An associate professor at the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU), who is on a two-month training programme in Israel, has been stranded in the conflict zone and has sought help to return to Tamil Nadu, her husband, who is a Head of Department at the same varsity has said.

She has been spending sleepless nights at The Negev, a large desert region in southern Israel, as the region is in close proximity to Gaza, T Ramesh, an associate professor and Head of the Department, TNAU, said.