Ak Pradhan
Department of Genetics
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Akshay K Pradhan earned his B. Sc (Agriculture) in 1978 and M. Sc. (Plant Breeding & Genetics) in 1980 from Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar and Ph.D. (Genetics) in 1986 from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. Since 1986, he worked as Research Associate and as Fellow in Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI). In 1996, he joined as Senior Research Scientist and subsequently promoted to Principal Scientist in 2001 in a NDDB funded project under the Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants, University of Delhi South Campus. In 2002, he moved to the Department of Genetics, University of Delhi as a Professor.
Research Interest
Plant Genetics and Molecular Plant Breeding
