Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Ananya Baidya

BSc (Ag), MSc (Plant Physiology), Ph.D.

ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute

Contact No: +91 9051647473

E-mail: theananya4@gmail.com

 

CAREER VISION:

To become a Plant Stress Physiologist for the advancement of sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture. Focusing on improving crop productivity and resource use efficiency under abiotic stresses. By integrating modern tools with physiological insights, I aim to develop practical solutions for farmers, contribute to national food security.

Currently working as ARS Scientist in the ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute in Crop Improvement Division. Former Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in ICAR-CRIJAF on ICAR-funded project ‘Enhancing climate resilience and ensuring food security with genome editing tools’.  A former Project Associate (DST-SEED) from ICAR-CRIJAF, with a strong background in teaching and research, and an analytical mindset, can work with sincere efforts and strive for the development of the Organization.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Awardee of UGC-National Fellowship for PhD 2017-18
• Received Outstanding M.Sc. Thesis Award from S&T SIRI in 2017
• Qualified ICAR-SRF 2016 (Rank-5)
• Received University Toppers’ fellowship for M.Sc. in Acad. Year 2014-2016.
• Received Outstanding PhD Thesis Award from SSDAT in 2023.
• Received Best Poster presenter Award in ISCAR seminar.

ACADEMICS:

Examination Passed	University/ Board	Year of Passing	Percentage/ OGPA	Class/ Division
Secondary Examination	West Bengal Board of Secondary Education	2008	78.63%	I
Higher Secondary Examination	West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education	2010	75.80%	I
B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.)	Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya	2014	7.47	I
M.Sc. Ag. (Plant Physiology)	Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya	2016	8.43	I
Ph. D. (Plant Physiology)	Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya	2023 (OGPA: 8.42)
ICAR-ASRB N.E.T	Agricultural Scientist Recruitment Board (ICAR)	2017	59.33%

RESEARCH CREDENTIALS:

• D. (Major Subject: Plant Physiology, Minor Subjects: Agronomy and Biochemistry) 2016-2023. BCKV.
• Thesis title: Stress mitigation of late sown lentil (Lens culinairs Medikus) through hormonal and nutritional interventions.

Chairman: Dr. Subhasis Mondal

• Masters in Agricultural sciences (Major subject: Plant Physiology, Minor subject:

Biochemistry and Seed science, Supporting: Statistics), 2014-16. BCKV.

Thesis title: Evaluation of lentil (Lens culinairs Medikus subsp. culinaris) genotypes for heat and terminal drought stress.

Chairman: Prof. Anjan Kumar Pal 

RESEARCH AREA:

NUTRIO PHYSIOLOGY, ABIOTIC STRESS, REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY, TISSUE CULTURE, SENSOR-BASED IRRIGATION SCHEDULING, GENOME EDITING IN PLANTS. 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Can perform field and lab experiments, Screening of genotypes for abiotic
• Expertise in plant enzymatic and non-enzymatic (metabolic) analysis and pollen biology.
• Experience in plant tissue culture and molecular biology and genome editing.
• Soil, plant nutrient and microbial lab analysis.
• Expertise in AI based irrigation scheduling and crop modelling.
• Sound knowledge of statistical analysis and data interpretation using (SPSS, MS-EXCEL, SIGMAPLOT, GRAPHPAD PRISM, Statistix10, bioRender and Tableau).

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY:

• Graduate Diploma in Computer Application, possess full competency in all aspects of Microsoft Office with Word, PowerPoint and Excel, Mendeley Desktop, Grammarly, Adobe Acrobat
• Supple with all windows operating systems and Mac

SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

• Attended six (6) International and ten (11) National seminars and
• Presented Five (6) posters at National and International
• Presented ten (11)
• Presented Young Scientist Award Session in ISPP seminar.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

• Published EIGHT (8) international and TWO (2) National research articles in peer- reviewed

 PATENTS (Published)

• Patent issued on “Early Detection of Plant Diseases Through Leaf Analysis: An IoT and Machine Learning Approach” (Date of Publication: 13/02/2024)
• Patent issued on “Transforming Agriculture: Genetic Modification Techniques for Enhanced Crop Yield and Resilience” (Date of publication: 21/06/2024) 

Copyright/Design/Trademark 

• Design issued on “AI-based Plant Extract Analyzing Device to Identify Disease” (Date of Registration: 9th April 2024- UK GRANT, Design No. 6358133)
• Design issued on “Plant Breeding Chamber for Varied Environmental Conditions” (Date 01/07/2024, Design No. 421780-001)
• Design issued on “Bioreactor for Mass Production of Transgenic Plants “(Date 07/08/2024, Design No. 426076-001)

NON-RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

• Authored book entitled “MCQs in Plant Physiology” ISBN No: 978-93-84845-64-3
• Edited Souvenir for National Conference DISHA 2017. ISBN No: 978-93-84113-72-8
• Authored book entitled “Plant Hormones and Signaling” ISBN No. 978-81-19906-18-5
• Published FIVE (5) popular articles on the readers’
• Published four book chapters.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

• Life member of Indian Society for Plant Physiology (ISPP), LM-1095.
• Life member of The Plant Physiology Club (APAU), LM-1853.
• Life member of Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, LM/515/25.

EXPERIENCE:

• Conducted under graduate practical classes at BCKV in the year 2017-18 and 2018-19.
• Worked as part-time Teaching Assistant at JIS University.
• Worked as Project Associate in ICAR-CRIJAF in DST-SEED project in 2023-24.
• Worked as SRF in ICAR-CRIJAF in ICAR-funded Genome Editing project.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth               :           23/07/1991

Father name                :           Anadi Baidya

Spouse Name              :           Dr. Kaushik Majumder

Marital status              :           Married

Nationality                  :           Indian

Languages                   :           English, Bengali, Hindi

Hobbies                       :          Gardening, Event Management, Cooking foods.

