Profile of Dr. PG Padmaja

Dr PG Padmaja

Elected Fellow – 2018

Subject:

DB: 13-03-1968

Birth place

Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
 

Education

SV Agricultural College, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU),  (B.Sc.(Ag.), 1990); (M.Sc.(Ag.), 1992); Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi (Ph.D.,1998); Post-Doc-2010, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom.
 

Positions held 

Principal Scientist (Agricultural Entomology),  ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad (2013 to till date); Senior Scientist,  Directorate of Sorghum Research (DSR), Hyderabad (2007-2013); Scientist Sr. Scale,  National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS), Hyderabad (2003-2007); Scientist,  National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS), Hyderabad (1998-2003)
 

Research Area

Insect host-plant interactions in millets, Chemical Ecology, Genetic enhancement of sorghum for insect resistance,  Herbivore induced plant volatiles
 

Awards and fellowships

Fellowship:

Royal Entomological Society of London (FRES), 2018; Entomological Society of India (FESI), 2017; Plant Protection Association of India (FPPAI), 2012;
 

Rothamsted International Fellow (RIF), Rothamsted Research, UK, 2010;

NUFFIC Fellowship from Government of Netherlands, 2006.
 

Address

Official

Principal Scientist, ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500030, Telangana State.

[Ph: 040-24599335/M: 09963101952 / E-mail: padmaja@millets.res.in]
 

Residence

201 Karthik Residency, PS Nagar, Vijaynagar Colony, Hyderabad - 500057

[Ph (Res.): 040- 23347845 ; (office) 040-24599335; Mobile:099631 01952
 

E-mail:padmaja@millets.res.in]