National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Manoj Prasad
FELLOW, ELECTED 2013

Born in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India on 16 December 1970. Educated at Pannalal Institution, Kalyani, West Bengal, 1982-89; Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata, 1990-92; Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 1992-98. High School 1987; Intermediate 1989; B.Sc. (Honours) 1992; M.Sc. 1994; Ph.D. 1999.

Professor & JC Bose National Fellow, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi (South Campus), Benito Juarez Marg, South Moti Bagh, New Delhi 110021; Staff Scientist VII (on lien), DBT-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi, 2004-2023; Adjunct Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana 500046

Research Associate, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, U.P., 1998-2000; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, 2000-01; Research Scientist, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics & Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, 2002-03.

Awards/Honours: INSA- Silver Jubilee Commemoration Medal (2022), International Golden Peacock Award (2019), SERB-JC Bose National Fellow (2018); DBT-TATA Innovation Fellow (2017), DBT-National Bioscience Award (2015); MHRD-National Merit Scholarship, 1992-94; Fellow, Germany-Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2000-01; BARC-Dr. K.S. Krishnan Research Associateship, 2000; DBT Overseas Associateship, 2006-07; ISCA-Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Memorial Award, 98th Session of ISCA, Chennai, 2010-11. Associate Editor of Scientific Reports, Functional & Integrative Genomics, Journal of Genetics, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, PLoS ONE, BMC Plant Biology; Plant Cell Reports; Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture; Acta Physiologiae Plantarum; Plant Breeding.

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (INSA); National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India

Research Areas: Plant molecular genetics and genomics, molecular breeding, functional genomics of plant abiotic and biotic stress responses

Address: Professor & J.C. Bose National Fellow, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi (South Campus), Benito Juarez Marg, South Moti Bagh, New Delhi 110021; House No. Type V: H-VB-DI-003, DBT-National Institute of Plant Genome Research, - NIPGR, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067; [Tel: Off. (011) 26735160; Res. (011) 26735147; Cell: 8800184445, 9868316379; Fax: (011) 26741658; Email: manoj_prasad@nipgr.ac.in; prasadmanoj1970@gmail.com]

Young Scientist Award 2003-2004; NAAS Associate, 2006