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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
Educational Qualifications
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.
Career Profile
- 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
Subjects Taught
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
Administrative Assignments
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"
Publications Profile
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.
Research Projects (Major Grants/Research Collaboration)
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)
Refresher/Orientation/FDP/Workshop/ Programme
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