{"id":9289,"date":"2026-04-29T06:13:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/?page_id=9289"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:36:54","slug":"%e0%a4%a1%e0%a5%89-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/hi\/%e0%a4%a1%e0%a5%89-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0921\u0949. \u092a\u093f\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0932"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9289\" class=\"elementor elementor-9289\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176642ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"176642ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-477ad5eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"477ad5eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f7dc47 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"72f7dc47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35fadbe5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35fadbe5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a186f32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a186f32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12154005 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12154005\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-867b6ec elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"867b6ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u0921\u0949. \u092a\u093f\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0932<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f30f351 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f30f351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u0938\u094d\u091f\u093e\u092b\u00a0<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;\">\u0935\u0948\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0915 <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.8px;\">V<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c2dd3c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c2dd3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u092a\u0940\u090f\u091a.\u0921\u0940. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb348f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb348f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Area<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e392302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e392302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3ab27a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3ab27a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enhancing Rice Grain Yield and Nutritional Quality<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying seed development to enhance rice productivity and improve grain quality by increasing protein and optimizing amylose content)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cbfa6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cbfa6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Interests<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab24a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab24a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52131f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52131f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rice is the primary staple food for more than half of the world&#8217;s population, with the grain serving as the edible and nutritionally important component. The major constituent of rice grain is starch, which is composed of two polysaccharides: amylose and amylopectin. Rice varieties with a higher amylose-to-amylopectin ratio generally have a lower glycemic index, resulting in slower starch digestion and a more gradual release of glucose into the bloodstream. Such varieties are therefore considered a healthier dietary option, particularly for managing blood sugar levels.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Beyond providing dietary energy, rice is also an important source of protein, especially in low- and middle-income countries where it forms a substantial part of the daily diet. Enhancing grain protein content while optimizing starch composition can significantly improve the nutritional value of rice and contribute to better public health outcomes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Simultaneously, meeting the food demands of a growing global population requires sustained improvements in rice productivity. Increasing grain yield remains a major agricultural priority, particularly under the constraints of limited arable land and changing climatic conditions.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our research is driven by the vision of developing next-generation rice lines that combine <strong>high grain yield with superior nutritional quality<\/strong>. By increasing grain protein content and optimizing the amylose-to-amylopectin ratio, we aim to contribute to the development of rice lines that address the dual challenges of <strong>food security and nutritional security<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7841d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7841d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Research Highlights<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56965ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56965ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Our laboratory investigates the molecular mechanisms that regulate rice seed development, with the long-term goal of improving grain yield and nutritional quality. Through genetic, molecular, and functional genomics approaches, we have identified key developmental stages, regulatory genes, and transcriptional networks that control grain size, starch accumulation, and seed storage protein synthesis.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152f70e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"152f70e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>(A) Defining the Stages of Rice Seed Development<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c16cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a2c16cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f2181 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58f2181\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b6f8eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b6f8eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To provide a framework for studying grain development, we classified rice seed development into <strong>five distinct stages (S1\u2013S5)<\/strong> based on characteristic morphological and physiological changes. This staging system has facilitated systematic analyses of gene expression, starch biosynthesis, and protein accumulation during seed development.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c507547 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c507547\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161b814 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"161b814\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10791\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_1.png 915w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_1-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_1-768x285.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Agarwal et al., 2011. Morphological and physiological changes during the five stages (S1\u2013S5) of rice grain development (DAP = Days After Pollination<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c1e165 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c1e165\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d5d70 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49d5d70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-979fde0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"979fde0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Subsequent studies from our laboratory demonstrated progressive starch accumulation in the developing endosperm of different rice varieties and revealed the temporal expression patterns of seed storage proteins using transcriptome analysis and qRT-PCR.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7d224c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c7d224c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29543d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29543d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr.pa_5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10787\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr.pa_5.png 595w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr.pa_5-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Mahto et al., 2023. Starch accumulation during seed development.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06ec2ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06ec2ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4459b5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4459b5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_6-1024x539.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10788\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_6-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_6-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_6-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_6.png 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Yadav et al., 2026. Expression profiles of seed storage proteins<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c184ad2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c184ad2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>(B) Transcriptional Regulation of Rice Grain Development<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ca3e8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ca3e8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f5da61 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f5da61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0109ed0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0109ed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rice grain development is orchestrated by complex transcriptional regulatory networks. Our research has focused on identifying and characterizing transcription factors that coordinate grain size, starch biosynthesis, and nutrient accumulation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(i)<\/strong> C2H2 Zinc Finger Transcription Factors<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We performed a genome-wide analysis of the C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor family, identifying 189 members in rice. Among these, ZOS5-09 and ZOS1-15 exhibited strong seed-specific expression during grain development, suggesting important regulatory functions<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d482eed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d482eed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5562fdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5562fdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_7.