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1. Name and full correspondence address: Archana Singh,
Principal Scientist (Biochemistry)
Room No.402, III –Floor,
Biochemistry Division, PUSA Campus
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
New Delhi-110012
2. Email(s) and contact number (s): sarchana19@gmail.com;
sarchana_biochem@iari.res.in
+91-11-25842038 (O); +91-120-4222159(R)
+91-9810424146 (M); 011-25846420 (Fax)
3. Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)
4. Date of Birth: 19th June, 1964
5. Gender (M/F/T): Female (F)
6. Category Gen/SC/ST/OBC: General (Gen)
7. Whether differently abled (Yes/No): No
8. Academic Qualification (Undergraduate Onwards)
Degree Year Subject University /Institution % Marks
B.Sc. 1984 Botany, Chemistry Zoology Lucknow University 77.1
M.Sc. 1986 Biochemistry Lucknow University 70.1
Proficiency 1987 German (Language) Lucknow University -
Ph.D. 1992 Biochemistry Lucknow University -
9. Ph.D thesis title, Guide’s Name, Institute/Organization/University, Year of Award :
"Studies on the Mechanism of Parasitization by Cuscuta", Madhav Singh, Biochemistry Department, Lucknow University, Lucknow ,1992.
10. Work experience (in chronological order)
S.No. Position Held Name of the Institute From To
i. PDF (CSIR) Lucknow University 1994-1999
ii. PDF (DBT) NIPB, New Delhi 2000-2005
iii. PDF (DBT) NIPB, New Delhi 2005-January 6,2010
iv. Senior Scientist (Biochemistry) ICAR-IARI, New Delhi Since January 7,2010
11. Professional Recognition/ Award/ Prize/ Certificate, Fellowship received by the applicant.
12. Publications (45 papers published in SCI Journals)
13. Books/Reports/Chapters/General articles etc.
i. Singh A, Krishnan V, Vinutha T. and Kumar S Biochemical, Physiological, and Molecular Approaches for Improving Salt Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants -Book Chapter Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, In: Engineering Practices for Management of Soil Salinity: Agricultural, Physiological and Adaptive Approaches (Eds. Gupta S.K., and Goyal M.R. and Singh A.). Apple Academic Press, CRC Press, Tayler & Francis Group, USA.
2018
ii. Biochemical, Physiological, and Molecular Approaches for Improving Salt Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants. In: Salinity Management: Emerging Technologies
Archana Singh, Veda Krishnan, Vinutha T. and Suresh Kumar (Eds. Gupta S.K. and Goyal M.R.)Apple Academic Press, USA. (In press).2016
iii. Abiotic stress responses in crop plants, Chapter 3, 81-130. ArunaTyagi, Archana Singh, Raj Deo Rai; (Ed. Rajib Roychowdhury) Crop Biology and Agriculture in Harsh Environments, LAMBERT Academic publishing, Germany,2013
• Published Popular /Technical articles -35
• Research papers presented in Conference /Symposia-55
14. Externally funded Projects: 4
i. Biochemical and molecular characterization of salinity- induced response(s) in pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) - towards the salinity tolerance. (DBT) PI [August,2013-17]
ii. Elucidating the role of novel regulatory genes from rice in response to water defecit stress and their functional validation. (DST) – Co PI [September, 2013-17].
iii. Pullulanase based identification of high resistant starch rice (Oryza sativa L.) [PI]
(Extra Mural Research Funding Scheme, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India) –PI [July, 2018-21].
iv. Epigenomics of drought acclimatization and stress memory in rice†was developed to expedite the advanced research in the area of epigenetics of abiotic stress for submission to the National Agricultural Science Fund (NASF), I.C.A.R., Government of India, New Delhi, for financial assistance. Co-PI [July, 2018-21].
15. Other Information )
a) Discipline and specialization:
Plant Biochemistry (enzymology & physiology) and Plant Molecular Biology (cloning, sequencing & genoinformatics)
b) Training/advance exposure : Biocomputing and drug designing,Genomics and Proteomics
c) Contribution to the scientific advancement
• Contributed to the sequencing of rice, tomato and pigeon pea genomes.
• Generated genetic molecular markers for crop improvement as accessions of sequences for crops- rice, wheat, tomato, pigeon pea, mustard, brinjal, sugarcane and bitter gourd at Genbank.
• Elucidation of defence mechanisms involved in host parasite interaction.
• Imparted trainings to human resource development for advancement in scientific technologies.
d) Current area of Research:
Understanding biochemical and molecular basis of abiotic stress (drought & salinity) management and starch quality improvement in wheat, rice and pigeon pea crops for their sustainable growth and development. Biotic elicitor induced mitigation of drought &salinity stress responses.
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