Completed her B.Sc. Agriculture from CSK HPKV, Palampur in the year 2007 with University Gold Medal. Later she completed her M.Sc. in the discipline of plant breeding and genetics from CSK HPKV, Palampur in 2009 with her Thesis entitled “Studies on genetic diversity among different species of Trifolium using morphological traits and molecular markers. In 2013, she completed her Ph.D. from CSK HPKV, Palampur with her doctoral thesis on “Tagging of the specific genome and chromosome(s) of hexaploid wheat triggering chromosome elimination in wheat x Imperata cylindrica system of doubled haploidy breeding”. She also has a 3.5 year of experience working as Assistant Manager (TD) in Advanta Seeds Ltd, Hyderabad . Currently she is working on development of high yielding sunflower hybrids and germplasm with high oil content.

Professional Accomplishments

Selected Research Publications

1. Shrivastva T, Sharma J P, Anchal,  Thakur S, Mahajan A and  Kaila V.2025. Stability analysis of wllow clones: optimizing selection for commercial and industrial utilization. Trees- Structure and Function. 39:56 (Naas Rating = 8.1)
2. Kaila V. 2024. Combining ability analysis and estimation of heterosis for agronomic and oil parameters in sunflower. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 15 2, 428-434. (Naas Rating = 5.60)
3. Meena HP, Sujatha M, Yadav P, Dudhe MY, Uma MS, Kulkarni V, Sasikala R, Ghodke MK, Neelima S, Sakhare SB, Kaila V, Kandhola SS, Misal A, Nehru SD, Kumar N, Chander S, Umarani E, Jayshree K, Lakshman SS and and Yashavanth BS. 2023. Multivariate analysis among indigenous and exotic advanced inbred lines of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) for genetic improvement. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 83(4): 535-545. (Naas Rating = 7.00)
4. Kaur M, Thakur S, Choudhary OP, Kaur R, Kaila V, Sharma JP and Bharti. 2023. Effect of salt stress on morpho-physiological and anatomical attributes of Salix clones. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 70(3-4):1-15. (Naas Rating = 6.9)
5. Rana C, Sharma A, Sharma KC, Mittal P, Sinha BN, Sharma VK, Chandel A, Thakur H, Kaila V, Sharma P and Rana V. 2020.Stability analysis of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) genotypes under North Western Himalayas using joint regression analysis and GGE biplots. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution68:999-1010 (Naas Rating = 7.60)

Ongoing Projects

Network project on “Exploiting genetic diversity for improvement of safflower trough genomics assisteddiscovery of QTLs/ genes associated with  agronomic traits”

Sub-Project 2: GWAS for seed yield, Oil content, oil yield and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses using  molecular core set of safflower germplasm