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Name: Prof. Sunil Archak
Contact Number: 011-25848955, 011-25846268, Ext. 273, Mobile No. +91 9999421947
Address: ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources Pusa Campus, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA
E-mail: Professor.PGR@icar.gov.in, sunil.archak@icar.gov.in
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Postgraduate Education in PGR at NBPGR

The management of plant genetic resources has developed into an important technical, socio-economic and political concern over the past 50 years or so. With the ratification of the CBD in 1992, considerable awareness was raised about the importance of conserving biodiversity, its sustainable use and the need for equitable benefit-sharing arrangements. The need of trained manpower from many countries particularly from developing world was realized to carry out various bioresource management tasks. The value and use of wild and cultivated genetic resources for breeders and other researchers have now come of age. In India, the intake of first batch of postgraduate students in Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) discipline of Post-graduate School, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI, a deemed-to-be-University), New Delhi took place in 1997 at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) for Master’s course. The Ph.D. courses in PGR started since 2004-05 academic session. So far, till 2017-18, a total of 58 M.Sc. and 20 Ph.D. degrees have been awarded in PGR discipline. The four major theme areas of postgraduate research have been: assessment of genetic diversity and population structure of crop landraces; species relationships and molecular phylogeny; seed conservation and related supportive research, and biotechnology and germplasm conservation.

MoU between NBPGR and IARI for PG Education in PGR

Brief description of M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses in PGR

As in other disciplines of IARI, the M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses in PGR are being conducted in semesters under course credit systems. The M.Sc. course is of two years’ duration divided into four semesters. To complete the Ph.D., course a student normally takes 3-4 years. The Ph.D. course is also conducted under course credit system. There are a total of 21 courses designed for the PGR discipline. These include both regular courses and also advanced courses. Both M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes in PGR have research components as well. A M.Sc. student has to submit a thesis as partial fulfilment of the degree. For Ph.D. the research topic is more elaborate. For M.Sc. degree, the thesis is basically indicative of a students’ potentiality for conducting research whereas all Ph.D. students are supposed to write at least two quality research papers in peer reviewed journal (s) before submitting their thesis for award of the degree.

System of Admission

(i) M.Sc. degree courses: The students are selected through an all India Entrance Test conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research https://exams.nta.ac.in/ICAR/ .
(ii) Ph.D. degree courses: Admission is made by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research https://exams.nta.ac.in/ICAR/ .

Number of seats

There is scope for enrolment of four students for M.Sc. and ten students for Ph.D. courses in PGR. In addition, there is scope for enrolment of one foreign student in each course.

Courses being offered in PGR discipline*

M.Sc. (Ag.) Syllabus

Course No.	Course Title	Credit
PGR 501*	Germplasm Exploration and Plant Systematics	3(2+1)
PGR 502*	Plant Diversity and Conservation	3(2+1)
PGR 503*	Germplasm Characterization and Evaluation	2(1+1)
PGR 504	Genetic Enhancement for PGR Utilization	2(1+1)
PGR 505*	Economic Botany	3(2+1)
PGR 506	Information Management in PGR	2(1+1)
PGR 507*	PGR Exchange and Quarantine	3(2+1)
PGR 508	Genomics in PGR management	2(1+1)
PGR 509	Plant Biosecurity	1(1+0)
PGR 510	Principles of Genetics for PGR Management	2(2+0)
PGR 511	Principles of Plant Breeding for PGR Management	2(1+1)
PGR 512	Concepts in Conservation Genetics	2 (1+1)
	Major courses (minimum 20 credits from above courses including *marked Courses)	20
	Minor courses	08
	Supporting courses	06
	Common compulsory courses	05
PGR 591	Seminar	01
PGR 599	Thesis/Research	30
	Total Credits	70

