National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Satendra Kumar Mangrauthia
FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Khaptiha Kalan (Banda), Uttar Pradesh, India on 1January 1982. Educated at P.H.R.D Inter College, Khaptiha Kalan, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, 1990-97; Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 1997-2001; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 2002-2008; Purdue Univeristy, USA, 2012-2013;Heinrich Henine Univeristy, Gemrany, 2019; Louisiana State Univeristy, USA, 2019-20; B.Sc. (Ag& A.H) 2001; M.Sc. 2004; Ph.D. 2008.

Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, 2023 to date.

Scientist, 2008-17 and Senior Scientist, 2017-23, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad.

Awards/Honours: Chancellor’s Gold Medal, 2003;Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Young Scientist Award, 2009;Moti Lal Dalela BRP Gold Medal by Academy of EnvironmentalBiology, India, 2010; Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding doctoral research by ICAR, 2010; Indo-US Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Award by Indo-US Science andTechnology Forum (IUSSTF), 2012; Certificate of Appreciation, Purude Univerisity USA, 2013; Lal Bahadur Shastri Outstanding Young Scientist Award by ICAR, 2016; Prof. R Seetharaman Award for Best Young Scientist by IIRR, 2016; Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Award by USDA, 2019; Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Puruskar- Outstanding Inter-Disciplinary Team Research in Agriculture, Agricultural Education, Extension & Allied Sciences by ICAR, 2025; Rashtriya Vigyan Puruskar: Vigyan Yuva- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, by the Government of India, 2025.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), 2014.

Research Areas: Molecular biology and biotechnology, rice genomics and genome engineering, host-pathogen interaction, stress biology

Address: Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030, Telangana; C-610, Aparna Altius, Shamsabad, Hyderabad 500052, Telangana; [Tel: Off. (040) 24591342; Res. 6302078403; Cell: 9346533605; Email: skmdrr@gmail.com]

NAAS Associate, 2017