N.K.Singh was born on October 15, 1958. His father Late Shri Indrasan Singh was a village level officer at a Block Development Office in Uttar Pradesh.He received his early education at the Primary Pathshala in Tilasawa village 1964-68, Junior High School, Jahanaganj 1969-71; matriculation and senior secondary from Wesley Higher Secondary School, Azamgarh, 1971–75; He then did his B.Sc.(Ag.) 1978 and M.Sc. (Ag.) in Genetics and Plant Breeding in 1980 from Institute of Agricultural Sciences,Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He was awarded gold medals by BHU for achieving position in the university in both B.Sc. (Ag.) and M.Sc. (Ag.). Immediately after completion of his post graduation from BHU, he moved to Adelaide, Australia on a University of Adelaide Post Graduate Scholarship to pursue his Doctoral Degree which he eventually earned from Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide in 1985, his Ph.D. Thesis Topic was "Structure and Genetic Control of Endosperm Proteins in Wheat and Rye". There he was awarded Dr K.P. Barley Prize best post graduate student prize at the university in 1983.
-Genomics,
-Gene Discovery,
-Marker Development and
-Molecular Plant Breeding
We are working on different aspects of structural, functional and comparative genomics with special emphasis on Rice, Wheat, Pigeonpea, Tomato and Mango. Our group has successfully completed the sequencing rice chromosome 11, tomato chromosome 5 and complete genome of Pigeon Pea. We are now mapping genes for yield and quality traits in rice, wheat and pigeon pea. Besides, we are also working on high resolution mapping of salinity tolerance and grain characteristics in rice and development of high density reference map in pigeon pea. We also collect and conserve the wild rice germplasm from different part of India.
1.
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan.
2.
Apex Award of NAAS, New Delhi for Outstanding Contributions in Crop Science.
3.
Award Given by Minister of Agriculture for Contribution in Sequencing of Rice Genome.
4.
Award Given By Minister of Science and Technology for Development of First Experimental Transgenic Wheat.
5.
Most Prestigious Postdoctoral Awards of Australia.
6.
Only 10 Such Awards are Given in a Year in All Science Subjects in Australia.
7.
Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi,
Awarded for Outstanding Contribution to in the
Field of Agricultural Science.
8.
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi,
Awarded for Overall Achievement in the Crop
Science Section.
QTL Analysis and Identification of Putative Candidate for Drought Tolerance in Wheat.
(Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University , Nanded)
DNA Sequence Polymorphism in Wheat Triticin Gene and its Relationship with Bread-Making Quality.
(Banasthali University)
Development and Characterization of Pigeonpea [Canjanus Cajan (L.) Milla.] EST-SSR Markers & Analysis of Allelic Variation Across Related Species and Legumes.
( University of Kalyani )
Combining QTL Mapping and Transcriptome Profiling for an
Insight into Genes for Grain
number in Rice.
(Banasthali University)
Biochemical and Molecular Genetic Investigations on
Wheat Seed Storage Proteins.
(Mysore University)
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Wheat Triticin cDNA and Studies on the Expression of Triticin Like Proteins.(Mysore University)
Studies on Molecualr Aspects of Seed Storage Proteins in Horse Gram (Dolichos Biflorus L).(Mysore University)
PCR Amplification and Cloning
of Triticin cDNAs, its Hyper Variable Region and Different
Seed Specific Promoters.
(GBPU&T, Pantnagar)
Molecular Typing of Native B. Thuringiensis Isolates from Diverse Habitats in India and Isolation & Characterization of Cry2 Type Genes from These Isolates.
(IARI, New Delhi)
Molecular Mapping of Genes for Traits Involved in Plant Architecture and Earliness in Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L) Millsp.
(IARI, New Delhi)
Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Yield and Yield Components Using Recombinant Inbred Line Population of Rice.
(Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwad a University , Nanded)
Development of Doubled
Haploid Population for
Molecular Mapping of
Quality Traits in Wheat
Variety C306.
(Devi Ahilya University, Indore)
Development of Near-Isogenic Lines With Different Seed Storage Protein Alleles for Quality Analysis in Wheat.
(GBPU&T, Pantnagar)
Studies on Factor Affecting Regeneration and “Biolistic” Transformation of wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.).
(GBPU&T, Pantnagar)
Studies on Regeneration and Transformation of Wheat (Triticum Aestivum)”.
(GBPU&T, Pantnagar)
Molecular Mapping for Salt
Tolerance in Rice.
(IARI, New Delhi)
Molecular Mapping of Genes of Basmati Grain Quality Traits in Rice.
(IARI, New Delhi)
Molecular Mapping of Grain Number, Grain Weight and Tiller Number in Rice (Oryza sativa L.).
(IARI, New Delhi)
Wheat Transformation for Tolerance to Dehydration Stress.
(IARI, New Delhi)
Qmolecular Assisted Development of NILs
for Seed Storage Proteins
in Wheat and Cloning of
Gene (s) for Wheat Triticins.
(IARI, New Delhi)