Permanent Address     :          Vill: Palladah, P.O: Kataganj, P.S: Bizpur, Dist: North 24 Pgs, State: West Bengal, Pin: 741250

Declaration: I hereby declare that all the information provided above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date:  25/07/2025                                                                                             (Ananya Baidya)

Place: Karnal, Haryana                                                                                           Signature

 

 

*Research publications are available at research gate Id: Ananya Baidya, with 45 citations.

ORCID ID: 0009-0001-0476-2892

 

 

Details of Employment:

S. No.	Name of Institute	Designation	Posted
1	ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal	Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding)	19-04-2024 to Till date
2	ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Canning Town	Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding)	04-04-2020 to 17-04-2024
3	ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad	Scientist (on Probation)	07-01-2020 to 03-04-2020

Education:

Degree	Class/Grade	University/Board/Inst.	Year
B.Sc.(Agriculture)	1st / 9.31/10.0	TNAU, Coimbatore	2014
M.Sc.(Genetics)	1st / 8.36/10.0	IARI, New Delhi	2016
Ph.D.(Genetics & Plant Breeding)	1st (Distinction) / 8.42/10	IARI, New Delhi	2022

 

Current Area of Research:

• Collection, maintenance and evaluation of salt and submergence tolerant rice germplasm of coastal India.
• Development of rice varieties suited for coastal ecologies through classical as well as molecular breeding approaches
• Understanding genetics of seedling and reproductive stage salinity tolerance, anaerobic germination, lodging tolerance, low arsenic uptake and submergence tolerance in rice using genome-wide association studies, Meta-QTL analysis and biparental QTL mapping.

 

Research Projects:

Ongoing (In-house): 1

• Development of rice genotypes with tolerance to coastal salinity. (NRMACSSRISIL202101201033) – Principal Investigator (2021-2024)

 

Ongoing (Externally Funded): 2

• Morphological and molecular characterization of salt tolerant coastal rice landraces. (DST-SERB) – Principal Investigator (2022-2024)
• Securing the Asian mega-deltas from sea-level rise, flooding, salinization and water insecurity (CGIAR-Funded) – Co-Principal Investigator (2022-2025)

 

Completed (In-house): 1

• Exploring production potential of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) under saline Agro-ecosystems of India. (NRMACSSRISlL202002401015) – Co-Principal Investigator (2020-2023)

 

Particulars of prizes/medals/scholarships in academic field

• P. Rangasamy Gold Medal in the year 2014 for Highest marks in ‘Plant Breeding subjects’ in B.Sc.(Agriculture) by AC & RI, TNAU, Madurai
• “Bihar Gaurav Samman” by Dept. of Education, Govt. of Bihar in 2014 for securing 3^rd rank in ICAR-JRF (Plant sciences).
• “Cumbum M. S. Roja Begum Award” for becoming Best B.Sc.(Agri.) student of Madurai Campus in the year 2015 by TNAU, Coimbatore
• Received ICAR-JRF, ICAR-IARI Merit Fellowship, CSIR-JRF, CSIR-SRF during academic life from UG to Ph.D.

Training Attended: (9) –Five Recent

• Training Programme on “Enhancing Pedagogical Competencies for Agricultural Education” being organized by NAAS, New Delhi from 25 – 30 September, 2023.
• Training Programme on Multivariate Data Analysis (On-line Mode) from 20-27 March, 2023 by ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad
• Twenty one days CAFT Training (Centre for Advanced Faculty Training) on “Advances in statistical techniques for efficient agricultural experimentation” from 04.01.2023 to 24.01.2023 by ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi
• Online Training programme entitled “Prediction of Non-Coding RNA” during 16^th to 18^th February, 2022 at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi.
• Online Training entitled “SNP Mining, GWAS and Genomic Selection” during 16^th to 21^st December, 2021 at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, PUSA, New Delhi.

Professional recognition:

 

Membership of Professional Societies
Life Member	Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi	2020
Life Member	Indian Society of Plant Breeders, Coimbatore	2021
Life Member	Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, Canning	2021
Life Member	Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, Karnal	2021
Members of Executive Council	Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research, Canning	2023
Member of Editorial Board
Section Editor	Journal of Indian Society of Coastal Agricultural Research	2021
Section Editor (Crop Science)	Food and Scientific Reports – a monthly multidisciplinary technical electronic magazine	2020
Review Editor	Frontiers in Nutrition	2022

 

