National Conference

National Conference on “Insect-Plant Biology in 21st Century” was organized by Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Kalkaji, New Delhi on 4th – 5 th November 2019

The national conference was organized in Swami Vivekananda Auditorium, Deshbandhu College under the guidance of Patron, Dr. Rajiv Aggarwal (Principal), Organizing Secretary, Dr. Indrakant K. Singh, Convener Insect Biology, Dr. Kamal Kumar Gupta and Dr. Varsha Baweja and Convener Plant Biology, Dr. Archana Singh.

The Chief Guest was Dr Pramod Kumar, Registrar, JNU . The Inaugural Talk was delivered by Professor Deepak Gaur, School of Biotechnology (SBT), JNU . Eight Invited talks by scientists and faculty members from all corners of India were held. The eminent scientists included Prof. M. V. Rajam, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, Dr.Jayendra Shukla, Central University of Rajasthan, Dr. Jyothi Laxmi Vadassary, Staff Scientist, NIPGR, Dr. Anita Kamra Verma, , Kirorimal College, Delhi University, Dr. Anjana Singha Naorem, Cotton College State University, Dr. Ashok P. Giri, Principal Scientist & Chair, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Dr. Imtiyaz Hassan, Jami Millia Islamia and Prof. Renee M. Borges, Scientist, IISc, Bangalore. The Plenary Talk was delivered by Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti, Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research.

The conference was very fruitful with brain storming sessions by eminent Professors and Scientists. Oral and poster presentation competition was also held for academicians, researchers, postgraduate and undergraduate students. The event brought together some 150 participants from various institutions to review and discuss on the plant-insect interactions, their causes and effects. The financial support was provided by UGC and DBT Star college project.