Ms Liza Kalita, a Ph.D. scholar in the Department of Plant Pathology at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has brought laurels to the university by bagging the prestigious Long-Term Doctoral Fellowship from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).  Under the supervision of Dr Sandeep Jain, Department of Plant Pathology, Liza is researching on suppression of wilt-root knot complex in cucumber using different soil disinfestation approaches. As a part of her Ph.D. research, she is evaluating the electricity-based innovation developed by Dr Sandeep Jain called Electric Soil Disinfestator that has been granted an Indian patent in February 2021 for eco-friendly management of devastating soil-borne pathogen and nematode complex in cucumber under greenhouse agro-ecosystem and its impact on soil microbial communities.

Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor, PAU; Dr MIS Gill, Dean Post-Graduate Studies; Dr AS Dhatt, Director of Research and Dr Prabhhjodh Sandhu, Head, Department of Plant Pathology, congratulated the student and the advisory committee, and wished them success in their future endeavours. 

Pau Student Receives Icssr Fellowship