Ph.D. Syllabus

Course No.	Course Title Credit	Credit
PGR 601*	Recent Advances in Germplasm Conservation	2(1+1)
PGR 602*	Phenomics and Genomics for PGR Utilization	2(1+1)
PGR 603*	Economic Botany and Crop Diversification	2(1+1)
PGR 604	PGR Policies and Regulatory Mechanisms	1(1+0)
PGR 605	Molecular Population Genetics in PGR Management	3(2+1)
PGR 606	Plant Taxonomy, Eco geography and Ecology	2(1+1)
PGR 607	In situ-on farm conservation	2(1+1)
PGR 608	Genomic tools and current applications	3(2+1)
PGR 609*	Intellectual Property Rights and Regulatory Mechanisms (e-course)	1(1+0)
	Major courses (Minimum 12 credits from above courses including *marked Courses)	12
	Minor courses	06
	Supporting courses	05
PGR 691	Seminar I	01
PGR 692	Seminar II	01
PGR 699	Thesis/Research	75
	Total Credits	100
Comprehensive (Pre-qualifying) Examination	(Non-credit of 100 marks)	Satisfactory / Not satisfactory

*Compulsory major courses

*** : cross link with other Divisions, will be offered by the but Faculty of PGR will teaching

Priority areas in Postgraduate Research in PGR

The major priority areas for future postgraduate research in PGR discipline are as follows:

Assessment of diversity loss over time and space and approaches to measuring genetic erosion on-farm.
Identification of genetically important crop populations, and farming systems that are priorities for conservation in traditional production systems and investigating different options for “adding value” to these populations in a given social, economic and ecological context.
Development of molecular markers for economically important traits in plant genetic resources.
Characterization of germplasm for enhanced utilization using tools of comparative genomics.
Study of gene flow in indigenous crop plant-wild relative’s complexes.
DNA bar-coding system for identification of wild relatives and molecular phylogeny of indigenous crop taxa.
Providing scientific basis for seed conservation strategies and for devising effective seed conservation protocols.
Strategies for exploitation of genomic resources for improved utilization of genetic resources.
Investigating molecular aspects of seed longevity.
- Investigating seed storage behavior as a prerequisite for storage strategy and factors responsible for recalcitrance in seeds.

Development of cost-effective in vitro conservation and cryopreservation protocols.

Major theme areas of post-graduate research	No. of thesis
Assessment of diversity in crop landrace populations and on-farm management of crop diversity	43
Species relationships and molecular phylogeny	2
Seed storage and related research	8
Biotechnological approaches for conservation of vegetatively propagated crop germplasm	7

