Bharti Kotarya, a PMRF Fellow and Ph.D. scholar, working under the supervision of Prof. K.P.M.S.V. Padmasree, at the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH), presented her research work at the National Symposium on Technological Advancements: Emerging Trends in Entomology, held from October 08–09, 2025, and organized by the Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Srinagar, in collaboration with the Entomological Society of India (ESI).
She was awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award for the quality and significance of her research.
She gratefully acknowledges the support of the University of Hyderabad’s Institution of Eminence (IoE) for funding, and the Ministry of Education, Government of India, for the PMRF fellowship and research grant. She also extends her sincere thanks to ESI, ICAR, and SKUAST-K for organizing the symposium and providing a platform for academic exchange.