Dr. Niraj Rai
Scientist ‘C’
Department of Paloebotany.
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany
India
Biography
Dr. Niraj Rai is presently working as Scientist ‘C’ at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences loacted at Lucknow, India. Dr. Niraj Rai completed his Ph.D in 2014, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (Degree obtained from JNU, New Delhi) and M.Sc Biotechnology (2006), Guru Jambheshwer University, Hissar, Haryana.
Research Interest
Archaeogenetics or Ancient DNA is a powerful method of isolating DNA from ancient biological remains and to understand directly the relationship of one group of population who lived at some point in the past to another that existed prior or who lived later in time and make suggestions on population history and migration. Using ancient DNA approach my objectives are follows-1: Reconstructing the complex human population history of India 2: Investigating the origin, admixture and spread of crop domestication in India. 3: Cattle domestication and its impact on human migration. 4. Origin and Spread of ancient pathogens. 5. Reconstructing the phylogeny of extinct Flora and Fauna of Indian sub-continent.
Publications
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Raj SM, Halebeedu P, Kadandale JS, Mirazon Lahr M, Gallego Romero I, Yadhav JR, Iliescu M, Rai N, Crivellaro F, Chaubey G, Villems R. Variation at Diabetesâ€and Obesityâ€Associated Loci May Mirror Neutral Patterns of Human Population Diversity and Diabetes Prevalence in India. Annals of human genetics. 2013 Sep 1;77(5):392-408.
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Rai N, Taher N, Singh M, Chaubey G, Jha AN, Singh L, Thangaraj K. Relic excavated in western India is probably of Georgian Queen Ketevan. Mitochondrion. 2014 Jan 31;14:1-6.
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Rai N, Chaubey G, Tamang R, Pathak AK, Singh VK, Karmin M, Singh M, Rani DS, Anugula S, Yadav BK, Singh A. The phylogeography of Y-chromosome haplogroup h1a1a-m82 reveals the likely Indian origin of the European Romani populations. PloS one. 2012 Nov 28;7(11):e48477.
