♣ Breeding sugarcane varieties with high sugar, high cane yield, resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, suitable for tropical India.

♣ Development of short duration sugarcane varieties, to be harvested at Eight month.

♣ Characterization of sugarcane varieties and conduct of DUS test for tropical sugarcane varieties

1. Crop Varieties Registered & Protected under the PPV&FR Act (as Co-author)

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   1. Product Name: New Sugarcane Variety Co 05011 (Karan 9)- Date of Filing 24 Jul 2013 Date of Grant: 19 Aug 2016 Plant Variety Registration No. 261 of 2016
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   3. Product Name: New Sugarcane Variety Co 12029 (Karan 13)- Date of Filing 11 Nov 2019 Date of Grant: Awaiting PV Reg No. REG/2019/136
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   Product Name: New Sugarcane Variety Co 11015 (Atulya)- Date of Filing 21 July 2020 Awaiting for Grant.

DUS test for Sugarcane (Agali)– Funded by the PPV&FRA, New Delhi- PI of the project from 2014 to Feb 2021 and Co-PI since March 2021

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• Raja Sir. Muthiah Chettiar Agricultural Silver Jubilee Memorial Gold Medal from H.E. the Governor of Tamil Nadu for securing highest OGPA in B.Sc. (Ag.) in Annamalai University (1994).
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• Silver Medal Award on 4^th Sept 2015 from the Sugar Technologists’ Association of India (STAI), New Delhi.
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• Bharat Vikas Award (India’s Development Award) from the Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneswar conferred on 19 Nov 2017 in recognition of my contribution in the field of Plant Genetics and Breeding.
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• Krishi Vigyan Gaurav Award (Agriculture Scientist Pride Award) from Agriculture Research Communication Centre, Karnal in 2018 in recognition of the value of my research paper.
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• In recognition of my contribution in the field of agriculture science, the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi conferred me Rashtria Gaurav Award (National Pride Award) during 2019.
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• In recognition of my editorial services, the Agricultural Research Communication Centre, Karnal conferred me Reviewer Excellence Award, twice in 2020 and 2021.
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• Certificate of Appreciation from the Society of Sugarcane Research and Development, Coimbatore in 2020 in recognition of my service as General Secretary of the Society from 2017 to 2019.
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• In recognition of my scientific contribution to the ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, I was conferred Foundation Day Award on 31.12.2020 under the Principal Scientist category.
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• Received Certificate of Appreciation from the National Agriculture Development Council, Baramulla, J&K for acting as Resource Person a National Training Programme conducted during 1-21 Dec 2020.
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• Admitted as Fellow Member of Sugarcane Technology Association of India, New Delhi and Bose Science Society, Pudukottai.
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• Conferred with Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar by the Global Management Council, Ahmedabad (17 March 2021) for my contribution in the field of Plant Breeding.