Dr. Uzma Manzoor holds M.Sc. and Ph.D.(Ag) Entomology from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and is the recipient of three university gold medals for academic excellence. She is an expert in the areas of Plant Protection, Entomology and Integrated Pest Management. Prior to joining Galgotias University, she worked for more than 8 years as Assistant Professor & Programme Coordinator, School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University and Professional at AICRP (Honey Bees and Pollinators), IARI-ICAR, New Delhi. 

She has organized various international conferences, national seminars and eminent talks and participated in various conferences and seminars. She has worked very closely with the best of the mentors in the field of Agricultural Education on aspects of ICAR 5th Deans Committee Implementation, Development of Incubation Centers, NAAC, ICAR Accreditation, ARIIA, NIRF, Research and Development and IIC, MHRD. She has worked on development of curriculum and Self Study Reports for various accreditation processes like NAAC and ICAR.

She has also completed advanced level training of the Institutions Innovation Cell of MHRD, GOI to boost entrepreneurship amongst students. For gaining expertise in pedagogy and research methodology she has undergone 5 Faculty Development Programmes, 3 MOOCs and 5 Training Programmes. 

Experience

More than 8 years’ experience in Research and Academics

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Ag) Entomology from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Areas of Interest

Plant Protection

Biocontrol

Integrated Pest Management

Awards & Recognition

• Gold medalist M.Sc (Agriculture) Entomology AMU in 2011. 

• Gold medalist M.Sc. Faculty of Agricultural Science, AMU in 2011. 

• Gold medalist B.Sc Zoology (Hons), AMU in 2009. 

• Certificate of merit for academic excellence in 2009. 

• Begum Hafiz Award for securing highest marks in Zoology in 2009. 

• First prize on National Science Day in Scientific Model making competition in 2009. 

• Second Prize, Oral Paper Presentation. Insect and avian pest complex of pea and their management. 16th Indian Agricultural Scientists and Farmers Congress’ on ‘Nanobiotechnological approaches for sustainable agriculture and rural development’, 22-23 February, 2014 held at Integral University, Lucknow. 

• Judge in 27th Regional Level National Children Science Congress, 7-8 November, 2019 organised by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Agra Region. 

• First Prize in Poster Presentation in International Webinar on Recent Advances in Disease Management of Vegetable Crops, Department of Botany, Bundelkhand University, June 26- 27, 2020. 

• Best Article Award by Agriculture and Food Magazine: e Letter, 2020 

• Invited Speaker at ShankarLal Agrawal Science College, Nagpur University, 2020 

• Best Young Faculty Award, 2021-22 by National Faculty Award, Novel Research Academy, Puducherry.