National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Raveendran Muthurajan
FELLOW, ELECTED 2026

Born in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India on 5 June 1970. Educated at Government Panchayat School, Perapatti, Anuppankulam, Tamil Nadu, 1975-83; SHNV Higher Secondary School, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, 1984-88; Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India, 1988 – 2000; International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines, 2003 – 2006; B.Sc. (Ag.) 1992; M.Sc. 1995; Ph.D. 2002.

Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India; 2022 to till date.

Assistant Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,1997 – 2009; Associate Professor, TNAU, Coimbatore, 2008-13; Professor, TNAU, Coimbatore, 2013 – till date; Director, Board of Directors, Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology, TNAU, Coimbatore, 2019 – till date; Professor and Head, Department of Plant Biotechnology, 2020 – 2022; Director of Research, TNAU, Coimbatore, 2022 till date.

Awards/Honours: Best Research Award, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 2010;Grand Challenges of India Award, BIRAC, New Delhi, 2015; Genome Research Grant Award, SciGenome Research Foundation, 2016; Best Researcher Award, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, 2017; Member, Expert Committee on Crop Molecular Breeding, DBT, New Delhi, 2014 -17; Member, Expert Committee, INSPIRE Fellowship Program, DST, New Delhi, 2017-20; Member, Technical Expert Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology, DBT, New Delhi, 2018-21; Member, Technical Expert Committee for promotion of Agricultural Biotechnology in North East India, 2018-21; Member, Expert Group for the preparation of VISION PLAN for Genome Engineering Research in India, DBT, New Delhi, 2019; Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, DBT - National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, 2019-22; Member, ICAR-Sub-Committee on Developing less water requiring rice genotypes, ICAR, New Delhi, 2020; Member, Special STAG, Mission Mode Projects on Genetic Resources, DBT, New Delhi, 2021; Member, Expert Committee, Indo Swedish Joint Call on Circular Economy, DBT, New Delhi, 2022; Member, Expert Committee, Indo Canada Joint call on Building Resilient and Carbon Neutral Communities, DBT, New Delhi, 2022; Member, Expert Committee to review ongoing and completed projects under International Co-operation Bilateral program, DBT, New Delhi, 2023; Chairman, Sectorial Expert Committee on Biomanufacturing of “Emerging Agri Biologicals”, DBT, New Delhi, 2023; Member, Research Advisory Committee, ICAR- Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, 2024-27; Member, Research Advisory Committee, National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 2024-27; Professor K.K. Nanda Memorial Award, Indian Society of Plant Physiology, New Delhi, 2024.

Fellow: Association of Rice Research Workers of India, 2019; Royal Sociaty of Biology, 2022; National Academy of Biological Sciences, India, 2023.

Research Areas: Molecular breeding, Functional Genomics, Nutri-Genomics, Stress tolerance

Address: Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Lawley Road, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu; GF 1, R.R. Sai Apartments, 12th Cross Street, New Thillai Nagar, Vadavalli, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Off. (0422) 6611527; Cell: 9842181968; Email: raveendrantnau@gmail.com]