Plant Functional Genomics Laboratory, IIT Jodhpur
Research group
Ayan Sadhukhan
PI
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (IIT Guwahati), JSPS fellow
GATE 2009, 98 p
Passionate researcher
Hobbies: reading, gardening
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0291-280-1221
Debankona Marik
Ph.D. student
M.Tech. (Gold medalist), HIT Kolkata
GATE 2022, 91 p
She is exploring the genetic architecture of drought tolerance and memory in Arabidopsis
She is also studying tolerant plant growth-promoting bacteria from the Thar desert
Hobbies: Singing, Recitation
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Neelam Jangir
Ph.D. student
M.Sc., Central University of Rajasthan
CSIR-UGC NET JRF 2022
All-India Rank 159
GATE 2022, 98 p
She is working on the genetics of high pH and multiple nutrient deficiency responses of plants
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Devanshu Verma
Ph.D. student
M.Sc., Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Kanpur
DBT-JRF Category-I, 2022
He is exploring the genetic architecture of fluoride tolerance in plants​
Chayanika Khan
Ph.D. student
M.Sc. Genetics,
West Bengal University of Technology ​
UGC NET JRF 2024
All-India Rank 136, 99 p
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She will explore the untapped genomes of desert plants to identify the basis of stress tolerance of extremophyte tree species
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Rabisankar Mandi
Ph.D. student
M.Sc., Botany
Vidyasagar University
CSIR-UGC NET JRF 2022 (AIR 262)
GATE XL 2023 (AIR 1027)
He is using GWAS to unravel unknown loci regulating thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
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MTech student
Rishabh Kumar
BTech
Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar
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He is exploring gene networks and polymorphisms conferring high pH stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Past students
Arpan Dey
JRF
(completed)
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M.Sc. Botany,
Central University of Jharkhand​
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PhD student in the
Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology, Bulgaria
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Past students
Kartikay Yadav
(B.Tech student)
kartikeya yadav.55@iitj.ac.in
Anjali Yaduvanshi
(B.Tech student)
yaduvanshi.1@iitj.ac.in
Design Credit Students
Dawale Smruti Suhas (B.Tech. student)
dawale.1@iitj.ac.in
Ayush Jain
(B.Tech. student)
jain.68@iitj.ac.in
