SOCIETY FOR PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Organising Committee of the Conference constituted SPBB-Springer Awards with Springer Nature India Pvt. Ltd. in different categories
Best Editor Award (2020)
Dr. S.R. Bhat
Former Professor, ICAR-NIPB
New Delhi
Best Reviewer Award (2020)
Dr. Manoj Prasad
Staff Scientist VII & J. C. Bose National Fellow,
NIPGR, New Delhi
Best Research Articles based on highest Citation (2015-2020)
1. Author: Dr. Chanderdeep Tandon
Article entitled: “Tracking dynamics of enzyme activities and their gene expression in Picrorhiza kurroa with respect to picroside accumulation”
(Volume 25, Issue-2, July 2016)
2. Author: Dr. Sushil Kumar
Article entitled: ” Development and validation of EST-derived SSR markers and diversity analysis in cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba)”
(Volume 25, Issue-3, July 2016)
Dr. Ajit Arun Waman
Title of the Presentation: Bioprospecting native wild nutmegs from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India for their sustainable utilization
Theme Area: Conservation of Genetic Resources, IPR and Biosafety issue
Designation: Scientist (SPMA)
Present Affiliation: ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair
Ms. Aveepsha Bera
Title of the Presentation: Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) plays a role in ribosomal RNA gene regulation and in maintaining genomic stability in Arabidopsis thaliana
Theme Area: Genome Editing, Translational Genomics and Plant Breeding
Designation: Project Fellow
Present Affiliation: BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus
Ms. Anurakti Shukla
Title of the Presentation: Metagenomic analysis of microbial diversity in control and high arsenic field of West Bengal (Nadia district) under the thiourea supplementation
Theme Area: Plant Stress Management
Designation: PhD. Scholar
Present Affiliation: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Mr. Raktim Bhattacharya
Title of the Presentation: Biochemical and histochemical characterization of floral cuticular wax in tuberose
Theme Area: Plant Metabolites & Nutraceuticals
Designation: Senior Research Fellow
Present Affiliation: Natural Product Biotechnology Group, Agricultural and Food Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Mr. Vikram Jathar
Title of the Presentation: Understanding the genetic basis of rice leaf development and growth
Theme Area: Plant Biochemistry and Crop Improvement
Designation: Ph.D Research Scholar
Present Affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi
Dr. Ashish Marathe
Title of the Presentation : Perturbing the phytic dynamics RNAi triggered seed specificsilencing of ITPK2 for low phytes soybean-a step towards nutritional security
Theme Area : Nutritional Biochemistry and Biofortification
Designation : Scientist
Present Affiliation : ICAR- National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Raipur
Dr. Vishnu Prasanth Vinukonda
Title of the Presentation: Identification of high temperature tolerant rice lines and associated genomic regions
Theme Area : Molecular Breeding and Genomics
Designation : DBT-Research Associate
Present Affiliation :International Rice Research Institute-South Asia Hub (IRRI-SAH)
Dr. Vikas Devkar
Title of the Presentation : Multidimensional regulatory function of tomato SITAFI (NAC transcription factor) in response to salinity stress
Theme Area : Genetic Engineering and Genome Editing
Designation :Assistant Professor
Present Affiliation :ASC College, Indapur, affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Indapur, Pune. 413106
Dr. Achala Bakshi
Title of the Presentation : Exploring Target of Rapamycin gene for growth and yield improvement under abiotic stress conditions in rice
Theme Area : Genetic Engineering and Genome Editing
Designation : DBT-Research Associate
Present Affiliation : Department of Plant Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Rajendranagar
Dr. Rahul Kumar
Title of the Presentation : Identification and functional elucidation of ripening – associated genes in tomato
Theme Area : Genetic Engineering and Genome Editing
Designation : Assistant Professor
Present Affiliation : Plant Translational Research Laboratory, Room-S48, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, Telangana, India
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