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Usha Mina

Usha Mina

Usha Mina
Usha Mina
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Environmental Sciences
Room No
110 & 116
Off. Phone
011-26738756
Email
ushamina@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in/Faculty/ushamina
Qualifications

Ph. D. (Environmental Sciences, Specialization - Agroecology and Air pollution) 2008, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

M. Phil. (Environmental Sciences, Specialization - Agroecology and Air pollution) 2000, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences) 1998, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

B.Sc. (Botany and Chemistry Hons.) 1996, Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Plant Ecology, Plants and Abiotic stresses, Environmental Impact Assessment

Experience

Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (October 2020 – till)
Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (October 2017 – October 2020)
Senior Scientist, Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture,  Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India (April, 2016 to September 2017)
Scientist Senior scale, Department of Environment Science, IARI, New Delhi (2008-2016)
Scientist, Department of Environment Science, IARI, New Delhi (April 2003-2008)

Awards & Honours
  • Member of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management 2017-2020
International Collaboration/Consultancy
  • Assessment of selected Indian crop species response to Ozone and aerosol stress (UGC-UPOE).
  • Assessment of vulnerability of crop yields to pest damage in global climate change (APCESS)
  • Impact of surface ozone on productivity of rice and maize (DST)
  • Impact assessment of Bt cotton on microbial community structure and function (DBT)
  • Evaluation of environmental services in conventional and emerging agroecosystem (DST)
  • Carbon, nitrogen and water footprints of major crops grown in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (DST)
  • Role of air pollutants and meteorology in wintertime fog formation and its impact on vegetation (IITM)
  • Impact of primary and secondary air pollutants on crops around NTPC, Auraiya (NTPC)
  • Impact of primary and secondary air pollutants on crops around NTPC, Faridabad (NTPC)
  • Dynamics of engineered nano-particles in soil and phytotoxicity assessment on food crops (BARC)
  • Impact assessment of climate change on major crops and integrated vulnerability assessment of agriculture in India (NATCOM,  MoEF)
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  • Sharma, R., Mina, U. and Kumar, B.M., (2022). Homegarden agroforestry systems in achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. A review. Agronomy for sustainable development, 42(3), pp.1-21
  • P.Yadav and U.,Mina. (2022). Ozone stress responsive gene database (OSRGD ver. 1.1): A literature curated database for insight into plants' response to ozone stress. Plant Gene, p.100368.
  • Usha Mina., et al.,(2021). Thermotolerant wheat cultivar (Triticum aestivum L. var. WR544) response to ozone, EDU, and particulate matter interactive exposure. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193(6), pp.1-16.
  • Usha Mina., et al.,(2021) . Wheat Cultivar Growth, Biochemical, Physiological and Yield Attributes Response to Combined Exposure to Tropospheric Ozone, Particulate Matter Deposition and Ascorbic Acid Application. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 107(5), pp.938-945.
  • Usha Mina., et al (2019). Effect of elevated temperature and carbon dioxide on maize genotypes health index. Ecological Indicators, 105, pp.292-302.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • Pranav Kumar and Usha Mina (2021), Fundamentals of Ecology and Environment (3rd. edition). Pathfinder Publication, India. ISBN: 978-81-934655-0-9
  • Pranav Kumar and Usha Mina (2022), Life Sciences, Fundamentals and Practice, Part I and Part II (8th ed.). Pathfinder Publication, India. ISBN: 978-81-906427-0-5.
  • Pranav Kumar, Usha Mina, Praveen Verma (2021), Biotechnology, A Problem Approach (5th ed.). Pathfinder Publication, India. ISBN: 978-81-934655-3-0.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.