ICAR-CENTRAL CITRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Dr. Naresh M. Meshram, has completed his under graduation (B.Sc. Agri.) from Anand Niketan Colllege of Agriculture, Warora (PDKV, Akola) and Post graduation M.Sc. (Entomology) and Ph.D. (Entomology) from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa campus, New Delhi. After the Agriculture Research Service, Dr. Meshram joined the Indian council of Agricultural Research as Scientist (Agricultural Entomology) and was posted at Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Later on moved to ICAR Central Citrus Research Institute (CCRI), Nagpur, Maharashtra as Senior Scientist (Agril. Entomology) in May 2021.

Dr. Meshram has performed exemplarily well with more than 50 new species of leafhoppers, to his credit. Further he has been instrumental in establishment of more than two dozen new distribution and host records and over 150 NCBI accessions or barcodes. Dr. Meshram has added a new dimension to leafhoppers taxonomy by integrating classical taxonomy with molecular methods. Some of his research worth mentioning are : resolved the systematic position of new genus Chandra dehradunensis in the subfamily Deltocephalinae by molecular phylogeny, also contributed for reporting of invasive insect species in India. He was involved in teaching of several courses in Entomology as Course Leader / Associate offered to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students of Entomology. He has guided several M.Sc. and Ph.D. students as Chairman and Co- Chairman. Till date he has published a monograph on tribe Coeliidini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) more than 40 research papers in peer reviewed high impact factor journals. He has presented his work in a number of National and International Symposia. He has been awarded with "Young Entomologist Awards 2020" by Entomological Society of India, New Delhi. Dr. Meshram is the Fellow of Entomological Society of India, also the Treasurer Entomological Society of India.