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10789\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_7.png 630w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dr._PA_7-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Agarwal et al., 2007. Expression profiles of ZOS5-09 and ZOS1-15 during the S1\u2013S5 stages of seed development.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-071c511 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"071c511\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd9124 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccd9124\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ec6a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ec6a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Using CRISPR\/Cas9-mediated genome editing and gene knockdown approaches, we demonstrated that ZOS5-09 functions as a positive regulator of grain size and grain nutritional traits, establishing it as a promising target for rice improvement.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our studies further revealed that ZOS5-09 functions as a DLN-type transcriptional repressor. We identified that the rice genome contains 266 DLN repressor proteins and developed the rGAL4 vector system as a versatile tool for studying transcriptional repression in plants.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49760ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"49760ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ede46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41ede46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"789\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11031\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_4.png 789w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_4-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_4-768x505.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Jaiswal et al., 2025. Proposed working model illustrating the regulatory role of ZOS5-09.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa91f8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa91f8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb1ab51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb1ab51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_5-1024x745.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11032\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_5-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_5-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_5-768x558.png 768w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_5.png 1312w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Singh et al., 2019. The rGAL4 vector and its application for analyzing DLN repressor activity.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe16f41 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe16f41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-714649a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"714649a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61c3d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61c3d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_7-1024x412.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11034\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_7-1024x412.png 1024w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_7-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_7-768x309.png 768w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_7.png 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Mathew et al., 2018. Functional roles of NAC transcription factors in plants<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6f038 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f6f038\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba205e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba205e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"909\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_6.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11033\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_6.png 909w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_6-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_6-768x543.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Mathew et al., 2018. Functional roles of NAC transcription factors in plants<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433a87b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"433a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c281bd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c281bd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(ii)<\/strong> NAC Transcription Factors<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The NAC family represents another major class of plant-specific transcription factors that regulate growth, development, and stress responses. Our work has highlighted their diverse functions during rice grain development.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Among these, we identified SUPER STARCHY1 (ONAC025) as a key regulator influencing grain development and starch accumulation, providing new insights into the molecular control of rice grain quality.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2560e43 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2560e43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbe98f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfbe98f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de199f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4de199f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(iii)<\/strong> NF-Y Transcription Factors<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We further demonstrated that OsNF-YB9, a homolog of LEAFY COTYLEDON1 (LEC1), plays an important role in regulating rice plant development and seed traits.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0812b5e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0812b5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba79811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba79811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_8.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11035\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_8.png 568w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_8-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Das et al., 2019. Working model describing the function of OsNF-YB9.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2fb1ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a2fb1ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ed2d7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ed2d7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e130733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e130733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11036\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_9.png 886w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_9-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PA_9-768x440.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Figure: Verma et al., 2021. Seed-development genes downstream to GW2.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20a1c18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20a1c18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c779c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6c779c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(iv)<\/strong> Beyond Transcription Factors<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our research also extends to other regulatory proteins involved in grain development. We showed that GW2, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, acts as a negative regulator of grain size and influences the expression of numerous seed development genes, highlighting the importance of ubiquitin-mediated regulation during grain development.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80a9d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80a9d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Current Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our current research focuses on the functional characterization of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins that govern rice grain size, yield, and nutritional quality. We aim to unravel the interconnected regulatory networks that control seed development and determine key agronomic and nutritional traits.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To achieve this, we employ <strong>CRISPR\/Cas9-based genome editing<\/strong>, gene knockdown, and overexpression approaches to generate transgenic rice lines for candidate genes. These plants are evaluated across successive generations through comprehensive phenotypic analyses, with particular emphasis on grain size, seed morphology, and yield-related traits.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We further investigate grain nutritional quality by quantifying starch composition, protein content, and other biochemical characteristics. To understand the molecular basis of these traits, we integrate <strong>transcriptomic<\/strong>, <strong>metabolomic<\/strong>, and <strong>proteomic<\/strong> analyses to identify downstream target genes, interacting protein partners, and the biological pathways regulated by these factors. In parallel, we characterize upstream microRNAs (miRNAs) that modulate the expression of these regulatory genes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By combining functional genomics with multi-omics approaches, our research seeks to construct comprehensive regulatory networks underlying rice grain development. These insights will facilitate the development of rice varieties with enhanced grain yield, improved nutritional quality, and greater potential to contribute to global food and nutritional security.