List of students awarded degrees with chairperson – year wise

S.No.	YEAR	Student Name	Chairperson	Award/Distinction received, if any
M.Sc. Students
1.	1999	Mr. Anandhan, S.	Dr. P.L. Gautam
2.	2000	Mr. Yogesh K. Dwivedi	Dr. J.L. Karihaloo
3.	2000	Ms. M. Hema K. Reddy	Dr. B.B. Mandal
4.	2000	Mr. Parvin M. Kamble	Dr. B.B. Singh
5.	2000	Mr. M. Selvendran	Dr. J.L. Karihaloo	IARI Merit Medal
6.	2001	Mr. S.K. Tiwari	Dr. J.L. Karihaloo
7.	2001	Ms.Y. Amaravathi	Dr. P.L. Gautam	IARI Merit Medal
8.	2001	Ms. Priyadarshini Sanghamitra	Dr. B.B. Mandal
9.	2001	Mr. Dayanand Mandal	Dr. S.S. Malik
10.	2002	Mr. T. Chandrasekhar	Dr. J.L. Karihaloo
11.	2002	Mr. C. Palrasu	Dr. Mahendra Singh
12.	2002	Mr. S. Murugesan	Dr. S.S. Malik
13.	2003	Mr. Manjegowda, S.J.	Dr. B.S. Dhillon
14.	2003	Mr. D. Kumutha	Dr. Mahendra Singh	IARI Merit Medal
15.	2003	Ms. K. Lakshmi	Dr. S.S. Malik
16.	2004	Mr. Manjunatha, T.	Dr. I.S. Bisht
17.	2004	Mr. H. Mohan	Dr. B.S. Dhillon	IARI Merit Medal
18.	2004	Ms. Suma, A.	Dr. A.K. Singh
19.	2005	Ms. Sunaina Singh	Dr. J.L. Karihaloo	Award of BEST STUDENT OF THE YEAR
20.	2005	Mr. K. Venkatesan	Dr. I.S. Bisht
21.	2005	Mr. Santosh Kumar	Dr. A.K. Singh
22.	2006	Mr. R. Senthilkumaran	Dr. I.S. Bisht
23.	2006	Mr. Saravanan, M.	Dr. K.V. Bhat
24.	2006	Mr. Ashok K. Mahariya	Dr. B.B. Mandal
25.	2007	Mr. Avinash Pandey	Dr. K.V. Bhat
26.	2007	Ms. Ramya, P.	Dr. K.V. Bhat	IARI Merit Medal
27.	2007	Ms. Adhini S. Pazhany	Dr. B.B. Mandal
28.	2008	Ms. Fikirte, A.	Dr. A.K. Singh
29.	2008	Mr. Gopala Sundararaj, S.	Dr. R.K. Tyagi	IARI Merit Medal
30.	2008	Mr. Vishal Singh	Dr. Veena Gupta
31.	2009	Mr. Santhoshkumar, G.	Dr. Veena Gupta
32.	2010	Mr. Sathiyamoorthy, G.	Dr. I.S. Bisht
33.	2010	Ms. Shephalika Amrapali	Dr. R.P. Dua
34.	2010	Mr. Ajit Uchoi	Dr. S.K. Malik
35.	2011	Ms. Rohini, M.R.	Dr. S.K. Malik
36.	2011	Mr. Subhash Chander	Dr. Shashi Bhalla
37.	2012	Mr. Kuldeep Tripathi	Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi Bhalla
38.	2012	Mr. Krishna Prakash	Dr. (Mrs.) Anjula Pandey
39.	2012	Mr. Gopal Singh Jatav	Dr. (Mrs.) Rekha Chaudhury
40	2013	Mr. Manish Kumar Mittal	Dr. M. C. Yadav
41	2013	Mr. Rahul Chandora	Dr. M. Dutta
42	2013	Mr. Vikash Chandra Tyagi	Dr. (Mrs.)Rekha Chaudhury
