Our Team
Meet the talented individuals behind our research and innovations
Principal Scientists
Mir Asif Iquebal
Lab Member
Position: Principal Scientist
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Computational Biology and Agricultural Bioinformatics, Genomics, Genome Assembly and RNA-seq Data Analysis, Machine Learning Techniques, Development web-based tools and genomic resources.
Sarika
Lab Member
Position: Principal Scientist
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Computational Biology and Agricultural Bioinformatics, Genomics, Genome Assembly and RNA-seq Data Analysis, Machine Learning Techniques, Development web-based tools and genomic resources.
UB Angadi
Lab Member
Position: Principal Scientist
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Development of computational tools and genomic resources
Research Scholars
Rahul Ray
Young Professional II
Position: Young Professional II
Institution: ICAR - Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI)
Research Interests
Software Development, Machine Learning
Tilak Chandra
Research Associate (RA)
Position: Research Associate
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Crop Genetics and Genomics
Basu Sudhakar Reddy
Research Associate (RA)
Position: Research Associate (RA)
Institution: ICAR - Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI)
Research Interests
Genomics, QTL, GWAS, NGS Data analysis
Doctoral Students
Asif Ali V K
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
CRISPR-Cas, Metagenomics
Aswini Surapuram
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Multi-omics
Dipankar Mandal
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
AI–Driven Metagenomic Framework for Predicting Soil Microbial Community Networks
Gobika SJ
PhD Student
Position: Ph.D. (Bioinformatics)
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Bioinformatics
Lashika Meena
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Ornamental floriculture research
Parmila
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
computational biology, genomics and transcriptomics
Raniya K Zubair
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Computational Biology
Shaloo Jaiswal
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Transcriptomics and Genomics
Soutrik Mukherjee
Ph.D. Student
Position: Ph.D. Scholar
Institution: ICAR - Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Big data analytics , ML/DL , Genomics , Metagenomics
Tamilarasi P
PhD Student
Position: Ph.D. (Bioinformatics)
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Bioinformatics
Akash M Hosamani
PhD Student
Position: Ph.D Scholar
Institution: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Research Interests
Genome editing, Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence
Alumni Network
Former Principal Scientists
Former Research Scholars
Chandraket Kumar
Project Associate
Project Associate at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Jul 2024 - Mar 2026
Ankita Singh
Research Associate (RA)
Research Scholar at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
Anoop K S Gurjar
Research Associate (RA)
Project Scientist at International Rice Research Institute, Varansi
Nov 2017 - Sep 2020
Basu Sudhakar Reddy
Research Associate (RA)
Research Associate (RA) at ICAR - Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI)
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
Bibek Saha
Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
Assistant Manager at NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
Jun 2022 - Feb 2023
Deepak Singla
Research Associate (RA)
Senior Scientist at ICAR-National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms, Kushmaur, Mau 275103, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.)
Gitanjali Tandon
Research Associate (RA)
Project Scientist-II at ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi
Aug 2020 - Mar 2024
Jagajjit Sahu
Research Associate (RA)
Research Associate at National Institute of Plant Genome research (NIPGR), New Delhi
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Jaisri Jagannadham
Research Associate (RA)
Research Teaching Fellow at Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana 131029
Jul 2017 - Jan 2022
Juli Kumari
Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
Research and Teaching at Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, Kashmiri Gate, New Delhi-110006
Nov 2018 - Oct 2020
Kalpana Singh
Research Associate (RA)
Assistant professor at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana
Oct 2020 - Jan 2023
Kunal
Project Assistant
Project Associate at Murdoch University, Australia
Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
Mustafa Raza
Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
Research Associate at Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
Jun 2017 - Sep 2009
Naveen Kumar
Research Associate (RA)
Project Scientist at Department of Biotechnology
Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
Parva Sharma
Research Associate (RA)
Post Doc Associate at University of Maryland
Priyanka Jain
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor at Amity University, NOIDA
Dec 2021 - Aug 2022
Rahul Singh Jasrotia
Research Associate (RA)
Post doctoral fellow at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
May 2015 - Aug 2019
Sanjay Singh
Research Associate (RA)
Research Associate (RA) at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Jun 2022 - Jul 2025
Sukhdeep kaur
Research Associate (RA)
Research Associate at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
Tanmoy Debnath
Research Associate (RA)
Project Scientist at CSIR-Institute of Microbial Research, Chandigarh
Vasu Arora
Research Associate (RA)
Teacher at Self employed
Former Doctoral Students
Anupama Roy
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Scholar at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Dec 2020 - Jun 2026
Princy
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Scholar at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
Dec 2020 - Oct 2026
Aamir Khan
Ph.D. Student
PPS at Department of Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh
Aug 2015 - Nov 2021
Ankita Negi
Ph.D. Student
Assistant Professor -Cum-Junior Scientist(Bioinformatics) at Division of Bionformatics, College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Bihar Agricultural University
Dec 2016 - Feb 2023
Baibhav Kumar
Ph.D. Student
Postdoc at University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA
Aug 2017 - Jan 2024
Bulbul Ahmed
Ph.D. Student
Postdoc at Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo, Lisbon
Jul 2014 - Sep 2021
Jutan Das
Ph.D. Student
Recent PhD Graduate & ABRL Researcher at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Aug 2019 - Jan 2025
Naina Kumari
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. (Bioinformatics) at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi
Dec 2020 - Mar 2025
Nitesh Kumar Sharma
Ph.D. Student
Assistant Professor at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Pusa, Samastipur – 848 125, Bihar, India
Jul 2019 - Jul 2023
Parinita Das
Ph.D. Student
Assistant Professor at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Pusa, Samastipur – 848 125, Bihar, India
Dec 2020 - Jan 2025
Sandeep Verma
M.Sc. Student
Section Officer at Office of Deputy Director (Horticulture), Horticulture Division-VII, Delhi Development Authority, School Block, Shakarpur, Delhi-110092
Aug 2014 - Jan 2018
Soumya Shivamurti
M.Sc. Student
Student at Hugar layout, Omshanti Nagar, Hungund 587118, Bagalkote, Karnataka
Jan 2023 - Sep 2024