Dr. Madhu Bala did her B.Sc. from Punjabi University, Patiala, M.Sc. from PAU, Ludhiana and Ph.D. from IARI, New Delhi. She joined PAU service in December 2010 as Assistant Floriculturist.  She is working under All India Coordinated Research Project on Floriculture, (AICRP) and also currently handing one Ad-hoc research project entitled “Strategies to overcome pre-fertilization barriers in chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) for improvement of self and cross compatibility traits” sanctioned by DST, SERB-POWER GRANT as Project Investigator (PI). She is also associated in the development of five chrysanthemum varieties, production technology on propagation of standard chrysanthemums and one introduction in tuberose. She has guided 23 M.Sc. and 4 Ph.D. students and guiding 4 M.Sc. and 2 Ph.D. students. She has published 50 research papers and participated in various conferences/workshops. She is also associated in writing of 1 book of CBSE board, 7 book chapters, 2 extension bulletins, 25 extension articles and 1 practical manual and having life membership of various societies. She has delivered 50 extension lectures, 3 radio talks and 4 TV talks.

Selected Research Publications:

1. Mohit and Bala M (2024). Response of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) Varieties to Different Covering Materials for Off Season Flower Production. National Academy of Science Letters, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-023-01373-1. (NAAS Rating: 7.10)
2. Bala M, Shaik R, Singh MP (2023) Self-Incompatibility: A Targeted, Unexplored Pre-Fertilization Barrier in Flower Crops of Asteraceae, Journal of Plant Research. Published online (NAAS: rating: 9.00).
3. Geofferey, JP, Bala M, Kaur A and  Dubey, RK (2023) Efficacy of rooting hormones on propagation and rooting potential of Japanese chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.), Rhizosphere. Published online (NAAS: rating: 9.44).
4. Bala A, Bala M, Srivastava P and Khare V (2022). Ploidy study of       chrysanthemum genotypes through pollen mother cell method. Indian   Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 92(3):424-428. (NAAS: rating: 6.37).
5. Setia M, Bala M, Singh S (2020). Induction of novel inflorescence traits in Chrysanthemum through Co60 gamma irradiation. International Journal of Radiation   Biology, 96(10): 1309- 1316. (NAAS Rating: 8.27).