Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Profile of Dr. Neetu Singh Kushwah

Name	:	Dr. Neetu Singh Kushwah
Designation	:	Scientist
Email	:	neeturajawat@gmail.com
Telephone (Office)	:	+91-0512 2580994, Ext. 1008
Mobile No.	:	+91-7985772382
Date of joining ICAR	:	01st July 2014
Discipline and specialization	:	Agricultural Biotechnology, Activation tagging and transgenic development.
Training/advance exposure in the area of work	:	CRISPR-Cas9 based precise genome editing Genome Sequencing: Methods and Applications.

Highly reproducible and efficient regeneration system amenable to genetic transformation in Lathyrus sativus.
Genes related to β-ODAP biosynthesis pathway in Lathyrus sativus.
Identified and characterized constitutive and tissue specific promoter using GUS reporter gene in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Tissue specific activation tagging in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Kushwah, N.S. (2019) Tissue specific activation tagging in Arabidopsis thaliana for identification and isolation of genes of agronomic interest. Curr Sci, 117(4):627-637.
Rathore M., Das A., Kushwah N.S., Singh N.P. (2018) Insect smart pulses for sustainable agriculture. In: Gosal, S., Wani, S. (eds) Biotechnologies of Crop Improvement. Springer, Cham, 2:227-247.
Lata S., Ranjan A., Kushwah N. S., Kumar P., Dargan S., Srinivasan R., Bhat S.R (2017) Regulatory sequences of the Arabidopsis thaliana Rps19, a nuclear gene encoding mitochondrial ribosomal protein subunit, extend into the upstream gene. J Plant Biochem Biotechnol, 26(3): 302-309.
Kushwah N.S. (2016) Isolation, cloning and characterization of promoter of rubisco small subunit 2b (rbcs2b) gene of Arabidopsis thaliana. Innovative Farming, 1(4): 119-128.
Kushwah N.S., Ahmad I., Sajad A. (2014) Characterization of promoter of Terminal Flower1 (TFL1) gene of Arabidopsis. Res. J. Biotechnol, 9(3): 35-40.

Awarded Junior and Senior Research Fellowship from ICAR and CSIR during Masters and PhD study.