About the Director

The scientist and mentor behind AVIKA Research Foundation.

Portrait placeholder for Dr. Asha Khanna

Dr. Asha Khanna

Director, AVIKA Research Foundation

Professor of Zoology (Retd.)

ResearchGate Profile →

Profile

Dr. Asha Khanna is a zoologist and toxicologist with 39 years of teaching and research experience as Professor of Zoology at Government colleges in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Since her retirement in 2009, she has directed the AVIKA Research Foundation, a private registered research laboratory in Jabalpur, where she continues to lead a program of research on cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and antiproliferative effects of plant extracts, and to mentor doctoral students.

Her work has produced 64 publications (141 citations), and she has supervised more than ten students to successful Ph.D. completion.

Education

    Academic & Research Appointments

    Doctoral Supervision

    Dr. Khanna has supervised 10+ students to successful completion of Ph.D. degrees in Zoology/Biotechnology, in areas including cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and plant-based antiproliferative research.

    Individual student and alumni profiles are being compiled and will be added to this site. In the meantime, see the Join the Lab page for details on the doctoral program.