Autor: Ankita Varshney

Ankita Varshney obtained her Ph.D. degree in Botany (Plant Biotechnology) in 2012 from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Currently, she is working as a Young Scientist under DST-FAST TRACK scheme. Earlier, she worked as Research Associate of CSIR, New Delhi. She has published 10 research papers in journals of national and international repute. Her research focuses on in vitro regeneration, biochemical and molecular characterization of medicinal plants. Mohammad Anis is a Professor and a Former Chairman in the Department of Botany at the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He has 26 years of teaching and research experience in cytogenetics, plant tissue culture and morphogenesis. He has published more than 150 research papers in journals of national and international repute. His current research focuses on morphogenesis and in vitro propagation of medicinal and woody plant species. He has been a Programme Coordinator of DST-FIST, DBT-HRD and UGC-DRS-I projects in the department. He has been conferred with “Vigyan Ratan Samman-2010” by the U.P. Council of Science and Technology.