Education:
1994-1998: Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India
Ph.D., Genetics, Dissertation “Genetic and Cytogenetic Analyses of Sterility Behaviour in indica ? japonica Crosses of Rice, Oryza sativa L.” (Grade: 3.52/4.0)
Major Subjects: Genetics, Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding
Minor subjects: Biotechnology and Agricultural Statistics
1993-1994: Institute of Advance Studies, Meerut University, Meerut, India
M.Phil., Agricultural Botany (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Dissertation “Mathematics of Meiosis in Interchange Heterozygotes, Polyploids and Hybrids” (Marks: 79.3%)
1990-1992: Institute of Advance Studies, Meerut University, Meerut, India
M.Sc.Ag., Agricultural Botany (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Dissertation “Meiotic Analyses of Interchanges and Autotetraploids of Lentil (Lens culinaris L.)” (Marks: 74.9%)
Medals and Fellowships
• Gold Medal for best student in M.Phil. (1993)
• Chancellor Medal for best student of the University in an academic year (1993)
• Merit fellowship in M.Phil. (1993)
• Research fellowship in Ph.D. (1994-9