43	2014	Mr. Badal Singh	Dr. Sunil Archak
44	2014	Mr. Anil Patidar	Dr. M.C. Yadav
45	2014	Mr. Pavan K. Malav	Dr. Anjula Pandey
46	2014	Ms. Padmavati G. Gore	Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi Bhalla	IARI Merit Medal
47	2015	Mr. Sushil Kumar,C	Dr. Sunil Archak
48	2015	Mr. Jagdish Goyanka	Dr. Anuradha Agrawal
49	2015	Mr. Rakesh Kumar.B	Dr. (Mrs.) G.J. Randhawa
50	2015	Mr. Shailendra Solanki	Dr. (Mrs.) Ambika Baldev G.
51	2016	Mr. Kuwardadra Sahadeo Indaldas	Dr. (Mrs.) G.J. Randhawa
52	2016	Mr. Shivam Kumar	Dr Mukesh K. Rana
53	2016	Mr. Hari Prasath, S	Dr. K.C. Bhatt
54	2016	Mr. Shyam Kumar	Dr Anuradha Agrawal
55	2017	Mr. Anto James	Dr. Mukesh K Rana
56	2017	Ms. Manju Kumari	Dr. (Mrs.) Ambika Baldev Gaikwad
57	2017	Mr. Prabakaran S.	Dr. Jalli Radhamani
58	2017	Mr. Sunil Naik S	Dr. Anuradha Agrawal	ISPGR 2018
59	2018	Mr.Laxmisha K.M.	Dr. K.C. Bhatt	ISPGR 2019
60	2018	Mr. Puneeth G.M	Dr. M.K. Rana
61	2018	Mr. P. Prabhu	Dr. Ambika Baldev Gaikwad
62	2018	Mr. Naval Kishore Meena	Dr. J. Radhamani
63	2019	Ms. Deepika D.D.	Dr. Celia Chalam V.
64	2019	Ms. Monika Jha	Dr. Rakesh Bhardwaj	ISPGR 2020
65	2020	Mr. Siddhant Ranjan Padhi	Dr. Rakesh Bhardwaj	ISPGR 2021
66	2020	Mr.Chethan Kumar, K.B.	Dr. Kavita Gupta
67	2020	Mr. G.J.Abhishek	Dr. Celia Chalam V.
68	2020	Mr. Venugopala Gowda.R	Dr. S. Rajkumar
69	2021	Mr. Sandip Kumar Panigrahi	Dr. Kavita Gupta	ISPGR 2022
70	2021	Mr. Subham Deb	Dr. S. Rajkumar
71	2021	Mr. Mallikarjun Biradar	Dr. Sherry R. Jacob
72	2021	Mr. Praveen Gumachana Mardi	Dr. Sandhya Gupta
73	2021	Mr. Nagaraj Naik D.	Dr. K.K. Gangopadhyay
74	2022	Mr. Latief Bashir	Dr. Sundeep Kumar	ISPGR 2023
75	2022	Ms. Thendral U S	Dr. D.P. Semwal
76	2022	Ms. Rinky Reshma Panda	Dr. Sandhya Gupta
77	2022	Mr. Shashank H G	Dr. Sherry Rachel Jacob
78	2022	Mr. Sridhar A.	Dr. K.K. Gangopadhyay
79	2023	Ms. Sampa Saha	Dr. Sherry Rachel Jacob
80	2023	Ms. Jyotsna Verma	Dr. Kuldeep Tripathi	IARI Merit Medal
81	2023	Mr.Vivek Kumar	Dr. D.P. Semwal
82	2023	Ms. Shradha Mahawar	Dr. S K Malik
83	2023	Ms. Guthi Likhitha	Dr. Sandhya Gupta
84	2023	Mr. Jitendra Kumar Yadav	Dr. Amit Kumar Singh
85	2023	Mr. Kunal	Dr. Sangita Bansal	ISPGR 2024

