National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Chinnusamy Viswanathan
FELLOW, ELECTED 2018

Born in Morangam, Tamil Nadu on 4 June 1969. B.Sc. 1990, Agricultural College & Research Institute, TNAU, Killikulam; M.Sc. 1993 and Ph.D. 1999, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; BOYSCAST Fellow, 2001-02, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.

Joint Director (Research), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 2022 to date.

Scientist, 1996-2005; Senior Scientist, 2005-2010; Principal Scientist, 2010-2013, Head of the Division, Plant Physiology, 2013-2022; Joint-Director (Research), since 10 Nov 2022, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

Awards/Honours: ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, 2001; DST BOYSCAST Fellowship Award, 2001; Visiting Researcher: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 2008-10; Department of Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, 2009; J.J. Chinoy Gold Medal of Indian Society for Plant Physiology (ISPP), 2012; Fellow of ISPP, 2016; Editor-in-chief, Plant Physiology Reports, SpringerNature & ISPP, 2017-18; Honorary Secretary, ISPP, New Delhi, & Executive Editor, Plant Physiology Reports, SpringerNature & ISPP, since Janueary 2019.

Research Areas: Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Plants, Stress Signalling, Small RNAs, Phenomics, Genetic Engineering, Genome Editing

Address: Joint-Director (Research), ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; B-7, Type VII, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012; [Tel: Off. (011) 25843379; Cell: 9013885245; Fax: 25843379; Email: viswanathan@iari.res.in; v.chinnusamy@icar.gov.in; jd_research@iari.res.in]

Recognition Award 2023-2024; NAAS Associate, 2010