SHARMA DR KUMAR SANDEEP
Fellow, Elected 2018

Born in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India on 28 MARCH, 1977. Educated at C.C.S. University, Meerut, India, 1993-1999; B. Sc. (Ag.), 1997; M.Sc. (Ag.) Agril. Botany, 1999; and Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 2003.
Principal Scientist, Division of Genomic Resources, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBPGR), New Delhi, 2016 - Till date
Assistant Professor at SVP Univ. of Agril. & Tech., Meerut, India, 2005 - 2010; Senior Scientist at NBPGR, New Delhi, India, 2010 - 2016; Principal Scientist, Division of Genomic Resources, NBPGR, New Delhi, 2016 - Till date
Awards/honours: DAAD fellow, Germany, 2004; BOYSCAST Fellow, 2008; Dr R S Paroda Young Scientist Award, 2012 by ISPGR, New Delhi; Young Scientist Award, 2012 by Bioved Research Society, Allahabad; Young Scientist Award, 2015 by Monad University, Hapur; Distinguished Scientist Award, 2017 by SSDAT, Meerut. University merit scholarship for pursuing PhD program at BHU, Varanasi during 1999-2002.
Research area: Wheat conventional & Molecular Breeding
Address: Division of Genomic Resources, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110012; Mobile: 9717579629, 9013575627; email: Sundeep.Kumar@icar.gov.in; sundeepksharma77@rediffmail.com