Dr. Janeesha A.P. completed her M.Sc from St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri with first rank and PhD from the Department of Botany, University of Calicut. She started her carrier as an ad-hoc faculty in 2018. she has teaching experience of 3 years for the B.Sc and M.Sc students.
The area of research Interest of Dr Janeesha is Angiosperm Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics. She was selected for the Inspire Fellowship by DST (2012-13), KSCSTE Research fellowship for Botany-Taxonomy (2012) and Maulana Azad National Fellowship by UGC (2012-13). She qualified CSIR-UGC NET with all India rank 53. She won several national and international awards including the Topper award-2012 from the University of Calicut for securing the first rank in the M.Sc Botany examination (2012), Sibbald fellowship instituted by Sibbald Trust, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK (2015), Fr. Antony Mukkath-K.S. Manilal Award of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2015) and Prof. Y.D. Tyagi Medal of Indian Botanical Society (2019).
Dr Janeesha has Have collaborated with world expertise of Gesneriaceae- Dr Michael Moller, Cytologist and Molecular Systematist, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK and with Prof. Anton Weber, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Faculty Centre Biodiversity, University of Vienna, Austria. She is sincere, knowledgeable, cooperative and open-minded. Passion for the subject, knowledge of the subject and noticing the potential of all students without prejudice are her strengths.
Dr Janeesha A.P
BOTANY
Educational qualification
- MSc
- PhD
- Awards/Recognitions:
1. Topper award-2012 from the University of Calicut for securing the first rank in the M.Sc Botany examination (2012) 2. Sibbald fellowship instituted by Sibbald Trust, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK (2015) 3. Fr. Antony Mukkath-K.S. Manilal Award of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (2015) 4. Prof. Y.D. Tyagi Medal of Indian Botanical Society (2019). Honourable mention by the jury for the illustration competition “Flora: The passion” conducted by Aranyakam Nature Foundation (2021) Selected for Inspire Fellowship by DST (2012-13) Selected for KSCSTE Research fellowship for Botany-Taxonomy (2012) Selected for Maulana Azad National Fellowship by UGC (2012-13) Prof. Mathew Thamarakkadan Endowment for the final year M.sc Botany student securing first Rank in the University exam instituted by St. Josephs College, Devagiri (2012–2013) Prof. Mathew Thamarakkadan Endowment for the final year B.sc Botany student securing highest mark in the University exam instituted by St. Josephs College, Devagiri (2010–2011) Fr. Joseph Vayalil, CMI Endowment Award for the best outgoing degree student from Department of Botany, St. Josephs College, Devagiri (2010) - Professional memberships: 1. Life member, Indian Botanical Society (IBS). 2. Life Member, Indian Association for Angiosperm taxonomy (IAAT). 3. Life Member of eflora-India group. 4. Serving as a reviewer of Nordic Journal of Botany since December 2017. 5. Serving as a reviewer of Phytotaxa since November 2021.
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- Date of Entry in Service: 18-07-2018
- Countries visited:
1. United Kingdom 2. UAE
- Research (Area/Expertise, Research Projects, funding etc.): Angiosperm Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics of the Family Gesneriaceae Rich. & Juss in India
- Publications(Journal, Proceedings, Books/Chapter in books, Articles, Any other): In scientific Journals
1. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2020. A taxonomic revision of Henckelia (Gesneriaceae) in South India with a new species, one new combination and seven lectotypifications. Rheedea 30(1): 48–95.
2. Möller, M., Nampy, S., Janeesha A. P. & Weber, A. 2017. The Gesneriaceae of India: Consequences of updated generic concepts and new family classification. Rheedea 27(1): 23–41.
3. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2016. Lectotypification of three names in the genus Henckelia Spreng. (Gesneriaceae). Phytotaxa 268(1): 080–084.
4. Jameera A., Santhosh nampy & Janeesha A.P. 2016. A taxonomic revision of Pollia Hassk. (Commelinaceae) in India with six lectotypifications. Phytotaxa 263(3): 202–218.
5. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2015. Henckelia bracteata, a new species of Gesneriaceae from southern Western Ghats, India, and lectotypification of Didymocarpus humboldtianus (H. humboldtiana). Willdenowia 45(1): 53-59.
6. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2014. Jerdon Wight (Gesneriaceae): A little-known, endemic Indian genus from the southern Western Ghats. Envis Newsletter 19(2): 4–5.
In proceedings
1. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2019. Taxonomic and Molecular studies on the family Gesneriaceae in South India. 42nd All India Botanical Conference of the Indian Botanical Society and National Symposium on “Innovations and inventions in Plant Science Research”. Won Prof. Y.D. Tyagi Medal for the best research paper presented under section IV: Taxonomy of Seed Plants, Floristics, Economic Botany, Ethnobotany and Pharmacognosy 6th-8th November 2019. Organized by Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala.
2. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2019. Phylogeny and divergence time of Jerdonia Wight (Gesneriaceae), an endemic genus of Western Ghats inferred from ITS sequence data. National Seminar on Plant Science: Current Challenges & Perspectives. 28th February –2nd March 2019. Organized by Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala.
3. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2017. The family Gesneriaceae in South India: endemism and conservation. 29th Kerala Science Congress. 28th–30th January 2017. Marthoma College, Thiruvalla, Kerala.
4. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy 2016. The genus Henckelia Spreng. (Gesneriaceae) in South India. XXVI Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy & International Seminar on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Biodiversity. 07th –09th November 2016. Organized by Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
5. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2015. Species delineation of Henckelia Spreng. (Gesneriaceae) in South India inferred from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequence data. Silver Jubilee Conference of IAAT and Council meeting of IAPT & International seminar on Advancements in Angiosperm Systematics and conservation. 19th–21st November 2015. Won Fr. Antony Mukkath-K.S. Manilal Award for the best paper in Modern Techniques in Taxonomy. Organized by Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala.
6. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2015. The genus Epithema Blume (Gesneriaceae) in India. National Seminar on Advancement of Biosystematics on Biodiversity Conservation. 8th–9th October 2015. S.N. College, Varkala, Sivagiri.
7. Dilna P.K., Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2015. Infra-specific diversity of Rhynchoglossum notonianum (Wall.) B.L. Burtt (Gesneriaceae) inferred from morphological and nuclear DNA sequence data. Silver Jubilee Conference of IAAT and Council meeting of IAPT & International seminar on Advancements in Angiosperm Systematics and conservation. 19th –21st November 2015. Organized by Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala.
8. Janeesha A.P. & Santhosh Nampy. 2014. Preliminary studies on the genus Henckelia Spreng. (Gesneriaceae) in South India. 24th Annual conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) and international conference on Trends in Plant Systematics (TIPS). 31st October – 2nd November, Bharatidasan University, Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu. - Seminars/workshops /field oriented programs organized:
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