Principal Investigator

Prof. Lingaraj Sahoo

Principal Investigator

Research interests include crop stress biology, translational genomics, genome editing and machine learning in abiotic stress tolerance.

PhD Students

Dr. Aswini Kumar Patra

PhD Scholar

AI-ML based abiotic stress assessment in plants, focusing on plant stress assessment, crop disease detection, and machine learning applications in biology

Mahesh Das

PhD Scholar

Development of AtPYL9 overexpresson lines in Mungbean for drough stress amelioration

Anurabh Chakravarty

PhD Scholar

Interested in understanding the physiological and molecular basis of phosphate deficiency response in scented rice of Assam

Md. Asif Idrisi

PhD Scholar

Hydrogel–biochar–microbe engineering for climate-resilient, sustainable, high-yield agriculture systems

Subhajit Paul

PhD Scholar

Exploring how mungbean plants respond to low phosphate stress, aiming to improve crop resilience and sustainable agriculture

Deepak Kumar

PhD Scholar

Study of bamboo cellwall structure and composition

Darshankumar Vaghela

PhD Scholar

Pharmacologist whose research focuses on bioactive natural products and the therapeutic potential of indigenous plants in autoimmune diseases

Mrigankar Das

PhD Scholar

Studying crosstalk between various abiotic stresses

M. Tech Students

Abhay Praveen

M. Tech Student

Genetic engineering of rice to improve yield

Ujjwal Sagar

M. Tech Student

Silicon mediated drought stress mitigation in rice

Project Staff

Sudipta Nayak

Junior Research Fellow

Genetic transformatio of rice for improvement of yield, archetectural modification, and drought tolerance

Udayanatha Rout

Project Assistant

Supporting laboratory management and project coordination. Managing experimental workflows and data organisation

Alumni

Dr. Ayan Sadhukhan

Alumni - PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering at IIT Jodhpur

Dr. Richa Srivastava

Alumni - PhD

Post Doctoral Research Associate at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Dr. Jyoti Prakash Kakati

Alumni - M. Tech

Associate Scientist at Clemson University, USA

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar

Alumni - Post Doc.

M. K. Bhan Fellow at ICGEB, New Delhi

Dr. Muthuvel Jothi

Alumni - PhD

Associate Professor at Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science and Technology

Dr. Kiran Vilas Dhobale

Alumni - PhD

Post Doctoral researcher at Umea University working on virus-mosquito and mosquito-host interactions

Bharatheeswaran Murugan

Alumni - M. Tech

PhD Walsh Scholar at Wageningen University

Manu Sankar V

Alumni - M. Tech

MBA from IIM Ahmedabad