National Institute of Plant Genome Research
Digital India   Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav     
 
    Dr. Senthil-Kumar Muthappa
    Scientist-V
    Tel: 91-11-26741612,14,17 Ext. - 229
    Direct - 26735229, Fax: 91-11-26741658
    E-mail: skmuthappa@nipgr.ac.in
    http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1502-1659

Current Lab Members

 Research Associate
Miss. Anita Kumari
PhD, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi
Research Project: Investigating the role of Cicer arietinum SWEET genes in drought
modulated dry root rot disease defense response

Email:- neha107@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
 Junior Research Fellow
Miss. Neha
M.Sc. Biotechnology, Delhi Technological University
SCIPDb
Email:- neha107@nipgr.ac.in
Miss. Durgadevi Adimoolam
M.Sc., Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Screening of chickpea germplasm accessions for dry root rot disease using paper blot and sick pot methods
Email:- anupriya190@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Mr. Dulla Sandeep
MSc (Molecular Microbiology), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Telangana,India.
Characterization of chickpea germplasm resource to accelerate genomics-assisted crop improvement.
E mail id:- sandeepdulla@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Mr. Krishna R Acharya
M.Sc. Microbiology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala
Understanding the molecular basis of sugar transporters in plant host/non-host-bacterial interaction with pathogenic microbes.
E mail id:- kracharya555@gmail.com
CV and publications:
 Ph. D. Students
Miss.Shilpa Mukherjee
MSc. In Genetics and Plant Breeding, BCKV, West Bengal
Dissecting the key mechanistic role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and its associated
SynComs in providing protection against combined dry root rot disease under drought conditions in chickpea

E mail id:- shilpamukherjee@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Miss. Suman saini
MSc life science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, South West Delhi, India.
Elucidating the role of biochemical defence in dry root rot resistance in chickpea.
E mail id:- sumansaini0123@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Mr. Shubhashish Ranjan
M. Tech (Agricultural Biotechnology), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Characterization of genetic determinants of dry root rot disease resistance in chickpea under abiotic stress
E mail id:- shubhashishranjan@nipgr .ac .in
CV and publications: See
Miss. Anjali
M.Sc. (Botany), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Role of a SWEET transporter(s) in plant-pathogen interaction
Email:- anjali@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Mr. Aswin Reddy Chilakala
M. Sc. (Agriculture), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Combating dry root rot disease of chickpea by expressing antifungal proteins and through genetic enhancement
Email:- aswinchilakala@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Mr. Rishabh Mirchandani
M.Sc. (Botany), University of Delhi, New Delhi
Exploring non-host disease resistance to Macrophomina phaseolina
Email:- rishabhmirchandani@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
 Field cum Laboratory Attendant
Mr. Sunder Singh Solanki
Lab attendant (shared)
Email:- sundersolanki82@gmail.com
Mr. Rahim Hussain Tarafdar
Email:- hossan.rahim2015@gmail.com

 Former Lab Members