MAMRUTHA HAROHALLI MASTHI GOWDA, Ph.D., is presently serving as a Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) at ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal,Haryana, India. She obtained her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India. She holds about 15 years of experience in R&D and has published around 45 research and review articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals, 25 book chapters, 3 technical bulletins, and more than 60 popular articles. Shehandled 12 research projects in various capacities including projects funded by USDA, DBT-BBSRC, CIMMYT, ACIAR, and ICAR and presented research findings in several national and international forums. Her research is largely focused onphysiological trait-based breeding for improving photosynthesis, yield, and abiotic stress tolerance and use of CRISPR/Cas9technology in wheat improvement. She has co-developed five high yielding wheat varieties and ten wheat genetic stocks for abiotic stress tolerance and for improving nutritional quality. She has been serving as an editor of Plant Physiology Reports, editorial board member of Journal of Cereal Research, and as reviewer of many international journals. She is committed to her professionalism and honored with several recognitions, including Prof. Mahatim Singh Memorial Award from Society for Advancement of Wheat & Barley Research (SAWBAR) India, RD Asana gold medal award, and JC Bose gold medal award from Indian Society of Plant Physiology and ICAR-IIWBR best scientist award. She is also the recipient of international fellowships from wheat initiative, Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre, USA, and IUBMB, France
GOPALAREDDY KRISHNAPPA, Ph.D., Scientist, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, completed his bachelor’s degree in 2006
and master’s degree in 2008 from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, and doctorate degree in Genetics from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, in 2016. Dr. Reddy is an accomplished and dedicated agricultural researcher with a rich experience in wheat research over a decade. Dr. Reddy developed 11 wheat varieties and 26 wheat genetic stocks to benefit a multitude of stakeholders including farmers, consumers, researchers, and industry. His research is largely focused on the development of high yielding wheat varieties with improved quality attributes. Dr. Reddy utilized modern breeding tools like genomic selection, MARS, MAS, and GWAS to complement conventional breeding techniques to dissect complex traits in wheat. He published more than 30 research and review articles of national and international repute with high impact journals, 02 books, 15 book chapters, and 30 technical or popular articles. He has been teaching for more than 3 years to students of different state agricultural and private universities. Dr. Reddy was conferred withAIASA Young Scientist Award 2020, Best Worker 2020, NEEDEF Young Scientist Award 2021, and Dr. VS Mathur memorial award 2022.
RINKI KHOBRA, Ph.D., presently serves as a scientist (Plant Physiology) at ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, under the aegis of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. She received her M.Sc. degree from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, in Botany and Ph.D. from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, in Plant Physiology. Her research is primarily focused on abiotic stress tolerance, mainly drought and lodging in wheat. She is also working on identification of plant traits contributing towards higher yield potential along with root system architectural studies. Dr. Khobra is associated with the development of one bread wheat variety and ten genetic stocks for various physiological traits. She published more than 15 research and review articles of national and international repute along with 1 bulletin, 7 book chapters, and 45 popular articles. Apart from research, Dr. Khobra is also involved in teaching Ph.D. scholars. She is a lifetime member of few professional societies
GYANENDRA SINGH, Ph.D., Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India. Dr. Singh graduated from Janta Vedic College in 1982 followed by M.Sc. in 1984 and Ph.D. in 1998. He re-defined and executed a shuttle breeding methodology for wider adaptability, resistance, and yield in wheat. He devised a new double-digit appraisal scale for spot blotch disease severity in wheat, which is convenient and time-saving, especially while evaluating large breeding populations. Dr. Singh has contributed to the development of 25 varieties, 50 genetic stocks, and 15 RIL populations in wheat to facilitate molecular studies. He has published 160 research articles, 10 edited books, 8 bulletins, 19 book chapters, 5 review articles, 6 training manuals, and 100 popular/technical articles. Dr.
