DR. ARCHANA NARANIA
Email ID: archana.n@klessccmumbai.edu.in
Qualification: PhD
List of Publication:
International Journals:
1. De novo differentiation of shoot buds from leaf-callus of Dianthus caryophyllus L. and control of hyperhydricity,” Amita Jain, Archana Kantia, SL Kothari. Scientia Horticulturae, 87-(2001), pp-319-326.
2. “High efficiency adventitious shoot bud formation and plant regeneration from leaf explants of Dianthus chinensis L.,” Archana Kantia, SL KothariScientia Horticulturae ,96 (2002), pp- 205-212.
National Journals:
1. “Micropropagation of Ornamental species of Dianthus”. In Role of plant tissue culture in biodiversity conservation and economic development. Aparna Pareek, Archana Kantia, Amita Jain, SL Kothari.(Ed.)SK Nandi, LMS Palni and A.Kumar. Pub: Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital, India, (2002), pp125-133.
2. In vitro cloning of ornamental species of Dianthus. Aparna Pareek, Archana Kantia, SL Kothari. Indian Journal of Biotechnology
Book Chapters:
1. Advances in micropropagation and genetic manipulation of ornamental plants. InGlimpses in Plant Sciences and Biotechnology. Archana Kantia, Purnima Tyagi, Aparna Pareek, SL Kothari. (Ed.) P. C. Trivedi. Pointer Publishers, Jaipur, India. (2003), pp. 245-266.
2. Agrobacterium: Nature’s genetic engineer. Subhash Chadra Bihani, Archana Kantia.
Awards/recognitions received:
1. SBI scholarship at School level.
2. University of Mumbai Merit scholarship at BSc and MSc level.
3. Second rank, silver medal at BSc and MSc, Ruia College, Univ. of Mumbai.
4. DBT First contact Program on Molecular Biology-MSc trainee at Department of Science and Technology, Choudhary Charan Singh Agriculture University, Meerut.
5. DBT Junior Research Fellowship at PhD level.
6. Rockefeller trainee for Rice transformation using Agrobacterium tumefaciensat Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai.
7. CSIR-Post Doctoral Fellowship at BARC, Mumbai
Seminars attended:
1. National Symposium on “Commercial aspects of Plant tissue culture and medicinal plant biotechnology” organized by Department of Biotechnology, India, 1998.
2. National Symposium on Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, India, 2001.
3. National Symposium on Botany in new millennium, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 2001.
4. Annual Seminar of Indian Botanical Society, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 2001.
Any other information:
1. Cambridge International Certificate of Teaching and learning (CICTL) from University of Cambridge.
2. Life Member of Indian Women Scientist Association.
3. Volunteered as Contact person with Don Bosco School, Navi Mumbai for underprivileged children age group-3 to 13 years to improve the Scientific temperament.
4. Advanced PG Diploma course in Bioinformatics, In silico drug design, clinical trials and Clinical Data Management at BioMed Informatics, Medwin Hospitals, Hyderabad.
5. Mapping of Mangrove species in two saltwater lakes in Seawoods, Navi Mumbai.
6. Participated in nature walks with environment activist groups to save habitats of migratory birds (Run for Flamingo), Seawoods, Navi Mumbai.
7. Guided students for small research projects at International Baccularate Diploma Program, Geneva-Switzerland (Online).