Dr. Sudhir Pal Ahlawat

Dr. Sudhir Pal Ahlawat
Principal Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Plant Exploration and Germplasm Collection

Contact

Off.-011-25802858
Email-sudhir.ahlawat(AT)icar.gov.in

Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
M. Sc.Agriculture Botany1988
Ph. D.Agriculture Botany1995
Post Doctorate  

SPECIALIZATION

Plant Breeding

Salient Achievements

  • Published 96 research papers in peer reviewed journals, 05 books, 26 book chapters, 12 popular/technical articles and one patent.
  • New initiatives/ programmes includes, in-situ conservation of Crops wild relatives (CWR); mainstreaming of agrobiodiversity, on-farm management of plant genetic resources, and gaps analysis based on collection and conserved data.
  • In past 8 years, planned and coordinated 257 explorations across the country, resulting in collection of 17595 germplasm accessions (11658 cultivated and 5937 wild relatives).
  • Organised eight trainings, workshops and 23 programmes on PGR conservation, utilization and awareness in past five years at NBPGR, New Delhi. Teaching: PGR 603 course In situ On-farm conservation, and PGR-600 course on “Advances in Exploration and Germplasm Collection” to Ph.D. students at   NBPGR, New Delhi; Guided 06 students of M.Sc. as major guide.
  • Implementing international bilateral project “: Augmentation of plant genetic resources and capacity building of researchers in India and Uzbekistan” from DST.
  • Maintenance breeding, nucleus, breeder seed of wheat, barley, pigeon-pea and cowpea was produced and TL seed in bulk during 2011-14 at IARI, RS, Karnal.
  • Bamboo based agroforestry system developed for semi-arid region of central India is an important success story.

Awards/Honours

  • Nationally prestigious Brandis Prize 2009 awarded in the field of forestry research; Dr RK Arora Best Paper Award (2020) by ISPGR; and Best Worker award in 2007 from CAFRI, Jhansi.
  • Invited and key speaker in national and international symposiums; Expert Member, National & Regional Variety Testing Committee of ICFRE Dehradun; Examiner for Ph.D. thesis of several universities, and reviewer of research journals etc.
  • Editor (Member, Editorial Board), Indian Journal of Agroforestry, (ISAF), at NRCAF, Jhansi

Recent Publications

Publications

  • Ahlawat SP, Anjula Pandey, PK Malav, Rakesh Bhardwaj, OP Dhariwal (2018) A less-known vegetable melon landrace ‘‘Arya’’ (Cucumis melo) from Rajasthan and Haryana, India: morphological, biochemical and taxonomic study. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 65: 2037-2047.
  • Ahlawat SP, KC Bhatt, DP Semwal, K Pradheep and OP Dhariwal (2022) Exploration and Collection of Plant Genetic Resources in India: Status and Priorities. J. Plant Genet. Resour. 35(3): 206-215.
  • Ahlawat S.P., R.V. Kumar, Rajeev Ranjan, S.K. Pandey, D.C. Joshi & S.K. Dhyani (2016) Morphological and molecular level of genetic diversity among Pongamia (Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierrre) accessions. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 15 (1): 85-94.
  • Misra RC, AP Raina, DR Pani, G Das, AK Mukherjee and SP Ahlawat (2021) Genetic diversity, extent of variability and indigenous traditional knowledge of Mucuna Adans. (Fabaceae) in Odisha, Eastern India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 68(3):1243-1268. DOI10.1007/s10722-020-01093-1
  • Anjula Pandey, SP Ahlawat, KC Bhatt and NS Panwar (2021) Collecting Vegetable Genetic Resources in India: Guidelines and Methods. Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 34(3): 381–388; DOI 10.5958/0976-1926.2021.00031.0

Books

  •  Pradheep K, SP Ahlawat, S. Nivedhitha, V. Gupta and K. Singh (2021) Crop Wild Relatives in India: Prioritisation, Collection and Conservation. ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi 110 012, pages i-viii +180
  • Bhatt KC, SP Ahlawat, RS Rathi, A Pandey, DP Semwal and K Pradheep (2022) 75 Unique Plant Germplasm Collections by the ICAR-NBPGR. ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi. p 100 + i-iii
  • Pandey A, PK Malav, KM Rai and SP Ahlawat (2022) Genus Allium of the Indian Region: A Field Guide for Germplasm Collection and Identification. ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India, 109p + i-vi
  • Malik SK, S. Bansal, RK Kakoti, J. Uchoi, SP Ahlawat (2022) Management of Citrus genetic resources: SOPs for collection and conservation. ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi, p. viii+68
  • Anjula Pandey, RK Pamarthi, K Pradheep, Rita Gupta and SP Ahlawat (2021) Catalogue of the Type Specimens in the National Herbarium of Cultivated Plants. ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India, 75p + i-ii

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