdeep Kaur	Full Time	14/374/Ph.D	10/12/2014	Ployamines and heavy metals: an introctive study of putrescine and cadmium to ameliate stress induced toxcity in munbean and soybean crops.		No
90.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish	Narayan Singh	Full Time	14/1105/Ph.D	26/05/2014			Yes	PU
91.	Prof. Daizy R. Batish Prof. R. K. Kohli	Sangeeta Sharma	Full Time	19540/Ph.D	03/12/2012	Role of nitric oxide in regulating the rooting of hypocotyls of Vigna adiate (L.) R. Wilczek		Yes	UGC
92.	Dr. A. N. Singh Prof. C. Nirmala	Viney Kumar	Full Time	19082/Ph.D.	22/03/2012	Ecological assessment of geochemical accumulation and distribution pattern of heavy metals in urban soils of Chandigarh and Baddi areas in lower Shiwalik Region: Impact of urban and industrial activities		No
93.	Prof. Neera Garg	Kriti Dhiman	Full Time	18152/Ph.D	28/07/2010	Endo-mycorrhizal endophytes and in vitro symbiotic seed germination some therapeutically important terrestrial orchids.		Yes	NASI

Service

Panjab University Research Scholars