Prof. Dr. Manoj Prasad

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsCell Biology,Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics,Plant Genetics and Genomics
KeywordsDisease resistance, Tomato, Solanaceae, EST, barley, rice, transcriptome, genome analysis, QTLs, Grain and Malting Quality in Wheat, Barley, Molecular Markers, MAS, wheat, rice, millet, Synteny, comparative mapping
Honours and awards

2022: Prof. KK Nanda Memorial Lecture Award by Indian Society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi, India

2022: Silver Jubilee Commemoration Award by Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, India

2021: Birbal Sahni Medal 2021 by Indian Botanical Society, Lucknow, India

2021: Honorary Adjunct Professorship by University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India

2019: Golden Peacock Award by International Buckwheat Research Association, Slovenia

2018: JC Bose National Fellow by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India

2017: FELLOW of Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, INDIA

2017: TATA Innovation Fellowship by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, India

2015: FELLOW of Indian Virological Society (IVS), New Delhi, India

2015: National Bioscience Award by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, India

2013: FELLOW of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India

2012: FELLOW of National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Prayagraj, India

2010: Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Memorial Award by Indian Science Congress Association, INDIA

2006: Associateship by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India

2006: Overseas Associateship by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, India

2003: Young Scientist Medal by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India

2000: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship by AvH foundation, Bonn, GERMANY

1992: National Merit Scholarship by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityNew Delhi
InstitutionUniversity of Delhi
InstituteDepartment of Genetics
Homepagehttps://genetics.du.ac.in/?Research-Department/Plant-Molecular-Genetics-and-Genomics-Group-Prof.-Manoj-Prasad

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Marion RöderLeibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Gatersleben
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2000

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2003Manoj Prasad, Kumar, N., Kulwal, P. L., Röder. M. S., Balyan, H. S., Dhaliwal, H. S. and Gupta, P. K. QTL analysis for grain protein content using SSR markers and validation studies using NILs in bread wheat. In: Theor Appl Genet , 2003, 659-667