Ph.D. Students
1.	2007	Dr. Nidhi Verma	Dr. I.S. Bisht
2.	2007	Dr. Shailesh Tiwari	Dr. B.B. Mandal
3.	2008	Dr. Santosh Kumar	Dr. I.S. Bisht
4.	2009	Dr. Manjunatha, T.	Dr. I.S. Bisht
5.	2009	Dr. Sunaina Singh	Dr. K.V. Bhat	IARI Merit Medal
6.	2010	Dr. Avinash Pandey	Dr. I.S. Bisht
7.	2010	Dr. Venkatesan, K.	Dr. K.V. Bhat
8.	2011	Dr. Ramya, P.	Dr. K.V. Bhat
9.	2011	Dr. Saravanan, M.	Dr. K.V. Bhat
10	2013	Dr. Logapriyan M.	Dr. I.S. Bisht
11	2013	Dr. Gayacharan	Dr. I.S. Bisht
12	2013	Dr. Santosh Kumar G.	Dr. (Mrs.) Veena Gupta
13	2014	Dr. Rajappa J.J.	Dr. K.V. Bhat
14	2015	Dr. Kuldeep Tripathi	Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi Bhalla
15	2016	Dr. Ajit Uchoi	Dr S.K. Malik
16	2016	Dr. Sangh Chandramohan	Dr Veena Gupta
17	2017	Dr. Subhash Chander	Dr. K.V. Bhat
18	2017	Dr. P. Kiran Babu	Dr. R.K. Tyagi
19	2017	Dr. Yegappa Hipparagi	Dr. (Mrs.) Veena Gupta
20	2017	Dr. Nemappa Lambani	Dr. S.K. Malik
21	2019	Dr. Rohini M.R.	Dr. Rekha Chaudhury
22	2019	Dr.Krishna Prakash	Dr. Rekha Chaudhury
23	2019	Dr.Gore Padmavati G.	Dr. Veena Gupta
24	2019	Dr.K. Sahadeo I.	Dr. G.J. Randhawa
25	2020	Dr. Shailendra Solanki	DR. Sunil Archak
26	2020	Dr. Badal Singh	Dr. K.C. Bhatt
27	2020	Dr. Shephalika Amrapali	Dr. Sunil Archak
28	2020	Dr.Pavan Kumar Malav	Dr. Anjula Pandey
29	2021	Dr.Anil Patidar	Dr. Mahesh C. Yadav
30	2021	Dr.Jagdish Goyanka	Dr. Mahesh C. Yadav
31	2021	Dr. Hari Prasath S.	Dr. Veena Gupta
32	2022	Dr. Chaw Su Su Htwe	Dr. Anuradha Agrawal
33	2022	Dr.Rakesh Kumar Bairwa	Dr. Mahesh C. Yadav
34	2022	Dr. Deepak D A	Dr. Anuradha Agrawal
35	2022	Dr. Shankar M	Dr. Anuradha Agrawal
36	2023	Dr.Prabakaran S	Dr. Veena Gupta
37	2023	Dr. Manju Kumari	Dr. K C Bhatt
38	2023	Dr. Prabhu.P	DR. Anjula Pandey
39	2023	Dr. Puneeth G.M.	Dr. Sunil Archak
40	2023	Dr. Aswin M.	Dr. M C Yadav
40	2023	Dr. Deepika D D	Dr. K C Bhatt
41	2023	Dr. K R RAMYA	Dr. K C Bhatt
42	2023	Dr. Siddhant Ranjan Padhi	Dr. Rakesh Bhardwaj
44	2023	Dr. G J Abhishek	Dr. Celia Chalam
45	2023	Dr. Rithesh B N	Dr. S Rajkumar
46	2023	Dr. Chethan Kumar K B	Dr. Kavita Gupta

