Staff

Short bio Prof. Sanjib Kumar Panda, Head, Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan is among the top 2% of Scientists in the World from India in the field of Plant Biology in the list published by Stanford University, USA for whole careers in the year 2020 & 2021. He has done his M.Sc. (Gold Medalist), M.Phil. Ph.D. & D.Sc. from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India and has a long 26 years of illustrious teaching & research career of working in various central Universities which includes eleven years as Professor and worked in various administrative positions as Dean, Head, Chairman, President, Governing body etc.. He has research trainings and Visiting Professorships in notable Institutions in University of California, University of North Carolina, Oklahoma State University, USA, University of Bonn, University of Dusseldorf, Germany, Okayama University, Gifu University, Shizuoka University, RIKEN, Japan, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Russian Academy of Sciences etc. He has published more than 160 research papers in International & National journals in his areas of expertise including Molecular Biology, Plant Functional Genomics, Genetic Engineering etc. with cumulative impact factors above 300, citations of more than 8040 and H index of 48. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Biologists, London. He has supervised more than 21 Ph.D. students, and 150 + Master students. He has been the recipient of 19 research projects from DBT, DST, CSIR, UGC and 5 International projects with Japan, South Africa and Russia etc.

Short bio Assistant technical officer at the Institute for Plant Biotechnology (IPB). I completed my MSc in Plant Biotechnology at the IPB at Stellenbosch University in 2023 under the supervision of Dr Christell van der Vyver. My research focused on improving drought tolerance in sugarcane plants through the genetic modification of genes involved in photosynthesis.