Nasim AhmadDr. Nasim Ahmad, joined ICARNation Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM), New Delhi he has been associated with the IPM teams working on various crops specially oilseeds and pulses. He did his Master's Degree in Botany with specializtion in Plant Pathology and Ph.D. in Botany with specialization in Mycology from DDU, Gorakhpur University, U.P. After his Masters' Degree he worked in Herbarium Cryptogamae Indiae Orientalis (HCIO) at Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi for five years on taxonomic studies on powdery mildews fungi. He has several new varieties and new species of powdery mildews and other fungi and a new genus of hyphomycetes fungi to his credit. Later, he along with the team members validated various IPM Technologies on mustard, groundnut, pigeon pea and chickpea crops. He has also been associated with microbial biocontrol laboratory at ICARNCIPM and engaged in imparting training under the NCIPM training programmes on mass production of microbial biocontrol agents. He has published several peered reviewed research papers in various National international Journals of repute. Read More Read Less