Vidwan-ID : 20194



  • Prof Mahendra Kumar Modi

  • Executive Dean
  • Assam Down Town University
Publications 2001 - 2024

Publications

  • 86
    Journal Articles
  • 7
    Book Chapter
  • 9
    Projects
  • 13
  • 8
  • 5
  • 46

Citations / H-Index

537 Citations
12 h-index
770 Citations

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Expertise

Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology

Focussed on Genome AssistedĀ Breeding, especially in rice.

Personal Information

Prof Mahendra Kumar Modi

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Office of the Executive Dean Assam down town University
Guwahati, Assam, India - 781026


Experience

  • Executive Dean

    Department of Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology

    Assam Down Town University

  • Coordinator

    Agricultural Research Information System

    Assam Agricultural University

  • Professor

    Department of Agricultural Biotechnology

    Assam Agricultural University

  • Coordinator

    Distributed Information Center (DBT)

    Assam Agricultural University

  • Coordinator

    Biotechnology HRD Programme

    Assam Agricultural University

  • Head of the Department

    Agricultural Biotechnology

    Assam Agricultural University

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Institute of Biological Chemistry

    Washington State University

  • Associate Professor

    Agricultural Biotechnology

    Assam Agricultural University

  • Assistant Professor

    Plant Breeding & Genetics

    Assam Agricultural University


Qualification

  • PhD

    Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

  • MSc (Agri)

    Assam Agricultural University

  • BSc (Agri)

    Assam Agricultural University


Honours and Awards

1995

GS Khush Award for Best PhD Student

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

1995

GS Khush Award for Best PhD Student

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2024

An integrated computational approach in search of potential lead compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Dr. Debasish Panda, Assam University

2022

Marker Trait Association studies for submergence and anaerobic germination in sali rice (Oryza sativa L) germplasm of Assam

Dr. Sandhani Saikia, Gauhati University

2021

Mapping of the Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) for drought tolerance in rice

Dr Rahul Kaldate, Assam Agricultural University

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2024

An integrated computational approach in search of potential lead compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Dr. Debasish Panda, Assam University

2022

Marker Trait Association studies for submergence and anaerobic germination in sali rice (Oryza sativa L) germplasm of Assam

Dr. Sandhani Saikia, Gauhati University

2021

Mapping of the Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) for drought tolerance in rice

Dr Rahul Kaldate, Assam Agricultural University

2020

Mapping of drought tolerant QTLs in upland rice variety, Banglami

Dr Nabarun Roy, Assam Agricultural University

2018

Artificial Neural Network Approach in Building Predictive Models for siRNA Mediated Gene Silencing in Various Plant Pathigens

Dr. Ranjan Sarmah, Assam University

2018

Association mapping for drought tolerance in Ahu germplasm of Assam

Dr Mayuri Mahale, Assam Agricultural University

2018

Marker assisted introgression of bacterial leaf blight resistance genes into Assam Rice varieties.

Dr Sushil Singh, Assam Agricultural University

2018

Artificial Neural Network Approach in Building Predictive Model for siRNA modulated Gene Silencing in Various Plant Pathogens

Dr Ranjan Sarmah, Assam University

2017

Mapping and dissection of genetic effects into QTLs for grain yield under drought in elite rice variety of Assam

Dr Rahul Verma, Assam Agricultural University

2017

An In Silico Sequence, Structure and Evolutionary Analysis of the enzyme ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase in understanding the mechanism of enzyme regulation

Dr Kishore Sarma, Assam University

2015

Study Of Differential Gene Expression In Rice Under Drought Stress

Dr Diganta Deka, Assam Agricultural University

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2001

Society of Biological Chemists, India

Life

1991

The Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Life

2001

Society of Biological Chemists, India

Life

1991

The Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Life

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Membership In Committees

2022

Steering Committee on HRD Programme, DBT, GoI

Member

2019

School Board, Hargobind Khurana School of Life Sciences, Assam University Silchar

Member

2019

Planning Board, Nagaland University

Member

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2022

Steering Committee on HRD Programme, DBT, GoI

Member

2019

School Board, Hargobind Khurana School of Life Sciences, Assam University Silchar

Member

2019

Planning Board, Nagaland University

Member

2018

Technical Expert Committee on Knowledge Generation & Discovery Research, New Tools & Technologies, DBT-NER-BPMC

Member

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Research Projects

Genetic improvement of rice for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance using molecular breeding, especially drought, submergence and bacterial blight disease

Funding Agency : DBT-NECAB

Whole genome & transcriptome …banana cultivars

Funding Agency : DBT, GoI

Biodiversity studies of aromatic rice in NE India

Funding Agency : DBT, GoI

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Genetic improvement of rice for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance using molecular breeding, especially drought, submergence and bacterial blight disease

Funding Agency : DBT-NECAB

Whole genome & transcriptome …banana cultivars

Funding Agency : DBT, GoI

Biodiversity studies of aromatic rice in NE India

Funding Agency : DBT, GoI

Genome and transcriptome sequencing of aromatic rices ofNE Region

Funding Agency : DBT, GoI

Allele Mining and Molecular Documentation of Important Germplasm of Assam

Funding Agency : DBT-AAU Center (DBT)

Engineering ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) enzyme for heat tolerance in rice

Funding Agency : Obama Singh 21st Century Indo-US Grant (New Delhi, IN)

Agri Bioinformatics Promotion Project

Funding Agency : Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Govt, India, IN)

Marker Assisted Introgression of Sub1 locus Conferring Tolerance to Submergence into Elite Rice Varieties of Assam

Funding Agency : DBT, GOI

Generation and Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) from Camellia species

Funding Agency : DBT, GoI

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