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21282670962\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21282670962\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-71e5f90 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71e5f90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb065a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0bb065a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6817582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6817582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Career<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db861e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0db861e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6b3997 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6b3997\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scientist V, BRIC-NIPGR (2022 \u2013 present)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9a99d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b9a99d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb80e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb80e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scientist IV, NIPGR (2018 \u2013 2022)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56aa813 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56aa813\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5569c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5569c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Staff Scientist III, NIPGR (2014 \u2013 2018)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856b4c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"856b4c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d027368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d027368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scientist II, NIPGR (2011 &#8211; 2014)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e0593c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9e0593c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e4217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15e4217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research Scientist, DBT\u2019s Center of Excellence, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University (2010 \u2013 2011)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5afa0f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5afa0f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f74de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87f74de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Senior Research Fellow, DBT\u2019s Center of Excellence, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University (2009 \u2013 2010)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9cfe8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e9cfe8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-089bf25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"089bf25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ph. D., Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University (2003-09)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485df3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"485df3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2854612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2854612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>M. Sc., Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Delhi University (2001-03)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f02fc13 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f02fc13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d906167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d906167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>B. Sc. (Botany-Hons.), Gargi College, Delhi University (1998-2001)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21282670963\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21282670963\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-507d5b53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"507d5b53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ebdcbd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ebdcbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e26eaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e26eaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2953ff4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2953ff4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd5aa84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fd5aa84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3632a51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3632a51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DBT-CTEP Travel Grant (2024)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57059e2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57059e2\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SERB 'Women Excellence Award' by Science and Research Engineering Board, India and was felicitated with the same on Women's Day, 2013 at the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2013)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab763a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab763a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5635de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b5635de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dad24e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5dad24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">INSA Young Scientist's Award (2012)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0bd6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c0bd6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8959f0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8959f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8532dc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8532dc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Special mention in Indian Women Scientist's Association (IWSA) newsletter (December 2012)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4306173 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4306173\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc69bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1dc69bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02389f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02389f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Junior and senior research fellowships from UGC (2001)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddfec74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddfec74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aea990 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6aea990\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f01ac1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f01ac1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">President of Gargi College Botanical Society (2000)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21282670964\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21282670964\" data-tab-index=\"4\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-377e7d5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"377e7d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e697b8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e697b8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7d5424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7d5424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Openings in Laboratory<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41f4c6a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41f4c6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7da7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d7da7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If your thoughts are in sync with above mentioned research and goals, please drop in a mail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21282670965\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21282670965\" data-tab-index=\"5\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 5;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-46cd1738 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46cd1738\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b771007 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b771007\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33cea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f33cea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Current Members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd8fdbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd8fdbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Our laboratory brings together researchers with diverse expertise in molecular biology, genetics, genomics, and plant biotechnology. We are committed to fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating research environment while training the next generation of plant scientists<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0bf4ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0bf4ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Current Research Team<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c188c29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c188c29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8592d99 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8592d99\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92cd830 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"92cd830\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-363cc6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"363cc6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Antima Yadav<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fed855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fed855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Associate, DBT Indo-Canada Project (2026 \u2013 present)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562d104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"562d104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D. \u2013 BRIC-NIPGR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08eba3 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e08eba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">antimayadav@nipgr.ac.in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a867140 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a867140\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda8d7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dda8d7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d141f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d141f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24516bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24516bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aswathi P.V<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86445f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86445f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D. (2020 \u2013 present)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8755db5 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"8755db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">aswathi.pv@nipgr.ac.in <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6514c37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6514c37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0c6f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c0c6f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d786f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69d786f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-776afed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"776afed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Falah Qasim<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1cb56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a1cb56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D. (2022 - present)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc4cc2 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7dc4cc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">falah@nipgr.ac.in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccb225 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ccb225\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a910691 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a910691\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d352ff5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d352ff5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa1418 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fa1418\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Upasana Das<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67efb46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67efb46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D. (2022 - present)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-918dceb elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"918dceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">dasupasana@nipgr.ac.in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d5b528 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d5b528\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2afb99c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2afb99c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae2f7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dae2f7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9becc84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9becc84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tripti Avinash<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216eb7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"216eb7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D. (2023 - present)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa02f62 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"aa02f62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">triptiavinash@nipgr.ac.in <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f427d3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f427d3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59b18dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59b18dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8874143 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8874143\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c765e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51c765e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ritama Kundu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff2482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eff2482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D. (2024 - present)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7ff42 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"8d7ff42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">ritama@nipgr.ac.in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9fd8df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9fd8df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf761d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ecf761d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac08b6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ac08b6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6314297 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6314297\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nitika<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c801073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c801073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Associate (2025-present), BRIC-NIPGR STRF Scheme<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba5e7e elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"1ba5e7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8f18b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8f18b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Former Lab Members <\/strong><strong>Ph. D. Alumni<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f066de4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f066de4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eeee47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2eeee47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a224875 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a224875\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f9c88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32f9c88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naveen Malik <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3e01f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3e01f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2017<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da6de68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da6de68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assistant Professor-III, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Rajasthan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5835cce elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"5835cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c29db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45c29db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0961e1b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0961e1b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd664bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd664bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ab679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34ab679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rajeev Ranjan <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559bd2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"559bd2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2017<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01a460f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01a460f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Postdoctoral Researcher at Purdue University, USA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ce96e elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"40ce96e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb18797 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb18797\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016dc53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"016dc53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8343e03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8343e03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0b19c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0b19c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iny Mathew <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c10a63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c10a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2018<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d3d7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80d3d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Postdoctoral Researcher at USDA\/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Centre, Texas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7fbadd elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"d7fbadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5417a9e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5417a9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6797e16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6797e16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d7f146 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d7f146\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d653845 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d653845\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sweta Das <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a20f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9a20f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2018<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a94077 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a94077\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Functional Characterization of Rice Homologues of LEAFY COTYLEDON1 in Seed Development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ffdb2 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"68ffdb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faef8d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"faef8d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2172c28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2172c28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d1ac5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3d1ac5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e890e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e890e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Arunima Mahto <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4838039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4838039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2019<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b797f83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b797f83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research associate III, Indian Sugarcane Research Institute (ISRI), Lucknow<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97dc205 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"97dc205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-802ecf3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"802ecf3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b985c09 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b985c09\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c2a15f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c2a15f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62665f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a62665f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ankit Verma <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a9c64c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a9c64c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2021<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec675e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec675e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Food Safety Officer, Commissionerate of Food Safety and Drug Control, Jaipur, Rajasthan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb0319 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"bcb0319\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af81959 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af81959\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab0fedf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab0fedf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b95154b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b95154b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2757cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2757cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Priya Jaiswal <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127c812 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"127c812\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca46233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca46233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Cambridge, UK<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5bb98e elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c5bb98e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c83ea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13c83ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34e521 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c34e521\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0f4fcb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c0f4fcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edda456 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"edda456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Richa Priyadarshini <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0785d66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0785d66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b77c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74b77c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assistant Professor (Botany) at Tilka Manjhi University, Bhagalpur, Bihar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62acd0b elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"62acd0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b453b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b453b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a8ec8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70a8ec8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b79b8b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b79b8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684110f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"684110f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Antima Yadav <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad79532 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad79532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ph. D., 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce1a17b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce1a17b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Associate , BRIC-NIPGR<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0732a59 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"0732a59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-envelope\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M502.3 190.8c3.9-3.1 9.7-.2 9.7 4.7V400c0 26.5-21.5 48-48 48H48c-26.5 0-48-21.5-48-48V195.6c0-5 5.7-7.8 9.7-4.7 22.4 17.4 52.1 39.5 154.1 113.6 21.1 15.4 56.7 47.8 92.2 47.6 35.7.3 72-32.8 92.3-47.6 102-74.1 131.6-96.3 154-113.7zM256 320c23.2.4 56.6-29.2 73.4-41.4 132.7-96.3 142.8-104.7 173.4-128.7 5.8-4.5 9.2-11.5 9.2-18.9v-19c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v19c0 7.4 3.4 14.3 9.2 18.9 30.6 23.9 40.7 32.4 173.4 128.7 16.8 12.2 50.2 41.8 73.4 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">antimayadav@nipgr.ac.in<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3e1ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a3e1ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Research Alumni<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17b40da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17b40da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e79e223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e79e223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Priya Jaiswal<\/strong>, RA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Afsana Parveen<\/strong>, RA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Ankur Vichitra, <\/strong>RA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Shubhra Rastogi, <\/strong>RA<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Shuaib Malik<\/strong>, SRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Rashmi Renu Sahoo, <\/strong>SRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Akanksha Panwar, <\/strong>SRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Purnima Singh, <\/strong>SRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Megha Varshney, <\/strong>SRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sanjoli Jain, <\/strong>JRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Swarnmala Samal, <\/strong>JRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Veena K. Sinha, <\/strong>JRF<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Poonam Ray, <\/strong>JRF<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21282670966\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21282670966\" data-tab-index=\"6\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 6;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-22bc7b84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22bc7b84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddc2f86 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddc2f86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e6ed75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e6ed75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4ec01c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f4ec01c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a79b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98a79b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yadav A, Jaiswal P, Mathew IE, Panwar A, <strong>Agarwal P (2026)<\/strong> Decoding rice seed storage proteins: from gene identification to structural prediction. <strong>Annals of Botany <\/strong>(accepted) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/aob\/mcag124\">DOI: 10.1093\/aob\/mcag124<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9ea08f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c9ea08f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9500c86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9500c86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jaiswal P, Qasim F, Mahto A, Vichitra A, Tyagi AK, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong> (<strong>2025<\/strong>) Zinc finger transcriptional repressor ZOS5-09 regulates grain filling and development in rice. <strong>Physiologia Plantarum <\/strong>177(4):e70376 DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ppl.70376\">1111\/ppl.70376<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5101ea4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5101ea4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84620b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84620b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jaiswal P,\u00a0Priyadarshini R,\u00a0Yadav A,\u00a0Aswathi PV,\u00a0Mahto A,\u00a0Mathew IE,\u00a0Das U,\u00a0Qasim F,\u00a0Vichitra A,\u00a0Panwar A,\u00a0Verma A,\u00a0Tyagi AK, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong> (<strong>2024<\/strong>) A novel repressor-activator-competitor module comprising C2H2 zinc finger and NAC transcription factors regulates rice grain development. <strong>bioRxiv <\/strong>(preprint)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2024.07.15.603577\">doi: 2024.07.15.603577<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb27559 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb27559\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e04ae91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e04ae91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mahto A, Yadav A, Aswathi PV, Parida SK, Tyagi AK, <strong>Agarwal P <\/strong>(<strong>2023<\/strong>) Cytological, transcriptome and miRNome temporal landscapes decode enhancement of rice grain size. <strong>BMC Biology<\/strong> 21:91 DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12915-023-01577-3\">1186\/s12915-023-01577-3<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33bebd2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33bebd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be4cd83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be4cd83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Verma A, Prakash G, Ranjan R, Tyagi A K, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong> (<strong>2021<\/strong>) Silencing of an ubiquitin ligase increases grain width and weight in indica rice. <strong>Frontiers in Genetics<\/strong> 11:600378 DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fgene.2020.600378\">3389\/fgene.2020.600378<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebcc3cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ebcc3cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c1e86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10c1e86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathew IE, Priyadarshini R, Mahto A, Jaiswal P, Parida SK, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong> (<strong>2020<\/strong>) SUPER STARCHY1\/ONAC025 participates in rice grain filling. <strong>Plant Direct<\/strong> 4:e00249 DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pld3.249\">1002\/pld3.249<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93a5c13 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"93a5c13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a472325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a472325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malik N, Ranjan R, Parida SK,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Tyagi AK (<strong>2020<\/strong>) Mediator subunit OsMED14_1 plays an important role in rice development.\u00a0<strong>Plant Journal\u00a0<\/strong>101:1411.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7780625 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7780625\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6b83e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6b83e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Das S, Parida SK, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>#, Tyagi AK# (<strong>2019<\/strong>) Transcription factor OsNF\u2011YB9 regulates reproductive growth and development in rice. <strong>Planta<\/strong> 250: 1849 (#-equal corresponding author) DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00425-019-03268-2\">1007\/s00425-019-03268-2<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b1b6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39b1b6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d941af5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d941af5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Singh P, Mathew IE, Verma A, Tyagi AK, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong> (<strong>2019<\/strong>) Analysis of rice proteins with DLN repressor Motif\/S. <strong>International Journal of Molecular Sciences<\/strong> 20:1600 DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/ijms20071600\">3390\/ijms20071600<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b532f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04b532f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78fb41b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78fb41b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathew I E, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong> (<strong>2018<\/strong>) May the fittest protein evolve: favoring the plant-specific origin and expansion of NAC transcription factors. <strong>Bioessays<\/strong> 40: e1800018 DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/bies.201800018\">1002\/bies.201800018<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f98de28 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f98de28\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a26c1cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a26c1cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malik N,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Tyagi A K (<strong>2017<\/strong>)\u00a0 Emerging functions of multi-protein complex Mediator with special emphasis on plants.