Professor, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

Dr. Prasanna had obtained her M.Sc. and Ph.D. at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), and has made pioneering contributions towards exploring cyanobacteria for their multifaceted abilities as plant growth promoting and biocontrol agents, followed by developing technologies for their widespread utilization in several crops. Her field of specialization is plant-microbe interactions and microbial inoculants. She was awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Microbiological Sciences (FAMSc) in 2019 and ICAR Panjabrao Deshmukh Outstanding Woman Scientist Award