Dr. Neena Lenin

Profile: 

• Started her carrier in 2016 as Assistant Plant Protection Officer at Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, Faridabad.
• Later in 2020 she joined the Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare, Thiruvananthapuram and has been working as Agricultural Officer.
• She is a faculty in the Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vellanikkara from August 2021.

Area of research:

• Agricultural Acarology
• DNA barcoding of mites
• Biological Control with emphasis to macrobial control
• Pest Risk Analysis

Courses offered:

• General Acarology Ent 514 (PG)
• Pests of crops and their management II (ENT 3104)
• Agro-clinic module of RAWE

Publications

• Research papers – 4
• Conference proceeding – 6
• Popular articles – 8
• Book “Emerging mite pests of Kerala”
• Book chapters – 2
• Practical manual – 1
• Leaflet - 1

• Specialized short-term trainings/ workshops attended – 4
• National/ International Seminars attended – 8
• Life member of Association for Advances of Entomology
• Resource person for various trainings to farmers
• Professional Recognition/ Award/ Prize/ Certificate/ Fellowship received:

a) Senior Research Fellow of ICAR

b) Maulana Azad National Fellowship of UGC for pursuing Ph. D

c) Won the best oral presentation award in the national symposium on “Emerging trends in       

      Ecofriendly Insect Pest Management” during Jan, 2014 at Coimbatore.