Ashwani Pareek
Ashwani Pareek, Executive Director at the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, India, is a prominent plant biologist and educator noted chiefly for his contribution to plant molecular biology and biotechnology. He is working as a Professor of plant molecular biology and biotechnology at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. He is a recipient of several honors including the Award for Technology Development from the President of India for developing Stress Tolerant Rice of the Next Generation (STRONG) that has the potential to enhance the income of rice farmers. He has also been awarded the "Tata Innovation Award 2020" by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India. He has an interest in understanding the physiological and molecular adaptations in Xero-halophytic plants and the development of transgenic rice plants with enhanced tolerance towards multiple abiotic stresses.
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