List of foreign students

S.No.	Year	Name of the foreign student	Chairperson	Country
M. Sc. Students
1.	2001	Dayanand Mandal	Dr. S.S. Malik	Nepal
2.	2008	Fikerte, A.	Dr. A.K. Singh	Ethiopia
3	2022	Dr. Chaw Su Su Htwe	Dr. Anuradha Agrawal	Maynmar

List of Students’ publications

S.No.	Author(s)	Title of the article	Name of the Journal	Volume, Page Number, Year
1.	Karihaloo, J.L., Y.K. Dwivedi, Sunil Archak and Ambika Baldev Gaikwad	Analysis of genetic diversity of Indian mango cultivars using RAPD markers.	Journal Hort. Sci. Biotech.	78: 285- 89, 2003
2.	Bhat, K.V, Y. Amravati, P.L. Gautam and K.C. Velayudhan	AFLP characterization and classification of Indian banana and plantation cultivars.	Plant Genetic Resources Characterization & Utilization	2: 121-130, 2004
3.	Venkatesan, K., I.S. Bisht, K.V. Bhat, K. Elayaraja and K.C. Muneem	Morphological diversity in naked barley landraces from north-western Himalayas of India.	Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources	18: 175-186, 2005.
4.	Venkatesan, K., I.S. Bisht and K.V. Bhat	Diversity in Himalayan hull-less (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces using AFLP and STMS markers.	Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources	19: 19-29, 2006.
5.	Kumar, Santosh, J. Radhamani, Anirudh K. Singh and K.S. varaprasad	Germination and seed storage behaviour in Pongamia pinnataL.	Current Science	93:910-911, 2007.
6.	Manjunatha, T., I.S. Bisht, K.V. Bhat and B.P. Singh	Genetic diversity in barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. Vulgare) landraces from Uttaranchal Himalaya of India.	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	54: 55-65, 2007.
7.	Singh, S., J.L. Karihaloo and A.B. Gaikwad	DNA fingerprinting of some mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivars using anchored-ISSR markers	Journal Biochem. Biotech.	162: 113-117, 2007.
8.	Verma, S., J.L. Karihaloo, S.K. Tiwari., A.K. Koul and R. Mangotra	Genetic diversity inEremostanchys superba royle ex Benth. (Lamiaceae), an endangered Himalayan species, analyzed using RAPD markers.	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	54: 221-229, 2007
9.	Senthilkumaran, R., I.S. Bisht, K.V. Bhat and J.C. Rana	Diversity in buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) landraces populations from north-western Indian Himalayas.	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	55:297-302, 2008.
10.	Verma, Nidhi, I.S.Bisht, K.S. Negi and D.K.Hore	Morphological diversity inPerilla frutescens (L.) Britt landraces from the Indian Himalayas.	Pusa AgriScience,	31: 15-24, 2008.
11	Nidhi Verma, M.K. Rana, K.S.Negi, Gunjeet Kumar, K.V.Bhatt, Y.J.Park and I.S.Bisht	Assessment of genetic diversity in Indian Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton landraces using STMS markers.	Indian Journal of Biotechnology	9:43-49, 2010.
12	Verma, Nidhi, M.K. Rana, Gunjeet Kumar, Aparajita Mohanty and I.S.Bisht	Genetic diversity of Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton using RAPD markers.	International Journal of Tropical Agriculture	2: 383-386, 2009.
13	Kumar, S., I.S. Bishtand K.V. Bhat and P.S. Mehta	Diversity among different populations of a locally common rice landrace under static (ex situ) and dynamic (in situ) management from north-western Indian Himalayas.	PusaAgriscience	32:1-10, 2010.
14	Kumar, S., I.S. Bishtand K.V. Bhat	Population structure of rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces under farmer management.	Annals of Applied Biology	156: 137-146, 2010.
15	Verma, Nidhi, M.K. Rana, K.S.Negi, Gunjeet Kumar, K.V.Bhatt, Y.J.Park and I.S.Bisht	Assessment of genetic diversity in Indian Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton landraces using STMS markers.	Indian Journal of Biotechnology	9:43-49, 2010.
16	Kumar S, IS Bisht and KV Bhat	Population structure of rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces under farmer management.	Annals of Applied Biology	156: 137-146, 2010.
17	Kumar, S., A. Pandey, I. S. Bisht, K. V. Bhat and P. S. Mehta	Diversity among different populations of a locally common rice (Oryza sativaL.) landrace from north-western Indian Himalayas.	Plant Genetic Resources	8:151-158, 2010.
18	Sundarraj, S.G., A. Agrawal and R.K. Tyagi	Encapsulation for in vitro short-term storage and exchange of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) germplasm.	Scientia Horticulturae	125: 761-776, 2010.
19	Manjunatha, T., I .S. Bisht and K. V Bhat	Genetic structure of hull-less barley (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare) landrace populations from North-western Indian Himalayas.	Indian Journal of Biotechnology,	10: 25-32, 2011.
