Guest Faculty (Plant Breeding and Genetics)
          (December 2021- Till date)
         School of Agriculture & Animal Sciences,
           Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University,
           Gandhigram-624 302, Dhindigul (District),
           Tamil Nadu, India.

           

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              Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding & Genetics)
              (April 25, 2018- March 31, 2021)
                 Crop Improvement Division,   
                Cardamom Research Station,
                    Kerala Agricultural University,
                    Pampadumpara, Idukki- 685 553,
                    Kerala, India.
           

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Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding/ Biotechnology)
(Sep.2016- April 2018)
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics
School of Agriculture,
PRIST University, Vallam
Thanjavur,
Tamil Nadu, India.
Courses Handled : 16PBG101, 17PBG101, 16CRP101, 17CRP101,      16PBG201, 16SST201

Post Doctoral Researcher 
(Nov.2012-Oct, 2014)
Department of Plant Sciences,
College of Agriculture and Bioresources
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, S7N 5A8, 
Saskatchewan, Canada.
Supervisor: Dr. Tom Warkentin,
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Bunyamin Tar'an, Dr. Bert Vandenberg  and Kirstin Bett
 
                                                                                         http://knowpulse2.usask.ca/portal/
                                                                                         Research: LC-MS profiling of folates in pulses (pea, chickpea,                                                                                                              lentil & dry bean)                            
                                                                  

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Post Doctoral Fellow
(Sept. 2010- Aug. 2012)
Department of Plant Sciences,
College of Agriculture and Bioresources
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, S7N 5A8, 
Saskatchewan, Canada.
http://www.usask.ca/
http://agbio.usask.ca/departments/plant-sciences/index.php
Research: Enhancing Carotenoids concentration in pea and chickpea
Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Tom Warkentin
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Bunyamin  Tar'an

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PhD in (Biotechnology)
(2006-2010)
Agricultural College and Research Institute,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore- 641 003
TN, India.http://www.tnau.ac.in/cpmb/cpmb/cpmb.htm
http://www.tnaugenomics.com/
Supervisor: Dr. V. Krishnasamy
Project Investigators: Dr. M.Raveendran and Dr. N. Senthi
Topical Research: Submergence tolerance in rice
                                                                                         Thesis Research  : Understanding the mechanism of drought                                                                                                               resistance in rice by expression profiling  

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MSc., (Agri.) in  Plant Breeding and Genetics
(2004-2006)
Agricultural College and Research Institute,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University,
Coimbatore- 641 003
TN, India.
http://www.tnau.ac.in/

Research: Genetics of seed oil improvement in upland cotton                (G. hirsutum .L)
                                                                                         Supervisors: Dr. N. Sivasamy & Dr. R. Ravikesavan

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BSc.,  (Agriculture) 
(2000- 2004)
Agriculture college and Research Institute,
Killikulam, Vallanadu - 628 252,
Thoothukudi (Dist.), TN, India. 
http://www.tnau.ac.in/kkm/a.html

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School
Government Higher Secondary School (1993-1999)
Elaiyur- Variyankaval,
Ariyalur (Dist.), PIN: 621 806.

Primary School (1988-1992)
Andimadam Union Primary School
Variyankaval,
Ariyalur (Dist.), PIN: 621 806.

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