List of publications

Research paper (12): Best five

• Prakash, N.R., Zunjare, R., Muthusamy, V., Chand, G., Kamboj, M.C., Bhat, J.S. and Hossain, F. (2019). Genetic analysis of prolificacy in ‘Sikkim Primitive’ – a prolific maize (Zea mays) landrace of North-Eastern Himalaya. Plant Breeding, 138, 781–789. (NAAS-7.25)
• Prakash, N.R., Chhabra, R., Zunjare, R., Muthusamy, V., Hossain, F. (2020). Molecular characterization of teosinte branched1 gene governing branching architecture in cultivated maize and wild relatives. 3Biotech,10, 77. (NAAS-7.79)
• Anilkumar, C., Sah, R.P., Muhammed Azharudheen, T.P., Behera, S., Singh, N., Prakash, N. R., Sunitha, N.C., Devanna, B.N., Marndi, B.C., Patra, B.C., & Nair, S.K. (2022). Understanding complex genetic architecture of rice grain weight through QTL-meta analysis and candidate gene identification. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-13. [NAAS Rating – 10.996]
• Talukder, Z.A., Muthusamy, V., Chhabra, R., Bhatt, V., Reddappa, S.B., Mishra, S.J., Prakash, N.R., Kasana, R., Chauhan, H.S., Mehta, B.K., Guleria, S.K., Zunjare, R.U. & Hossain, F. (2022). Enrichment of amylopectin in sub-tropically adapted maize hybrids through genomics-assisted introgression of waxy1 gene encoding granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS). Journal of Cereal Science, 105, 103443. [NAAS Rating – 10.075]
• Prakash, N.R., Lokeshkumar, B.M., Rathor, S., Warraich, A.S., Yadav, S., Vinaykumar, N.M., Dushynthkumar, B.M., Krishnamurthy, S.L. & Sharma, P.C. (2022) Meta‐analysis and validation of genomic loci governing seedling and reproductive stage salinity tolerance in rice. Physiologia Plantarum, 174(1), e13629. [NAAS rating – 12.4]

 

 

Review Paper (7): Best two

• Jayaswal, D., Priyadarshini, P., Tilgam, J., Choudhury, S., Yadav, V.K., Noonjingarakuzhi, S.N.,, Kumar, D., Prakash, N.R. & Kumar, K. (2022). Achievements of agricultural biotechnology: An initiative to double the farmer’s income through cutting edge technology. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB), 59(8), 793-799. [NAAS Rating – 7.92]
• Kumar, P., Choudhary, M., Halder, T., Prakash, N.R., Singh, V., Vineeth, T.V., Sheoran, S., Longmei, N., Rakshit, S. & Siddique, K.H.M. (2022). Salinity stress tolerance and omics approaches: Revisiting the progress and achievements in major cereal crops. Heredity, 128(6), 497-518. [NAAS Rating – 9.832]

 

Book published: 1

Number of Popular Article published: 11

Number of conference/symposia attended: 13

Working on Breeding for Salinity and sodicity tolerance in Rice and Cotton, associated with different intra and inter Institutional Projects of ICAR.

SL.No	Publications
Research Articles
1.	Lokeshkumar B M and Patil B R., 2018.  Estimation of genetic variability parameters in F2 population of Gossypium hirsutum L. for yield, yield attributes and fiber quality traits. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci, 7(9): 360-367.
2	Lokeshkumar B M and Niranjana Murthy, 2017.  Genetic variability and divergence studies for yield component traits in grain amaranth (Amaranthus spp.). Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci, 6(12): 1276-1285.
3	Krishnamurthy S. L., Preeti Pundir, Arvinder S. Warraich, Suman Rathor, Lokeshkumar B M, Nagendra K. Singh and Parbodh C. Sharma,  2020. Introgressed Saltol QTL lines improves the salinity tolerance in rice at seedling stage. Front. Plant Sci. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00833.
4.	Y. S. Muralidhara, B. M. Lokeshkumar, G. Uday and J. Shanthala., 2015. Studies on genetic variability, correlation and path analysis of seed yield and related traits in green gram [Vigna radiata L. Wilczek]. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research, 5(3): 125-132.
5.	Y. S. Muralidhara, B. M. Lokeshkumar, G. Uday and J. Shanthala., 2015. Intergeneration correlation and narrow-sense heritability between F2and F3 generations for yield components in green gram [Vigna radiata L. Wilczek].  International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research, 5(4): 357-362.
Short communication
1	B. M. Lokeshkumar, Niranjana Murthy, Y. S. Muralidhara and B. R. Mani., 2014. Genetic variability for physiological, growth and yield traits in grain amaranth (amaranthus spp. L.).  Proceedings of National Symposium on Crop Improvement for Inclusive Sustainable Development, held at PAU, Ludhiana. 537-539.
Popular articles
1.	Y. S. Muralidhara, B. M. Lokeshkumar, N. V. Mohan Kumar, P. G. Suresha and M. C. Anjali., 2015 Crop modeling and its application in Plant Breeding. Agrobios Newsletter. 14(6): 80-81.
2.	M. C. Anjali, N. V. Mohan Kumar, P. G. Suresha, B. M. Lokeshkumar and Y. S. Muralidhara., 2016. Plant microbial strategies for increasing phosphorus use efficieny. Agrobios Newsletter. 14(8): 32-33.
3.	N. V. Mohan Kumar, B. M. Lokeshkumar, P. G.Suresha,  M. C. Anjali and Y. S. Muralidhara.,  2016.SAGE Technology. Agrobios Newsletter. 14(9): 72-73.
4.	P. G. Suresha, N. V. Mohan Kumar, M. C. Anjali, Y. S. Muralidhara and B. M. Lokeshkumar., 2015.Importance of reporter gene. Agrobios Newsletter. 14(10): 78-79.
Abstracts
.1	BM Lokeshkumar, SL Krishnamurthy, Suman Rathor and PC Sharma , 2019,  Evaluation of Rice Landraces of for Salinity Tolerance at Seedling Stage. Golden Jubilee International Salinity Conference held at ICAR-CSSRI Karnal Haryana India. p140.
2	H. Mahesh, B. R. Patil, K. P. Raghavendra, J. Vrinda and B. M. Lokeshkumar, 2017. De navo assembly of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) transcriptome for fibre quality using illumines sequencing for gene discovery and marker identification. National conference on plant breeding in genomics era held at UAS Bengaluru. p3.
3.	H. Mahesh, B. R. Patil, J. Vrinda and B. M. Lokeshkumar, 2017.RNA sequence based QTL mapping and genetic investigation for fibre strength in Gossypium hirsutum L. . National conference on plant breeding in genomics era held at UAS Bengaluru. p20.
4.	J. Vrinda, B. R. Patil, K. P. Raghavendra, B. M. Lokeshkumar and H. Mahesh,  2017. Transcriptome sequencing and comparative analysis of differentially expressed genes for fibre quality in cotton. National conference on plant breeding in genomics era held at UAS Bengaluru. p48.
5.	M. C. Anjali, N. V. Mohan Kumar, B. M. Lokeshkumar and Gadad Veeranna., 2015. Influence of environmental changes on Pole bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield and farmer’s income in south Karnataka. National seminar on Climate Change and Agrarian Economy: An Indian Perspective held at UAS, Dharwad. p161.
6	M. C. Anjali, B. M. Lokeshkumar, N. V. Mohan Kumar and Gadad Veeranna., 2015. Effect of high night temperature on growth and yield and its mitigation strategies. National seminar on Climate Change and Agrarian Economy: An Indian Perspective held at UAS, Dharwad. p162.
7.	M. C. Anjali, N. V. Mohan Kumar, B. M. Lokeshkumar and Gadad Veeranna., 2015. Impact of high temperature on reproductive phase and seed yield. National seminar on Climate Change and Agrarian Economy: An Indian Perspective held at UAS, Dharwad. p162.
8.	M. C. Anjali, B. M. Lokeshkumar, N. V. Mohan Kumar and Gadad Veeranna., 2015. Conventional, Biotechnological and Nano-Technological strategies for crop improvement under rapidly changing climatic conditions. National seminar on Climate Change and Agrarian Economy: An Indian Perspective held at UAS, Dharwad. p200.
9.	M. C. Anjali, N. V. Mohan Kumar, Gadad Veeranna and B. M. Lokeshkumar., 2015. Development of cultivars for elevated atmospheric Co2 through selection of desirable Co2 enriched plants.  National seminar on Climate Change and Agrarian Economy: An Indian Perspective held at UAS, Dharwad.p201.
10.	H. Lokesh, B. R. Patil, B. M. Lokeshkumar and H. N. Nethravathi., 2016. Molecular basis and evaluation of cytoplasmic male sterile based hybrids of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajana (L.) Millsp.). National seminar on Genetics and Cytogenetics held at at UAS, Dharwad. p155.

