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Faculty Details

Faculty Details
Research Focus
Our research focuses on deploying molecular genetics and genomics approaches to dissect nutritional and climate-resilient traits in minor millets.
Professional Profiles
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Honors & Awards
- INSA Associate Fellow (2023) of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (More details)
- Har Gobind Khorana-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Fellowship (IYBF) from Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India (More details)
- Featured in top 2% highly-cited scientists (October 2023 data compiled by Stanford University)
- G.D. Naidu Award (2022) from People's Thinking Forum, Tamil Nadu, India (More details)
- Fulbright-Nehru Alumni Award (2019) from United
States-India Educational Foundation, New Delhi, India
- INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2018) from Indian
National Science Academy, New Delhi, India
- NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2018) from
National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India
- Early Career Research Award (2018) from Science and
Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology,
Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India
- Indo-Australian Career Boosting Gold Fellowship (2018)
from Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology,
Govt. of India (not availed)
- DST INSPIRE Faculty Award (2017) from Department of
Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of
India
- Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship by United
States Department of State to visit and conduct research at Louisiana
State University, Louisiana, USA (2015 - 2016)
- Joint CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship from
University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India (2012 - 2016)
- Maveeran Sundaralingam Endowment Scholarship from
Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu for standing first in order of
merit in M.Sc. (Biotechnology; 2007 - 2009)
- Member (2020) of Indian National Young Academy of
Sciences (INYAS), India
- Member (2019) of National Academy of Sciences,
Allahabad (NASI), India
- Life Member (2018) of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), West Bengal, India
Editorship
- Associate Editor - Heliyon (Cell Press; 2023 onwards)
- Academic Editor - Plant Molecular Biology Reporter (2023 onwards)
- Consulting Editor - Journal of Plant Physiology (2022 onwards)
- Review
Editor - Frontiers in Microbiology
(2022 onwards)
- Review Editor - Frontiers in Plant Science (2021 onwards)
- Review Editor - Frontiers in Genetics (2021 onwards)
- Academic Editor - PLOS ONE (2018 onwards)
Contribution to Science Promotion
- Authored the book 'Fellowships and Funding Opportunities for School Students: The Way Forward', released by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (ISBN: 978-81-939482-2-4) [Click to access the eBook]
- Coordinator, INYAS Hyderabad Chapter (2020-2021)
Other Administrative Roles
- Deputy Chief Warden, University of Hyderabad (November 2023 onwards)
- Faculty-in-Charge, Radioactive Facility, SLS, UoH (February 2022 onwards)
- Warden, Men's Hostel - K (August 2021 - till date)
- Warden, Men's Hostel - J (September 2022 - August 2023)
- Convenor, UoH-IYoM 2023 (celebrating 'International Year of Millets - 2023,' as mandated by Dept. of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India) - funded by IoE, UoH (September 2022 - December 2023)
Students/Projects Trainees
Name | Joined As | Contact | |
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Sumi Rana | Ph.D. Student (PMRF Awardee) | 20lpph09@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Appus M. V. | Ph.D. Student (Govt. of Kerala Scholarship) | 20lpph16@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Pooja Shukla | Ph.D. Student | 22lpph02@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Dr. Pooja Soni | SERB N-PDF | poojasoni@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Satyabrata Satapathy | Ph.D. Student (CSIR NET JRF) | 22lpph03@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Suneetha C | Visiting Researcher (Anna University) | --- | --- |
Khanapuram Pragna (19ILMB09) | Intern (IMSc Dissertation 2023-24) | 19ILMB09@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Mudhavath Praveen Nayak (19IPMP08) | Intern (IMSc Dissertation 2023-24) | 19IPMP08@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Dr. Yengkhom Linthoingambi Devi | IoE-PDF | linthoingambi_ipdf@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Dr. Gouri Priya Ranjith | IoE-PDF | gouri_ipdf@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Dr. V.G. Renganathan | Project Associate-I (SERB-CRG) | renganathan@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Dr. Pooja R. Aggarwal | DST- Women Scientist (WOS-A) | poojaaggarwal_dst@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Akanksha Tripathy (22LPMS01) | Intern (MSc Dissertation 2023-24) | 22LPMS01@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Shyam Prasad Patnaik (22LPMS05) | Intern (MSc Dissertation 2023-24) | 22LPMS05@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Bhadhra Milton (22LPMS25) | Intern (MSc Dissertation 2023-24) | 22LPMS25@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
Former Students/Projects Trainees
Name | Joined As | Working |
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Gifty Mammen | Intern (March 21 - May 8, 2020) | Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Madhya Pradesh |
Sarita Verma | KARYA Fellow (Govt. of Rajasthan) (June 19 - July 17, 2020) | University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Shubham Verma (19LPMS09) | Intern (M.Sc. Dissertation 2020-21) | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Pune |
Urmi Giri (19LPMS03) | Intern (M.Sc. Dissertation 2020-21) | |
Varsa Shukla (19LPMS05) | Intern (M.Sc. Dissertation 2020-21) | Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany |
Gauri Bhati | KARYA Fellow (Govt. of Rajasthan) (June 19 - July 17, 2020) | Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
Subhalakshmi Kandavel | Intern (May 16 - July 31, 2020) | Indian Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, Telangana |
Maharshi Dixit (NIT-W) | Intern (June 1 - July 1, 2021) | National Institute of Technology, Warangal |
Vasundhara K (IISER-T) | Intern (June 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022) | |
Pronomita Das (20LPMS17) | Intern (M.Sc. Dissertation 2021-22) | |
Shriya Sharma (20LPMS29) | Intern (M.Sc. Dissertation 2021-22) | |
Dr. Hindu Vemuri | Senior Research Fellow | |
Chanchal Didel | KARYA Fellow (Govt. of Rajasthan) (Oct 12 - Dec 11, 2021) | Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
Swetha PV (21LPMS11) | Intern (M.Sc. Dissertation 2021-22) | |
Rani Kumari (21LMMS10) | Intern (M.Sc. Dissertation 2021-22) | |
