Faculty School of Life Sciences

Doctorate in Biotechnology from H. N. B. Garhwal Central University, Dr. Nidhi has 15 years of teaching and research experience. She has received the fellowship while working on the mass propagation of endangered medicinal plants of Uttarakhand funded by the Uttarakhand State Council of Science & Technology (UCOST). Her active research area is in the field of bioremediation of various types of pollutants, Plant Tissue Culture, Antimicrobial Activity of Crude Extracts of Some Medicinal Plants and Plant-Microbe Interaction. She has guided more than 50 Masterâ??s Dissertations in different arena of Life Sciences & guiding Ph.D. students. She has organized various National & International Conferences as Organizing Secretary & Convener. She has 20 publications and book chapters in journals & books of National & International repute and Genbank & Germplasm submissions. She attended and presented in more than 30 International and National Conferences. She has been awarded with Appreciation Award for â??Exemplary Performanceâ?? by the University itself. On International Womenâ??s Day 2023, she was also awarded with Appreciation Award for contributing in the field of teaching & education by the Human Rights & Social Justice Association. She is also the recipient of prestigious â??Best Teachers Awardâ?? by Women Leaders Forum & Icons of Asia, 2023. Dr. Belwal as Principal Investigator has one ongoing collaborative research project with USERC, Dehradun.