Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Pandey

About

Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Pandey has been working as Assistant Professor in Sharda School of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University. He has obtained his B.Sc. (2005) and M.Sc. (2007) in Botany from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He received Ph.D. degree in Biology from department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland (2015). Dr. Pandey has received three prestigious postdoctoral funding from both national and international organizations. These were (1) DS-Kothari postdoctoral fellowship from University Grants Commission (UGC) (2016) (2) Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani, Israel (2016) and (3) Estonian Research Council, Estonia, Estonia (2017). 

Experience

• More than 12 years experience of teaching and research.

Qualification

• Postdoctoral Fellow at Institute of Technology, University Of Tartu, Estonia
• Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. DS Kothari), UGC, at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
• Senior Research Fellow at ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow, India
• Ph.D. from University of Eastern Finland, Finland
• M.Sc. (Botany) (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India)
• B.Sc. (Botany) (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India)

Award & Recognition

• Dr. Pandey has received FinCEAL Travel Grant to visit University Of Eastern Finland in 2017. Postdoctoral grant from Agricultural Research Organization (State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), October 2016. Awarded a Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society travel grant in 2015. CSIR-Senior Research Fellow, April 2011 for 2 years.

Research

• Research papers (15) and book chapters (5)

Area of Interest

• Plant Eco-Physiology, Climate Change, Abiotic Stress, Plant Signalling and Food Security.