As Raghavendra

Biography

Agepati Srinivasa Raghavendra earned BSc (1969), MSc (1971) and PhD (1975), all from Sri Venkateswara University. Availing the Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, he worked with leading plant physiologists/biochemists in Germany, including Professors U Heber, HW Heldt, P Westhoff and R Scheibe. He also collaborated with scientists from Japan, France, Germany and UK for extended periods. He started his career as Scientist at Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICAR), Vittal in 1974; worked as Assistant Professor, Botany Department, Sri Venkateswara (SV) University, Tirupati (1976-82); Deputy Director and Head, Plant Physiology Division, Rubber Research Institute, Kottayam (1982-85); and Associate Professor (1985), Professor (1996), Department of Plant Sciences, and Dean, School of Life Sciences (2004), all at University of Hyderabad.

Research Interest

Molecular Plant Physiology and Plant Biochemistry