20	Pandey A, IS Bisht, KV Bhat and PS Mehta	Role of informal seed system in promoting landrace diversity and their on-farm conservation: a case study of rice in Indian Himalayas.	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	58: 1213-1224, 2011.
21	Pandey A, I S Bisht, KV Bhat	Population structure of rice (Oryza sativa) landraces from high altitude area of Indian Himalayas.	Annals of Applied Biology	160: 16-24, 2012.
22	Chau Su Su Htwe	Comparison of Three Cryotechniques for Conservation of Banana (Musa AAA, Cavendish Subgroup) Genotypes	Indian Journal Plant genetic Resources	34(3): 460–470 (2021) 460 DOI 10.5958/0976-1926.2021.00040.1
23	Deepak DA	Improved Micropropagation Protocol and Molecular Marker Based Genetic Stability Assessment of Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.)	Indian Journal Plant genetic Resources	35(2): 264–274 (2022) 264 DOI 10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00030.4
24	Shankar, M.	In vitro germination and cryopreservation technique for long-term pollen conservation of underutilized legume: Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus)	Indian Journal Of Agricultural Sciences	93(2), 205-209.
25	Siddhant Ranjan Padhi,	Evaluation and multivariate analysis of cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) walp] germplasm for selected nutrients—mining for nutri-dense accessions	Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems	6 (2022): 888041.
26	Siddhant Ranjan Padhi,	Development and optimization of NIRS prediction models for simultaneous multi-trait assessment in diverse cowpea germplasm	Frontiers in Nutrition	9 (2022): 1001551
27	Ramya, K. R	Rediscovering the potential of multifaceted orphan legume Grasspea-a sustainable resource with high nutritional values	Frontiers in Nutrition	8 (2022): 826208.
28	Laxmisha, K. M	Nutritional profiling and GIS-based grid mapping of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) germplasm	Applied Food Research	2 (2) (2022): 100-169
29	Prabakaran, S	Profiling Total Phenolic Content of Different Seed Coloured Germplasm of Ratti (Abrus precatorius)	Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources	34 (1) (2021): 90-92
30	Prabakaran, S	Assessment of morphological variability and diversity analysis in Abrus precatorius (L.) germplasm conserved at National Gene Bank, NBPGR	The Pharma Innovation Journal	(2022). 11(10): 1164-1172
31	Shankar, Thendral Uma	Spatial Distribution, Diversity Mapping, and Gap Analysis of Wild Vigna Species Conserved in India’s National Genebank	Diversity	15 (4) (2023): 552.
32	Chau Su Su Htwe	Transcriptome Profiling during Sequential Stages of Cryopreservation in Banana (Musa AAA cv Borjahaji) Shoot Meristem	Plants	2023, 12(5)
33	Rithesh B .N	A Flow Cytometry-Based Assessment of the Genomic Size and Ploidy Level of Wild Musa Species in India	Plants	12 (2) (2023): 3605.
34	Aswin M.	Phenotypic Characterization of Crop Genetic Resources of AA-genome Species in Rice (Oryza spp.)	Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources	6 (3) (2023): 402-414.
35	Aswin M.	Population structure and genetic differentiation analyses reveal high level of diversity and allelic richness in crop wild relatives of AA genome species of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in India	Journal of Applied Genetics	2023): 1-22.
36	Siddhant Ranjan Padhi,	Nutritional Potential of Adzuki Bean Germplasm and Mining Nutri-Dense Accessions through Multivariate Analysis	Foods	2023, 12, 4159
37	Shankar, M.	In vitro germination and cryopreservation technique for long-term pollen conservation of underutilized legume: Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus)	Indian Journal Of Agricultural Sciences	93(2), 205-209. (2023)
38	Puneeth G M	Circa situm Conservation of Tree Genetic Resources: A Case Study from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India	Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources	36 (3) (2023): 415-421.
39	Manju Kumari	Unveiling Diversity for Quality Traits in the Indian Landraces of Horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.]	Plants	12 (22) (2023): 3803.
40	Deepika D D	Identification of BCMV resistant germplasm in mungbean (Vigna radiata) using serological and molecular diagnostics.	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	93 (1): 98–101 (2023)
41	Deepika D D	Nutritional Potential of Adzuki Bean Germplasm and Mining Nutri-Dense Accessions through Multivariate Analysis	Foods	( 12.22 (2023): 4159