A. Rajashree (University of Madras) | Intern (January 1 - April 25, 2023) | University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Dr. M. Manikandan | INSA Visiting Scientist (July 10 - Sept. 11, 2023) | Sri Krishna Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
106 | Choudhary, Pooja., Pramitha, Lydia., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Rana, Sumi., Vetriventhan, Mani., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2023) , Biotechnological interventions for improving the seed longevity in cereal crops: progress and prospects , Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, Taylor & Francis,43,2,309-325. |
105 | Ravikesavan, R., Jeeva, G., Jency, J Poornima., Muthamilarasan, M., Francis, Neethu., (2023) , Kodo Millet (Paspalum scorbiculatum L.) , Neglected and Underutilized Crops, Academic Press,,,279-304. |
104 | Pramitha, Lydia., Choudhary, Pooja., Rana, Sumi., Singh, Roshan Kumar., Das, Pronomita., Sharma, Shriya., Rajasekaran, Ravikesavan., Prasad, Manoj., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2023) , Foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.): a model for small millets , Neglected and Underutilized Crops, Academic Press,,,305-324. |
103 | Kumar, Verandra., Singh, Babita., Sharma, Namisha., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Sawant, Samir V., Prasad, Manoj., (2023) , SiHDA9 interacts with SiHAT3. 1 and SiHDA19 to repress dehydration responses through H3K9 deacetylation in foxtail millet , bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,,,2023.02. 16.528817. |
102 | Choudhary, Pooja., Shukla, Pooja., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2023) , Genetic enhancement of climate-resilient traits in small millets: A review , Heliyon, Elsevier,,,. |
101 | Kamakshi, Kumarakrishnan., MohanaPrasad, Jeyapandi., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Radhakrishnan, Nagarathnam., (2023) , Foliar application of Methyl Jasmonate Methyl Ester elicits differential antioxidant defence and expression of defence‐related genes against early blight disease of tomato , Journal of Phytopathology, ,,,. |
100 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2023) , Dissecting antinutrient traits using omics approaches , Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media SA,14,,. |
99 | Rao, Venkateswara., Petla, Bhanu Prakash., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2023) , Dissecting Complex Gene Families to Understand Their Roles in Climate-Resilience , Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers,14,,1284812. |
98 | Supriya, Laha., Durgeshwar, Pullaiahgari., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Padmaja, Gudipalli., (2022) , Melatonin mediated differential regulation of drought tolerance in sensitive and tolerant varieties of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) , Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers,,,596. |
97 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Dhaka, Annvi., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2022) , Nutritional improvement of cereal crops to combat hidden hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic: Progress and prospects , Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Elsevier,7,,61-82. |
96 | Suresh, Bonthala Venkata., Choudhary, Pooja., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Rana, Sumi., Singh, Roshan Kumar., Ravikesavan, Rajasekaran., Prasad, Manoj., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2022) , De novo transcriptome analysis identifies key genes involved in dehydration stress response in kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum L.) , Genomics, Academic Press,114,3,110347. |
95 | Rana, Sumi., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Shukla, Varsa., Giri, Urmi., Verma, Shubham., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2022) , Genome Editing and Designer Crops for the Future , Plant Gene Silencing: Methods and Protocols, Springer US New York, NY,,,37-69. |
94 | Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Pramitha, Lydia., Choudhary, Pooja., Singh, Roshan Kumar., Shukla, Pooja., Prasad, Manoj., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2022) , Multi-omics intervention in Setaria to dissect climate-resilient traits: Progress and prospects , Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers,13,,892736. |
93 | Choudhary, Pooja., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2022) , Modulating physiological and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms for enhanced climate resilience in cereal crops , Journal of Plant Physiology, Urban & Fischer,,,153815. |
92 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2022) , SiHSFA2e regulated expression of SisHSP21. 9 maintains chloroplast proteome integrity under high temperature stress , Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Springer International Publishing Cham,79,11,580. |
91 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Suresh, Bonthala Venkata., Singh, Roshan Kumar., Choudhary, Pooja., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Prasad, Manoj., (2022) , Comparative Transcriptome Profiling of Two Contrasting Foxtail Millet Cultivars Provides Insights into Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Dehydration Stress Response , Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Springer US,,,1-19. |
90 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , Small millets for enduring food security amidst pandemics , Trends in plant science, Elsevier,26,1,33-40. |
89 | Pramitha, J Lydia., Rana, Sumi., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Ravikesavan, Rajasekaran., Joel, A John., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2021) , Diverse role of phytic acid in plants and approaches to develop low-phytate grains to enhance bioavailability of micronutrients , Advances in genetics, Academic Press,107,,89-120. |
88 | Dhaka, Annvi., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , A comprehensive study on core enzymes involved in starch metabolism in the model nutricereal, foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) , Journal of Cereal Science, Elsevier,97,,103153. |
87 | Tiwari, Shalini., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Lata, Charu., (2021) , Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of Arabidopsis GRAM-domain containing gene family in response to abiotic stresses and PGPR treatment , Journal of Biotechnology, Elsevier,325,,7-14. |
86 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , Biotechnological approaches to dissect climate-resilient traits in millets and their application in crop improvement , Journal of Biotechnology, Elsevier,327,,64-73. |
85 | M T, Andrew-Peter-Leon., Ramchander, S., K K, Kumar, Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan, Pillai, M Arumugam., (2021) , Assessment of efficacy of mutagenesis of gamma-irradiation in plant height and days to maturity through expression analysis in rice , PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science,16,1,e0245603. |