Name	Dr  Neeraj  Kulshreshtha
Date & Place of Birth	11.02.1966 (Firozabad UP)
Nationality	Indian
Field of specialization	Plant Breeding
Present Position/Designation	Principal Scientist
Tel. No	0184-2209327
Cell	9315382163
Tel. No (R)	0184-2280502
E-mail	kulshreshthan@yahoo.com; neeraj.kulshreshtha@icar.gov.in
Address Official	Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Central Soil salinity Research Institute, Karnal 132001
Address Residential	A 502 Palm Residency, Sector 35, Karnal 132001

Academic career and professional attainments

(a) Degree	University/Institution	Year
Graduation	Punjabi University Patiala Bio, Phy, Chem, Eng	1982 Ist,    443/650     68%
Masters M.Sc (Ag) Plant Breeding	GBPUAT Pantnagar	1987 Ist,  4.866/5.0
Ph.D. (Plant Breeding)	GBPUAT Pantnagar	1992 Ist, 4.709/5.0 UGC JRF/SRF
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management	IGNOU, NEW DELHI,	1998

 

(b) Position held	Institution	Period of appointment
Scientist (Rs. 8,000- 13,500)	ICAR-NAARM Hyderabad	21-07-1993 to 18-12-1993
Scientist (Rs. 8,000- 13,500)	ICAR-IIWBR (DWR) Karnal (Attachment)	19-12-1993 to 22.08.1994
Scientist (Rs. 8,000- 13,500)	ICAR-IISR Lucknow	23.08.1994 to 20.07.1998
Scientist (Sr Scale)	ICAR-IISR Lucknow	21.07.1998 to 20.07.2002
Sr Scientist (Rs. 12,000- 18,300)	ICAR-IISR Lucknow	21.07.2002 to 28.07.2003
Sr Scientist (Rs. 12,000- 18,300)	ICAR-CSSRI Karnal	29.07.2003 to 31.12.2005
Sr Scientist (Rs 37400-67000 Grade Pay 9000)	ICAR-CSSRI Karnal	01.01.2006  to 31.12.2008
Principal Scientist  (Rs 37400-67000 Grade Pay 10000)	ICAR-CSSRI Karnal	01.01.2009 to 02.11.2014
Principal Scientist & Head (Rs (37400-67000 Grade Pay 10000)	ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute, regional center Karnal 132001	03.11.2014 to 11.03.2020
Principal Scientist & Head Crop Improvement (A) (Rs (37400-67000 Grade Pay 10000)	ICAR CSSRI Karnal	24.03.2020-till date

 

