Mr. R. Thava Prakasa Pandian Scientist Email :r.thavaprakash@gmail.com Phone No:- Mobile No. :9013428118
Qualification	B. Sc. (Agriculture), M. Sc. (Plant Pathology)
Specialization	Fungal Pathology
Area of interest	Morphological and molecular characterization of fungal pathogens, Development of diagnostic tools for the specific detection of fungal pathogens, Management of fungal diseases
Total publications	13
Selected publications	9
Awards	1. Awarded Best student award for the year 2011 for outstanding academic and research performance in M. Sc. degree programme in ICAR-IARI, New Delhi. 2.Division topper in M. Sc. programme at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi from 2009 to 2011. 3. Awarded ICAR Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for doing M.Sc., in Plant Pathology at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi from 2009 to 2011. 4. Awarded DST-INSPIRE fellowship by DST, Ministry of Science and Technology for doing Ph. D., in Plant Pathology at ICAR-IARI from 2011-2015. 5. Awarded Commendation award for the poster presented on Molecular characterization of Trichoderma asperellum (Ta13) and exploring its chitinases at 6th International conference on Plant pathogen and People held at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi in February 22-25, 2016. 6. Awarded Best poster award for Molecular breeding for the development of multiple biotic stress tolerant Basmati rice at International symposium held at Ranchi, Jharkhand in September, 28 – October 1, 2011.
Significant achievements	Developed nucleic acid based (PCR, LAMP and qPCR) diagnostic tool for genus specific detection of Phytophthora spp. at Professional attachment training (PAT) at ICAR-IISR, Kozhikode during 12.05.16 to 11.08.16.
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