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Dr. Rajwant Kaur

Assistant Professor Botany

Contact (Off.): 9818502654

Email Address : rajwant@sgtbkhalsa.du.ac.in

Address : Department of Botany, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi

Ph. D., Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, 2007 – 2014. Ecological impacts and drivers of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. invasion.

M. Phil., Department of Botany, University of Delhi, 2004 – 2006. Genetic mapping in chickpea for pathogen stress resistance – A Review.

M. Sc. Botany, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, 2002 – 2004.

B. Sc. (Hons.) Botany, University of Delhi, 1999 - 2002.

 

  • Assistant Professor , 2014 - 2017 , Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi
  • Assistant Professor , 2018-2019 , Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi
  • Assistant Professor , 2019 onwards , Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi

Environmental Science

Ecology 

Natural Resource Management

Biostatistics

Basic Laboratory and Field Skills in Plant Biology

Microbiology and Plant-Microbe Interactions

Phycology: the world of algae

Biodiversity (Microbes, Algae, Fungi, & Archegoniate)

Plant diversity and Systematics

Plant Diversity and Evolution

Biofertilizers

Economic Botany

Medicinal Botany

Ethnobotany

Plant Physiology

 

 

 

Member of:

1. Garden Committee

2. Annual Day Committee

3. Environment and Sustainability Committee

4.  Botanical Garden Committee

5. Treasurer in "Floridus - The Botanical Society"

Kaur, R., Callaway, R.M., Inderjit. 2014. Soils and the conditional allelopathic effects of a tropical invader. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 78: 316-325

Kaur, R., Gonzáles, W. L., Llambi, L. D., Soriano, P. J., Callaway, R. M., Rout, M. E., Gallaher, T. J., Inderjit, 2012. Community Impacts of Prosopis juliflora Invasion: Biogeographic and Congeneric Comparisons. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44966. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044966.

Kaur, R., Malhotra, S. and Inderjit, 2012. Effects of invasion of Mikania micrantha on germination of rice seedlings, plant richness, chemical properties and respiration of soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 48: 481– 488.

Inderjit, Evans, H., Crocoll, C., Bajpai, D., Kaur, R., Feng, Y.-L., Silva, C., Carreon, T. C., Valiente-Banuet, A., Gershenzon, J. and Callaway, R. M. 2011. Volatile chemicals from leaf litter are associated with invasiveness of a Neotropical weed in Asia. Ecology 92(2): 316-324.

Inderjit, Kaur, R., Kaur, S. and Callaway, R. M. 2009. Impact of (±)-Catechin on soil microbial communities. Communicative and Integrative Biology 2(2): 127-129.

Kaur, H.*, Kaur, R.*, Kaur, S., Baldwin, I. T. and Inderjit, 2009. Taking ecological functions seriously: Soil microbial communities can obviate allelopathic effects of released metabolites. PloS ONE 4(3): e4700. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004700.  *indicate that both authors contributed equally to the work.

1. To investigate relationship between phenology and various ecological factors and its role in Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC invasion success. (Funded by: Research & Development Cell, S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, DU)

2. To investigate the role of soil microbial diversity in the invasion success of P. juliflora. (Funded by: Research & Development Cell, S.G.T.B. Khalsa College, DU)

One-Month Online National Faculty Induction Programme/Orientation Course held during 25th February  -  27th March 2023 organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Center, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) of Ministry of Education.


Two Week Online National Faculty Development Program on “Biostatistical & Mathematical Skills with Excel and R, held during 16th August - 31st August 2021 organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Center, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) of Ministry of Education and Department of Botany & Department of Mathematics, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi.

NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme (Online) held during 16 July - 26 July 2024 organized by UGC-MMTTC (GAD-MMTTC), Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi