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

 Former Ph.D Students

Miss. Komal Vitthalrao Mali
PhD Student (Aug 2018- Nov 2024)
Studies on Rhizoctonia bataticola - chickpea interaction under drought stress
Email:- malikomal92@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Mr. Vadivel Murugan Irulappan
PhD Student (July 2015-Mar 2021)
Thesis title:Understanding Mechanisms of Tolerance to Combined Drought and Pathogen infection in Chickpea Using Transcriptomic and Gene Silencing Approaches
Current Position:Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, USA

Email:- tamilan.vadivel@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Ms. Aanchal Choudhary
M.Sc. (Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology), Delhi University-South Campus, New Delhi
Elucidating molecular basis of tailored defense response employed by Arabidopsis thaliana against combined biotic and abiotic stresses by functional genomics approach
Email:- aanchal@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Ms. Aarzoo Qamar
PhD Student (July 2013-Mar 2021
Role of proline metabolism in nonhost disease resistance
Email:- aarzoo@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Ms.Urooj Fatima
PhD Student (July 2013-Aug 2020)
Understanding the defense strategies used by Arabidopsis thaliana for limiting the nutrient availability to bacterial pathogens and counter strategies used by pathogens for nutrient acquisition
Current Position: Current position: Post-doctoral fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, SA
Email:- urooj@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Dixit
PhD Student (July 2014-Aug 2020)
Functional characterization of AtGBF3 gene under combined drought and pathogen stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
Current Position: Not known
Email:- sandeepdixit@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
 

 Former Lab Members

Mr. Krishna R Acharya
Current Position:
E mail id:- kracharya555@gmail.com
CV and publications:
Ms. Rim Chaudhury
Current Position: PhD, University of Freiburg, Germany
Email:- Email: rchaudhury96@gmail.com
CV and publications:
Dr. Piyush Priya
Post-doctoral researcher (2019-2024)
Current Position: Google
Email:- piyush_priya@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Dr. Manu Kandpal
Post-doctoral researcher (2020-2022)
Current Position: JioGenNext
Email:- manu.kandpal28@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Prachi Pandey
Post-doctoral researcher (2021-2023)
Email:- prachipndy@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Dr. Anupriya Singh
Senior Research Fellow (2020-2022)
Current Position: Guest Faculty, Delhi University
Email:- anupriya190@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Mr. Budhibalabanta Bariha
UGC-NET JRF (2022-2024)
Current Position: Lecturer, Govt. of Odisha
M.Sc (Botany), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
E mail id:- budhibalabanta@nipgr.ac.in
CV and publications: See
Mr. Vishnu S Babu
BsMs (Biological Sciences), IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
Current Position: Field Specialist in Bioinformatics at Integrated Gulf Biosystems in Riyadh.
Email:- vishnubabu2012@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Mahesh Patil
Post-doctoral researcher (Jul 2016 to Apr 2022)
Current Position: Research manager, Privi Life Sciences Pvt Ltd Mumbai
Email:- mahesh.patil94@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Avanish Rai
Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Understanding Begomovirus interaction with the host and non-host plants
Email:- rai.avanish002@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Ms. Jyoti Singh
Post-doctoral researcher (Nov 2019-Jan 2021
Literature mining for the development of database for understanding stress tolerance in plants
Email:- jyoti.singh21@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Ranjita Sinha
Post-doctoral researcher (Dec 2013 to May 2020)
Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri Columbia, USA
Email:- sinharanjita83@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Bendangchuchang Longchar
Post-doc/SERB-National Post-Doctoral Fellow (Oct 2016-Nov 2019)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mizoram University - Aizawl
Email:- blongchar@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Tarinee Phukan
Senior Research Fellow (Mar 2019-Nov 2019)
Current Position: ---
Email:- tarineebiotech90@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Ms. Christina Nilofer
Senior Research Fellow (July 2019-Oct 2019)
Current Position: ---
Email:- sagayanilo@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Aarti Gupta
Research Associate III (Aug 2019 - Oct 2019)
Current Position: ---
Email:- aarti@nipgr.ac.in; aarti.2785@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
   
Dr. Sarita
Senior Research Fellow
Ph.D, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute

Email:- ssarita07@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Nidhi Singh
Research Associate (Aug 2018 to Feb 2019)
PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at Delhi University South Campus, New Delhi
Email:- nidhisingh606@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Miss. Rashmi Maurya
Senior Research Fellow (Feb 2018 to Oct 2018)
Current Position: Research Fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
M. Tech, Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida
Email:- rashmi.nbri@gmail.com
Dr. Prachi Pandey
Young Scientist/Post-Doctoral Researcher (June 2014 to Mar 2018)
Email:- prachipndy@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Mr. Upendra Bhele
Junior Research Fellow (Mar 2016 to Sep 2016)
Current Position:PhD student at Estonian University of Life Science, Tartu, Estonia
Email:- ubhele@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Miss. Reena Prajapati
Junior Research Fellow (Oct 2016 to Jan 2017)
Current Position: Ph.D. student at Wuerzburg University, Germany
Email:- reenaprajapati08@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Ms. Anjugam Paramanantham
Junior Research Fellow (Sep 2014 to Sep 2015)
Current Position: Ph.D. student at Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, South Korea
Email:- anju.udhay@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Mr. Amit Kumar
Research Assistant (Sep 2013-Nov 2013)
Current Position: PhD student at Leibniz Institute on Aging- Fritz Lippmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
Email:- amittomar632@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Ms. Karishma Pasha
Junior Research Fellow (Dec 2013-Sep 2014)
Email:- karishmapasha786@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Aiswarya Baruah
Research Associate (Aug 2013 -Aug 2014)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, India
Email:- ais.baruah@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Mr. Dharanipathi Kamalachandran
Junior Research Fellow (Feb 2017 to June 2018)
Current Position: PhD student under Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher of MiRA Innovative Training Network at Utrecht University, Netherlands.
Email:- dharanipathik@gmail.com
CV and publications: See
Dr. Aarti Gupta
Post-Doctoral Researcher (Aug 2013 to June 2018)
Current Position:  Post doctoral fellow at Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Email:- aarti.2785@gmail.com
CV and publications: See

 Former Trainees

 Project Trainees (Undergraduate and Post graduate)

Miss. Priya Chandra
Trainee PG (May 2018 to Apr 2019)
Student of B. Tech (Biotechnology)
Email:- priyachandra16@gmail.com



Mr. Jaya Chendrayan K
Trainee UG (Sep 2019 to Nov 2019)
Student of B. Tech (Biotechnology), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Email:- jayachendrayan@gmail.com



Miss. Gayatri Krishna S.
Trainee PG (Jan 2021 to May 2021)
Student of M. Tech Biotechnology, Amity University Noida, UP
Email:- gayatrikrishnas@gmail.com



Miss. Sony Sharma
Trainee PG intern under SERB project (Oct 2020 to Dec 2020)
Student of M. Tech Biotechnology, Center for converging technologies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Email:- sonysharma34191@gmail.com



Miss. Durgadevi A
Trainee PG (Dec 2019 to May 2020)
Student of M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Email:- andurgadevi@gmail.com



Miss. Arya Das
Trainee PG (Jan 2020 to June 2020)
Student of M.Sc. (Bioinformatics), School of biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala
Email:- thearyadas@gmail.com



Miss. Jeevitha Rangaswamy
Trainee UG (Jan 2020 to Apr 2020)
Student of B.Sc. (Biotechnology), College of Agriculture-University of Agricultural Sciences, Hassan
Email:- jeevitharangaswamy@gmail.com



Miss. Subnam Gerose Dung Dung
Trainee UG (Jan 2017 to May 2017)
Student of B. tech (Biotechnology), Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology (SUSCET), Tangori, Mohali
Email:- subnamgerose@gmail.com



Miss. Swetha Sivaramakrishnan
Trainee UG (June 2018)
Student of B.Sc (H) Biotechnology, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Noida
Email:- jsswetha12797@gmail.com



Miss. Nishtha Rawat
Trainee PG (May 2017 to April 2018)
Student of M. Tech Biotechnology, Banasthali University, Banasthali
Email:- nishtharawat475@gmail.com



Mr. Avinash Kumar Jha
Trainee PG (January 2014 to May 2014)
Student of M. Sc., Biotechnology, Lalit Narayan Mithila University
Email:- jhaavi2012@gmail.com



Ms. Anjugam Paramanantham
Trainee PG (February 2014 to June 2014)
Student of M. Tech Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Email:- anju.udhay@gmail.com



Mr. Muthuramalingam Pandian
Trainee PG (December 2014 to April 2015)
Student of M.Sc. Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Email:- pandianmuthuramalingam@gmail.com



Mr. NR  Siva Shanmugam
Trainee PG (December 2014 to June 2015)
Student of M.Tech-Bioinformatics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Email:- nrsivashanmugam@gmail.com



Miss. N Kavya
Trainee UG (May 2015 to July 2015)
Student of M.Tech Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Email:- n.kavyavandayar@gmail.com



 Science academies (IAS, INSA & NASI) summer research fellows

Miss. Shradha Jain
Trainee PG (16th July 2021 to 30 Nov 2021)
Student of Hindu college, Delhi University, New Delhi
Email:- shradha.jain1915@gmail.com



Mr. Deepanshu Garg
Trainee UG (8th June 2020 to 22nd Aug 2020)
Student of B.sc.(Hons.) Biotechnology at Jaipur national university, Jaipur
Email:- jgargj1997@gmail.com



Miss. Riahika K S
Trainee UG (1st Aug 2019 to 25the Nov 2019)
Student of B.Sc. Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture - UAS, Hassan Karnataka
Email:- rishikaks935@gmail.com



Miss. Dipanjali Ray
Trainee PG (28th June 2018  to 26th Aug 2018)
Student of M.Sc. Biotechnology, Gawahati University, Guwahati
Email:- dipanjaliray19@gmail.com



Dr. Zahoor Ahmad
Teacher trainee (1st December 2017 to 26th January 2018)
Assistant Professor (Soil Science), SKUAST-K (J & K)
Email:- baba.zahoor@gmail.com



Dr. Rex Arunraj
Teacher trainee (15th May 2017 to 11th July 2017)
Assistant Professor, SRM University, Kattankulathur
Email:- rexarunraj.d@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in



Mr. Masthan Basha
Trainee UG (May 2015 to July 2015)
Student of Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa
Email:- masthanbasha4007@gmail.com



Miss. Rakshana Palanisamy
Trainee UG (August 2016 to October 2016)
Student of B. Tech Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Email:- rakshanapalanisamy@gmail.com



 Professional trainees from institutions

Dr (Mrs) Thanga Suja Srinivasan
INSA Visiting Scientist (12th July 2021 to 12th Sep 2021)
Assistant Professor, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
Email:- sujasree07@gmail.com



Mr. Rahul Kumar Tiwari
ICAR-Professional Attachment Trainee (15th November 2018 to 15th February 2019)
Scientist (Plant Pathology), ICAR- Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla
Email:- rahul.tiwari@icar.gov.in