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ICAR - Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi

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Dr. Pankaj Kaushal

Director
ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh - 284003

Email:
igfri.director@gmail.com
pkaushal70@gmail.com

Education

• Graduation (1989) from Ravishanker University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
• M.Sc. (Genetics), 1992
• Ph.D. (Genetics), 1995 from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab

Post-Doctoral Research

• IPK, Gatersleben, Germany (2001–02)
• CNR, Perugia, Italy (2009)
• University of Georgia (UGA), USA (2012)

Professional Career

• Director, ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (ICAR-IGFRI), Jhansi, since April 2024
• Joint Director (Research), ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management (ICAR-NIBSM), Raipur (2016-2023)
• Head, Crop Improvement Division at ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi (2011-2016)
• Principal Scientist at NRRI, Cuttack (2008-2011)
• Senior Scientist at ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi (2004-2008)
• Scientist (Genetics) at ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi (1995-2004)

Research Accomplishments

Area of research includes crop cytogenetics, alien gene introgressions for improvement of crop plants including fodders and cereals for enhanced biomass, nutritional enrichment, stress tolerance and other desirable traits, grassland management, seed development process in grasses and cereals including apomixis for the past 31 years.

• Varieties released: 10 (6 berseem, 3 guinea-grass, 1 pearl-millet)
• Germplasm registrations: 26
• Minimal descriptors in forage crops: 48 crops
• DUS guidelines developed for 2 crops
• Germplasm catalogues developed: 4
• Core germplasm in 4 fodder crops/grasses
• Developed novel breeding methodologies for apomictic crops and ploidy manipulations
• Developed seed producing bajra-napier hybrids
• World's largest ploidy series in a crop plant generated from a single progenitor (Limca Book of Records 2020)

Publications & Research Projects

• Research Papers: 118
• Foreign Journal Papers: 79
• H-index: 22
• i-10 Index: 53
• Average NAAS score per paper: ~8.0
• Externally funded projects: 13
• Lead work on Apomixis Projects: 4

Scientific Policy & Planning Experience

• Chairman, Fodder Development Plan Committee
• Developed state-specific fodder development plans for 28 states of India
• Developed Indian Rangeland/Grassland Conservation, Restoration and Sustenance Policy Perspective
• Member in Green Hydrogen Mission project from biomass under Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
• Expert Group Member under NLM-Research and Innovation
• Technical Advisory Committee Member under National Disaster Mitigation Authority
• Member of State Level Fodder Task Force, Government of Arunachal Pradesh
• Developed 22 multidisciplinary programme-mode projects at ICAR-NIBSM

Honors & Awards

• Fellow 2024 - Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences (UPAAS), Lucknow
• Fellow 2022 - National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi
• Dr. S. K. Vasal Award – ISPGR, 2021
• DBT Biotech Associateship Award, 2009
• ICAR Team Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research (2007-2008)
• DST-BOYSCAST Fellow, 2001
• NAAS Associate, 2006
• Fellow - Range Management Society of India