Pushpa has M.Sc degree in Agricultural Statistics from the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK Bangalore, and Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development from Annamalai University Tamil Nadu. She has over 4 years of Research experience as a Statistician in Data Collection, Validation, Data Analysis and Interpretation in different themes viz., Human Development, Education, Nutrition, Livelihood, and Land Use Dynamics. Pushpa has also worked as a faculty member in Horticulture and Agriculture colleges for six years.                 She has also worked as a reviewer for a) the International Journal of Plant & Soil Science b) the Journal of Global Ecology and Environment c) Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics d) the Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research.                                                                                                             

Awards Received:

a) Outstanding / Best M.Sc Thesis -2021 from International Web Conference on Innovative and Current Advances in Agriculture and Allied Science (ICAAAS2021) – by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology

b) National Award of Excellence 2022 - by Global Management Council Ahmedabad.