84 | Sharma, Namisha., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Dulani, Priya., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , Genomic dissection of ROS detoxifying enzyme encoding genes for their role in antioxidative defense mechanism against Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus infection in tomato , Genomics, Academic Press,113,3,889-899. |
83 | Prasad, Ashish., Hari-Gowthem, Gunaseelen., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Hussain, Zakir., Yadav, Pawan Kumar., Sandhya, Tripathi., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , Molecular characterization of SlATG18f in response to Tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus infection in tomato and development of a CAPS marker for leaf curl disease tolerance , Theoretical and Applied Genetics, ,,,. |
82 | Choudhary, Pooja., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Rana, Sumi., Nagarathnam, Radhakrishnan., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2021) , Molecular and metabolomic interventions for identifying potential bioactive molecules to mitigate diseases and their impacts on crop plants , Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, Academic Press,114,,101624. |
81 | Salvi, Prafull., Manna, Mrinalini., Kaur, Harmeet., Thakur, Tanika., Gandass, Nishu., Bhatt, Deepesh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2021) , Phytohormone signaling and crosstalk in regulating drought stress response in plants , Plant Cell Reports, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,40,,1305-1329. |
80 | Mani, Sumithra Devi., Govindan, Muthukumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Nagarathnam, Radhakrishnan., (2021) , A sulfated polysaccharide κ-carrageenan induced antioxidant defense and proteomic changes in chloroplast against leaf spot disease of tomato , Journal of Applied Phycology, Springer Netherlands,33,,2667-2681. |
79 | Mani, Sumithra Devi., Pandey, Saurabh., Govindan, Muthukumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Nagarathnam, Radhakrishnan., (2021) , Transcriptome dynamics underlying elicitor-induced defense responses against Septoria leaf spot disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) , Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Springer India,27,,873-888. |
78 | Das, Prajna Priyadarshini., Rana, Sumi., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Kannan, Monica., Ghazi, Irfan Ahmad., (2021) , Omics Approaches for Understanding Plant Defense Response , Omics Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security Volume 1, Springer Singapore,,,41-83. |
77 | Sushree Shyamli, P., Rana, Sumi., Suranjika, Sandhya., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Parida, Ajay., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , Genetic determinants of micronutrient traits in graminaceous crops to combat hidden hunger , Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,134,,3147-3165. |
76 | Sharma, Namisha., Sahu, Pranav Pankaj., Prasad, Ashish., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Waseem, Mohd., Khan, Yusuf., Thakur, Jitendra Kumar., Chakraborty, Supriya., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , The Sw5a gene confers resistance to ToLCNDV and triggers an HR response after direct AC4 effector recognition , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences,118,33,e2101833118. |
75 | Thakur, Tanika., Gandass, Nishu., Mittal, Kajal., Jamwal, Pallavi., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Salvi, Prafull., (2021) , A rapid, efficient, and low-cost BiFC protocol and its application in studying in vivo interaction of seed-specific transcription factors, RISBZ and RPBF , Functional & Integrative Genomics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg,21,5-6,593-603. |
74 | Shukla, Varsa., Choudhary, Pooja., Rana, Sumi., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2021) , Structural evolution and function of stress associated proteins in regulating biotic and abiotic stress responses in plants , Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Springer India,,,1-14. |
73 | Choudhary, Pooja., Pramitha, Lydia., Rana, Sumi., Verma, Shubham., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2021) , Hormonal crosstalk in regulating salinity stress tolerance in graminaceous crops , Physiologia Plantarum, Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK,173,4,1587-1596. |
72 | Andrew-Peter-Leon, MT., Selvaraj, Ramchander., Kumar, KK., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Yasin, Jeshima Khan., Pillai, M Arumugam., (2021) , Loss of function of OsFBX267 and OsGA20ox2 in rice promotes early maturing and semi-dwarfism in γ-irradiated IWP and genome-edited Pusa Basmati-1 , Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers,,,1968. |
71 | Rana, Sumi., Pramitha, Lydia., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2021) , Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.) , Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Cereal Crops, Springer,1,,255–289. |
70 | Choudhury, Aparajita., Verma, Shubham., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Rajam, Manchikatla Venkat., (2021) , Identification of suitable reference genes for expression profiling studies using qRT-PCR in an important insect pest, Maruca vitrata , Molecular Biology Reports, Springer Netherlands,48,,7477-7485. |
69 | Dhaka, Annvi., Singh, Roshan Kumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2021) , Genetics and genomics interventions for promoting millets as functional foods , Current Genomics, Bentham Science Publishers,22,3,154. |
68 | Rana, Sumi., Pramitha, Lydia., Aggarwal, Pooja Rani., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., (2021) , Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Tolerance in Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.) , Genomic Designing for Biotic Stress Resistant Cereal Crops, Springer,1,,295-311. |
67 | Jency, James Poornima., Rajasekaran, Ravikesavan., Singh, Roshan Kumar., Muthurajan, Raveendran., Prabhakaran, Jeyakumar., Mehanathan, Muthamilarasan., Prasad, Manoj., Ganesan, Jeeva., (2020) , Induced mutagenesis enhances lodging resistance and photosynthetic efficiency of kodomillet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) , Agronomy, MDPI,10,2,227. |
66 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Deshmukh, Rupesh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Rani, Rekha., Prasad, Manoj., (2020) , Versatile roles of aquaporin in physiological processes and stress tolerance in plants , Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Elsevier Masson,149,,178-189. |
65 | Prasad, Ashish., Sharma, Namisha., Hari-Gowthem, Gunaseelen., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2020) , Tomato yellow leaf curl virus: impact, challenges, and management , Trends in plant science, Elsevier,25,9,897-911. |