Varieties developed

1	Salt tolerant wheat variety KRL 210 Gazette Notified by the CVRC and recognized at national level (As PI) Released by CVRC Notified in 2012 Govt of India notification no. S.O. 456 (E) dated March, 16th, 2012 Registered with PPVFRA with registration no. 816 of 2014 issued on December 23,  2014. National identity number IC 574474 by NBPGR vide letter no. Cons/RV/4125
2	Salt tolerant wheat variety KRL 213 Gazette Notified by the CVRC and recognized at national level   (As PI) Released by CVRC Notified in 2011 Govt of India notification no. S.O. 2326 (E) dated October 10th, 2011. National identity number IC 574475 by NBPGR vide letter no. Cons/RV/4125. Registered with PPVFRA with registration no. 654 of 2014 issued on October 15,    2014.
3	Salt tolerant wheat variety KRL 283 Gazette Notified by the CVRC  for salt affected areas of UP   (As PI) Approved in 79th meeting of Central Sub Committee on crop standards, notification and release of varieties for Agricultural crops (CVRC) in January 2018. Notified vide gazette notification S.O. 1379(E) dated 27.03.2018
4	Sugarcane variety Co 12029 (Karan 13) released  2019 Notified vide gazette notification S.O.1498 (E) dated 01.04.2019 Approved in 81st  meeting of Central Sub Committee on crop standards, notification and release of varieties for Agricultural crops (CVRC) vide o/o no. 3-70/2018-SD.IV dated 19.02.2019
5	Sugarcane Variety CoLk 9709 released for UP State  2012 – Early maturing high yielding sugarcane variety
Genetic Stocks Registered at NBPGR
1	KRL 99   (Wheat) Salt and waterlogging tolerance Registration number INGR 07046 of NBPGR
2	KRL 3-4  (Wheat) Salt and waterlogging tolerance Registration number INGR 09087 of NBPGR

Patents:

Patent granted for “QUATRO SUGARCANE SINGLE BUD CUTTER” CUTTING TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS”  on 12/06/2019 (Design reference no. 297432 dated 03-Jul-2017)

Technologies/concepts:

1. A modified single seed descent approach for genetic improvement of wheat (Triticum aestivum) for waterlogged sodic soils
2. Mechanism of waterlogging tolerance in wheat
3. Waterlogged Sodic soils: Environmental Characterization
4. Screening protocol for Boron tolerance
5. B toxicity in wheat

 

Externally Funded Projects

Title	(PI/CoPI/Associate)	Budget (Rs. in lakhs)	Sponsoring Agency
Wheat Improvement for waterlogging, salinity and element toxicities in Australia and India	PI	Aus $ 1210143 CSSRI Component: Rs 52.3 lakh (Aus $ 248180)	ACIAR, Australia
Multilocation evaluation of wheat germplasm”	PI	Rs 19,00197/= Expenditure incurred upto 2014	ICAR through NBPGR
Improvement of wheat for salt tolerance using molecular approach	PI	54.62 lakhs	ICAR Network project
Physiological  and Genetic Approaches for the Development of Waterlogging Tolerance in Wheat on Sodic/ Alkaline and Neutral Soils in India And Australia	Co PI	Rs 24,67,255/=	Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australia
Using genomics and mapping approaches to improve tolerance of crop plants to salinity stress	Co PI	5.31 lakhs	DST funded for CP-STIO
Physiological approaches for winter ratooning management in Sugarcane under subtropical conditions	Co PI	100 lakhs	RKVY
Healthy seed production and mechanization of sugarcane agriculture_ A farmers participatory initiative Funding from RKVY Haryana – Approved	Co PI	175.5 lakhs	RKVY
Healthy seed production and quality jaggary production towards increasing sugarcane farmers income- An Institute, Industry and Farmers participatory initiative Funding from RKVY Haryana – Approved	Co PI	313.5 lakhs	RKVY
Sugarcane breeder seed production and demonstration of intercropping	PI	1620000	NFSM

 

Recognition at the National  Level

• Nominated as member of the Board of Directors of Sugarfed Punjab by honourable Governer Punjab.
• Nominated as member Board of Management of CCSHAU Hisar by DG ICAR.
• Nominated as member Institute Management Commiittee of ICAR IIWBR, Karnal by DG ICAR
• Nominated as member Institute Management Commiittee of ICAR- IISR Lucknow by DG ICAR.
• Nominated as member Institute Management Commiittee of ICAR-SBI Coimbatore
• Nominated as member Institute Management Commiittee of ICAR-CSSRI Karnal
• Member Executive committee Society of sugarcane research and development, ICAR Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore
• Councilor Indian Society for soil salinity and water quality from 2011 to 2013
• Chairman screeining committee for SAWBAR Awards (IIWBR) 2018

 

Foreign visits

 

Place of visit	Duration	Purpose
International Rice Research institute, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines	24.11.2008 to 5.12.2008 December 8-10, 2008	Training on “Marker Assisted selection (MAS) in Rice: Theory, Practice and application” Training on “Hands-on Training on Screening Rice Genotypes for Salinity Tolerance”
Australia	28.09.2011 to 23.10.2011	Deputed  as 1.Visiting scientist to DAFWA Australia (Sep 28, 2011 to October 8, 2011) CSSRI O/O No. 4(7)/CSSRI/2310 dated 3, Aug, 2011 and CSSRI O/O No. 4(7)/E-1/2009/3786-94 dated 27.09.2011. Visited waterlogging screening trials at Katanning, salinity tolerance trials at Ballidu, attended field trials at Albany and Merreden. Worked on doubled haploid production in wheat with Dr Sue Broughton 2.Visiting scientist to University of Adelaide , Australia (October 9-October 15, 2011) CSSRI O/O No. 4(7)/CSSRI/2310 dated 3, Aug, 2011 and CSSRI O/O No. 4(7)/E-1/2009/3786-94 dated 27.09.2011. Visited ICP facilities at UA. Visited Experimental fields at Kalpanda, Merildrin, Redhill and James Town, Visited Angus Valley and Murray Valley
Kathmandu, Nepal	September 10-14, 2014.	Invited to deliver keynote address on “Wheat breeding for salt affected soils: current status and options” on 12.09.2014 during 6th CSISA Annual research and workplan meeting.

