National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. (Ms.) Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek
FELLOW, ELECTED 2025

Born in New Delhi, India on 30th April 1969. Educated at University of Delhi, New Delhi, 1986-1997; B.Sc. 1989; M.Sc. 1991; Ph.D. 1997.

Group Leader, Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 2016 to date.

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina, USA,1998; Research Scientist, University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi, 1998-1999; Research Scientist, Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 2000-2001; Staff Research Scientist, Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 2001-2015.

Awards/Honours: Visiting Scientist Fellowship-2005, Cornell University, USA; Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award‐2006 by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India; Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Memorial Award 2008‐2009 by Indian Science Congress Association; Visiting Scientist Fellowship-2012, University of California, Davis, USA; DBT‐BIRAC Innovator Award-2012 by Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India; J.C. Bose Gold Medal Award-2019 by Indian Society for Plant Physiology; SERB-POWER Fellowship Award-2021 by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt of India; Dr. P.S. Ahuja Memorial Lecture Award by Plant Tissue Culture Association, 2024; Women Scientist Award2024 by Central University of Rajasthan; Honorary Member of Plant Tissue Culture Association (India), 2022; Listed in the world’s top 2% Scientists for 2023, 2024, Stanford University;Editors of the Journal of Experimental Botany, The Plant Journal, Food & Energy security, Plant Cell & Environment.

Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (FNA), The National Academy of Sciences (FNASc)

Research Areas: Abiotic stress, Crop biotechnology, Crop physiology, Genome editing

Address: Group Leader, Plant Stress Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067; B-533, Paschimabad Multistorey Apartments, JNU Campus, New Delhi 110067; [Tel: Off. (011) 26741558; Cell: 9810341386; Email: snehpareek@gmail.com; sneh@icgeb.res.in]