Ashwani Pareek (born 27 September 1969 in Delhi and native of Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, India) is Executive Director of NABIScientists nabi.res.in a prominent plant biologistScholar profile of Prof Ashwani Pareek on Samviti.com https://www.samviti.com/profile/ashwani-pareek-NzM4Visitors Award 2018 for the Best Technology https://jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/Pareek_Award%20.pdf and educator noted chiefly for his contribution in plant molecular biology and biotechnology. He is currently working as Professor of plant molecular biology and biotechnology at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,Home page, Ashwani Pareek https://jnu.ac.in/content/ashwanip and adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia., Ashwani Pareek, Adjunct Professor, UWA https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/ashwani-pareek He is a recipient of several honors including the Visitors award for Technology Development from the President of India for developing Stress Tolerant Rice of the Next Generation (STRONG)Visitor’s award for research and technology development https://presidentofindia.nic.in/press-release-detail.htm?1324 that has the potential to enhance the income of rice farmers. The award ceremony was held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 2 May 2018. Recently on 26 February 2020, he has been awarded "Tata Innovation Award 2020" by Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India.TATA Innovation fellowship 2019-20 http://dbtindia.gov.in/sites/default/files/Selected%20Tata%20Innovation%20Fellows%202019-20.pdfAshwani Pareek, receives Tata Innovation Award 2020 by DBT, GoI https://jnu.ac.in/content/jnu-achievements He has interest in understanding the physiological and molecular adaptations in xero-halophytic plants and development of transgenic rice plants with enhanced tolerance towards multiple abiotic stresses.
Education and professional career Pareek received bachelor's degree (1987-1990) in botany and master's degree (1990-1992) in plant molecular biology from the University of Delhi. He then joined the laboratory of Professor Anil Grover at the same university in 1992 for doctoral research (PhD) work on ‘Molecular Characterization of stress proteins in Oryza sativa L. with emphasis on 90 kDa family’.
After receiving PhD degree, Pareek received the prestigious Post Doctoral Fellowship by The Rockefeller Foundation, New York and worked with Professor Ralph S.Quatrano at the University of North Carolina, USA during 1997–98. He then accepted the assignment of research scientist at Department of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus in late 1998. In May, 2001, Pareek was awarded BOYSCAST Fellowship to work with Professor Hans Bohnert at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, US. Thereafter in 2005, he was awarded the INSA-Royal visiting scientist fellowship to work at University of Cambridge, UK. Pareek joined Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2003 and presently serving there as a professor of plant molecular biology. In 2012, he was conferred the DBT-Overseas visiting fellowship(CREST) to work at The University of California, Davis, US.Prestigious awards and fellowships to Ashwani Pareek http://naasindia.org/detail.php?id=331 In 2017, he was appointed as adjunct professor at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Awards and honors
Tata Innovation Award (2020) by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.Tata Innovation Award (2020) https://jnu.ac.in/content/jnu-achievements Visitors award (2018) for BEST TECHNOLOGY from The President of India for "STRESS TOLERANT RICE OF THE NEXT GENERATION (STRONG)". National Academy of Science (NASI)-Reliance Platinum Jubilee Award (2016) for Industry Oriented Research in Biological Sciences.Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Awardees (2016)http://www.nasi.org.in/NASI-Reliance%20Industries%20Platinum%20Jubilee%20Awardees%20(2016).htm J.J. Chinoy Gold Medal Award (2016) by Indian Society of Plant Physiology (ISPP) for Contribution in the Area of Plant Science. Fellowship award (2017) from BIOVED Research Institute of Agriculture and Technology, Allahabad. Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Plant Physiology, Springer. Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi(2016).NAAS fellow- Ashwani Preeek http://naasindia.org/detail.php?id=331 Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (2013).NASA fellow- Ashwani Preeek http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=P DBT-CREST Award (2012) by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of Indiato work at University of California, Davis, CA, USA.DBT-CREST Award- http://dbtindia.gov.in/schemes-programmes/international-cooperation/dbt-crest-awardDBT-CREST Awardee-Ashwani Preeek https://jnu.ac.in/content/ashwanip INSA-Royal Society, London Award (2005)for Exchange Visitors Fellowship, to work at University of Cambridge, UK. BOYSCAST Award by Ministry of Science and Technology (India) to work at University of Illinois, USA (2001). The Rockefeller Foundation Award (1997)for the Post-doctoral fellowship at University of North Carolina, USA.Rockefeller Foundation Award-1997 https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Annual-Report-1997-2.pdf
Research publications and books
Ashwani has authored and published more than 150 research papers/articles in the research journals.Ashwani Pareek- Google SCholar https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=l8ux08UAAAAJ&hl=en Some of these journals include Nature, Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Physiology, The Plant Journal, Plant, Cell & Environment etc. He has edited/ co-edited three books like ‘Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Plants: Physiological, Molecular and Genomic Foundation’,Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Plants https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789048131112 ‘Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture: Principles and Practices’.Biotechnology in Medicine and Agriculture https://www.ikbooks.com/books/book/life-sciences/biotechnology/biotechnology-medicine-agriculture/9789381141403/ and ‘Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat Tolerant Mutants in Rice’.Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319773377
Patents and technology transfer
Pareek has many patents in the field of plant genetic engineering. Some of them are : CountryApplication No.StatusPatent No. and Date of GrantTitle of InventionRefsIndia (IN) 1896/DEL/2008 Pending299477 //31 July 2018 Hybrid-type Histidine Kinase Gene Isolated from Indica Rice IR64, and Clones Produced Thereby Patent (India)-https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2010018598 Europe (EP) EP 09806540.2 Granted EP 2350284 //14 Mar. 2018 Hybrid-type Histidine Kinase Gene Isolated from Indica Rice IR64 Patent (Europe)-https://patents.google.com/patent/EP2350284B1/en Spain (ES) EP 09806540.2 Validated ES/EP 2350284 Hybrid-type Histidine Kinase Gene Isolated from Indica Rice IR64 Patent (Spain)-https://patents.google.com/patent/ES2668998T3/en USA (US) US 13/058,741 Granted US 9,234,189 //12 Jan. 2016 Hybrid-type Histidine Kinase Gene Isolated from Indica Rice IR64 Patent (USA)-https://patents.google.com/patent/US9234189B2/en Brazil (BR) PI 0912473-0 Pending US 9,234,189 //12 Jan. 2016 Hybrid-type Histidine Kinase Gene Isolated from Indica Rice IR64 Patent (Brazil)-https://patents.google.com/patent/BRPI0912473A2/en China (CN) CN200980131254.4 Granted ZL200980131254.4 // 22 Jun. 2016 Hybrid-type Histidine Kinase Gene Isolated from Indica Rice IR64, and Clones Produced Thereby Patent (China)-https://patents.google.com/patent/CN102131930B/en India (IN) 1682/DEL/2008 Granted 304964 // 26 December 2018 Method for Enhancing Regeneration Frequency of Brassica species and Medium therefor Patent (India)-https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2010007628A1/und PCT PCT/IN20 11/000140 Published A Method to enhance Multiple Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Crop Plants by over-expression of Cystathionine-β-synthase domain containing gene and Cystathionine-β-synthase domain containing gene therefor Patent (PCT)-https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2011111060A1/en PCT PCT/IN2009/000402 Published Method for Enhancing Regeneration Frequency of Brassica species and Medium therefor Patent (PCT)-https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2010007628 Philippines (PH) PH 1-2011-500293 Granted PH 1-2011-500293 // 11 Feb. 2016 Hybrid-type Histidine Kinase Gene Isolated from Indica Rice IR64, and Clones Produced Thereby Patent (Philippines)-http://onlineservices.ipophil.gov.ph/patgazette/IPASJournal/V19N29_PCT_2ndList.pdf Vietnam (VN) VN 1-2011-00649 Granted P1-0019555 //28 June 2018 A method for cloning a hybrid-type histidine kinase gene and an expression vector comprising the hybrid-type histidine kinase gene Patent (Vietnam)-http://ipvietnam.gov.vn/documents/20182/643096/19555.pdf/ff6e7f04-8fdf-4e30-84b3-282d676aa449
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