 

Publications                  :36

Books  Authored           : 2

Books Edited                : 8

Dr. Vijayata Singh 

Dr. Arvind Kumar DOB:_25th January 1981
Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Karnal, Haryana (INDIA) 132 001
E-mail:arvind.kumar2@icar.gov.in
Homepage: www.cssri.org
Phone: 9996020251

Academic qualification:Ph.D (Genetics and Plant Breeding)

3. Current position and past affiliation(s):Scientist (Genetics)
4. Priority research areas of interest

Development of wheat varieties for salt affected areas

5. Research projects (in-house/external) in hands with name of funding agency

1. Wheat Improvement for Salt and Waterlogging Tolerance through Conventional and Molecular Approaches (Institute funded)
2. CRP on Agrobiodiversity, Characterization, Multiplication and evaluation for important biotic and abiotic traits of plant genetic resources of selected crops, Component-II Wheat (ICAR) \
3. Total publications (Research papers in referred journals, research papers published in proceedings of workshops/symposium/conferences/compendiums, book chapters, popular articles, practical manuals, extension pamphlets, books and others)32

Research papers: National: 12, International: 4

Books: 1

Book chapters: 10
Popular articles: 3
Training manual:  2
Extension Folder: 6

7. Transfer of technology & continuing education

            (Teaching/mentoring activities)

8. Extension (if any)
9. Patents, Technology, Methodology, Genetic Stock, Variety, etc.
10. Significant contributions relating to the relevant field of specialization
11. Research
12. Teaching (if any)
13. Extension (if any)

Academic qualifications

• Ph. D. from Ch. Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar with an OGPA 7.73/10.00.

(Major subject- Botany; Minor subject- Plant Physiology)

Current Area: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular basis of multiple abiotic stresses tolerance.

Specialization: Physiology of abiotic stresses and Plant tissue culture.

Name:  Dr. Jogendra Singh, ARS, FABSc
DOB: 10^th May, 1982
Affiliation: ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute,
Karnal-132 001, Haryana (India)
E-mail: jogendra.singh@icar.gov.in
Homepage: www.cssri.org
Phone: +91-184-2209416

Academic qualification: Ph.D. (Plant Breeding and Genetics)

3. Current position and past affiliation(s): Sr. Scientist
4. Priority research areas of interest:

“Development of salt tolerant and high yielding Indian Mustard genotypes using Classical and Modern breeding approaches”

5. Research projects (in-house/external) in hands with name of funding agency: 3

Total publications: 41

Research papers in referred journals: 18
Popular articles: 9
Books: 2                                                                                                                          
Compendiums: 1
Book chapters: 1
Extension pamphlets: 2
Other:  8 (E-publications)

6. Transfer of technology & continuing education: Indian Mustard Varieties CS60 and CS58
7. Extension (if any): Performing activities to promote the direct interface of scientists with the farmers to hasten the lab to land process with required information, knowledge and advisories on regular basis in the adopted villages under MGMG programme.
8. Patents, Technology, Methodology, Genetic Stock, Variety, etc.

• Developed Indian Mustard Varieties CS60 and CS58 released and notified by CVRC for cultivation in salt affected area of the country.
• Registered two genotype CS1100-1-2-2-3 (INGR 15058) and CS 15000-1-2-2-2-1 (INGR 17051) as National Genetic Stock for salinity/ alkalinity tolerance under NBPGR.
• Developed the calibration models for non-destructive estimation of oil, protein, erucic acid and crude fibre content in mustard using Fourier Transform Near-Infrared Reflectance spectroscopy

9. Significant contributions relating to the relevant field of specialization
10. Research:

Actively associated in genetic improvement of Indian mustard and developed two salt tolerant Indian mustard varieties CS 58 and CS 60 released and notified by CVRC for salt affected area of the country and register two genotypes CS1100-1-2-2-3 (INGR 15058) and CS 15000-1-2-2-2-1 (INGR 17051) as National Genetic Stock for salinity/ alkalinity tolerance under NBPGR. Also register two varieties of mustard CS 54 and CS 56 and five varieties of rice CSR 13, CSR 27, CSR 23, CSR 30 and CSR 36 under PPV&FRA. Instrumental in developing model for non-destructive estimation of oil, protein, erucic acid and crude fibre content in mustard using FT-NIR. Accomplished collection of 250 rice germplasm and 69 of mustard, generic diversity and population structure studies developed passport data of 7500 Rice germplasm accessions on the basis of 30 morphological and agronomic traits, morphological and molecular characterization, development of mapping population for tagging salt tolerance QTLs, gene expression analysis and quality seed production.

1. Teaching (if any)
2. Extension (if any):

Performing activities under “Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav Prograamme” to promote the direct interface of scientists with the farmers to hasten the lab to land process with required information, knowledge and advisories on regular basis in the adopted villages.

Career:  15 Years

• Senior Scientist, Division of Crop Improvement, CSSRI, Karnal (13-04-2015- continue)

• Senior Scientist, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat (12-06-2012 to 10-04-2015)

• Associate Professor & Co-ordinator, NIILM University, Kaithal, Haryana (01-04-2011 to 17-02- 2012)

• Research Associate, ICAR-CIRB, Hisar (12-06-2009 to 31-03-2011)

• Lecturer, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar (22-02-2008 to 02-01-2009)

• DST-Young Scientist fellowship at CCS HAU Hisar (01-12-2004 to 30-11-2007)

• CSIR Fellowship at CCS HAU Hisar (16-08-2001 to 30-11-2004)

• Research Associate at CCS HAU Hisar (16-07-1999 to 15-08-2001)

 Education:

Degree	University	Year	Subject
B.Sc.	KUK	1992	Botany, Zoology, Chemistry
M.Sc	CCS HAU Hisar	1995	Plant Physiology
Ph.D	CCS HAU Hisar	1999	Plant Physiology
PGDIPR (Post graduate diploma) IGNOU, Delhi		2010	Intellectual Property Rights

 

Awards/ Recognitions:

• Distinction in Hindi in 12th board during 1989.

