Experience

Premium Seeds Private Limited
• India
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• COO and Lead (Breeding)

  • Dec 2022 - Present


Namdhari Seeds Private Limited (NSPL)

• Breeder - Hot Pepper (India & SEA)

  • May 2018 - Dec 2022

  Nature of Work and Responsibilities:  Breeding and line development of Hot Peppers for India, Indonesia, and Thailand markets.  Discovery breeding for specialized and novel traits in the Hot pepper using wild lines and wide hybridization techniques.  Develop lines and hybrids with specific traits like quality, resistance and tolerance towards biotic and abiotic stresses in Hot Pepper.  Ensure continuous and timely supply of breeder seed for timely introduction and subsequent production of pre-commercial and pipeline hybrids.  Fast tracking of heterosis breeding to generate competitive hybrids by employing molecular tools and DH.  Shuttle Breeding: Evaluate breeding material and shuttling between locations to select for stable and wider resistance ability and also to acclimatize the material by exposing it to different environments.  Work in close association with National and International public and private research institutes.  Coordinating with product development team for proper placement of products in target markets.  Support pollen project and distant hybrid seed production for pre-commercial hybrids. Breeding Team and Out Location Management:  Formulating and preparing the complete Hot Pepper yearly breeding plans based on present and future market requirements.  Guiding Assistant Breeder in DH, Crossing and Selfing block, Nursery maintenance, planting plan, selections, analysis in Bidadi and all other Hot Spot locations in India.  Providing seasonal work plan for Guntur, Sannawad, Varanasi, Raipur and Ludhiana locations, guiding the location in charge supervisors for smooth running of activities.  Guiding nursery planning, planting and selections, seed listing and storing germplasm in Thailand and Indonesian locations with regular interactions with local breeding support staffs. Show less



Shriram Bioseed Genetics (A Division of DCM Shriram Ltd)

• India
• Farming
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Breeder - Corn

  • Sep 2016 - May 2018

   Breeding and Line development of high yielding Corn for India market.  Unique genome sequencing for yield related traits in corn using marker support.  Developed working DH technology for Corn to develop fixed lines in shorter period and which will help to introduce new product in the market at a faster rate.  Manage team of trialing officers for trialing pre commercial hybrids as per suitability in target markets.  Precise phenotyping for drought tolerance in corn and coordinating with molecular biology teams for sampling and lab and field data validation. Show less



Indian Institute Of Horticulture Research

• India
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Research Fellow - Tomato

  • Oct 2015 - Sep 2016

  Worked on Following objectives,  Pyramiding of resistance genes (Ty-2 & Ty-3) from diversified sources to develop stable ToLCV resistant tomato cultivars.  To verify and confirm ToLCV resistance in breeding lines identified from phase-I in disease hot spots and to identify new stable sources of resistance to ToLCV.  To develop mapping populations (F2, BC1 & BC2, RILs & NILs) for resistance to ToLCV.  To identify molecular markers (SSR and SNP) linked to ToLCV resistance in diversified resistant sources. Show less



University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Research Fellow - Rice

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2012

   Project: Enhanced ion Homeostasis and its impact on saline tolerance in Rice: Over expression of two relevant vacuolar transporter genes NHX1 and AVP1  Findings: Developed single transgenics for NHX1 and AVP1 genes in rice, developed double transgenic by crossing single transgenic. Screened these single and double transgeincs for salt tolerance in lab and green house condition.  Project: Enhanced ion Homeostasis and its impact on saline tolerance in Rice: Over expression of two relevant vacuolar transporter genes NHX1 and AVP1  Findings: Developed single transgenics for NHX1 and AVP1 genes in rice, developed double transgenic by crossing single transgenic. Screened these single and double transgeincs for salt tolerance in lab and green house condition.