Profile of Dr. Kolla Sreedevi

Kolla Sreedevi

Elected Fellow – 2018

Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

DB: 27-06-1968

 

Birth place

Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India.
 

Education

Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, (B..Sc. (Ag.), 1989); (M. Sc. (Ag), 1991), Kuvempu University, Karnataka, (Ph. D., 2004); Visiting Scientist (2017) to Division of Arthropoda, Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany.
 

Positions held 

Senior Scientist (2017 till date) at ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru; Senior Scientist (2012–2017) at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi; Assistant Professor (Senior scale) (2010-2012) at S. V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, Scientist (2006–2010) at Citrus Research Station, ANGRAU, Petlur, Andhra Pradesh.
 

Research Area

Insect Biosystematics and biodiversity
 

Awards and fellowships

Awards:

Edita David Memorial Award (2018) by AZRA, Bhubaneswar; Excellence in Research Award (2017) by SVWS, Lucknow; HTHS Gold Medal (2015) Dr. Jagadiswari Rao Women Scientist Award (2014) by AZRA, Bhubaneswar; Insect Environment Young Scientist award (2013) by ISCN, Bengaluru.

Fellowships:

DFG Fellowship (2017) by Germany Science Foundation, Bonn, Germany; Fellow of AAPMHE (2015) by AAPMHE, Bengaluru; NUFFIC NFP Fellowship (2009) by Netherlands government, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Recognitions:

Nominated as CEM member, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) for three years (2017 – 2020); Nominated as Treasurer, Ethological Society of India, Bengaluru (2018 onwards).
 

Address

Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P. B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru – 560 024, Karnataka, India.
 

Residence

No. 16, Sreevihar, Narayanappa Layout, RMV II Stage, Nagashettyhalli, Sanjaynagar, Bengaluru – 560 094, Karnataka, India.

[Phone no. (Res): 080-23419419; Mobile: 9911606683
 

E-mail: kolla.sreedevi@gmail.com; ksreedevi2018@gmail.com]