\u00a0<strong>Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology\u00a0<\/strong>52:475.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e25e26b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e25e26b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad02c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad02c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mathew IE, Das S, Mahto A, <strong>Agarwal P<\/strong> (<strong>2016<\/strong>) Three rice NAC transcription factors heteromerize and are associated with seed size. <strong>Frontiers in Plant Science<\/strong> 7:1638. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpls.2016.01638\">3389\/fpls.2016.01638<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248b3ea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"248b3ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d169da4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d169da4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daware A, Das S, Srivastava R, Badoni S, Singh AK,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK, Tyagi AK (<strong>2016<\/strong>) An efficient strategy combining SSR markers- and advanced QTL-seq-driven QTL mapping unravels candidate genes regulating grain weight in rice.\u00a0<strong>Front Plant Sci\u00a0<\/strong>7:1535.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7755e5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7755e5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a83332 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a83332\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malik N, Dwivedi N, Singh A K, Parida S K,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Thakur J K, Tyagi A K (<strong>2016<\/strong>) An integrated genomic strategy delineates candidate mediator genes regulating grain size and weight in rice.\u00a0<strong>Sci Rep<\/strong>\u00a06:23253.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24631a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24631a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4148e36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4148e36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S K, Raghuvanshi S, Kapoor S, Khurana P, Khurana J P, Tyagi A K (<strong>2016<\/strong>) Rice improvement through genome-based functional analysis and molecular breeding in India.\u00a0<strong>Rice (N Y)<\/strong>\u00a09 (1):1.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe7e5c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe7e5c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123051f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"123051f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sharma NK, Gupta SK, Dwivedi V,\u00a0<strong>Chattopadhyay D<\/strong>\u00a0(2020) Lignin deposition in chickpea root xylem under drought.\u00a0<strong>Plant Signal. Behav.<\/strong>\u00a015(6):e1754621<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f94aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28f94aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f0f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15f0f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daware A, Das S, Srivastava R, Badoni S, Singh AK,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK, Tyagi AK (<strong>2016<\/strong>) An efficient strategy combining SSR markers- and advanced QTL-seq-driven QTL mapping unravels candidate genes regulating grain weight in rice.\u00a0<strong>Frontiers in Plant Sciences\u00a0<\/strong>7:1535.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-492af3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"492af3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334f11d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"334f11d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malik N, Dwivedi N, Singh A K, Parida S K,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Thakur J K, Tyagi A K (<strong>2016<\/strong>) An integrated genomic strategy delineates candidate mediator genes regulating grain size and weight in rice.\u00a0<strong>Scientific Reports<\/strong>\u00a06:23253.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb522be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb522be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a71a760 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a71a760\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Badoni S, Das S, Sayal YK, Gopalakrishnan S, Singh AK, Rao AR,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK, Tyagi AK (<strong>2016<\/strong>) Genome-wide generation and use of informative intron-spanning and intron-length polymorphism markers for high-throughput genetic analysis in rice.\u00a0<strong>Scientific Reports\u00a0<\/strong>6:23765.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6a69dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f6a69dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57223b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57223b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S K, Mahto A, Das S, Mathew I E, Malik N, Tyagi A K (<strong>2014<\/strong>)\u00a0Expanding frontiers in plant transcriptomics in aid of functional genomics and molecular breeding.\u00a0<strong>Biotechnol J<\/strong>\u00a09:1480-1491.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d214ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d214ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3da61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f3da61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thakur J K,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S, Bajaj D, Pasrija R (<strong>2013<\/strong>) Sequence and expression analyses of KIX domain proteins suggest their importance in seed development and determination of seed size in rice, and genome stability in Arabidopsis.\u00a0<strong>Molecular Genetics and Genomics<\/strong>\u00a0288:329-46.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a43194c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a43194c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e321e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23e321e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sharma R*,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P*<\/strong>, Ray S, Deveshwar P, Sharma P, Sharma N, Nijhawan A, Jain M, Singh A K, Singh V P, Khurana J P, Tyagi A K, Kapoor S.\u00a0(<strong>2012)<\/strong>\u00a0Expression dynamics of metabolic and regulatory components across stages of panicle and seed development in\u00a0<em>indica\u00a0<\/em>rice.\u00a0<strong>Funct Integr Genomics\u00a0<\/strong>12:229-248 (*-<strong>equal contribution<\/strong>)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e486046 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e486046\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb23603 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb23603\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K.\u00a0(<strong>2011)<\/strong>\u00a0Transcription factors regulating the progression of monocot and dicot seed development.\u00a0<strong>BioEssays\u00a0<\/strong>33:189-202.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c4a05 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21c4a05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008bf70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"008bf70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chauhan H, Khurana N,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Khurana P (<strong>2011<\/strong>) Heat shock factors in rice (<em>Oryza sativa\u00a0<\/em>L.): genome-wide expression analysis during reproductive development and abiotic stress.\u00a0<strong>Molecular Genetics and Genomics\u00a0<\/strong>286:171-187.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7588a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7588a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42532d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42532d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ray S, Dansana, P K, Giri J, Deveshwar P, Arora R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Khurana J P, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K. (<strong>2011<\/strong>). Modulation of transcription factor and metabolic pathway genes in response to water-deficit stress in rice.\u00a0<strong>Functional and Integrative Genomics\u00a0<\/strong>11:157-78.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d14777 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d14777\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea531d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cea531d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Arora R, Ray S, Singh A K, Singh V P, Takatsuji H, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K.\u00a0(<strong>2007)<\/strong>\u00a0Genome-wide identification of C2H2 zinc-finger gene family in rice and their phylogeny and expression analysis.\u00a0<strong>Plant Mol Biol\u00a0<\/strong>65:467-485.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af53d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2af53d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4abd9dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4abd9dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ray S,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Arora R, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K. (<strong>2007<\/strong>) Expression analysis of calcium- dependent protein kinase gene family during reproductive development and abiotic stress conditions in rice (<em>Oryza sativa\u00a0<\/em>L. ssp.\u00a0<em>indica<\/em>).\u00a0<strong>Molecular Genetics and Genomics\u00a0<\/strong>278:493-505.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0291cff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0291cff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccece28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccece28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Arora R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Ray S, Singh A K, Singh V P, Tyagi A K,\u00a0 Kapoor S. (<strong>2007<\/strong>) MADS-box gene family in rice: Genome wide identification, organization and expression profiling during reproductive development and stress.\u00a0<strong>BMC Genomics\u00a0<\/strong>8:242.