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Varieties released

BS 9702 and BS 9820 – High oil maize lines

TNAU 143 national variety in proso millet

CO(pv) 5 in proso millet

CO(KV) 2 in kudiriaivali

TNAU Cumbu hybrid CO 9 in pearl millet

CO 10 composite in pearl millet

Education

Ph.D [in Plant Breeding & Genetics] – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Professional Experience

Oil seed and Millets breeding

Marker assisted breeding in millets

Courses offered

Genetics and Cytogenetics

Botany of crops, Economic Botany

Germplasm exploration & conservation

Quality breeding

Recombination Breeding

Special skill

Computer applications

Current Research Area

Peal millet breeding & Molecular breeding

Collaborative Institute / Organization

AICPMIP units of ARS, Mandore, Jodhpur

ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad

Recognitions

Best paper presentation Award for the paper “Molecular Assisted Breeding in Pearl Improvement”presented in the National Conference on “Impact of Biotechnology in India-2007”

Dr.R.B.Singh award for the Best Ph.D thesis in breeding of oilseeds Best Ph.D student in Plant Breeding and Genetics award.

Publications

Research articles : National : 40 ; International : 17 ; Books [Chapter] : 3 ; Books : 9 ; Seminar and Symposium paper : 55 ; Book : 1 ; Others : 50