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Dr. Tanmaya Kumar Sahu

Dr. Tanmaya Kumar Sahu

Scientist (Bioinformatics)

Academic Qualification

  • Ph.D. (Bioinformatics) from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 2014-2019.
  • M.Sc. (Bioinformatics)from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha during 2005-2007.

Designation with Discipline
Scientist (Bioinformatics)

Place of Posting
Division of Crop Improvement, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi – 284003, India

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Email:
tanmayabioinfo@gmail.com; Tanmaya.Sahu@icar.gov.in

Specialization
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Awards and Recognitions:

  • Guest editor for a special issue “Application of Bioinformatics in Plants and Animals” in the Journal: Genes (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes).
  • Advisory Board Member, World Research Journal of Biologically-Inspired Computing, ISSN: 2278-8492 & E-ISSN: 2278-8506, Bioinfo Publications, Membership No: 3323B0F7CC.
  • Reviewed articles for the Scientific Reports, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Plant Biology, IEEE Access, PeerJ, PLOS One, MDPI Agriculture, MDPI Sensors and Current Genomics.
  • Awarded with second prize for a poster presentation on “Mango information System-A knowledge base on Mangifera genetic resources, molecular information and IPR” in the “National Seminar on Biodiversity in mango for Sustainable Livelihood” held at CISH, Lucknow on 25th to 27th June 2010.

Present Area of work
Application of bioinformatics and computational biology in fodder crop improvement

No. of Research Articles, Published in Referred

39 research articles, 3 review articles, 8 book chapters, 2 edited training manuals and 16 software copyrights

Journals/Academic achievements

Work Experiences

  1. Worked as a Project Scientist-II, in the DBT funded Wheat sub-project on “Germplasm Genomics for Trait Discovery in Wheat” at the Division of Genomic Resources, ICAR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi since 10th August 2020.
  2. Worked as a Research Associate under the NAHEP-CAAST project entitled “Genomics Assisted Crop Improvement and Management” at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012 since 2nd July 2019 to 7th August 2020.
  3. Worked as a Research Associate under the NAIP sponsored project entitled “Establishment of National Agricultural Bioinformatics Grid in ICAR” at Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012 since 24th August 2010 to 30th June 2014.
  4. Worked as a Junior Research Fellow under the DBT sponsored project entitled “Development of Genetic Resource Database and Information System for Mango” at Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow since 17th April 2008 to 21st August 2010. 

Teaching Experience as Guest Faculty

  1. Taught an elective course – Artificial Intelligence in Biotechnology and Healthcare,BT 546 toSc. Biotechnology and M.Sc. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology students of the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith Rajasthan through online mode during November-December 2021.
  2. Taught a core course –Sequence analysis and Phylogenetics, Course Code: BIN 407 offered to M.Sc. Bioinformatics II Semester students of Banasthali Vidyapith Rajasthan through online mode during January-April 2022.
  3. Taught an elective course – Artificial Intelligence in Biotechnology and Healthcare,BT 546 to MSc Biotechnology and MSc Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology students of the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith Rajasthan through online mode during November-December 2021.

Workshops Co-organized 

  1. Co-organized a World bank funded NAHEP-CAAST sponsored workshop on “Next Generation Sequencing and Computational Biology for Agriculture” jointly organized by ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi and University of Colorado Boulder, USA from 4th to 6th March, 2020.
  2. Worked as an organizing member in the capacity of Course Associate for the World bank funded NAHEP-CAAST sponsored training programme on  “High Dimensional Genome Data Analysis by R and open source Tools” at ICAR- Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi during 01st -11th November 2019.