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d09cbd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d09cbd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-407e4e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"407e4e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jain M, Nijhawan A, Arora R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Ray S, Sharma P, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K, Khurana J P.\u00a0(<strong>2007)<\/strong>\u00a0F-box proteins in rice: Genome-wide analysis, classification, spatial and temporal gene expression during panicle and seed development, and regulation by light and abiotic stress.\u00a0<strong>Plant Physiol\u00a0<\/strong>143:1467-1483.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552ddf1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"552ddf1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2537d75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2537d75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Publications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ef54ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ef54ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S K, Raghuvanshi S, Kapoor S, Khurana P, Khurana J P, Tyagi A K (<strong>2016<\/strong>) Rice improvement through genome-based functional analysis and molecular breeding in India.\u00a0<strong>Rice<\/strong>\u00a0(N Y) 9 (1):1.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6e2aae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6e2aae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S K, Mahto A, Das S, Mathew I E, Malik N, Tyagi A K (<strong>2014<\/strong>) Expanding frontiers in plant transcriptomics in aid of functional genomics and molecular breeding.\u00a0<strong>Biotechnol J<\/strong>\u00a09:1480-1491.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec996e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec996e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Prusty A, Malik N, Ranjan R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK, Kapoor S, Tyagi AK (<strong>2025<\/strong>) The Mediator complex subunit, OsMED26_2, modulates plant growth, seed set and seed traits related to starch quality in rice.\u00a0<strong>Plant Science<\/strong>\u00a0364:112941<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eba2390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eba2390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jain M, Nijhawan A, Arora R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Ray S, Sharma P, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K, Khurana J P.\u00a0(<strong>2007)<\/strong>\u00a0F-box proteins in rice: Genome-wide analysis, classification, spatial and temporal gene expression during panicle and seed development, and regulation by light and abiotic stress.\u00a0<strong>Plant Physiol\u00a0<\/strong>143:1467-1483.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d225621 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d225621\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mohanty JK, Yadav A, Narnoliya L, Thakro V, Rathore D, Tripathi S, Sinharoy S,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK (<strong>2025<\/strong>) Trans-QTL alliance of HKT1 and PHL7 modulate salinity stress tolerance and enhance crop yield endurance.\u00a0<strong>Plant Biotechnology Journa<\/strong>l 24: 1166<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e384bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e384bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mohanty JK, Yadav A, Narnoliya L, Thakro V, Nayyar H, Dixit GP, Jha UC, Vara Prasad PV,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK (<strong>2025<\/strong>) A next-generation combinatorial genomic strategy scans genomic loci governing heat stress tolerance in chickpea.\u00a0<strong>Plant Cell and Environment<\/strong>\u00a048(4):2706<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d588b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d588b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mohanty J, Thakro V, Nair H, Dixit GP, Jha UC, Yadav A,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK (<strong>2024<\/strong>) Delineation of genes for a major QTL governing heat stress tolerance in chickpea.\u00a0<strong>Plant Molecular Biology<\/strong>\u00a0114(2):19<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2768166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2768166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prusty A, Mehra P, Sharma S, Malik N,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK, Kapoor S, Tyagi AK (<strong>2024<\/strong>) OsMED14_2, a tail module subunit of Mediator complex, controls rice development and involves jasmonic acid.\u00a0<strong>Plant Science\u00a0<\/strong>346:112146.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cb4834 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cb4834\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ranjan, R, Malik, N, Sharma S,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Kapoor S, Tyagi AK (<strong>2022<\/strong>) OsCPK29 interacts with MADS68 to regulate pollen development in rice.\u00a0<strong>Plant Science<\/strong> 321:111297.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cacd25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0cacd25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kumar A, Mir RR, Sehgal D,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Carter A. (<strong>2021<\/strong>) Editorial: Genetics and genomics to enhance crop production, towards food security.\u00a0<strong>Frontiers in Genetics<\/strong> 12:798308.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d80e68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d80e68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Plant Cell Atlas Consortium, Jha SG, Borowsky AT, Cole BJ, Fahlgren N, Farmer A, Huang SC, Karia P, Libault M, Provart NJ, Rice SL, Saura-Sanchez M,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Ahkami AH, Anderton CR, Briggs SP, Brophy JA, Denolf P, Di Costanzo LF, Exposito-Alonso M, Giacomello S, Gomez-Cano F, Kaufmann K, Ko DK, Kumar S, Malkovskiy AV, Nakayama N, Obata T, Otegui MS, Palfalvi G, Quezada-Rodr\u00edguez EH, Singh R, Uhrig RG, Waese J, Van Wijk K, Wright RC, Ehrhardt DW, Birnbaum KD, Rhee SY (<strong>2021<\/strong>) Vision, challenges and opportunities for a Plant Cell Atlas.<strong>eLife<\/strong>\u00a010:e66877.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ae882e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ae882e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malik N, Ranjan R, Parida SK,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>P<\/strong>, Tyagi AK (<strong>2020<\/strong>) Mediator subunit OsMED14_1 plays an important role in rice development.\u00a0<strong>Plant J<\/strong>\u00a0101(6):1411-1429.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de80389 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de80389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malik N,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Tyagi A K (<strong>2017<\/strong>) Emerging functions of multi-protein complex Mediator with special emphasis on plants.\u00a0<strong>Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol<\/strong>\u00a052: 475-502.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b84349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b84349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daware A, Das S, Srivastava R, Badoni S, Singh AK,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida SK, Tyagi AK (<strong>2016<\/strong>) An efficient strategy combining SSR markers- and advanced QTL-seq-driven QTL mapping unravels candidate genes regulating grain weight in rice. Front\u00a0<strong>Plant Sci<\/strong>\u00a07:1535.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f6dc71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f6dc71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Badoni S, Das S, Sayal Y K, Gopalakrishnan S, Singh A K, Rao AR,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S K, Tyagi A K (<strong>2016<\/strong>) Genome-wide generation and use of informative intron-spanning and intron-length polymorphism markers for high-throughput genetic analysis in rice.\u00a0<strong>Sci Rep<\/strong>\u00a06:23765.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2d3a93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2d3a93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Malik N, Dwivedi N, Singh A K, Parida S K,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Thakur J K, Tyagi A K (<strong>2016<\/strong>) An integrated genomic strategy delineates candidate Mediator genes regulating grain size and weight in rice.\u00a0<strong>Sci Rep<\/strong>\u00a06:23253.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac4e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fac4e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thakur J K,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S, Bajaj D, Pasrija R (<strong>2013<\/strong>) Sequence and expression analyses of KIX domain proteins suggest their importance in seed development and determination of seed size in rice, and genome stability in Arabidopsis.\u00a0<strong>Mol Genet Genomics<\/strong>\u00a0288:329-46.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556df76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"556df76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chauhan H, Khurana N,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Khurana P (<strong>2011<\/strong>) Heat shock factors in rice (Oryza sativa L.): genome-wide expression analysis during reproductive development and abiotic stress.\u00a0<strong>Mol Genet Genomics<\/strong>\u00a0286:171-187.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d586a8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d586a8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ray S, Dansana, P K, Giri J, Deveshwar P, Arora R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Khurana J P, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K. (<strong>2011<\/strong>). Modulation of transcription factor and metabolic pathway genes in response to water-deficit stress in rice.\u00a0<strong>Funct Integr Genomics<\/strong>\u00a011:157-78.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a1b99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62a1b99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ray S,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Arora R, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K. (<strong>2007)<\/strong>. Expression analysis of calcium- dependent protein kinase gene family during reproductive development and abiotic stress conditions in rice (<em>Oryza<\/em>\u00a0<em>sativa<\/em>\u00a0ssp.\u00a0<em>indica<\/em>).\u00a0<strong>Mol Genet Genomics<\/strong>\u00a0278:493-505.