Chief technical officer
ICAR- IARI, Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi 110012
Bellevue, Washington
36+ years of research experience in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)- Indian Agriculture Research Institute( IARI) Division of Biochemistry, New Delhi. Expertise: Biochemistry, molecular biology techniques and genetic engineering. Made pioneer contributions in basic and applied biological research. Developed plant transformation vector for suppressing MIPS gene expression, method for culturing low phytate Soybean and various methodologies of commercial value, several genes were generated and submitted to NCBI USA. Co-authored ~55 research papers in peer reviewed journals, published books/book chapters and ~25 popular articles to popularise and bring awareness of food security, environmental hazards, and CRISPR/CAS-9 targeted genome editing technique to combat the nutritional hunger challenge, published bulletins. Associated with human resource development, recognized for training faculties and students during national training programs, actively organised several workshops and national/ International conferences. First prize oral talk, conferred with Best paper presentation, best poster awards, Best worker national Award, Co-invented Patent ,