Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Profile of Dr. Ranjitha M.R.

Personal Information

Name	:	Dr. Ranjitha M.R.
Designation	:	Scientist (Entomology)
Email	:	ranjithamr.ento@icar.org.in; ranjithamr9@gmail.com
Telephone (Office)	:
Mobile No.	:	+91-9113891946
Date of joining ICAR	:	7th July 2025
Discipline and specialization	:	Toxicology, Storage Pest Management, Integrated Pest Management and Insect Pollination Ecology
Training/advance exposure in the area of work	:	—

Professional Information

Awards and Fellowships

University Gold Medal in M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Entomology.

Awarded with prestigious ICAR-JRF Fellowship 2017-19

Management of plant genetic resources of minor pulses (Cowpea and Horsegram).

Awarded with prestigious DST-INSPIRE fellowship to pursue doctoral degree and research during 2021.

Publications

Ranjitha, M.R., Koteswara Rao S.R., Rajesh, A. and Reddi Shekhar, M. 2022. Efficiency of European bees (Apis mellifera L.) over bee attractants in pollination and seed yield of coriander, Coriandrum sativum L. Indian Journal of Entomology. 85: 11-16.
Ranjitha M.R., Ram Singh Umrao, Revanasidda, A. and Ankit Upadhyay. 2023. Suitability of Sand Layer Technology for the Management of Callosobruchus chinensis L. on Stored Chickpea. Biological Forum- An International Journal. 15(4): 1-5.
Ranjitha M.R. and Ram Singh Umrao, Identification of effective gamma irradiation dose for the management of Callosobruchus chinensis L. infestations on stored chickpea. The Pharma Innovation Journal. 12(5): 1228-1235.
Revanasidda, A., Subramanian, S., Ranjitha, M.R., Rahul, K.C., Srivastava, C., Sanjay M. Bandi and Singh, B. 2022. Comparative toxicity of phosphine to developmental stages of three Callosobruchus species infesting stored pulses. Journal of Asia- Pacific Entomology. 25(1).
Revanasidda, A., Murali Mohan, K., Soren, K.R., Sanjay M. Bandi, Ranjitha, M.R. and Kodandaram, M.H. 2022. Infestation, distribution and diversity indices of bruchid species on edible stored pulses in India. Journal of Stored Product Research. Volume: 101.
Ankit Upadhyay, Biswas, S.K., Maurya, C.L., Ranjitha, M.R., Harshit Gupta, Pramod Kumar Mishra and Prince Sahu. 2023. Comparative effectiveness and cost-benefit ratio of chosen organic-pesticides against mustard aphid (Lipaphis erysimi), (Kaltenbach). International Journal of Statistics and Applied Mathematics. 8(5): 520-523.