64 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Singh, Roshan Kumar., Suresh, Bonthala Venkata., Rana, Sumi., Dulani, Priya., Prasad, Manoj., (2020) , Genomic dissection and expression analysis of stress-responsive genes in C4 panicoid models, Setaria italica and Setaria viridis , Journal of Biotechnology, Elsevier,318,,57-67. |
63 | Prasad, Ashish., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2020) , Synergistic antiviral effects against SARS-CoV-2 by plant-based molecules , Plant Cell Reports, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,39,,1109-1114. |
62 | Vetriventhan, M., Azevedo, Vania CR., Upadhyaya, HD., Nirmalakumari, A., Kane-Potaka, Joanna., Anitha, S., Ceasar, S Antony., Muthamilarasan, M., Bhat, B Venkatesh., Hariprasanna, K., (2020) , Genetic and genomic resources, and breeding for accelerating improvement of small millets: current status and future interventions , The Nucleus, Springer India,63,,217-239. |
61 | Sharma, Namisha., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Ashish., Prasad, Manoj., (2020) , Genomics approaches to synthesize plant-based biomolecules for therapeutic applications to combat SARS-CoV-2 , Genomics, Academic Press,112,6,4322-4331. |
60 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Prasad, Ashish., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Parida, Swarup K., Prasad, Manoj., (2020) , Breeding and biotechnological interventions for trait improvement: status and prospects , Planta, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,252,,1-18. |
59 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Singh, Nagendra Kumar., Prasad, Manoj., (2019) , Multi-omics approaches for strategic improvement of stress tolerance in underutilized crop species: a climate change perspective , Advances in genetics, Academic Press,103,,1-38. |
58 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Shweta, Shweta., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Rani, Rekha., Prasad, Manoj., (2019) , Study on aquaporins of Setaria italica suggests the involvement of SiPIP3; 1 and SiSIP1; 1 in abiotic stress response , Functional & Integrative Genomics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,19,4,587-596. |
57 | Pandey, Saurabh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Sharma, Namisha., Chaudhry, Vaishali., Dulani, Priya., Shweta, Shweta., Jha, Sarita., Mathur, Saloni., Prasad, Manoj., (2019) , Characterization of DEAD-box family of RNA helicases in tomato provides insights into their roles in biotic and abiotic stresses , Environmental and Experimental Botany, Elsevier,158,,107-116. |
56 | Jaiswal, Vandana., Gupta, Sarika., Gahlaut, Vijay., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Bandyopadhyay, Tirthankar., Ramchiary, Nirala., Prasad, Manoj., (2019) , Genome-wide association study of major agronomic traits in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) using ddRAD sequencing , Scientific reports, Nature Publishing Group UK London,9,1,5020. |
55 | Prasad, Ashish., Sharma, Namisha., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Rana, Sumi., Prasad, Manoj., (2019) , Recent advances in small RNA mediated plant-virus interactions , Critical reviews in biotechnology, Taylor & Francis,39,4,587-601. |
54 | Mehanathan, Muthamilarasan., (2019) , Fellowships and Funding Opportunities for School Students: The Way Forward , , Indian National Science Academy,,,. |
53 | Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Pandey, Garima., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2018) , Epigenetics and epigenomics of plants , Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology, Springer International Publishing,,,237-261. |
52 | Mandal, Arunava., Mishra, Awdhesh Kumar., Dulani, Priya., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Shweta, Shweta., Prasad, Manoj., (2018) , Identification, characterization, expression profiling, and virus-induced gene silencing of armadillo repeat-containing proteins in tomato suggest their involvement in tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus resistance , Functional & integrative genomics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,18,,101-111. |
51 | Mehanathan, Muthamilarasan., Bedre, Renesh., Mangu, Venkata., Rajasekaran, Kanniah., Bhatnagar, Deepak., Baisakh, Niranjan., (2018) , Identification of candidate resistance genes of cotton against Aspergillus flavus infection using a comparative transcriptomics approach , Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Springer India,24,,513-519. |
50 | Mandal, Arunava., Sharma, Namisha., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2018) , Ubiquitination: a tool for plant adaptation to changing environments , The Nucleus, Springer India,61,,253-260. |
49 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Genetic determinants of drought stress tolerance in Setaria , Genetics and genomics of Setaria, Springer International Publishing,,,267-289. |
48 | Sharma, Shambhavi., Pandey, Saurabh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Chaudhry, Vaishali., Dulani, Priya., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Genomics Resources for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Solanaceae Crops , The Potato Genome, Springer International Publishing,,,195-216. |
47 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Sahu, Pranav Pankaj., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Dhaka, Annvi., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Genomics-assisted breeding for improving stress tolerance of graminaceous crops to biotic and abiotic stresses: progress and prospects , Plant tolerance to individual and concurrent stresses, Springer India,,,59-81. |
46 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Foxtail millet: an introduction , The foxtail millet genome, Springer International Publishing,,,1-9. |
45 | Yadav, Amita., Hari-Gowthem, Gunaseelen., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Regulation of Development and Stress Response by miRNAs , The Foxtail Millet Genome, Springer International Publishing,,,137-152. |
44 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Shweta, Shweta., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Foxtail millet genome sequencing, assembly, annotation, and application , The foxtail millet genome, Springer International Publishing,,,11-22. |
43 | Pandey, Garima., Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Sahu, Pranav Pankaj., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Salinity induced differential methylation patterns in contrasting cultivars of foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) , Plant cell reports, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,36,,759-772. |
42 | Bandyopadhyay, Tirthankar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Millets for next generation climate-smart agriculture , Frontiers in plant science, Frontiers Media SA,8,,1266. |
41 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2017) , Exploiting Genome Sequence Information to Develop Genomic Resources for Foxtail Millet Improvement , The Foxtail Millet Genome, Springer International Publishing,,,37-51. |
