Dr. Ved Prakash Rai

Sr. Scientist

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Soil Science, Soil organic carbon, Soil quality, Soil fertility, and Conservation agriculture

Degree	Discipline	Institution	Year	Merits if any
B.Sc.	Biology	D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur	2002	–
M.Sc.	Genetics and Plant Breeding	Allahabad Agriculture Institute, Naini, Prayagraj	2004	–
Ph.D.	Genetics and Plant Breeding	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi	2010	–

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Designation	Organization	Duration	Post held
Senior Scientist	ICAR-NISST, Mau	13-06-2025 to continue	Breeding for seed vigour and seed health in major crops, training to farmers and stakeholders
Assistant Research Scientist	Agricultural Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Tanchha, Bharuch, Gujarat	17-08-2015 to 12-06-2025	Served as Assistant Research Scientist. Wirh responsibilities: Breeding and evaluation for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in sorghum, chickpea and wheat; training to farmers; teaching to PG students
Research Associate	Deptt. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, B.H.U., Varanasi	23-11-2010 to 31-03-2014	Breeding for biotic stress tolerance in wheat and pigeonpea

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Contribution in development of varieties: Sorghum (5), chickpea (3), wheat (2)
Identified Bhut Jolokia as a new source of resistance, which is being utilized for transferring leaf curl virus resistance in chillies.
Standardized and developed microcage inoculation technique for artificial screening of PepLCV in chilli plantlets.
Identified north east region as a peculiar and secondary centre of diversity for chilli through genetic diversity analysis of chilli genotypes using SSR and RAMPO markers.
Completed four externally funded projects, including SERB-Young Scientist project entitled “Development of functional markers linked to fragrance in indigenous aromatic rice landraces”. In this project, genome and transcriptome analysis of rice identified 8 putative genes associated with aroma in Kalanamak.

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Research Papers in National /international Journals	26
Paper presented/ abstract published	10
Chapters in training manual / book chapters/books published	Books: 2, Book chapters: 5
Technical Bulletin / Extension folder	10
Popular Articles	5
Documentary/any others like e-publication/vlogs	–

Awards by society	2
Best oral/poster award	2
Conference awards	–
Any other recognitions (Fellow/Fellowship/position in any society held)	1

Trainings attended (international/national)	2
Trainings conducted	–
Workshops attended/conducted	1