DR. SWATI HAZRA

About

Dr. Swati Hazra obtained her joint M.Tech.-Ph.D. degree in 2021 from the Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She worked on the project “Development of Climatic Adaptive Agro-Technologies for Sustainable Wheat and Corn Production in Eastern India” under "Sustainable Food Security through: Technological Interventions for Production, Processing and Logistics" funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. Dr. Hazra completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. in Botany from University of Calcutta.

Experience

• 10 Years 

Qualification

• Ph.D. and M.Tech. (IIT Kharagpur)
• GATE 2012 in XL (Life Sciences)
• M.Sc. and B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany (University of Calcutta)
   

Award & Recognition

• Life member of Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (SPBB), India 
• Received International Travel Grant from MHRD, Govt. of India to present paper in Annual International Meeting 2017 of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers held in Spokane, Washington, USA
• Awarded Institute Research Fellowship for 5 years during Ph.D. and Post Graduate Scholarship for 2 years during M.Tech. (IIT Kharagpur, MHRD, Govt. of India)
• Awarded Order of Merit by University of Calcutta for holding Rank 8 in B.Sc. (Hons.) Examination 2008 in Botany
   

Research

Research papers (5), Book chapters (7)

• Moulick, D., Hossain, A., Barek, V. …Hazra, S. et al. (2024). Heavy metal stress in the agro-environment: consequences, adaptations and remediation. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05657-x 
• Moulick, D., Mukherjee, A., Das, A., Roy, A., Majumdar, A., …, Hazra, S. et al. (2024). Selenium – An environmentally friendly micronutrient in agroecosystem in the modern era: An overview of 50-year findings. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 270, 115832, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115832 
• Hazra, S., Das, D., Moulick, D., Hossain, A. (2024). Endophytes: the treasure house of bioactive compounds with potential applications in sustainable agriculture and other sectors. In: Kumar, A., Santoyo, G., Singh, J. (Eds) Biocontrol Agents for Improved Agriculture (pp. 477-506). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15199-6.00001-4
• Deb, P., Mandal, A., Harendra, Choudhury, S.R., Das, A., Hazra, S., Mukherjee, A., Ghosh, D., Choudhury, S., Santra, S.C. and Moulick, D. (2023). Improving Plant Nutrient Use Efficiency for Climate-Resilient Agriculture. In: Hasanuzzaman, M. (Ed) Climate-Resilient Agriculture, Vol 2: Agro-Biotechnological Advancement for Crop Production (pp. 209-243). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37428-9_10
• Hazra, S., Moulick, D., Mukherjee, A., Sahib, S., Chowardhara, B., Majumdar, A., Upadhyay, M.K., Yadav, P., Roy, P., Santra, S.C. and Mandal, S. (2023). Evaluation of efficacy of non-coding RNA in abiotic stress management of field crops: Current status and future prospective. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 203, 107940, Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107940 

Certifications

• MSME sponsored Entrepreneurship-cum-Skill Development (eSDP) Program on “Agro-Informatics” organized by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India during Feb 29-Mar 5, 2024
• MHRD TEQIP-II Sponsored Short-Term Course on "Data Analytics with SAS" organized by the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur at Kharagpur, India during Mar 22 –24, 2017
• Postgraduate Courses on “Building Resilience to Climate Change" –Course I: Science, Impacts and Vulnerability and Course II: Approaches to Adaptation conducted by the University Network for Climate and Ecosystems Change Adaptation Research (UN-CECAR) during Jul 14-Aug 5, 2015
   

Area of Interest

• Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change Adaptation, Food Security, Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interactions, Plant Abiotic Stresses