Faculty Profile Name

Faculty Profile

Name	Dr. Adhira M Nayar
Designation	Assistant Professor
Department	ZOOLOGY
Address	MRA 126, Post Office Junction, Manacaud, Trivandrum - 695009
Mobile number	9495865546
E-mail address	adhira.m.nayar@gmail
Academic qualifications	UGC-CSIR NET, M.Phil, Ph.D
Area of Interest/ Specialisation	Insect Biochemistry, immunology & Molecular Biology, Stress Physiology. Toxicology
Area of Research	Entomology, Toxicology
Major / Minor Research Projects	KSCSTE Student’s Project for MSc. Students under my guidance for the year 2015 & 2016
Responsibilities Undertaken	Health Club Coordinator (2015-2018, NSS College, PANDALAM) DLMC Convenor (2014 – 2018, NSS College, PANDALAM) PLACEMENT Cell Co-cordinator ( 2017-18, NSS College, PANDALAM) Tutor (BSc. Batch 2014-2017)
Seminars organized	Nil
Publications – Books / Chapters / Journals	6
Papers presented in seminars	17 (11 National & 6 International)
Courses &Workshops attended	Orientation Course at UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala (2015) Refresher Course in Life Sciences, UGC-HRDC, Sree Venkateswara University , Tirupathi (2016)
Achievements year wise	Indian Science Congress, Young Scientist Award Contestant, 2016 & 2017 Best Paper Award (Poster), RECENT RESEARCH TRENDS IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, University college, Trivandrum, January 2017 (Sponsored by the Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala, KSCSTE & ISCA Cochin Chapter) INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Visiting Scientist Fellowship Awardee, 2017 Invited talk on UGC-SERO Sponsored National Seminar on Wildlife Conservation at Govt College for Men, Kadappa, AP, January 2017. Young Women in Science, VIVA 2018. Guest lecture at the Research Department of Zoology, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Marthawada University, Aurangabad , January 2018.
Any other information	1. Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata. 2. Member Indian Society for Chemists & Biologists 3. Member Entomological Society of India 4. Life Member Association for the Advancement of Entomology