Sudesh Kumar Yadav

Biography:

Dr. Sudesh Kumar Yadav, Scientist-G, CIAB, Mohali is an outstanding scientist and contributed significantly in the area of biotechnology, metabolic engineering, bioprocessing and nanobiology for crop improvement and production of value added molecules. He has extensively worked on understanding the regulation of key metabolic pathways of crops like tea, stevia, rice and horsegram as well as developed several technologies for value added products from agricultural waste biomass. He has already published more than 175 research papers, 14 patents, 3 books, 20000 citations, 50 h-index, transferred 2 technologies to industries, signed NDA for 3 technologies and developed more than 5 other technologies so far. Listed by Stanford University among  the top 2% scientists of the world. He is fallow of national academies such as The National Academy of Sciences, India; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He is recipient of S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award, and “Recognition Award’ by NAAS. He has also been conferred Indian National Science Academy (INSA)-Young Scientist Award, 2008; The National Academy of Science, India (NASI)-Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist Award, 2009; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Young Scientist Award, 2010; BOYSCAST Fellowship, 2008 by DST, GoI; NAAS-Associate, 2013; Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Memorial Award of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), 2012-2013; Haryana Yuva Vigyan Ratna Award, Haryana Govt., 2011-12.