40 | Singh, Roshan Kumar., Jaishankar, Jananee., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Shweta, Shweta., Dangi, Anand., Prasad, Manoj., (2016) , Genome-wide analysis of heat shock proteins in C4 model, foxtail millet identifies potential candidates for crop improvement under abiotic stress , Scientific reports, Nature Publishing Group UK London,6,1,32641. |
39 | Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Dangi, Anand., Shweta, Shweta., Prasad, Manoj., (2016) , Comprehensive analysis of SET domain gene family in foxtail millet identifies the putative role of SiSET14 in abiotic stress tolerance , Scientific reports, Nature Publishing Group UK London,6,1,32621. |
38 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Mangu, Venkata R., Zandkarimi, Hana., Prasad, Manoj., Baisakh, Niranjan., (2016) , Structure, organization and evolution of ADP-ribosylation factors in rice and foxtail millet and their expression in rice , Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group UK London,6,1,24008. |
37 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2016) , Role of genomics in enhancing nutrition content of cereals , Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Agronomic, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Traits, Springer International Publishing,,,77-96. |
36 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Dhaka, Annvi., Yadav, Rattan., Prasad, Manoj., (2016) , Exploration of millet models for developing nutrient rich graminaceous crops , Plant Science, Elsevier,242,,89-97. |
35 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Khan, Yusuf., Jaishankar, Jananee., Shweta, Shweta., Lata, Charu., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Integrative analysis and expression profiling of secondary cell wall genes in C4 biofuel model Setaria italica reveals targets for lignocellulose bioengineering , Frontiers in plant science, Frontiers Media SA,6,,965. |
34 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Advances in plant sciences for nutritional security , , Astral International Pvt. Ltd.,,,. |
33 | Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Bonthala, Venkata Suresh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Pandey, Garima., Khan, Yusuf., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Genome-wide development of transposable elements-based markers in foxtail millet and construction of an integrated database , DNA research, Oxford University Press,22,1,79-90. |
32 | Kole, Chittaranjan., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Henry, Robert., Edwards, David., Sharma, Rishu., Abberton, Michael., Batley, Jacqueline., Bentley, Alison., Blakeney, Michael., Bryant, John., (2015) , Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: progress and prospects , Frontiers in plant science, Frontiers Media SA,6,,563. |
31 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Advances in Setaria genomics for genetic improvement of cereals and bioenergy grasses , Theoretical and applied genetics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,128,,1-14. |
30 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Bonthala, Venkata S., Khandelwal, Rohit., Jaishankar, Jananee., Shweta, Shweta., Nawaz, Kashif., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Global analysis of WRKY transcription factor superfamily in Setaria identifies potential candidates involved in abiotic stress signaling , Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media SA,6,,910. |
29 | Lata, Charu., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Drought stress responses and signal transduction in plants , Elucidation of Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants: Functional Genomics Perspectives, Volume 2, Springer New York,,,195-225. |
28 | Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Bhareti, Priyanka., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Mukherjee, Minakshi., Khan, Yusuf., Rathi, Pushpendra., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Genome-wide SNP identification and characterization in two soybean cultivars with contrasting mungbean yellow mosaic India virus disease resistance traits , PloS one, Public Library of Science,10,4,e0123897. |
27 | Kumar, Karunesh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Bonthala, Venkata Suresh., Roy, Riti., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Unraveling 14-3-3 proteins in C4 panicoids with emphasis on model plant Setaria italica reveals phosphorylation-dependent subcellular localization of RS splicing factor , PloS one, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA,10,4,e0123236. |
26 | Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Pandey, Garima., Prasad, Manoj., (2015) , Identification, characterization and expression profiling of Dicer-like, Argonaute and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene families in foxtail millet , Plant molecular biology reporter, Springer US,33,,43-55. |
25 | Bonthala, Venkata Suresh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Roy, Riti., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , FmTFDb: a foxtail millet transcription factors database for expediting functional genomics in millets , Molecular biology reports, Springer Netherlands,41,,6343-6348. |
24 | Lata, Charu., Mishra, Awdhesh Kumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Bonthala, Venkata Suresh., Khan, Yusuf., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Genome-wide investigation and expression profiling of AP2/ERF transcription factor superfamily in foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) , PLoS One, Public Library of Science San Francisco, USA,9,11,e113092. |
23 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Khandelwal, Rohit., Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Bonthala, Venkata Suresh., Khan, Yusuf., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Identification and molecular characterization of MYB transcription factor superfamily in C4 model plant foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) , PLoS One, Public Library of Science San Francisco, USA,9,10,e109920. |
22 | Khan, Yusuf., Yadav, Amita., Bonthala, Venkata Suresh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Comprehensive genome-wide identification and expression profiling of foxtail millet [Setaria italica (L.)] miRNAs in response to abiotic stress and development of miRNA database , Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), Springer Netherlands,118,,279-292. |
21 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Parida, Swarup K., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Advances in wheat genomics and its potential in ensuring food security in the scenario of climate change , , Indian National Science Academy,,,. |
