Hitendra Kumar Patel (Ph. D.) Senior Scientist E-307, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Uppal Road, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India, 500007 Phone No. +91-40-27192647, Mobile No.: +91- 9000432680 E. Mail: hkpatel@ccmb.res.in, hitendrakpatel@gmail.com ___________________________________________________________________________ Educational Qualifications: Degree Major Subject Institute/University Year % of Marks, Div. Ph.D. Molecular Life Sciences International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy 2014 - M.Sc. Biotechnology School of Biotechnology, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India 2002 73%, 1st Div. B.Sc. Botany, Zoology, Chemistry D. P. Vipra P. G. College, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India 2000 72%, 1st Div. Higher Secondary Biology, Chemistry, Physics B.S.P. Higher Secondary School, Sector-7, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India 1996 68%, 1st Div. High School Mathematics, Science, English, Hindi, Sanskrit Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kotmi, Chhattisgarh, India 1994 79%, 1st Div. Research experience: Job title Job Duration Institute Major area of research Senior Scientist May 2011 till present CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad, India Rice Genomics and Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Scientist May 2007 to May 2011 CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad, India Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Junior Scientist May 2004 to May 2007 CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad, India Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Junior Research Fellow Feb 2003 to April 2004 Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS), DRDO, Delhi, India Identification and characterization of stress proteins induced upon infection with dengue virus
Visiting Research Scholar Affymetrix microarray experiment for susceptible and resistant interactions of Rhizoctonia with tomato plants 3 Weeks, 2015 With Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti Visiting Research Scholar Bacterial localization in rice using confocal microscope 1.5 Months, 2015 With Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti Dissertation M.Sc. thesis title: Characterizing quorum sensing signalling circuits in Pseudomonas fuscovaginae 6 Months, 2013 With Dr. Vittorio Venturi, Dissertation M.Sc. thesis title: Cloning rice OsDR8 and OsPDX1.2, genes for thiamine and pyridoxine biosynthesis in an Agrobacterial vector 6 Months, 2010 With Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti Research projects associated: S. NO. Title of the Project Whether Duration Category 1 “Understanding the virulence functions of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae”. Associate April 2004 to March 2007 Department of Biotechnology (DBT) 2 “Identification and functional analysis of genes related to yield and biotic stresses”. (DBT) as part of a project on “Functional genomics of rice”. Associate Phase I and phase II April 2004 to March 2014 DBT 3 “Suppression of innate immune response of rice by bacterial effector proteins”. Associate April 2008 to March 2011 DBT 4 LPSomics: Characterization of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthetic gene clusters in xanthomonad pathogens of plants. Co-PI April 2008 to March 2012 ICAR network Project ‘’AMAAS’’ 5 Plant-Microbe and Soil Interactions (PMSI). a network project involving 11 participating laboratories of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Associate April 2012 to March 2017 CSIR 6 Enhancing scope of marker assisted selection using genomics tools. a network project PLOMICS (Plant Genomics). Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Co-PI April 2012 to March 2017 CSIR 7 BLIGHT OUT. An extension (outreach) project to popularize the rice variety ‘Improved Samba Mahsuri’. Funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Associate April 2012 to March 2015 CSIR 8 National agricultural science fund (ICAR) project entitled “Molecular cross-talk between defense pathways in rice: From antagonism to synergism”. Co-PI July 2015 to June 2018 ICAR