Dr. S. Chandra Nayaka is an agricultural biotechnology researcher specialized in the application of biotechnological tools in plant protection, pathogen detection and plant-pathogen interaction. He has 20 years of experience in research including visiting scientist at Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology, Denmark, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, and he is the Principal Investigator ICAR-AICRP-Pearl millet pathology research.
Working as Professor (ICAR-AICRP-Pearl millet) at University of Mysore in Indian Council of Agricultural Research, responsible for research works on “pearl millet disease, viz., biology of the pathogen, biochemical and molecular aspects of host-pathogen interaction, epidemiology and management of the disease.” His laboratory is one of the leading research laboratories on pearl millet pathology research in India. His research group is the first group in the world who sequenced full length genome of biotrophic highly virulent strainof S. graminicola. He is recipient of prestigious Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers 2017 and The Millennium Plaques Honor 2019 (Prime Minister Award for Contribution in the field of Science & Technology) by Indian Science Congress Association, DST, Govt. of India. To date, he has more than 2250 research citation with 28 h Index and 60 i10 index. Obtained four national patents for his innovative research projects, published more than hundred research articles in reputed National and International journals, 08 books, 15 book chapters, 03 application notes (Agilent technologies, USA) Six Technical Bulletins, Sixteen short publications/popular articles and submitted more than 1000 nucleotide sequences of seed-borne pathogens and bio-control agents to NCBI-USA, EMBL-Europe and DDBJ-Japan database
Rajashekara H is a Scientist in Plant Pathology currently working at Crop Protection Section, ICAR-Vivekanada Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan