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Dr. KBRS Visarada

Discipline: Genetics & Cytogenetics | Designation: Principal Scientist | At IIMR Since: 1989

Email: visarada@millets.res.in

Degree	Institute/ University	Year of completion	Subject(s) with major field
Ph.D	Dept of Genetics Osmania University, Hyderabad	1999	Genetic transformation of rice through particle bombardment
M. Sc	School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad	1983	Life Sciences (Plant Sciences)
B. Sc.	Andhra University, Waltair	1981	Botany, Zoology, Chemistry

Employment Record & Experience (Starting from the present position)

Designation	Organization	Institution & place of posting	Period (From-to)	Duration (years, months)
Principal Scientist	ICAR	Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad	2007-till date
Senior Scientist	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1999-2007	8 years
Scientist (Selection grade)	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1998-1999	1 year
Scientist (Senior Scale)	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1995-1998	3 years
Scientist S-1	ICAR	National Research Centre for Sorghum , Hyderabad	1988-1995	7 years
Scientist	ICAR	Directorate of Pulses Research , ( Now Indian Institute of Pulses Research) Kanpur	1986-1989	3 years
Junior Research Fellow	University of Delhi	Dept of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi	1983-1986	3 years

Lead role in research project on overcoming inter-specific barriers in sorghum and molecular characterization of new adaptive traits
Lead role in research project on induction of male sterility in foxtail millet and finger millet.
Serving in different scientific and management activities as assigned.

Novel variants for high biomass, forage and grain types developed through wide hybridization in sorghum.
An Indian patent application was filed, Temp/533/CHE/2009.
Promising transgenic Bt sorghum lines developed and evaluated in two popular sweet sorghum genotypes, SSV84 and RSSV9, and two elite parental lines of popular Kharif sorghum hybrids, 296B and CS3541.

Awarded best research paper at the International conference on “Emerging biotechnologies” held at Warangal, India during 28-30 Jan 2016. G Sangeeta, Jinu Jacob, G Shyamprasad, KBRS Visarada. Dry popping- an instant method for popping, molecular characterization in sorghum.
Elected life member of Plant tissue Culture Association (PTCA-I), India.
Was awarded TWAS visiting scientist fellowship to visit Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China during Jul-Oct 2013.

KBRS Visarada and G Sangeetha (2016) Utilization of wild species for sorghum crop improvement. Research paper presented at the PTCA symposium, Lucknow during 25-28 Feb 2016.
Book Chapter “Advances in Genetic Transformation”- K.B.R.S. Visarada and N. Sai Kishore (2015) In “Sorghum molecular breeding” dited by R Madhusudhana, R Rajendra Kumar, J V Patil, Springer publishers 199-215.
Visarada, K.B.R.S., Padmaja, P.G., Saikishore, N., Pashupatinath, E., Royer, M., Seetharama, N., and Patil, J.V. (2014). Production and evaluation of transgenic sorghum for resistance to stem borer. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.—Plant 50, 176–189.

Serving as member of scientific and research management committees of other research institutions
Invited professional lectures on Biosafety issues, Intellectual property rights and current advances in transgenic technology

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Last Updated on 4th August 2016