Anil Kumar

Elected Fellow – 2014

Basic Sciences (Molecular Biology)

DB: 26-06-1962

Birth place

Ajitmal, Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh-India.
 

Education

Janta Inter College (1977-78); B.Sc., Kanpur University (1980); M.Sc., G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (1984); Ph.D., University of Rajasthan (1990).
 

Positions held 

Professor & Head (2006-till date); Associate Professor (1999-2006);  Assistant Professor (1993-1999); Department of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar;  Lecturer (1991-1993), Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Gwalior; Junior Resident Officer (1989-1991), GVSM Medical College, Kanpur; Demonstrator (1986-1989), MLB Medical College, Jhansi; Coordinator, Human Resource Development Programme in Agricultural Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology (Government of India), New Delhi; Coordinator, Sub-DIC in Bioinformatics, Department of Biotechnology (Government of India), New Delhi; Coordinator, Biosafety Centre for capacity building for effective Implementation of Cartagena Protocol in Biosafety (GEF World Bank Project), Ministry of Environment & Forests  (Government of India), New Delhi;  Coordinator, Programme Mode Support in Agricultural Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology (Government of India), New Delhi, Convener B.Tech Biotechnolgy  Programme;  Chairman, Research Advisory Committee at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun; Member Research Advisory Committee, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut (Kerala);   Member, Board of Studies of G.B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri, Garhwal, V C Tripathi Engineering College, Dwarhat, Kumaon, Bundelkhand University; Member Institute Biosafety Committee at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar, UP since 2005, Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Kendra, Almora since 2008, Kohinoor Seeds, New Delhi since 2009.
 

Research Area

Functional Genomics (Calcium Nutrition & Biofortification, Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Nutritionally important proteins); Cellular and Molecular Immunology  (Immunodiagostics for Plant disease Surveillance, Molecular Pathotyping); Molecular Cell Biology (Molecular Biology of Biotic stress, Molecular Signalling, Host-pathogen interaction)
 

Awards and fellowships

INSA Teacher’s Award-2014; Scientist of Excellence Award- 2007 for his contributions in the field of Biotechnology by Society of Plant Research; Shiksha Rattan Award for outstanding service achievements & contributions; Visiting Scientist under World Bank-GEF project 2007 as part of Indian delegation for visiting University of Tsukaba (Japan) to study the Biosafety measures for risk assessment for LMOs/GMOs; ICAR-NATP Fellow 2004 for visiting University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA; Young Scientist  Award from Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi.1998 Special Award for obtaining Second Position in the Degree College during B.Sc; National Merit Scholarship from 1977 to 1980 by the Government of India on the basis of High School Merit.

Fellow of Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists-2013 in Indian Society of Agricultural Biochemists; Fellow of Confederation of Horticulture Associations of India (CHAI)-2012.
 

Address

Department of Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, PANTNAGAR- 263 145,  Uttarakhand, India.
 

Residence

V/1352, Sector IV, TA Colony, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, PANTNAGAR -263 145, Uttarakhand, India.

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