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Mr. Vineeth, T. V

SCIENTIST (PLANT PHYSIOLOGY)

Bharuch

Education

Degrees Board / University
B.Sc. (Agriculture) 2005-09 Kerala   Agricultural   University,   Trichur,
Kerala
M.Sc. (Plant Physiology) 2010-12 Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New
Delhi
Ph. D. (Split Ph. D.) 2012 onwards Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New
Delhi

M.Sc. Area of research: Bioregulators mediated amelioration of water deficit stress in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes

Ph.D. Area of research: Molecular analysis of cytokinin receptors and their role in root development under drought stress in rice

Date of birth: 27.05.1988

List of projects being carried out as a CO-PI

Name of the project Funded by
1. Development of salt tolerant genotypes in rice- conventional and Institute, CSSRI
molecular breeding approaches.
2. Molecular genetic analysis of resistance/ tolerance in rice, wheat, ICAR
chickpea and mustard including sheath blight complex genomics.
3. Development of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) genotypes with Institute, CSSRI
improved salinity tolerance and higher seed yield.
4. Isolation, identification and evaluation of plant growth promoting Institute, CSSRI
bacteria for mitigating salinity stress in crops.

Research Experience:

(a) Total (yrs): January 2015 to till date

Specialization: Physiology and molecular biology of abiotic stress tolerance with special emphasis on drought and salinity stresses.

List of publications:

  • Vineeth T.V., Kumar P., Yadav S. and Pal, M. (2015). Optimization of bioregulators dose based on photosynthetic and yield performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 20(2): 177-181.

  • Vineeth T.V., Kumar P. and Krishna, G. K. (2015). Bioregulators protected photosynthetic machinery by inducing expression of photorespiratory genes under water stress in chickpea. Photosynthetica. (DOI) 10.1007/s11099-016-0073-5.

  • Vineeth T.V., Kumar, P. and Singh, J. (2015). Bioregulators mediated alteration in physiology, leaf   anatomy  and   chloroplast    ultrastructure   under   water   deficit   stress   in   chickpea   (Cicerarietinum L.). Accepted for publication in Legume research.

  • Parbodh C. Sharma*, Jogendra Singh, Vineeth T.V. (2016). Salinity stress induced alterations in photosynthetic traits and their relationship with ion homeostasis and seed yield in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.). Communicated and under revision in Acta physiologiae plantarum.

Awards:

  • Qualified the National Eligibility Test held on 24 February, 2013 in the discipline of Plant Physiology for eligibility of lectureship/ Assistant Professorship.

  • Awarded DST-INSPIRE fellowship during Ph.D. degree programme.

  • Awarded ICAR JRF during M. Sc degree programme..

  • Awarded merit medal and certificate for scoring maximum marks in graduation programme in college of agriculture, Padannakad, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala.

Seminars, conferences and trainings attended:

  • Participated via poster presentation in the 3rd International plant physiology conference held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi from 11-14 December 2015.

  • Presented research paper entitled “Bioregulators mediated alterations in leaf anatomy and chloroplast ultrastructure under water deficit stress in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in two days international conference ie. “World Congress On Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Aquaculture, Animal Sciences, Food Technology, Biodiversity and Climate Change: Sustainable Approaches (AFHAFBC-2014)” held at JNU, New Delhi from 6-7 December 2014.

  • Participated in the ICAR sponsored short course on “Non-destructive phenotyping and phenomics for dissection of abiotic stress tolerance, gene discovery and crop improvement held at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) during 14-23 July 2014.

  • Participated via poster presentation in the 100th session of Indian Science congress held at Kolkata from 3-7 January 2013 and work was published in the proceedings of the prestigious congress..

  • Attended and participated in “India Farm to Fork 2013”, international conference cum exhibition organized by PHD chamber of Commerce and Industry held on 29-30th November, 2013 at PHD house, New Delhi.

  • Selected to represent Kerala Agricultural University at the “first Indian science conclave: A congregation of Nobel Prize winners across the world” held at Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad from 15-21December 2008.

  • Undergone Foundation Course for Agricultural Research Service (FOCARS 101) at National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad from 1st January – 31st March 2015.

  • 3 months Professional Attachment training at School of Life Sciences (SLS), JNU on Expression analysis of SOS pathway genes in contrasting rice genotypes.

Scientific memberships

  • Life time member of Indian society of plant physiology
  • Life time member of Indian society of soil salinity and water quality

Contact

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