Dr. Sanjeeva Nayaka

Senior Principal Scientist

Group Leader, Lichenology Laboratory

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow – 226001, India

Ph.D. Guidance


1.    Dr. Rebecca Daimari, Department of Environmental Science, Tezpur University, Tezpur – Epiphytic lichens, their diversity, distribution and air pollution in Sonitpur district, Assam. 2015. (Awarded)

2.    Dr. Nayan Sahu, Department of Botany, Kumaun University, Nainital – Eco-physiological studies of understory woody species of tropical moist deciduous forest ecosystem of northern India. 2017. (Awarded)

3.    Dr. Kmal K. Ingle. Department of Botany, Bharkatulla Univeristy, Bhopal – Lichen flora of mangrove vegetation in Gujarat. 2019. (Awarded)

4.    Dr. Devashree, Department of Botany, Allahabad University, Allahabad - Identification of some macrolichens with special reference to their bioprospection. 2019. (Awarded)

5.    Ms. Jyotsna Chakravarthi, AcSIR, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow - Isolation and characterization of endolichenic fungi from genus Parmotrema for bioprospecting (Ongoing)

6.    Ms. Kirti Kumari, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow - Physicochemical and molecular changes in lichens exposed to air pollution (Ongoing)

7.    Ms. Hina Saraswat, Department of Botany, Rajasthan University, Jaipur - Biodeterioration study of some major monuments of Rajasthan utilizing lichens (ongoing)

8.    Mr. Praphool Kumar, Department of Botany, Kumaun University, Nainital - Bioprospection of lichens (Ongoing)

9.    Mr. Prshant Kumar Behera, Department of Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (Ongoing)

10. Mr. Roshnikumar Ngangom, AcSIR, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow (Ongoing)

11.  Ms. Shweta Sharma, AcSIR, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow (Ongoing)

12. Ms. Vertika Gupata, Department of Environmental Science, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (Ongoing)

13.  Ms. Shweta Bharti, Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Ambedkar Univerity, Lucknow (Ongoing)