DIRECTOR
DR. PRASHANT DHAKEPHALKAR
DIRECTOR, ARI
MEET OUR SCIENTISTS
BIODIVERSITY
Dr. Sanjay K. Singh
Scientist – G
Research focuses on fungal diversity, biology, systematics and conversation, employing integrative approaches of genomics and metabolomics to explore diverse applications in agriculture, allied sectors and industry.
Dr. Ritesh Kumar Choudhary
Scientist – E
Dr. R.K. Choudhary has more than 15 years of experience in the field of taxonomy and molecular systematics of plants.
Dr. Karthick Balasubramanian
Scientist – E
Diatom Taxonomy and Systematics: Understanding the taxonomic diversity of diatoms across the Indian subcontinent.
Dr. Rajesh Kumar K. C
Scientist – E
Dr Rajesh Kumar K. C. is Ph.D. from the Forest Research Institute University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India where he worked in the field of plant..
Dr. Paras Nath Singh
Scientist – E
Fungal Biodiversity Fungal Systematics, Characterization, Biopotential,Identification and conservation of Micromycetes.
Dr. Mandar Datar
Scientist – E
Studying the ecology of unique habitats of Northern Western Ghats (NWG), primarily focusing on species composition, their..
Dr. Tushar Kaushik
Scientist – D
Genetic and morphological diversity in Foraminifera. Re-evaluation of species specific foraminiferal proxies using combined taxonomic approach.
Dr. Nischitha R
Scientist – B
Uncovering endophytic fungal diversity and its plant interactions through advanced sequencing, profiling metabolites for novel drug leads..
Dr. Shiwali Rana
Scientist – B
Research primarily focuses on fungal taxonomy and systematics, phylogenetics, genomics, and fungal metabolite production and their bioactivities..
BIOENERGY
Dr. Prashant Dhakephalkar
Director
Dedication to advancing scientific knowledge, coupled with his practical contributions through industrial collaborations,.
Dr. Sumit Singh Dagar
Scientist – E
Develop industrially viable processes that can avoid high costs of the substrate(s), harsh pretreatment method(s), and expensive..
Dr. Kamlesh Jangid
Scientist E
Dr. Kamlesh Jangid is a trained microbiologist and an expert in the fields of microbial systematics and ecology, and soil science..
Shri. Pranav R. Kshirsagar
Scientist – E, Bioenergy Group
Passionate chemical engineering with 12+ years of research experience. Expertise in designing of statistical based experiments for optimization..
Dr. Tushar Lodha
Scientist B
Aimed to work further on understanding the microbial dynamics of various ecosystems using next generation sequencing..
Dr. Neelam Kapse
Scientist B
Exploration of pristine habitats for taxonomic novelty and biotechnological potential..
BIOPROSPECTING
Dr. Prasad Padmkar Kulkarni
Scientist – F
More than 15 years of research experience in Bioinorganic chemistry and analytical biochemistry specialized in chemistry and biochemistry …
Dr. Pratibha Srivastava
Scientist – D
Natural product molecules have panoply for the benefit of humankind and the environment. We are focusing on the synthesis of natural..
Dr. Gargee Pandit
DST/Women Scientist- WOS-A
interested in the lichen diversity on basalt and ferricrete rock outcrops of the Northern Western Ghats, India.
Dr. Navneet Kour
Scientist – B
My vision is to be a part of an organization where I am encouraged to contribute my knowledge, experience and skills as well as taking the opportunity to learn..
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Dr. Anuradha Ratnaparkhi
Scientist – F
In our lab we study signalling mechanisms in the nervous system that regulate assembly of synapses, their function, and systemic..
Dr. Chinmoy Patra
Scientist – E
Development of an organ or new life is a spectacular process, which is controlled by spatiotemporal gene expression.
Dr. Bhupendra V. Shravage
Scientist – E
Macro-autophagy(termed as autophagy henceforth) is a conserved process that facilitates degradation of cytoplasmic components including..
Dr. Arindam Bhattacharjee
SERB Ramanujan Fellow
Our interest in the physiology of lysosomes [green dots in Panel 1] stems from a few observations: firstly, they are the endpoint..
GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING
Dr. Manoj Dinesh Oak
Scientist – E
My interest is to identify genes, underlying QTLs with significant impact on wheat and soybean quality, disease resistance.
Dr. Ravindra M Patil
Scientist – E
Alternative dwarfing genes in wheat have their effect restricted to stem elongation while retaining longer coleoptile and improved seedling vigour.
Mr. Santosh A. Jaybhay
Scientist – D
Improve agronomic aspects of soybean crop to harvest higher yield per hectare.
Dr. Yashavanthakumar K J
Scientist – C
Wheat improvement program at ARI aimed at developing superior varieties in bread wheat.
Dr. Vijendra Baviskar
Scientist – C (Wheat Agronomist)
Development of climate resilient wheat varieties targeting Peninsular India in threespecies of wheat
Mr. Sudhir Navathe
Scientist – C
Molecular plat pathology- effector triggered susceptibility and necrotrophic effector molecules in plant pathogen interaction
Dr Abhinandan Surgonda Patil
Researcher (Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellow)
Targeted integration of practical and durable multiple disease resistance genes (haplotypes) in soybean cultivars to withstand fungal..
NANOBIOSCIENCE
Dr. Jyutika Rajwade
Scientist – F
My research deals with applications of nanomaterials in various fields. Metals-based nanoparticles were explored for their antimicrobial activity for achieving control..
Dr. Dhananjay Bodas
Scientist – F
Dr. Vandana Ghormade
Scientist – E
Nanoscience for protein, drug and siRNA delivery. Nanotechnologies for pathogen detection and biosensors.
Dr. Virendra Gajbhiye
Scientist – E
Nanomedicine, Targeted drug/siRNA/miRNA/SSO delivery, Nano-immunosensors, Tissue engineering,..
Dr. Monali Rahalkar
Scientist – E
I completed my PhD from University of Konstanz, Germany, where I studied methane oxidizing bacteria from Lake Constance. During my postdoctoral..
Dr. Yogesh Karpe
Scientist – E
Replication and pathogenesis of positive sense RNA viruses
Dr. Sachin H. Jadhav
Scientist – E
The main activity of animal facility staff is to breed and maintain the laboratory animal colonies in complete compliance..
Dr. Pratibha
DST INSPIRE Faculty (March 2022-Present)
Research in nucleic acid chemistry plays a critical role in understanding fundamental biological processes, developing diagnostic tools, and..