• Merit stipend during Master’s and Doctorate’s programme during 1995-1999.

• Second prize in M.Sc. in the department during 1996.

• CSIR award (2001-20014)

• DST Young Scientist award (2004-2007)

• Recognized as Guide for P.G. Teaching and Ph.D. Research and allotted one M.Sc. and one Ph.D. student from Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh (w.r.t letter No. JAU/DR/PGT/T- 6/ACA/301-360/2013,Junagadh Dt 01/04/2013)

• Reviewer of research papers

• Degree University Year Subject B.Sc. KUK 1992 Botany, Zoology, Chemistry M.Sc. CCS HAU Hisar 1995 Plant Physiology Ph.D. CCS HAU Hisar 1999 Plant Physiology PGDIPR (Post graduate diploma) IGNOU, Delhi 2010 Intellectual Property Rights  Delivered talks on All India Radio, Hisar as well as Doordarshan, Hisar.

 Externally Funded Projects as PI

Title of project	Funding Agency	Duration
Molecular analysis of Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)	Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi	Three years 01-12-04 to 30-11-07
Cultivar identification using molecular techniques	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), New Delhi	3.3 yrs 14-08-01 to 30 -11-04

 

Membership of National professional Bodies

1. Life member of Indian Society of Plant Physiologists, New Delhi

2. Life member of Indian Society of Seed Technology (ISST), New Delhi

3. Life member of Indian Society for Forage Research, CCS HAU Hisar

4. Founder Member of Society for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS)

 Research Publications: 25 in national and international journals

Selected publications:

• Anita Mann, Sujit Kumar, Sangeeta Singh and Bhumesh Kumar. 2015. Ionomics as an important component of functional biology: updates and recent advances.” Current Science. (Under revision). Manuscript ID: 11417

• Anita Mann and A. L. Singh. 2014. Antiodixant defence system in iron deficient groundnut plants. Malaysian J. Plant Physiology (In press).

• Jarnail Singh, Anita Mann, D Kumar, J S Duhan, PS Yadav, 2013. Cultured buffalo umbilical cord matrix cells exhibit characteristics of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Animal.

• Mann A, R. P. Yadav, J. Singh, D. Kumar, B. Singh and P. S. Yadav. (2013) Culture, characterization and differentiation of cells from buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) amnion. Cytotechnology. 65 (1):23-30.

• P S Yadav, Anita Mann, Jarnail Singh, D Kumar, RK Sharma and Inderjeet Singh (2012). Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Fetal Skin Derived Fibroblast Cells Exhibit Characteristics of Stem Cells. Agricultural Research. 1(2): 175-182

• Amrita Poonia and Anita Mann. (2011). Bioactive peptides in Food, their Functional Significance and Stability. Indian Food Industry. 30(3):29-34.

• Anita Mann, K. S. Boora, B. S. Dahiya, A. S. Nandwal and Urvashi Vashist. (2010). PCR based genetic diversity in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes using random primers. IUP J. Genetics & Evolution. 3(3): 32-43.

• S. Yadav, Anita Mann, Vijay Singh, Shikha Yashveer, R.K. Sharma and Inderjeet Singh. (2010). Expression of pluripotency genes in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) amniotic fluid cells. Reproduction in Domestic Animals. Manuscript ID: RDA-OA-MAY-2010-0198. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2010.01733.x.

• S. Mor, D. P. Deswal, Anita Mann, B. S. Dahiya and B. S. Beniwal (2008). Characterization of Marigold (Tagetes spp.) Genotypes using SDS-PAGE and RAPD markers. Seed Science and Technology 36:756-765.

• Ajit Singh Nandwal, Sarvjeet Kukreja, Neeraj Kumar, Praveen Kumar Sharma, Monika Jain, Anita Mann and Sunder Singh. (2007). Plant water status, ethylene evolution, N2-fixing efficiency, antioxidant activity and lipid peroxidation in Cicer arietinum L. nodules as affected by short-term salinization and desalinization. J. Plant Physiology 164(9): 1161-1169.

• Anita Mann, B. S. Dahiya and A. S. Nandwal. (2005). Genetic diversity studies in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) using total seed protein separation by SDS-PAGE. Seed Research 36(1):193- 199.

• Chauhan, C. Ram, Anita Mann and V. P. Sangwan. (2002). Molecular weight analysis of seed protein of forage sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Seed Science and Technology 30 (6): 11-17.

• Mann, A. S. Nandwal, I. S. Sheoran, B. S. Kundu, S. Sheokand, D. V. Kamboj, A. Sheoran, B. Kumar, D. Dutta. (2002). Ethylene evolution, H2O2 scavenging enzymes and membrane integrity of Cicer arietinum L. nodules as affected by nitrate and aminoethoxyvinylglycine. J. Plant Physiology 159: 347-353.

• Mann, A.S. Nandwal, B.S. Kundu, S. Sheokand, B. Kumar, D. Dutta and A. Sheoran. (2001). Effect of nitrate and aminoethoxyvinylglycine on Cicer arietinum L. nodules. Biologia Plantarum 44 (1): 131-135.

