BHARDWAJ DR VINAY
Fellow, Elected 2021
Born at Talai, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
(India) on 29th Nov., 1972 Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj got educated at Govt.
Sr Sec School, Talai,Primary, 1978-1983; Govt. High School, Namhol, Matric,
1987-88; Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Bilaspur, 10+2, 1989-90; Dr. YS Parmar
University of Horti. & Forestry, Solan, B.Sc (Horti.), M.Sc. (Vegetable
Science) &Ph.D (Vegetable Science), 1990-1999.
Dr. Vinay started his professional career as
Scientist with ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla on 22.11.1999 and
presently working as Principal Scientist, Division of Crop Improvement and Seed
Technology in the same institute till date.
Awards/ Honours: AwardedDr. S. Ramanujam
Award (2012-15) for Outstanding Research and Leadership & Best worker award
(2017) by ICAR-CPRI, Shimla. He has been Awarded
Fellow of major professional societies viz., Indian Academy of Horticultural
Sciences (IAHS), Indian Potato Association (IPA) & Indian Society of
Vegetable Sciences (ISVS). He
got best paper/ poster awards (17) by various professional societies.
Research Areas: Potato conventional and
molecular breeding; Biotic stress breeding; MAS.
Major research contribution: Developed 17
potato varieties. Registered 15 elite potato genetic stocks with ICAR-NBPGR, N.
Delhi. Published 87 research papers in high NAAS rated journals and total
publications >200 covering wide subject areas. Organized national &
international trainings (14) as co-ordinator/ convener. Handled >25 projects
as PI & Co-PI. Handling collaborative project (Rs. 2.06 crores) on GENOME
EDITINGfunded by ICAR-NASF as Consortia Principal Investigator (CoPI).
Handling extra-mural project (Rs. 35 Lakhs) on GENOME-WIDE MAPPINGfunded
by SERB (DST) as PI, besides handling the ICAR-BMGF funded project (Rs. 2.00 crores) for
improving the genetic gain in Indian staple crops (Potato) as PI
He
established linkages with >30 public and private institutions for
commercialization of ICAR-CPRI technologies and generated revenue of about Rs
>3.0 crore as Incharge. ITMU Cell. He got
international exposures in Germany, China, Indonesia, Peru, Bangladesh,
Canada etc.
The
Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding feels proud to bestow on Dr.
Vinay Bhardwaj the Fellowship of the Society for his outstanding contributions
in Potato Genetics and Breeding.