20 | Mishra, Awdhesh Kumar., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Khan, Yusuf., Parida, Swarup Kumar., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Genome-wide investigation and expression analyses of WD40 protein family in the model plant foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) , PloS one, Public Library of Science,9,1,e86852. |
19 | Sahu, Pranav Pankaj., Sharma, Namisha., Puranik, Swati., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Involvement of host regulatory pathways during geminivirus infection: a novel platform for generating durable resistance , Functional & integrative genomics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,14,,47-58. |
18 | Muthamilarasan, MEHANATHAN., Venkata Suresh, B., Pandey, GARIMA., Kumari, KAJAL., Parida, SWARUP KUMAR., Prasad, MANOJ., (2014) , Development of 5123 intron-length polymorphic markers for large-scale genotyping applications in foxtail millet , DNA research, Oxford University Press,21,1,41-52. |
17 | Gupta, Sarika., Kumari, Kajal., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Parida, Swarup Kumar., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Population structure and association mapping of yield contributing agronomic traits in foxtail millet , Plant cell reports, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,33,,881-893. |
16 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , An overview of wheat genome sequencing and its implications for crop improvement , Journal of Genetics, Springer India,93,,619-622. |
15 | Yadav, Chandra Bhan., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Pandey, Garima., Khan, Yusuf., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Development of novel microRNA-based genetic markers in foxtail millet for genotyping applications in related grass species , Molecular breeding, Springer Netherlands,34,,2219-2224. |
14 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Bonthala, Venkata Suresh., Mishra, Awdhesh Kumar., Khandelwal, Rohit., Khan, Yusuf., Roy, Riti., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , C 2 H 2 type of zinc finger transcription factors in foxtail millet define response to abiotic stresses , Functional & Integrative Genomics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,14,,531-543. |
13 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2014) , Impact of impact factor in quantifying the quality of scientific research , , Indian Academy of Sciences,,,. |
12 | Lata, C., Mishra, AK., Muthamilarasan, M., Bonthala, VS., Khan, Y., Prasad, M., (2014) , Genome-wide investigation and expression profi ling of AP , ERF Transcription, ,,,. |
11 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Misra, Gopal., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , FmMDb: a versatile database of foxtail millet markers for millets and bioenergy grasses research , PloS one, Public Library of Science,8,8,e71418. |
10 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Plant innate immunity: an updated insight into defense mechanism , Journal of biosciences, Springer-Verlag,38,,433-449. |
9 | Kumari, Kajal., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Misra, Gopal., Gupta, Sarika., Subramanian, Alagesan., Parida, Swarup Kumar., Chattopadhyay, Debasis., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Development of eSSR-markers in Setaria italica and their applicability in studying genetic diversity, cross-transferability and comparative mapping in millet and non-millet species , PloS one, Public Library of Science,8,6,e67742. |
8 | Gupta, Sarika., Kumari, Kajal., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Subramanian, Alagesan., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Development and utilization of novel SSR s in foxtail millet [S etaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.] , Plant Breeding, Wiley Online Library,132,4,367-374. |
7 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Barley genome sequence emerges as a promising candidate in genetic research and breeding , , Indian Academy of Sciences,,,. |
6 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Theriappan, P., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Recent advances in crop genomics for ensuring food security , Current Science, Current Science Association,105,2,155-158. |
5 | Kumar, Karunesh., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR analysis in the model plant foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) subjected to abiotic stress conditions , Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), Springer Netherlands,115,,13-22. |
4 | Sahu, Pranav Pankaj., Pandey, Garima., Sharma, Namisha., Puranik, Swati., Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Epigenetic mechanisms of plant stress responses and adaptation , Plant cell reports, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,32,,1151-1159. |
3 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Wheat genome sequencing: a milestone in cereal genomics and its future potentials , , Indian Academy of Sciences,,,. |
2 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan., Prasad, Manoj., (2013) , Cutting-edge research on plant miRNAs , Current Science, JSTOR,104,3,287-289. |
1 | Mehanathan, Muthamilarasan., Manoj, Prasad., (2013) , Wheat genome sequencing: a milestone in cereal genomics and its future potential. , Current Science, Current Science Association,104,3,. |
Title | Year | Duration | Amount(In Lakhs) | PI/I |
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Comparative morpho-physiological, …………. of foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) | 2023 | 3 | 48 | Principal Investigator |
Understanding the genetic ……… using genome-editing approach | 2021 | 3 | 40 | Principal Investigator |
Decoding the mechanism ……… drought stress conditions | 2021 | 3 | 9.2 | Co-Principal Investigator |
Development of low phytic acid ……… micronutrients | 2018 | 3.4 | 33 | Principal Investigator |
Comparative and functional genomics …………. foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.) | 2017 | 5 | 35 | Principal Investigator |
Title of talk |
Event |
Organizer |
Date |
Sequencing Millet Genomes for Trait Mapping and Improvement: Progress and Prospects |
Online Refresher Course |
ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad, Telangana |
September 14, 2023 |
Millets for Climate Resilient Agriculture: Progress and Prospects |
Milicon-2023: An International Conclave on Millets |
Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka |
September 13, 2023 |
Funding opportunities for Research students (Session I) Academic writing (Session II) |
Research Orientation Program 2023 |
Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh |
September 8, 2023 |
Life in Agricultural Science: The Way Forward |
Invited talk (online) |
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Bawal, Haryana |
August 24, 2023 |
Exploring the nutri-potential of Millets: The Way forward |
International Conference on "Mighty Millets for Food, Nutrition, and Health Security" |
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
August 6-8, 2023 |
