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Rajeev K Varshney

Research Program Director
ICRISAT

Rajeev Varshney is a geneticist and Principal Scientist in Applied Genomics. He is currently working as Research Program Director, Grain Legumes and Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India. He also worked with the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP), hosted at CIMMYT, Mexico as Theme Leader - Comparative and Applied Genomics (CAG) from 2007-2013.

Subjects: Agricultural Science

Biography

Rajeev Varshney is a geneticist and Principal Scientist, Applied Genomics. He is currently working as Research Program Director, Grain Legumes and Director, Centre of Excellence in Genomics at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India. He also worked with the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP), hosted at CIMMYT, Mexico as Theme Leader - Comparative and Applied Genomics (CAG) from 2007-2013.

Education

PhD

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Genomics, molecular breeding

Books

Genetics, Genomics & Breeding of Peanuts - 1st Edition book cover

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