Dr. Naveen Chandra Bisht
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022

Born in Nainital, Uttrakhand, India on 01 February 1978. Educated at Government Boys Senior Secondary School No. 1, Roop Nagar, Delhi 1989-92; Government Boys Senior Secondary School No. 1, Shakti Nagar, Delhi, 1992-94; Hansraj College, Delhi University, Delhi 1994-97; G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttrakhand, 1997-99; Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 1999-2005; B.Sc. 1997; M.Sc. 1999; Ph.D. 2005.

Scientist V, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 2018 to date.

Scientist II, 2007-11, Scientist III, 2011-14, Scientist IV, 2014-18, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi; Research Scientist, Center for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants (CGMCP), Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 2006-07.

Awards/Honours: INSA Young Scientist Medal, 2007; DBT-Rapid Grant for Young Investigator, 2007; Visiting Scientist at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA through NIPGR Short Term Overseas Fellowship, 2008-2010; DBT-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award, 2012; Max Planck India Fellow, 2013-2016; NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award, 2017; DBT-S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award for Career Development, 2019; Associate Editor of Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity, since 2021; Associate Editor of Nature Scientific Reports, 2017-19; Associate Editor of Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2017-19; Topic Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science under the research topics `Glucosinolates: Regulation of Biosynthesis and Hydrolysis, 2019' and `Plant Translation Research in Genomics Era, 2017'.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences; Indian Academy of Sciences; Indian National Science Academy

Research Areas: Agriculture Biotechnology and Plant Secondary Metabolism

Address: Staff Scientist V, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Lab No. 106, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box No.: 10531, New Delhi 110067; H-IV(S)-102, NIPGR, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067; [Tel: Off. (011) 26735183; Res. (011) 26735216; Cell: 8800840839; Fax: (011) 26741658; Email: ncbisht@nipgr.ac.in; ncbisht@gmail.com]

NAAS Associate, 2017