Jamia professor gets young scientist award

NEW DELHI - A biotechnology professor at the Jamia Milia University has won the first prize in the young scientists award category in the third International Conference on Parthenium-2010 (ICP-2010), a statement said Monday.

Winner Mohammad Irfan Qureshi presented a paper in the field of plant molecular biology titled ‘Introducing the Weedomics: Understanding the Tolerance Mechanism of Weeds’.

The conference held Dec 8-10 was organised by Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and Entomological Society of India in Delhi.

“The organising committee appreciated the newly introduced concept of Weedomics and expressed that with time this branch of science will grow into an independent area,” the statement said.

“The conference was attended by eminent scientists from the US, Australia, Brazil among others,” it added.

The 35-year-old Mohammad Irfan Qureshi joined the university in 2006 as an assistant professor in the department of biosciences and shifted to the biotechnology department in 2009.

Qureshi did his Ph.D. 2004 from Hamdard University and earned his Masters’ degree in science 1999. He has several other awards in his kitty, including the SERC-DST Young Scientist Award given by Department of Science and Technology, 2008. He was also awarded with Independent Research Associateship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).