Panelist in ‘Agroecological Transition Challenges – Are we making this transition tough for farmers to adapt?’ |
AGLIBERTE 23 | Accelerating Sustainable Agriculture Development Goals |
Krishnamurthi International Agriculture Development Foundation, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and Building Ecological Regenerative Agriculture and Societies International, Sweden |
August 5, 2023 |
Nutri-Potential of Millets (Session I) Mining abiotic stress responsive genes using NGS (Session II) Career Opportunities in Life Sciences (Session III) |
DST-SERB sponsored High-End workshop on "Advanced Techniques in Augmenting Millets for Nutritional Security and Climate Resilient Agriculture" |
ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture (Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan), Almora, Uttarakhand |
July 21, 2023 |
Genomics and transcriptomics interventions to dissect climate-resilient traits in foxtail millet (Setaria italica) |
International Conference on Millets: Breeding, Physiology, Genomics, Biotechnology, and Nutraceuticals-2023 (ICM-BPGBN-2023) |
Department of Biosciences, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Cochin, Kerala |
July 6, 2023 |
Millets for a healthy lifestyle |
Summer Research Internship Program -2023 |
Skill Development Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana |
June 26, 2023 |
Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of abiotic stress responsive genes in foxtail millet |
'International Millets Conference and Futuristic Food Expo 2023' (IMCFFE 2023) |
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
May 25, 2023 |
Writing a Fulbright Application |
Fulbright Mentoring Workshop |
United States-India Educational Foundation, Hyderabad Chapter |
April 17, 2023 |
Millets: The future superfood of India |
Seminar on ‘Millets: The future superfood of India’ |
J.D. Birla Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal |
April 6, 2023 |
Millets for food and nutritional security: Promise or fallacy? |
International Seminar on ‘Use of Millets to Eradicate Malnutrition in Badly Hit World Population with Special Reference to Jharkhand’ |
Santosh College of Teachers' Training and Education, Ranchi, Jharkhand |
March 19, 2023 |
Nutri-potential of millets |
‘Millet Conglomerate’ on IYoM 2023 |
PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
March 11, 2023 |
Genomic interventions for climate-resilient agriculture |
12th National conference on ‘Bioscience in Modern Era (BioME)’ |
Sri Krishna Arts & Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
March 10, 2023 |
Impact of natural disasters on agriculture |
National seminar on ‘Impact of Natural Disasters on Environment’ |
Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
March 9, 2023 |
Millets for India: Promise or Fallacy? |
National Science Day-2023 celebrations (online) |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
March 3, 2023 |
Millets for food and nutrition: Progress and prospects |
Celebrations of International Year of Millets-2023 |
Indira Priyadarshini Govt. Degree College for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana |
February 27, 2023 |
Nutrigenomics of millets |
Webinar on ‘Awareness on millets’ |
Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu |
February 10, 2023 |
Genomic interventions for climate-resilient agriculture |
International Conference on ‘New Avenues in Applied Sciences’ |
Lady Doak College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
February 3, 2023 |
Computational Genomics |
Two-day’s hands-on training program on ‘Computational Genomics’ |
Sri Krishna Arts & Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
January 27-28, 2023 |
Millets and their implications in human health: A case study of resistant starch |
DST-STUTI workshop on ‘Advanced Techniques in Biomedical Research’ |
Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana |
January 18, 2023 |
Millets for Future |
IYoM 2023 – Curtain Raiser |
Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
December 19, 2022 |
Genomic interventions for sustainable agriculture |
Workshop on ‘Next Generation Sequencing and its Implications in Agriculture and Human Health’ (online) |
Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida |
December 5, 2022 |
Implementing NEP 2020: A roadmap from Central University |
Workshop on ‘NEP 2020: From Awareness towards Implementation’ |
NEP 2020 Task Force Team, Sandip University, Nashik |
November 26, 2022 |
Feeding 10 billion by 2050 – How? |
One-day Seminar on ‘Advances in Life Science Research’ |
SERB-SSR Scheme of Dr. Pallabi Mitra, Dept. of Animal Biology, SLS, University of Hyderabad, Telangana |
October 19, 2022 |
Millets as functional genomics model for food, nutrition, energy, and environment |
Technical Symposium on ‘Basic Science and Technology for Sustainable Development’ |
Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) in association with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, Maharashtra |
September 16, 2022 |
Making a career in Life Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities |
World Bank Project (MPHEQIP) sponsored talk |
Govt. M H College of Home Science and Science for Women, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh |
September 12, 2022 |
CRISPR genome editing: An overview |
Biotech Innovation Ignition School-12 |
BIRAC-Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions’ (SRISTI), Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
July 1, 2022 |
Funding Opportunities for Postgraduate Students |
Invited talk |
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
June 24, 2022 |
Life in Life Sciences |
Invited talk on Career Guidance |
Centre for Marine Science and Technology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Kannyakumari, Tamil Nadu |
May 17, 2022 |
Sequencing Plant Genomes: Progress and Prospects |
One day seminar on “Biotechnology for Food and Nutritional Security” |
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu |
May 2, 2022 |
Plant Genome Analysis |
One day Workshop on plant genome analysis |
PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
March 28, 2022 |
Writing Research Proposals-Projects for Grants-Funding |
Research Guidance Workshop |
Jaipur National University, Jaipur, Rajasthan |
March 19, 2022 |
Basic concepts of genes, genome, genomics, & genomic databases (Day 1) & Transcriptomics & integrated omics approaches (Day 2) |
DBT-STAR College Scheme sponsored training program (Two-days hands on training on plant genome analysis) |
Sri Krishna Arts & Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
March 16 – 17, 2022 |
Introduction to Economic Botany (Sesson I) & Medicinal Plants & Folklore/ Traditional Indian Medicinal Systems (Session II) |
MoEFCC (GOI) sponsored GSDP on Advance Course in Para-Taxonomy |
Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
March 11, 2022 |
Academic Honesty & Integrity (Session I) & National and Global Trends in Higher Education (Session II) |
