Lead Speakers
SESSION-I: METABOLIC PATHWAY ENGINEERING
Dr. Ram Rajasekharan
Dean
School of Life Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur
India
Title of the talk : A Novel Soluble Triacylglycerol Biosynthetic Pathway in Yeasts and Oilseeds
Dr. Ajit Kumar Shasany
Director
NBRI, Lucknow
India
Title of the talk : Pathway Synteny and metabolite channelling: Engineering towards better stress response
Dr. Subhra Chakraborty
Director
National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi
India
Title of the talk : Mining multi-omes to dissect the seed gene regulation and nutrient dynamics in cereal towards protein improvement
SESSION-II: ADVANCED MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT: GENOMICS AND GENOME EDITING
Dr. Satendra Kumar Mangrauthia
Senior Scientist
IIRR, Hyderabad
India
Title of the talk : CRISPR/Cas12a driven multiplex genome editing of a cytokinin regulator improves plant architecture and grain yield in rice
Dr. Gitanjali Yadav
Scientist
NIPGR, New Delhi
India
Topic of the talk : Deciphering Regulatory Landscapes of Green Algal CCM
Dr. Swarup K. Parida
Scientist
National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi
India
Title of the talk : Next-Generation Molecular Breeding for A Food Sufficient Future
SESSION-III: ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE
Dr. Manoj Prasad
Senior Scientist (Professor) & JC Bose National Fellow
NIPGR, New Delhi
India
Title of the talk : Heat shock proteins of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) for imparting climate resilient traits in cereals
Dr. Kashchandra (Ragu) Raghotama
Professor
Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Purdue University
USA
Title of the talk : Phosphate deficiency; a major abiotic stress impacting global agriculture
Dr. Ranjan Swarup
Associate Professor
University of Nottingham
UK
Topic of the talk : Designer roots for sustainable agriculture and abiotic stress tolerance
Dr. Sona Pandey
Principal Investigator
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
USA
Title of the talk : Role of G-protein signaling in regulating plant agronomic traits
SESSION-IV: PLANT NUTRITION & FOOD QUALITY ENHANCEMENT
Dr. Sijo Joseph (Thandapilly)
Research Scientist, University of Manitoba
Canada
Title of the talk : Enhancing the Quality and Nutritional Bioactivity of Canadian Oats
Prof. Avtar K. Handa
Professor of Molecular Genetics
Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University
USA
Title of the talk : Agriculture Biotechnology and Human Health and Longevity
SESSION-V: MILLETS AS NUTRACEUTICALS
Dr. (Mrs.) C Tara Satyavathi
Director
Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR), Hyderabad
India
Title of the talk : Transformation of Millets (Shree Anna): From Traditional Foods to Nutraceuticals
Dr. Rattan Yadav
Professor of Plant Genetics, Aberystwyth University
UK
Title of the talk : What makes millets special in treating type-2 diabetes and the way forward integrating such traits in crops varieties?
SESSION-VI: ADVANCES IN LEGUME & OILSEED RESEARCH
Dr. D.K. Yadava
Assistant Director General (Seed)
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
India
Title of the talk : Biotechnological tools can help achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds
Dr. C. Bharadwaj
Principal Scientist
Division of Genetics, ICAR-IARI
New Delhi,
India
Title of the talk : Valorization of Genes in Developing Drought Tolerant Chickpeas
SESSION-VII : FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND REGULATORY BIOLOGY
Dr. N.K. Singh
National Professor B.P. Pal Chair
ICAR - National Institute for Plant Biotechnology (NIPB), Pusa Campus, New Delhi
India
Title of the talk : Genomics-assisted breeding of climate-resilient high-yielding rice cultivars
Prof. Ashwani Pareek
Director
NABI, Mohali
India
Title of the talk : PLearning lessons from a coastal wild rice: dissecting the novel suit of salinity tolerance mechanisms
SESSION-VIII : MICROBIOME & NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH
Dr. Archana Chugh
Professor
Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi, New Delhi
India
Title of the talk : Peptidic nanocarriers and antimicrobials for crop improvement
Dr. Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan
Principal Scientist
Division of Microbiology, IARI
India
Title of the talk : The Microbiome Connections: One Health and Our Planet