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Born in Cuttack, Odisha, India on 15^th January 1968. Educated at Odisha University Agricultural and Technology, B.Sc. (Ag), 1990; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1993, M.Sc. (Ag., Statistics); Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Ph.D. ( Statistics), 1997; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA, Post Doctoral, 2006 – 2007; University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Post Doctoral, 2011; IGNOU, MCA, 2012.

Principal Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi, 2012 - till date

Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi, 1997 – 2001; Scientist “Senior Scale” ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi, , 2001 – 2006; Senior Scientist ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi, 2006 – 2012

Awards and Honours: DBT Overseas Associateship Award (Long Term) 2005-06, DBT, Government of India; Member, Editorial Board, The Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding.

Fellow : National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi; Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Specialization and Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Agricultural Statistics, Statistical Genetics and Genomics.

Address: Room No. 107, Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR – IASRI, Pusa, Linrary Acenue, New Delhi – 110 012; 2^nd Floor, A – 39, Inderpuri, New Delhi – 110012; Tel: Office: 011 – 25847121 Ext. 4157; (Res.) 011 - 45622924; Email: arrao@iasri.res.in, rao.cshl.work@gmail.com