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1695f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1695f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Arora R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Ray S, Singh A K, Singh V P, Tyagi A K, Kapoor S. (<strong>2007)<\/strong>. MADS-box gene family in rice: Genome wide identification, organization and expression profiling during reproductive development and stress.\u00a0<strong>BMC Genomics<\/strong>\u00a08:242.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728100e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"728100e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jain M, Nijhawan A, Arora R,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Ray S, Sharma P, Kapoor S, Tyagi A K, Khurana J P. (<strong>2007)<\/strong>. F-box proteins in rice: Genome-wide analysis, classification, spatial and temporal gene expression during panicle and seed development, and regulation by light and abiotic stress<strong>. Plant Physiol<\/strong>\u00a0143:1467-1483.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21282670967\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21282670967\" data-tab-index=\"7\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 7;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-112ff31f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"112ff31f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b963c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b963c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb03fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cb03fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Book Chapter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24771938 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"24771938\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc67c08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc67c08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jaiswal, P., Thakro, V., &amp;\u00a0<strong>Agarwal, P<\/strong>. (<strong>2026<\/strong>). The hidden hand: Exploring miRNA-mediated signaling in plant\u2013microbe synergy. In V. Mishra, S. Pandey, V. Varshney, &amp; C. Kole (Eds.),\u00a0<em>Plant\u2013microbe interactions for sustainable growth and resilience<\/em>\u00a0(1st ed.). CRC Press.\u00a0<strong>(corresponding author)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5469f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f5469f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40c44c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e40c44c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mahto A, Mathew IE and\u00a0<strong>Agarwal<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>P<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>2017<\/strong>). Decoding the transcriptome of rice seed during development. In Advances in Seed Biology, J. C. Jimenez-Lopez (Ed.), 25, InTech, Spain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d5a48a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d5a48a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705d485 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"705d485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Parida S, Kothari KS, Sharma G, Baranwal V, Kapoor S and Tyagi A. (<strong>2012<\/strong>). Transcriptome resources for function analysis and genetic enhancement of rice. In International Dialogue on Designer Rice for Future: Perception and Prospects EA Siddiq eds., 1-25, Patancheru, India<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8af7b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d8af7b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc42865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc42865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kapoor S, Khurana R, Baranwal V,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Ray S, and Tyagi AK (<strong>2011<\/strong>). Genome-wide strategies for genetic enhancement of rice. Proceedings of National Symposium on Genomics and Crop Improvement 2011 (In Press), Hyderabad, India.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7d7e73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7d7e73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7130326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7130326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tyagi AK, Khurana JP, Khurana P, Kapoor S, Singh VP, Singh AK, Thakur JK, Gupta V, Anand S, Vij S, Jain M, Ray S,\u00a0<strong>Agarwal P<\/strong>, Arora R, Sharma P, Mukerjee S, Nijhawan A, Giri J, Khurana R (<strong>2007<\/strong>). Expression and functional analysis of rice genes involved in reproductive development and stress response.\u00a0<strong>Rice Genetics V<\/strong>, 301-334, IRRI, Philippines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-21282670968\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-21282670968\" data-tab-index=\"8\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 8;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-7fe9c0f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fe9c0f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5083b07 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5083b07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b14c5ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b14c5ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data and Research Resources<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587c3c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"587c3c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To support open science and facilitate research in plant biology, our laboratory has developed a database and generated publicly available transcriptomic datasets. These resources are freely accessible to the scientific community.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f23dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70f23dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rice Grain Development Database (RGDD)<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4216d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea4216d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>Rice Grain Development Database (RGDD)<\/strong> integrates gene expression data generated during rice seed development and serves as a valuable resource for researchers investigating grain development and related biological processes.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nipgr.ac.in\/RGDD\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.nipgr.ac.in\/RGDD\/index.php<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>DOI:<\/strong> 10.5281\/zenodo.7762870<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea094fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea094fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indian Crop Phenome Database (ICPD)<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b5c47e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b5c47e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Phenotypic datasets generated by our laboratory for seed development in two contrasting rice varieties\u2014<strong>Sonasal (small-grained)<\/strong> and <strong>LGR (large-grained)<\/strong>\u2014are publicly available through the <strong>Indian Crop Phenome Database (ICPD)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Available datasets include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Grain Length and Width:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ibdc.dbt.gov.in\/icpd\/study-view-home\/PST_100007\/\">https:\/\/ibdc.dbt.gov.in\/icpd\/study-view-home\/PST_100007\/<\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Grain Weight and Grain Filling Rate:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ibdc.dbt.gov.in\/icpd\/study-view-home\/PST_100008\/\">https:\/\/ibdc.dbt.gov.in\/icpd\/study-view-home\/PST_100008\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8aab91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8aab91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RNA-Seq Datasets (NCBI Sequence Read Archive)<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f228c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f228c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Our RNA sequencing datasets are publicly available through the <strong>NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"123\"><p><strong>SRA Accession<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"495\"><p><strong>Dataset Description<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"123\"><p><strong>PRJNA540785<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"495\"><p>Transcriptome of one wild-type rice plantlet and two <strong>SUPER STARCHY1<\/strong> overexpression lines (2.5-month-old plants).<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"123\"><p><strong>PRJNA659415<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"495\"><p>RNA-seq of <strong>OsGW2 RNAi<\/strong> and wild-type rice seeds at the <strong>S4 developmental stage<\/strong>, with biological duplicates.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"123\"><p><strong>PRJNA605919<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td width=\"495\"><p>Transcriptomes of five rice seed developmental stages (<strong>S1\u2013S5<\/strong>) and flag leaves from two rice genotypes (<strong>SN<\/strong> and <strong>LGR<\/strong>), with biological triplicates.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cb37d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cb37d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Small RNA-Seq Dataset<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-717c2fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"717c2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Small RNA sequencing data from five stages of rice seed development (<strong>S1\u2013S5<\/strong>) and flag leaves of two rice genotypes (<strong>SN<\/strong> and <strong>LGR<\/strong>) are publicly available through the <strong>NCBI Sequence Read Archive<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>SRA Accession:<\/strong> <strong>PRJNA616068<\/strong><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cab86c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cab86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rice C2H2 Zinc Finger Gene Family Resource<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6642e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6642e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our genome-wide analysis of the rice <strong>C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor family<\/strong> has been incorporated into the <strong>Rice Genome Annotation Project<\/strong> (formerly TIGR\/JCVI) and is publicly available online<\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/rice.uga.edu\/cgi-bin\/putative_function_search.pl\">https:\/\/rice.uga.edu\/cgi-bin\/putative_function_search.pl<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b7fa00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b7fa00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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