Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Dr Gireesha Mohannath

Associate Professor and SERB-Ramanujan Fellow

BITS-Pilani, Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal, Telangana, India

E-mail: gireesha@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Area’s of Interest: Bioinformatics (Genomics), plant-based expression platforms for oral therapeutics, rRNA epigenetics and genomic instability, engineered ribozymes and fluorescent RNA/DNA mimics for plant diagnostics, and genome editing/molecular approaches for crop trait improvement

Dr Satendra K Mangrauthia

Senior Scientist

ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad

E-mail: Satendra.KM@icar.gov.in

Area’s of Interest: Plant genome editing for crop improvement

Dr Sudhakar Reddy Palakolanu

Senior Scientist

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India

E-mail: Sudhakarreddy.Palakolanu@icrisat.org

Area’s of Interest: Functional genomics and gene editing in dryland crops, plant molecular biology and biotechnology, development of innovative genetic tools, genome engineering, bioinformatics-driven gene discovery

Dr Kamal Malukani

Scientist

Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS), NCBS campus GKVK Post, Bellary road Bengaluru

E-mail: kamal.kumar@tigs.res.in 

Area’s of Interest: Crop Improvement, Plant Pathology, Plant growth promotion

Dr Kutubuddin Ali Molla

Senior Scientist

Crop Improvement Division, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha, India 

E-mail: kutubuddin.molla@icar.gov.in 

Area’s of Interest: CRISPR/Cas tools development, Precise Genome Editing, Base Editing, Genetic Engineering, Transgenesis, Host-pathogen interaction

Dr Arunkumar Kallare 

Scientist D

Institute for Seri-Biotechnological Research (CSB-ISBR), 

Central Silk Board, Kodathi, Carmelram Post, Bangalore

E-mail: arunkumar.kallare@gmail.com 

Area’s of Interest: Genomics and genetics of silk-producing insects, Sequencing and functional analysis of silk protein genes, Transcriptomics and molecular biology of silkworm development, Applied genomics for sericulture improvement

Dr Sreeramaiah N Gangappa, 

Assistant Professor

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India 

E-mail: ngsreeram@iiserkol.ac.in 

Area’s of Interest: Thermomorphogenesis, photobiology, plant development and defense, gene regulation, functional genomics, genome engineering, and molecular approaches for understanding plant adaptation and improvement.

Dr Ramesha A

Scientist-D

Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute (CMER&TI). Lahdoigarh, Jorhat

E-mail: rameshagbiotech@gmail.com 

Area’s of Interest: Plant genetics and molecular biology

Dr Dhanawantari L Singha

Assistant Professor (Botany)

Rabindranath Tagore University, Hojai, Assam

E-mail: dhanawantarisingha@gmail.com

Area’s of Interest: Crop Improvement for stress resilience through CRISPR/Cas-based genome editing and functional genomics 

Dr Natarajan Velmurugan

Principal Scientist

Branch Lab, Itanagar, CSIR-NEIST Jorhat

E-mail: velmurugan.neist@csir.res.in 

Area’s of Interest: Plant and algal biotechnology, endosymbiotic relationships, freshwater microbiology, protein engineering and biotechnology

Dr Shridhar Hiremath

Scientist

Centre for Infectious Diseases (CID), BSTD, CSIR-NEIST Jorhat

E-mail: shridharhiremath.neist@csir.res.in 

Area’s of Interest: Plant virology, diversity analysis, computational biology, plant-virus-vector interaction studies, computer-aided drug discovery for plant viruses, plant-virus interaction studies through multi-omics approach

Dr Udita Basu

Scientist

Centre for Biotechnology, BSTD, CSIR-NEIST Jorhat

E-mail: uditabasu.neist@csir.res.in 

Area’s of Interest: Decoding genomic variants of economically important North-eastern flora Integrated genomics and machine learning approaches to identify superior alleles governing plant response to external cues, Understanding the role of non-coding transcript landscape in plant development and stress management

Dr Tridip Phukan

Senior Scientist

Agriculture and Rural Development Division, CSIR-NEIST Jorhat

E-mail: tridipphukan.neist@csir.res.in 

Area’s of Interest: Plant proteomics, plant physiology and biotechnology

Dr Romi Wahengbam

Senior Scientist

Centre for Infectious Diseases (CID), CSIR-NEIST Jorhat

E-mail: romiwahengbam.neist@csir.res.in 

Area’s of Interest: Host microbiome, Fermented food microbiome, and their molecular microbial ecology, Genomics of bacterial and viral infectious diseases, Development of custom NGS protocols and data analysis tools and pipelines, Bioinformatics.