RAKSHIT DR SUJAY
Fellow, Elected 2013
Dr Sujay Rakshit
Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research,
Ludhiana (Punjab) 141004
E-mail: s.rakshit@icar.gov.in, pdmaize@gmail.com;
Mobile: 09492430207
Dr. Sujay
Rakshit did his B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. from Viswa-Bharati, Santiniketan in 1991, M.Sc.
(Ag.) in Genetics & Plant Breeding (1991-93) from Banaras Hindu University
and Ph.D. in Genetics (1993-98) from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research
Institute. He started his scientific career at ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses
Research, Kanpur in 1996. In September 2000 he joined the erstwhile Directorate
of Maize Research, New Delhi as well as faculty member in the Division of
Genetics, ICAR-IARI. He did his post-doctoral research at Iwate Biotechnology
Research Center, Japan under JSPS post-doctoral fellowship from 2003 – 2005.
From November 2008 till March 2017 he worked as Principal Scientist (Plant
Breeding) in the ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad before
joining as the Director of ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Ludhiana. He has made
significant contributions in combining conventional and molecular breeding in
maize, sorghum, minor millets, rice and pulses.
Dr. Sujay
Rakshit has been involved in development, evaluation and release of four QPM
hybrids, three baby corn hybrids, two popcorn hybrids, one normal maize hybrid
and one forage sorghum variety. Besides these he has 22 genetic stocks and over
700 DNA sequences registered to his credit. He has published 74 research
papers, 22 review articles and 19 technical articles in journals
of national and international repute. He has edited three books besides writing two
policy papers and 28 book chapters.
Dr. Rakshit is
recipient of the many prestigious recognitions like ICAR Chaudhary Devilal
Outstanding AICRP Award, Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding
(ISGPB) Fellow, NE
Borlaug Fellowship (USDA), JSPS Post-doctoral Fellowship for Foreign
Researchers, BOYSCAST Fellowship, CSIR
Scientist Travel Fellowship, Indian Science Congress Association Young
Scientist Award, ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru
Award, UNESCO Fellowship in
Biotechnology, Best Ph.D. Student of
IARI Medal, IARI Merit Medal, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Award, Binani Gold Medal, BHU Gold Medal among others. He has visited Australia,
Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Japan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the USA. He
has been President, Maize Technologists Association of India, New Delhi
(2018-20) and President, Agriculture & Forestry Section, 106th
Indian Science Congress.