Manju Sharma

Biography:

Manju Sharma is professionally active since 1999 presently, working as Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Gurgram, Delhi NCR, India  since May, 2013. Before, joining Amity, she served her two teaching contracts as Assistant Prof. with Jimma University, Department of Horticulture and Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma, Ethiopia ,from 2009-2012 under UNDP programme. She earned her doctorate degree in Feb. 1999 In vitro improvement studies in Brassica  juncea L. and Sesamum indicum L.” at Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, as  UGC project- JRF. She obtained her M.Sc. degree in Botany form the same department in 1989. She joined Department of Botany, Delhi University as UGC Project fellow from 1990-92.  She has actively participated & presented papers in many national & International conferences. She has published 17 research papers in international journals of repute, 5 books chapters and also wrote Book of poetry Wo jo rah gayee ankahee released in 5^th Delhi Literature Festival, New Delhi. Presently, she is guiding 5 Ph.D scholars. She also supervised exchange programme Ph. D work of RTF-DCS fellow on wheat resistance to Septoria from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia from 29th Nov. 2015- 23rd May, 2016 funded by NAM-ST center, New Delhi. She has basic research background in plant tissue culture and gene transfer in important oil yielding crops. Presently, she is working on Expression of defense-related genes and signaling pathways in tomato, genetic relatedness and biochemical role of XopR-T3SS effector protein in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae, molecular analysis of Phosphine resistance in Lesser grain borer Phyzopertha dominica infesting Wheat.