Other publications (Invited lectures/Book chapters etc):

1. अननता मान, कु लदीप कालरीया, निध्या चौधरी और ए एल ससह .2014. सूक्ष्म पोषक तत्िों की कमी और उनके प्रबंधन । ककसानों के नलए ट्रेसनग काययक्रम “मूूँगफली की उत्पादकता बढ़ाने के नलए उन्नत प्रौधोनगकी ”, मूूँगफली अनुसंधान ननदेशालय, जूनागढ़। नसतम्बर 30-26 2014

2. K A Kalariya, A L Singh, Anita Mann, Nisha Goswani and Deepti Mehta. (2014). Latest lowcost INM practices and an appraisal on available INM products in the market. In: Training Programme held at Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh.

3. Anita Mann, Kaushik Chakraborty and Kuldeep Kalariya. (2013). Physiological movement of micronutrients from soil to seeds. In: 30 days Seasonal Long Training Programme on IPM in Groundnut Crop by Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, CIPMC, Vadodara, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India held at Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh from 16th Sep-15th Oct 2013.

4. A L singh and Anita Mann. (2012). Recent advances in plant nutrition. In : National Seminar of Plant Physiology on “Physiological and Molecular Approaches for development of Climate Resilient Crops” at Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad from December 12- 14, 2012.

5. Anita Mann (2012). Plant biomass resources as a renewable energy source. In: International conference on “Renewable Energy for Institutes and Communities in Urban and Rural Settings”, held at Manav Institute of Technology and Management, Jevra, Hisar from April 27-29, 2012.

6. S. Yadav and Anita Mann. (2010). Stem Cell Research in domestic animals. Invited paper in National Conference on Medical Biotechnology-Vision 2020, held at Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana from 16-18 April, 2010. pp 37.

7. Anita Mann. (2005). Electrophoretic techniques for seed evaluation of seed quality. In: Advanced training course on Advances in Biorational approaches to Pest Management (Nov. 8- 28, 2005). Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. pp: 41-53.

8. Anita Mann and R. K. Singh (2003). Cultivar identification and characterization through analysis of protein and enzyme profiles. In: Refresher course on electrophoretic techniques for variety identification. (March 6-15, 2003). Department of Seed Science and Technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. pp: 45-64.

9. Ram and Anita Mann (2003). Variety identification by various chemical tests. In: Training on Seed Quality Assurance. Department of Seed Science and technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.

10. Anita Mann (2003). Chemical tests: tools for variety identification. In: Training course for Seed Quality Assurance. Department of Seed Science and technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India (Aug 14 – Sept.12, 2003). Chapter 17, pp 58.

11. Chandgi Ram, B.S. Dahiya and Anita Mann. (2000). Manual on Laboratory techniques for variety Identification/characterization. Department of Seed Science & Technology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.

12. Anita Hooda, A. S. Nandwal, M. S. Kuhad and Divya Dutta. (1999). Plant water status and C, N and K distribution in potassium fertilized mungbean under drought and during recovery. In: Management of Arid Ecosystem (Eds. A.S. Faroda, N. I. Joshi, S. Kathju and Amal Kar) Arid Zone Research Association of India and Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur.

13. Kuhad, M. S., Nandwal, A.S., Singh, N. and Hooda, A. (1997). Physiological studies on effect of potassium in some crops of Haryana under water stress. In: Use of potassium in Haryana Agriculture. Potash and Phosphate Institute of Canada India Programme, Gurgoan. Dev,G. and Oswal, M.C. (eds), pp 97-105.

General/Popular Articles

1. Sujit Kumar Bishi, Anita Mann and Mahesh K. Mahatma. 2014. Two-Tiered Innate Immune System In Plants. Agrobios Newsletter. Vol 12(04):42-43.

2. Lokesh Kumar, M. K. Mahatma, K. A. Kalariya, S. K. Bishi and Anita Mann. 2014.

3. Plant Phenolics: Important Bio-Weapon against Pathogens and Insect Herbivores. Popular Kheti. 2(3): 149-152.

4. Sujit Kumar Bishi, Anita Mann, Lokesh Kumar, M. K. Mahatma, and Kiran Kumar Patel. 2015. Role of miRNAs in Plant Development. Agrobios Newsletter. Vol 13(08):26-28.

5. Anita Mann, Jayanti Tokas and Sujit Bishi. 2015. Unlocking genetic diversity through use of molecular markers. Agrobios Newsletter. Vol 13(08):19-21.

6. अननता मान, ननशा गोस्िामी, दीनि मेहता और ए. एल . ससह . 2013. खाद्यान फसलों में जैि सुदृकिकरण द्वारा- कु पोषण ननयंत्रण । नगरनार पनत्रका । मूूँगफली अनुसन्धान ननदेशालय, जूनागढ़

7. अननता मान, जयन्ती टोकस और सुजीत बीशी . 2014. मनहलाओं का कृ नष में महत्िपूणय योगदान। ककसान खेती. अंक 1(4):108-109.

E-publication: 

• सलाह मशिरा-: खराब मानसून के चलते उत्पादन हुआ कम । अक्तू बर 27, 2014, खेती ककसानी, प्रमुख समाचार। गाूँि कनेक्शन, इंनियाज़ रूरल न्यूज़ पेपर ।

• E-Discussion on “Forward Thinking for ICT use in Asian Agri-Food Chains”

Visits abroad

International Conference on Plant Physiology 2014 (ICPP 2014) on “Enhancing Strategic Plant Physiological Research and Technologies for Sustainable Resources” held at Bali, Indonesia from 26-28 August 2014.

TV Talks/radio talks: Four

Participation In International Conferences: 8

Seminar/ Symposia/ Workshop: 12