DR. ARCHANA NARANIA
Designation: Head of the Department
Email ID: archana.n@klessccmumbai.edu.in
Qualification:
- BSc, MSc – BOTANY (Ruia College, University of Mumbai)
- PhD- BOTANY (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur) DBT-JRF
- CSIR-PDF (Post Doctoral Fellowship) (BARC-Mumbai)
- Certificate of Teaching and Learning, Univ. of Cambridge, UK
Scholarships / Fellowships:
- SBI Merit scholarship in High School
- University of Mumbai Merit scholarship in BSc and MSc
- Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India – Junior Research Fellowship
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Govt. of India Fellowship
- Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship-USA
List of Publication:
International Journals
- 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.
- “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
- “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.
- In vitro cloning of ornamental species of Dianthus. Aparna Pareek, Archana Kantia, SL Kothari. Indian Journal of Biotechnology (2004)
- Marine Debris: A Global Environmental challenge to Coastal Diveristy. Archana Kantia. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology (2025)
Book Chapters:
International Journals
- Advances in micropropagation and genetic manipulation of ornamental plants. In Glimpses 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. - Agrobacterium: Nature’s genetic engineer. Subhash Chadra Bihani, Archana Kantia.(2004)
