National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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