Curriculum vitae

Suhas B NimbalkarE-mail: suhasbn@gmail.com

Experience:

1) JRF (1998-99) in state govt. sponsored project ‘Development of dual purpose bio-fertilizers capable of ‘P’ solubilization and ‘N’ fixing.’ Dept. of Biotechnology, U.A.S, Bangalore.

2) Research Associate (1999-2001) in Rockefeller foundation funded project ‘Marker assisted backcross breeding for transferring two major genes for blast resistance.’ Dept. of Genetics & Plant Breeding, U.A.S Bangalore.

Education:

Degree Subject Year University Class/Marks

Ph.D Biotechnology 2007 University of Pune July 2007

PGDIPRL IPR Law 2007 National Law School Bangalore A+

M.Sc Biotechnology 1999 UAS, GKVK, Bangalore CGPA 8.87/10

B.Sc Agriculture 1996 UAS, Dharwad CGPA 9.09/10

• PGD IPR Law Project Dissertation : Problem of Nonobviousness in biotechnology.

• M.Sc Thesis title : “Characterization of Tn-5 Mutants for ‘P’ solublization and utilization of PQQ.

Publications:

1. Nimbalkar SB, Harsulkar AM, Giri AP, Sainani MN, Franceschi V and Gupta VS (2006) Differentially expressed gene transcripts in roots of resistant and susceptible chickpea plant (Cicer arietinum L.) upon Fusarium oxysporum infection. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 68: 176-188.

2. Nimbalkar SB, Harsulkar AM, Giri AP and Gupta VS (2007) Two 14-3-3 transcripts express differentially in roots of resistant and susceptible chickpea varieties upon Fusarium infection. (Communicated to Plant Science).

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3. Nimbalkar SB, Harsulkar AM, Giri AP, and Gupta VS (2007) Transposons induced by biotic stress as revealed by cDNA-AFLP and the survey of database. (Communicated to Functional & Integretive Genomics).

4. Nimbalkar SB, Harsulkar AM, and Gupta VS (2007) cDNA-AFLP a method of choice to study interacting trascriptomes. Review Paper. (In preparation).

Presentations in International & National Conferences: 4

Awards/Honors: • Junior & Senior research fellowships from Council of Scientific &

Industrial Research (CSIR, Govt. of India) in Life sciences, awarded to conduct Ph.D. work.

• Qualified highly competitive National examination: Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE).

• UAS Dharwad merit scholarship during B.Sc (Agri).

Co-curricular Activities:

• NCC ‘B’ Certificate holder.

• Attended many NCC training camps and led the platoon few times.

• Represented college team in football and hockey.

References:

Name & Address Position Phone E-mail

Dr. V. S. Gupta

P M B Group,

Division of Biochemical Sciences, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India.

Scientist ‘F’

+91-20-25902247 vs.gupta@.ncl.res.in

Dr. Abhay M. Harsulkar Interactive Research School for Health Affairs (IRSHA)

Bharathividhyapeet, Dhankwadi, Pune 411043, India.

Scientist +91-20-24362842 aharsulkar@yahoo.com

Dr. Shailaja Hittalmani

Dept. of Genetics & Plant Breeding, U.A.S, GKVK,

Bangalore 560065, India.

Associate Professor

+91- 080-23636201

shailajah_maslab@rediffmail.com

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