List of Professors

S.No	Name	Period
1	Dr. B. B. Singh	1997-98
2	Dr. B.B. Mandal	1998-2007
3	Dr. S.S. Malik	January - July 2008
4	Dr. I.S. Bisht	August 2008 – March, 2015
5	Dr. Rekha Chaudhury	April 2015 - 17 July -2018
6	Dr. Veena Gupta	18 July 2018 31.08.2023
7	Dr. Sunil Archak	01.Sep-2023 Continue-

List of HODs (For the period 1997-2023)

S.No	Name	Period
1	Dr. P.L. Gautam	August 1997- April 2000
2	Dr. G.D. Sharma (Officiating)	May 2000 - August 2000
3	Dr. B.S. Dhillon	September 2000- July 2005
4	Dr. J.L. Karihaloo (Officiating)	August 2005 - January 2006
5	Dr. A.K. Singh (Officiating)	February 2006 - May 2006
6	Dr. S.K. Sharma	June 2006 - July 2010
7	Dr. D.C. Bhandari (Officiating)	July 2010- October 2010
8	Dr. K.C. Bansal	October 2010- August 2016
9	Dr. Kuldeep Singh	August 2016 - 2021
10	Dr. Ashok Kumar	Director (Acting)
11	Dr. Gyanendra Pratap Singh	30.10. 2022 Continuing

List of the Faculty Members

S. No	Name	Designation	Division/Unit
1	Dr. Sunil Archak	Principal Scientist	Professor
2	Dr. Ambika Baldev Gaikwad	Pr. Scientist	DGR
3	Dr. Amit Kumar Singh	Sr. Scientist	DGR
4	Dr. Anjali Kak Koul	Pr. Scientist	DGC
5	Dr. Archna P. Raina	Pr. Scientist	DGE
6	Dr. Celia Chalam Vasimalla	Pr. Scientist	PQD, Head
7	Dr. Dinesh Prasad Semwal	Pr. Scientist	DPEGC
8	Dr. Era Vaidya Malhotra	Scientist (SS)	DGC
9	Dr. Gayacharan	Scientist (SS)	DGE
10	Dr. Jameel Akhtar	Pr. Scientist	PQD
11	Dr. Kailash Chandra Bhatt	Pr. Scientist	DPEGC
12	Dr. Kavita Gupta	Pr. Scientist	PQD
13	Dr. Kuldeep Tripathi	Scientist (SS)	DEG
14	Dr. Lalit Arya	Pr. Scientist	DGR
15	Dr. Mahesh C. Yadav	Pr. Scientist	DGR
16	Dr. Manjusha Verma	Pr. Scientist	DGR
17	Dr. Monika Singh	Pr. Scientist	DGR
18	Dr. Mool Chand Singh	Pr. Scientist	PQD
19	Dr. Mukesh Kumar Rana	Pr. Scientist	DGR
20	Dr. Parimalan Rangan	Pr. Scientist	DGR
21	Dr. Padmavati Ganpat Gore	Scientist	DGC
22	Dr. Rajesh Kumar	Pr. Scientist	DGR
23	Dr. Rajkumar S.	Pr. Scientist	DGR
24	Dr. Rakesh Bhardwaj	Pr. Scientist	DGE
25	Dr. Rakesh Singh	Pr. Scientist	DGR,Head
26	Dr. Rashmi Yadav	Pr. Scientist	DGE
27	Dr. Raj Kumar Goutam	Pr. Scientist	DGE,Head
28	Dr. S K Malik	Pr. Scientist	DGC
29	Dr. Sandhya Gupta	Pr. Scientist	DGC
30	Dr. S.K. Yadav	Pr. Scientist	DGE
31	Dr. Sherry R. Jacob	Pr. Scientist	DGC
32	Dr. Subhash Chander	Scientist (SS)	DGC
33	Dr. S.P. Ahlawat	Pr. Scientist	DPEGC
34	Dr. Sundeep Kumar	Pr. Scientist	DGR
35	Dr. Sangita Bansal	Pr. Scientist	DGC
36	Dr. Vandana Tyagi	Pr. Scientist	GEPU
37	Dr. Vikender Kaur	Scientist (SS)	DGE
38	Dr. Zakaullah Khan	Pr. Scientist	PQD
39	Dr. Gowthami R	Scientist	DGC
40	Dr. Dhammaprakash Wankhede	Sr. Scientist	DGR

Last Updated : 30/05/2024