UGC-HRDC sponsored Faculty Induction Programme, Batch-X |
UGC HRDC, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
February 1, 2022 |
Academic Honesty & Integrity (Session I) & National and Global Trends in Higher Education (Session II) |
UGC-HRDC sponsored Faculty Induction Programme, Batch-VIII |
UGC HRDC, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
December 29, 2021 |
Next Generation Sequencing Approaches to Decode Millet Genomes |
National seminar on “Barnyard millet – A Promising Crop for Future Needs” |
Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
November 10, 2021 |
Career Paths in Life Science |
National Webinar on Career Paths in Life Science |
The American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
November 1, 2021 |
Can Biotechnology feed 10 billion by 2050? |
Faculty Development Program on "Application of Omics Technologies in Life Sciences Research” |
PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
October 22 & 23, 2021 |
2-days Practical session on Genome Analysis using in silico Tools |
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Designer crops for the ever-growing population
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Invited talk (online) |
G.D.Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana |
November 17, 2020 |
Funding opportunities in Life Sciences |
UGC-HRDC sponsored “Refresher Course on Life Sciences” |
UGC HRDC, University of Hyderabad, Telangana |
November 16, 2020 |
Conducting discipline specific research (Session I) & Designing inter-disciplinary and collaborative research proposals (Session II) |
UGC-HRDC sponsored Faculty Induction Programme, Batch-I |
UGC HRDC, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
November 9 & 11, 2020 |
The neglected and underutilized crops (Session I) & Genes, genetics and genomics (Session II) |
UGC-HRDC sponsored “Refresher Course in Botany” Batch-XIII |
University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
October 7 & 8, 2020 |
Achievements & success stories of omics in Indian agriculture |
World Bank sponsored National Agricultural Higher Education Project – Conference |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Bihar |
October 9, 2020 |
‘Small’ millets for ‘large’ population |
Invited talk (online) |
Govt. Degree College, Kukatpally, Telangana |
September 5, 2020 |
Securing ExtraMural Funding in Life Sciences: Tactics and Strategies |
Invited talk
Online National Faculty Development Programme |
Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
July 27, 2020 |
Designer Crops |
Invited talk (online) |
The Biomics |
July 25, 2020 |
Mainstreaming underutilized crops to address food and nutrition security |
Mentor Talk (Online)
CSIR-Summer Research Training Program 2020 |
CSIR-NEIST, Assam
|
July 14, 16, 17 & 21, 2020 |
Development of genetic and genomic resources in foxtail millet: Progress and prospects |
Invited talk (online) |
Bioingene |
July 8, 2020 |
Pandemic & Hunger: A Hidden Truth |
Invited talk (online) |
The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu |
June 22, 2020 |
Life in Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities |
Invited talk (online) |
SAFI Institute of Advanced Study, Malappuram, Kerala |
June 13, 2020 |
Career in Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities |
Invited talk (online) |
Sri Kaliswari College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu |
June 6, 2020 |
Next generation genomics for crop improvement to address hunger and malnutrition |
Invited talk (online) |
Vel’s Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
May 21, 2020 |
Tips and Strategies for Publishing in Science |
Invited talk (online) |
Lady Doak College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
April 29, 2020 |
Publishing in Science : Strategies and Tactics |
Invited talk (online)
World Bank sponsored National Agricultural Higher Education Project – Workshop |
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Maharashtra |
April 22, 2020 |
Funding and fellowship opportunities for students in agricultural sciences |
Invited talk
World Bank sponsored National Agricultural Higher Education Project - Workshop |
ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi |
February 22, 2020 |
Subjects handled (present)
Program |
Semester |
Course code |
Course |
Credits |
Teaching since |
M.Sc. Plant Biology & Biotechnology |
II |
PB 451 |
Environmental Biotechnology* |
1.5 out of 3 |
2020 |
M.Sc. Microbiology & Immunology |
III |
MB 504 |
Microbial Genetics* (Theory) |
1 out of 2 |
2020 |
MB 505 |
Microbial Genetics* (Practical) |
1 out of 6 |
2021 |
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M.Sc. (all programs in SLS) |
IV |
PB 579 |
Phylogenomic Biology* (Elective) |
1 out of 2 |
2021 |
Ph.D. (Pre-Ph.D. Coursework at SLS) |
I |
SL 802 |
Research and Publication Ethics |
2 out of 2 |
2020 |
M.Sc. Plant Biology & Biotechnology and Microbiology & Immunology |
I |
PB/MB 405 |
Computer Applications in Biology |
1 out of 6 |
2022 |
*For detailed syllabus, visit http://sls.uohyd.ac.in/new/admin/uploads/departments/2.pdf
Subjects handled (earlier)
Program |
Semester |
Course code |
Course |
Credits |
Year(s) |
Ph.D. (Pre-Ph.D. Coursework at SLS) |
I |
SL 804 |
Research and Publication Ethics |
1 out of 2 |
2019 to 2022 |
IMSc (Science stream) |
IV |
SB 253 |
Evolution and Diversity |
1 out of 2 |
2022 |
Ph.D. (Pre-Ph.D. Coursework at SLS) |
I |
SL 803 |
Research and Scientific Communication |
3 out of 4 |
2022 |
Ph.D. (Pre-Ph.D. Coursework at SLS) |
I |
SL 805 |
Omics in Biology |
1 out of 3 |
2022 |
- Organizing Secretary of International Conference on ‘Current Trends and Future Prospects of Plant Biology’ organized by the Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (February 23 – 25, 2023)
- Convenor of Year-Long Celebrations of International Year of Millets - 2023 (under the direction of MoE, Govt. of India), funded by Institute of Eminence Directorate, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (September 2022 – December 2023)
- Coordinator of Three Days of Hands-On Training on 'NGS Data Analysis' organized by the Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (September 20 – 22, 2022)
- Coordinator of Journal Club of Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (August 2022 – till date)
- Convenor of World Water Day Commemorative Seminar at Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (March 22, 2022)
- Coordinator of 13th Plant Sciences Colloquium organized by the Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (October 29, 2021)
- Coordinator of Plant Science Lecture Series of Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana to organize invited lectures in the Department (April 2021 – till date)
- Convenor of World Food Safety Day commemorative National Webinar on ‘Pandemics and Hunger: Mainstreaming Millets for Addressing Food and Nutritional Security’ organized by Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Telangana (June 8, 2020)