Pradeep Kumar Chand

Biography

Teaching: 36 years (1979-2015) Research: 35 years (1980-2015) Institution Period Designation   From To   Post Graduate Dept of Botany, Utkal University, Vani Vihar October 24, 1979 Continuing Lecturer(1979), Reader (1992), Professor (2000) School of Biological Sciences, University of Nottingham, England, UK October, 1984 September, 1985 Research Fellow (E.E.C. Project) International Rice Research Institute (I.R.R.I.), Manila, The Philippines October 4, 1985 December 31, 1985 Research Fellow (Soil Microbiology Division) Plant Genetic Manipulation Group, University of Nottingham, England, UK January, 1986 December 1988 PhD Scholar (Graduate student) Department of Genetics University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi September,12 1998 December,12 1998 INSA Visiting Fellow (Indian National Science Academy) Department of Genetics University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi January 5, 1999 March 31, 1999 SERC Visiting Fellow (DST, Govt. of India) Department of Plant Biology University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824, USA September 1, 2000 May 31, 2001 Biotechnology Overseas Associate (DBT, Govt. of India)

Research Interest

Plant Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ culture Protoplast Fusion for Somatic Hybridization Agrobacterium–mediated Plant Genetic Transformation Direct Gene Transfer to Plants (PEG, Electroporation, Biolistic) Sense & Antisense Gene Cloning DNA Fingerprinting for Estimation of Genetic Diversity