Dr. Mishra started his professional career as a Lecturer
at JUIT, Solan (2006-2007); Scientist ‘C’ at DRDO-Defence Institute of High-Altitude
Research, Leh-Ladakh (2007-2012); Senior Scientist at ICAR-Directorate of
Groundnut Research, Junagadh (2012-2015) and at ICAR-Indian Institute of
Vegetable Research, Varanasi (2015-2017); currently he is Principal Scientist
at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (2018 to till date).
His major research interest includes crop
improvement through conventional and molecular approaches.
Dr. Mishra has developed nine varieties in okra,
lentil and mungbean crops. He has established a prototype of National Permafrost
based germplasm storage facility at Chang-La, Ladakh (17,586 feet amsl) and
developed six genetic stocks in lentil and garden pea crops. Developed four transgenics
in peanut, defensin (for leaf-spots), mtlD- and atDREB1A
(for drought & salinity), and CP&NC protein (for virus).
Besides, he has registered over 320 DNA sequences and licensed 08 okra
genotypes. Published more than 75 research articles and 07 review papers in
various peer reviewed journals; also authored/edited five books and 35 book
chapters.
He is the recipient of many prestigious honors and awards
like IARI-Merit Medal & Best Student of the Year Award (2001),
DRDO-National Science Day Award (2009), Limca Book of Records (2009), ISCA-Pran
Vohra Award (2012), BOYSCAST Fellow (2010), NAAS Associate (2018), NASI Membership
(2018), ISVS-Dr. Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award (2018); ICAR-Dr. Rajendra
Prasad Award (2020), IARI-Dr. Ramnath Singh Award (2021). He has visited
countries like USA, Kenya, and Lebanon for research and training purposes.