Akhilesh K Tyagi
Professor
Department of Plant Molecular Biology
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi obtained PhD (1983) from Delhi University for his studies on haploid cell culture and genetics, and then worked in Germany on photosynthesis-related chloroplastic and nuclear genes. He joined the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi (1988) and became Professor (1994). He has served as Head, Department of Plant Molecular Biology (1988, 1992-95, 1998-2001), Chairman, Board of Research Studies, Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences (1995-2003), Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics (2005-09) and Director, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (2009 onwards).
Research Interest
Plant Biology
